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322 BC - Aristotle, Greek philosopher (b. 384 BC)
161 - Antoninus Pius, [Titus Aurelius], emperor of Rome (138-61), dies at 74
203 - Perpetua and Felicitas, Christian martyrs (perhaps after 209)
308 - Saint Eubulus, Christian martyr
851 - Nominoe, Duke of Brittany
1111 - Bohemund I of Tarente, French ruler of Antioch, dies
1226 - William de Longespee, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English military leader
1274 - Thomas Aquinas, Italian thelogian/saint, dies at 48
1305 - Gwijde van Dampierre, count of Flanders/count of Namur, dies at 78
1578 - Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (b. 1515)
1625 - Johann Bayer, German astronomer (b. 1572)
1719 - Steven J Vennekool, Amsterdam's master builder, buried
1724 - Innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Pope (1721-24), dies at 68
1737 - Guido Starhemberg, Austrian earl/fieldmarshal, dies at 79
1750 - Cornelis Troost, Dutch painter (Beslikte Zwaentje), dies at 52
1761 - Antonio Palella, composer, dies at 68
1767 - Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, French colonizer (b. 1680)
1778 - Charles De Geer, Swedish industrialist (b. 1720)
1786 - Frantisek Benda, composer, dies at 76
1802 - Johann Georg Witthauer, composer, dies at 50
1804 - John Wedgwood, founder (Royal Horticulture Society), dies
1809 - Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Austrian composer, dies at 73
1810 - Albertus H Wiese, gov-gen of Neth Indies, dies at about 48
1810 - Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, British admiral (b. 1750)
1833 - Rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin, German author, dies at 61
1842 - Christian Theodor Weinlig, composer, dies at 61
1862 - Ben McCulloch, US Confederate brig-general (KIA), dies at 50
1862 - John Baillie McIntosh, US general-major (Union Army), dies at 32
1862 - William Slack, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle
1904 - Ferdinand André Fouqué, French geologist (b. 1828)
1907 - Victor Alphonse Duvernoy, composer, dies at 64
1911 - Antonio Fogazzarro, Italian writer/poet (Il Santo, Leila), dies at 68
1913 - Emily Pauline Johnson, Native Canadian poet
1924 - Pat Moran, manager (Cin Reds), dies of Bright's Disease
1926 - Jindrich Z Albestu Kaan, composer, dies at 73
1928 - Robert Abbe, American surgeon (b. 1851)
1931 - Akseli V Gallen-Kallela, Finnish painter/illustrator, dies at 65
1931 - Theo van Doesburg, [Christian Kupper], painter/architect, dies at 47
1932 - Aristide Briand, 11 x premier of France (Nobel 1926), dies at 69
1938 - Andreas Michalakopoulos, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1876)
1939 - Amadeo Roldan, composer, dies at 38
1939 - John Jules Barrish, Irish writer (b. 1885)
1941 - Arnold Schering, German musicologist, dies at 63
1941 - Gunther Prien, German commandant (U-47), dies in battle
1945 - Adolf Bartels, German writer/racist, dies at 82
1949 - Francis Dodd, English artist (b. 1874)
1951 - Ali Razmara, Shah of Iran (1950-51), assassinated
1951 - Ivor Novello, British writer (Keep the Home Fires Burning), dies at 58
1951 - Shah Ali Razmara, of Iran, assassinated
1952 - Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian guru (b. 1893)
1954 - Otto Diels, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
1955 - Tom Dugan, actor (Pick a Star), dies at 66
1957 - Wyndham Lewis, British author (b. 1882)
1959 - Arthur C Pigou, English economist (Economics of Welfare), dies
1959 - Hinsdale Smith, developer of roll-down auto windows, dies at 88
1961 - Englebert van Anderlecht, Belgian painter, dies at 42
1961 - Max Hymans, WW II resistance fighter/Head of Air France, dies at 60
1964 - Franz Alexander, Hungarian/US psycho analyst, dies at 73
1967 - Alice B. Toklas, American companion to Gertrude Stein (b. 1877)
1968 - Yuri Aleksayevich Gagarin, USSR cosmonaut (Vostok I), dies at 31
1973 - Andre de Meulemeester, Belg WW I pilot [Eagle of Flanders], dies at 78
1974 - Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer and actor (b. 1906)
1975 - Ben Blue, actor (Accidental Family, Frank Sinatra Show), dies at 73
1975 - Francine Larrimore, actress (John Meade's Woman), dies at 76
1975 - Mikhail Bakhtin, Russian philosopher (b. 1895)
1975 - Ben Blue, Canadian actor (b. 1901)
1976 - Erwin Kroll, composer, dies at 90
1976 - Wright Patman, American politician (b. 1893)
1978 - Steve Bilko, American baseball player (b. 1928)
1979 - Guiomar Novaes, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit), dies at 84
1979 - Klaus Egge, Norwegian composer (Fanitullen), dies at 72
1981 - John Gnagy, artist (Learn to Draw), dies at 73
1981 - Kirill Petrovich Kondrashin, Russian conductor/composer, dies at 67
1982 - Charles Borromeo Mills, composer, dies at 68
1983 - Igor Markevich, composer, dies at 70
1983 - Robert Bray, actor (Corey-Lassie, Simon-Stagecoach West), dies at 65
1984 - Paul Rotha, English director (b. 1907)
1985 - George Schick, Czech conductor (Chicago Symphony), dies at 76
1985 - Robert W Woodruff, CEO (Coca-Cola), dies at 95
1985 - Victor W Farris, inventor of paper milk carton, etc, dies
1986 - Jacob K Javits, (Sen-R-NY), dies in Palm Beach, Fla at 81
1988 - Divine, [Harris Milstead], female impersonator (Pink Flamingos), dies
1988 - Robert Livingston, actor (Lone Ranger), dies at 83 of emphysema
1990 - Max Neuhaus, composer, dies at 50
1993 - Arnold Franchetti, Ital/US composer, dies
1993 - Earl Wrightson, singer/actor (Pinafore), dies of heart failure at 77
1993 - Tony Harris, cricketer (8 Tests for S Afr 1947-49, 100 runs), dies
1995 - Don Cook, British foreign correspondent, dies at 74
1995 - Jaap van den Hurk, TV-director (NCRV), dies
1995 - Jacques Lefebvre, Belgian air force gen, commits suicide at 64
1995 - John Arthur Neill Lambert, composer teacher organist, dies at 69
1995 - Paul-Emile Victor, French pole explorer, dies at 87
1995 - Thijmen Kuijt, resistance fighter/co-found paper (Typhoon), dies at 82
1996 - Aled Eames, mAritime historian, dies at 74
1997 - E. H. Bronner, German-American soap magnate (b. 1908)
1999 - Sidney Gottlieb, American CIA official (b. 1918)
1999 - Stanley Kubrick, American film director (b. 1928)
2000 - Charles Gray, British actor (b. 1928)
2000 - Pee Wee King, American country music songwriter and musician (b. 1914)
2001 - Frankie Carle, American pianist and bandleader (b. 1903)
2004 - Paul Winfield, American actor (b. 1941)
2005 - John Box, British film production designer and art director (b. 1920)
2005 - Debra Hill, American screenwriter and film producer (b. 1950)
2006 - Ali Farka Touré, Malian musician (b. 1939)
2006 - Gordon Parks, photographer (b. 1912)
2006 - John Junkin, British performer (b. 1930)
2009 - Jang Ja-yeon, South Korean actress (b. 1982)