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254 - Lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies
254 - St Lucius I, Pope (253-54), dies
1291 - Sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated
1534 - Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489)
1539 - Nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487)
1561 - Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41
1574 - Philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies
1576 - Don Luis de Requesens y Zuniga, viceroy of Neth (1573-76), dies at 70
1605 - Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69
1611 - Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1533)
1622 - Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1569)
1625 - James I (VI), king of England (1603-25)/poet/author, dies at 58
1644 - Louise Juliana, countess of Nassau, dies at 73
1695 - Henry Wharton, English writer (b. 1664)
1726 - Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician
1732 - Joseph-Francois Salomon, composer, dies at 82
1770 - Crispus Attuks, slave, is 1st of 5 killed during Boston Massacre
1776 - Yeongjo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1694)
1778 - Thomas A Arne, English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia), dies at 67
1795 - Josef Reicha, composer, dies at 42
1815 - Franz Mesmer, Austrian developer of hypnotism (b. 1734)
1827 - Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (made 1st battery), dies at 82
1827 - Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician (b. 1749)
1829 - John Adams, last surviving HMS Bounty mutineer (b. 1766)
1849 - David Scott, Scottish painter (b. 1806)
1853 - Georg A Kestner, German art collector/diplomat, dies at 75
1873 - Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor, composer, dies at 34
1876 - Marie-C-S de Flavigny Agoult, [Daniel Stern], Fren author, dies at 70
1876 - Marie d'Agoult, German-born writer (b. 1805)
1893 - Hippolyte Taine, French philosopher/historian, dies at 64
1893 - Richard Samuel Hughes, composer, dies at 37
1895 - Nikolai Leskow, writer, dies at 64
1895 - Henry Rawlinson, British soldier and scholar (b. 1810)
1903 - George Francis Robert Henderson, British soldier (b. 1854)
1904 - Alfred von Waldersee, Prussian field marshal/chief-staff, dies at 71
1907 - Friedrich Blass, German classical scholar (b. 1843)
1919 - Jozef Surzynski, composer, dies at 67
1926 - Clément Ader, French aviation pioneer (b. 1841)
1927 - Franz Mertens, German mathematician (b. 1840)
1929 - David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-born American automobile pioneer (b. 1854)
1931 - Fr. Arthur Tooth SSC, Anglican Clergyman prosecuted and imprisoned for ritualist activities (b. 1839)
1932 - Takuma Dan, Japanese baron/financier/industrial, murdered
1940 - Cai Yuanpei, Chinese educator (b. 1868)
1941 - Ludwig Quidde, German historian/politician (Nobel 1927), dies at 82
1944 - Max Jacob, French writer, dies in nazi concentration camp at 67
1945 - Lena Baker, American murderer (b. 1901)
1947 - Alfredo Casella, Italian composer/conductor (La Giara), dies at 63
1948 - Charles Prince, cricketer (5 & 1 in only Test for S Africa), dies
1952 - Vladimir Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer, dies at 63
1953 - Josef V Stalin, soviet leader responsible for 11M murders, dies at 73
1953 - Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev, composer, dies at 61
1953 - Herman J. Mankiewicz, American screenwriter (b. 1897)
1954 - Julian Lowell Coolidge, mathematician (Study-Segre school), dies at 80
1955 - Antanas Merkys, President of Lithuania (b. 1888)
1956 - Erich Itor Kahn, composer, dies at 50
1962 - Anne C Veth, Dutch cartoonist/art critic, dies at 82
1962 - Otakar Jeremias, composer, dies at 69
1963 - Cyril Smith, actor (Adv of Sir Lancelot), dies at 70
1963 - Hawkshaw Hawkins, country singer (Ozark Jubilee), dies at 41
1963 - Patsy Cline, country singer (Crazy), dies in a plane crash at 30
1963 - Cowboy Copas, American singer (b. 1913)
1965 - Chen Cheng, Chinese politician (b. 1897)
1965 - Pepper Martin, American baseball player (b. 1904)
1966 - Anna Achmatova, Ukrainian poet, dies at 76
1966 - Enrique E Ecker, Curacaos/US bacteriologist, dies at 79
1967 - Mischa Auer, actor (My Man Godfrey), dies at 61 of a heart attack
1967 - Mohammed H Mossadeq, premier of Persia (1951-53), dies
1967 - Georges Vanier, Governor General of Canada (b. 1888)
1971 - Winnie Lightner, actress (Gold Dust Gertie, Sit Tight), dies at 71
1972 - Nils Bjorkander, composer, dies at 78
1973 - Rupert Crosse, actor (Too Late Blues), dies of cancer at 45
1973 - Michael Jeffery, British music manager (b. 1933)
1974 - Billy DeWolfe, actor (Good Morning World), dies at 67
1974 - Solomon I "Sol" Hurok, US impresario, dies at 85
1974 - Billy De Wolfe, American actor (b. 1907)
1977 - Lockrem Johnson, composer, dies at 52
1977 - Moses Pergament, composer, dies at 83
1977 - Tom Pryce, Welsh Formula One driver (b. 1949)
1977 - Jansen Van Vuuren, Dutch volunteer safety marshall at the 1977 South African Grand Prix
1979 - Vicente Ascone, composer, dies at 81
1980 - Jay Silverheels, Canadian actor (Tonto-Lone Ranger), dies at 60
1980 - Winifred Wagner-William, German World Festival organizer, dies at 82
1981 - Brenda De Banzie, actress (39 Steps, Hobson's Choice), dies at 64
1981 - Paul Horbiger, actor (3rd Man), dies at 86
1982 - John Belushi, comedian (Sat Night Live), dies of drug overdose at 33
1984 - Harry Salter, orch leader (Stop the Music), dies at 85
1984 - Michael Sklar, Calif, comedian (Laugh-in, Sha Na Na), dies at 39
1984 - Tito Gobbi, Italian baritone (Scarpia in Tosca), dies at 68
1984 - William Powell, actor (My Man Godfrey), dies at 91
1986 - Teddy Hoad, cricketer (West Indian captain 1930), dies
1988 - Alberto Olmedo, Argentine comedian (b. 1933)
1990 - Gary Merrill, actor (Time Tunnel, Huckleberry Finn), dies at 75
1990 - Gloria Carter Spann, Pres Carter's sister, dies at 63 of cancer
1991 - August de Schryver, Belgian politician/founder (CVP), dies at 92
1991 - Trijntje Jansma-Boskma, oldest person in Netherland, dies at 109
1992 - Andrew Samuel, child actor (Our Gang), dies at 82
1992 - Yevgeny Yevstigneev, Russian actor (Welcome Kosta), dies at 65
1993 - Diana Ochoa, dies after long illness at 80
1993 - Peter Bierdrager, Dutch Fokker's-test pilot, dies in air crash
1994 - Abdullah Al-Sallal, pres of Yemen (1962-67), dies
1994 - Joe Daley, jazz tenor/clarinet/flute player, dies at 75
1994 - Paul Vincze, medallist, dies at 86
1995 - Ed Flanders, actor (Dr Westphal-St Elsewhere), dies
1995 - Marguerite Kelsey, Engl painter/sculptor model (Haunting), dies at 86
1995 - Peter John Norton, naval diplomat/artist, dies at 82
1995 - Vivian Stanshall, British musician (Magical Mystery Tour), dies at 51
1995 - Gregg Hansford, Australian motorcycle and touring car racer (b. 1952)
1996 - Joshua Compston, art impressario, dies at 26
1996 - Khundaqar Mushtaq Amhed, president of Bangladesh (1975), dies
1996 - Nicolas Cotoner y Cotoner, spanish courtier, dies at 90
1996 - Whit Bissell, actor (Time Tunnel), dies at 86
1997 - Samm Sinclair Baker, American diet author (b. 1909)
1999 - Richard Kiley, American actor (b. 1922)
2000 - Lolo Ferrari, French pornographic actress (b. 1962)
2004 - Walt Gorney, American actor (b. 1912)
2006 - Richard Kuklinski, American Mafia hit man (b. 1935)
2008 - Joseph Weizenbaum, German-American professor of computer science (b.1923)