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1304 - Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271)
1610 - Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies
1631 - Christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57
1672 - Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615)
1708 - Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646)
1723 - Jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656)
1742 - Francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70
1772 - Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged
1777 - George Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (b. 1719)
1778 - William Pitt Sr, English premier (1756-61, 66-68), dies at 69
1779 - John Heart, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at about 68
1812 - Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (assassinated) (b. 1762)
1819 - Caspar Furstenau, composer, dies at 47
1845 - Karoly Filtsch, composer, dies at 14
1848 - Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)
1849 - Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, composer, dies at 38
1849 - Otto Nicolai, German composer/conductor, dies at 39
1849 - Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Récamier, French socialite (b. 1777)
1857 - E Francois Vidocq, French criminalogist/police officer, dies at 81
1871 - John Herschel, cataloguer of southern hemisphere stars, dies at 79
1881 - Henri-Frederic Amiel, Swiss/French writer (Journal Intime), dies at 59
1885 - Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/composer/conductor, dies at 73
1887 - Jean Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist (b. 1802)
1891 - A. E. Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1820)
1895 - Feliks Jaronski, composer, dies at 71
1907 - John Albert Delany, composer, dies at 54
1916 - Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (s-effect), dies
1916 - Max Reger, composer, dies at 43
1916 - Max [Johann BJM] Reger, German composer/pianist/organist, dies at 43
1917 - Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66
1920 - William D Howells, US author (A Woman's Reason), dies at 83
1927 - Henry Martyn Robert, (Robert's Rules of Order), dies at 90
1927 - Juan Gris, Spanish cubist painter, dies at 40
1929 - Jozef Murgaš, Slovak inventor (b. 1864)
1934 - Orest Khvolson, Russian physicist (b. 1852)
1935 - Edward H Thompson, US archaeologist (Mayan civilization), dies at 78
1937 - Viliam Figus, composer, dies at 62
1938 - Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Hours of Solitude), dies at 81
1939 - Evgenii Miller, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1867)
1944 - Henk Hos, resistance fighter, executed at 37
1947 - Ture Rangstrom, composer, dies at 62
1949 - Adrianus PHA de Kleyn, throat/nose/otologist (ear doctor), dies at 65
1952 - Giovanni Tebaldini, composer, dies at 87
1953 - Jean Adair, dies at 80
1955 - G L Jessop, cricketer (match-winning batsman, brilliant field), dies
1956 - Walter S Adams, US astronomer/director of Mount Wilson, dies at 79
1960 - John D Rockefeller Jr, philanthropist, dies at 86
1963 - Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1888)
1965 - Ludovicus H "Lode" Baekelmans, Flemish playwright, dies at 86
1965 - Roger Vailland, French author, dies at 57
1970 - Johnny Hodges, American musician (b. 1906)
1973 - Grigory M Kosinzev, Russian director, dies
1973 - Lex Barker, American actor (b. 1919)
1976 - Alvar Aalto, architect (Finlandia House), dies at 78
1976 - Camille Schmit, composer, dies at 68
1976 - J Anaya, Bolivian military/ambassador to France, murdered
1978 - John Clinge Doorenbos, Dutch journalist/poet, dies at 93
1979 - Joan Chandler, dies at 55
1979 - Lester Raymond Flatt, musician (Ballad of Jed Clampett), dies at 64
1981 - Bob Marley, reggae singer, dies of brain & lung cancer at 36
1981 - Hoyt J Fuller, editor (1st World magazine), dies at 57
1982 - Leigh Snowden, actress (Hot Rod Rumble), dies at 51 of cancer
1982 - Piet van Egmond, organist/conductor, dies at 70
1983 - Zenna [Chlarson] Henderson, author (Anything Box), dies at 65
1985 - Chester Gould, cartoonist (Dick Tracy), dies at 84
1985 - Garmt Stuiveling, literatrary (Ego & Echo), dies at 77
1985 - Jorja Curtright, actor (Whistle Stop), dies of a heart attack
1985 - Samuel Frith, English co-founder of soccer team (Bradford City), dies
1986 - Henry P. McIlhenny, American philanthropist (b. 1910)
1986 - Fritz Pollard, American football player (b. 1894)
1988 - H A R (Kim) Philby, British double agent, dies
1991 - Filip J Field, dies at 67
1991 - Ho Dam, foreign minister North-Korea (1970-83), dies
1992 - Carlos Herrera, drink inventor (Margarita), dies at 90
1992 - Elizabeth McDonald, inventor (Spic & Span), dies at 98
1994 - Alfred James Broomhall, methodist Missionary, dies at 82
1994 - Danny Overbea, blues singer/guitarist, dies at 68
1994 - Leonard Friedman, violinist, dies at 63
1994 - Lewis B Puller, US writer (Pulitzer 1992), commits suicide at 48
1994 - Timothy Carey, dies of stroke at 64
1995 - Arthur Lubin, director (Francis The Talking Mule, Mr Ed), dies at 96
1995 - David Avidan, poet/writer, dies at 62
1995 - William John Phillips, actor (Nothing but a Man), dies at 80
1996 - Bruce Boyce, singer/teacher, dies at 85
1996 - Joan Thirkettle, journalist, dies at 48
1996 - Malcolm MacEwen, writer, dies at 84
1996 - Nnamdi Azikiwe, Pres of Nigeria (1963-66), dies
1996 - Walter Hyatt, #Musician, dies at 46
1996 - Ademir Marques de Menezes, Brazilian footballer (b. 1922)
1997 - Brenda Carlin, TV producer/wife of comedian George Carlin, dies at 57
2000 - Paula Wessely, Austrian actress (b. 1907)
2001 - Douglas Adams, English author (b. 1952)
2002 - Joseph Bonanno, Italian-born gangster (b. 1905)
2002 - Renaude Lapointe, French Canadian journalist and senator (b. 1912)
2003 - Noel Redding, English bassist (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) (b. 1945)
2004 - John Whitehead, American singer (McFadden & Whitehead) (b. 1949)
2004 - Mick Doyle, Irish rugby union footballer and coach
2005 - Michalis Genitsaris, Greek rebetiko singer and composer (b. 1917)
2006 - Floyd Patterson, American boxer (b. 1935)
2006 - Frankie Thomas, American actor (b. 1921)
2006 - Yossi Banai, Israeli singer (b. 1932)
2007 - Malietoa Tanumafili II, Sovereign Ruler of Samoa (b. 1913)
2007 - Bernard Gordon, blacklisted American author (b. 1918)
2008 - Dottie Rambo, American gospel singer (b. 1934)
2008 - John Rutsey, Canadian drummer, formerly for Canadian progressive rock band Rush (b.1953)
2008 - Bruno Neves, portuguese cyclist that died in competition (b.1981)