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1058 - Stephen IX, [Frederik van Lotharingen], 1st Belg Pope (1057-58), dies
1368 - Emperor Go-Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 1328)
1461 - Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (b. 1421)
1546 - Cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St Andrews, murdered
1578 - Arthur Champernowne, English admiral (b. 1524)
1578 - Louis I, Cardinal of Guise, French cardinal (b. 1527)
1625 - Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Spanish historian (b. 1549)
1628 - Tobias Matthew, Archbishop of York (b. 1546)
1629 - Jacob de Gheyn II, Dutch artist (b. 1565)
1650 - Cornelis Galle I, Flemish engraver, dies at about 73
1655 - Valerius Andreas, Flemish historian, dies at 66
1683 - Yaoya Oshichi, a young girl burned at the stake for arson in 17th Century Japan (b. 1667)
1697 - Nikolaus Bruhns, composer, dies
1745 - Robert Walpole, 1st British premier (1722-42), dies at 68
1751 - Thomas Coram, English sea captain and philanthropist
1772 - Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher and mathematician (b. 1688)
1788 - Charles Wesley, hymn writer, dies
1792 - Gustav III, King of Sweden (1771-92), dies of wounds
1794 - Marie-J-A-N C Condorcet, mathematician (Theory of Comets), dies at 50
1800 - Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French military engineer and writer (b. 1714)
1802 - Frederic Thieme, composer, dies at 51
1803 - Gottfried van Swieten, Dutch composer (b. 1733)
1837 - Maria Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of King George IV, dies
1839 - Bernardus JC Dibbets, Dutch baron/gen-major (Maastricht), dies at 56
1847 - Auguste De Polignac, premier France, dies at 66
1848 - John Jacob Astor, charted American Fur Company, dies at 84
1855 - Henri Druey, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1799)
1866 - Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch, Rabbi/Chassidic leader, dies
1873 - Francesco Zantedeschi, Italian physicist (b. 1797)
1880 - Jakob Axel Josephson, composer, dies at 62
1886 - John Keble, theologian, Bournemouth
1888 - Charles-Henri Valentin Alkan, composer, dies at 74
1891 - Georges-Pierre Seurat, French painter (Pointillism), dies at 31
1892 - William Bowman, English anatomist, dies at 75
1906 - Slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (b. 1878)
1911 - Felix Alexandre Guilmant, composer, dies at 74
1912 - Robert F Scott, British pole explorer (Antarctica), dies
1917 - Fran Gerbic, composer, dies at 76
1924 - Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer/writer, dies at 71
1930 - Anton Bettelheim, writer, dies
1933 - Alexander Schmuller, Russian/Dutch violinist/conductor, dies at 52
1934 - Otto Hermann Kahn, German millionaire and benefactor (b. 1867)
1937 - Karol Szymanowski, Polish/Ukraine composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 54
1940 - Alexander Obolensky, Russian prince and famed Rugby Union footballer who played for England.(b. 1916)
1945 - Karl T Sapper, German geographer/geologist (Vulkankunde), dies at 79
1948 - Olev Siinmaa, Estonian architect (b. 1881)
1955 - Everard Verachtert, Flemish linguist (I Can Speak Nicely), dies at 81
1956 - Infante Alfonso of Spain (b. 1941)
1957 - Joyce A L Cary, English writer (Horse's Mouth), dies at 68
1958 - W[illiam] C[hristopher] Handy, composer, dies at 84
1959 - Barthelemy Boganda, Central African Republic's 1st president, dies
1959 - Sara Wennerberg-Reuter, composer, dies at 84
1963 - Pola Gojawiczynska, Polish author (Stolica), dies at 64
1964 - Ted Collins, pianist (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 63
1966 - Harry Daugherty, trombonist (Spike Jones & City Slickers), dies at 50
1970 - Anna Louise Strong, American communist journalist (b. 1885)
1971 - Dhirendranath Datta, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1886)
1972 - J Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank, industrialist/film magnate
1974 - Seton I Miller, writer, dies at 71
1978 - Jayasinghrao Mansinghrao Ghorpade, cricketer (8 Tests for India), dies
1979 - Melville Cooper, TV panelist (I Got a Secret), dies at 82
1980 - ... Mantovani, orch leader (Mantovani), dies at 74
1981 - Eric Williams, Prime Minister (Trinidad & Tobago), dies at 79
1982 - Carl Orff, German composer (Mouth, Antigonae), dies at 86
1982 - Rudy Bond, actor (Streetcar Named Desire), dies of heart attack at 68
1982 - Walter Hallstein, W German politician (CDU, H-doctrine), dies at 80
1982 - Nathan Twining, USAF general (b. 1897)
1983 - Richard O'Brien, actor (Rocky Horror Show), dies of cancer at 65
1985 - Luther Terry, Surgeon General of the United States (b. 1911)
1985 - Jeanine Deckers, Belgian nun, The Singing Nun (b. 1933)
1986 - Harry Ritz, actor (3 Musketeers, On the Avenue), dies at 79
1988 - Ted Kluszewski, American baseball player (b. 1924)
1989 - Bernard Blier, actor (Les Miserables, Women & War), dies at 73
1990 - Germaine Montenesdro, 2nd victim of NYC's Zodiac killer, shot dead
1991 - Lee Atwater, political strategists (R), dies of brain tumor at 40
1991 - Matt Bennett, actor (Hickey & Boggs), dies of brain tumor at 52
1992 - Earl Spencer, father of Lady Diana, dies at 68
1992 - Paul [G J von] Henreid, Austrian actor (Laszlo-Casablanca), dies at 84
1994 - Bill Travers, actor (Trio, Gorgo, Born Free), dies at 72
1994 - Paul Grimault, animator, dies at 89
1994 - William Natcher, (Rep-D-Ky), dies at 84
1995 - Carl E Jefferson, record company owner, dies at 74
1995 - Eddie Williams Wiggins, alto saxophone/comedian, dies at 78
1995 - James Eric Storrar, fighter Pilot, dies at 74
1995 - John Elliott Terry, film financier, dies at 82
1995 - Baltimora, British singer (b. 1957)
1996 - Maggie Donnelly, bag lady, dies at 46
1996 - Bill Goldsworthy, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1944)
1997 - Eddie Ryder, actor (Slick Jones-General Hospital), dies at 74
1997 - Ellen Clara Pollock, actress (Wicked Lady, Fake), dies at 94
1999 - Joe Williams, American singer (b. 1918)
2001 - Helge Ingstad, Norwegian explorer (b. 1899)
2001 - John Lewis, American jazz pianist (b. 1920)
2002 - Rico Yan, Philippine Young Movie & TV Actor (b. 1975)
2002 - Rachel Levy and Ayat al-Akhras, Israeli and Palestinian children
2003 - Carlo Urbani, Italian physician (SARS) (b. 1956)
2005 - Johnnie Cochran, American lawyer (b. 1937)
2005 - Mitch Hedberg, American comedian (b. 1968)
2005 - Miltos Sahtouris, Greek poet (b. 1919)
2006 - Salvador Elizondo, Mexican writer (b. 1932)
2007 - Calvin Lockhart, Bahamian actor (b. 1934)
2009 - Maurice Jarre, French composer (b.1924)
2009 - Vladimir Fedotov, Soviet football striker and manager (b.1943)
2009 - Andy Hallett, American actor and singer (b.1975)