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Results 1 - 107 of 107
373 - Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298)
649 - Maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies
756 - Emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701)
907 - Boris I of Bulgaria
1230 - William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197)
1250 - Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered
1300 - Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248)
1450 - William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396)
1459 - Pierozzi Antoninus, Italian archbishop of Florence/saint, dies
1488 - Jacob van Horne, Burgundy statesman, dies
1519 - Leonardo Da Vinci, artist/scientist, dies at 67
1564 - Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (b. 1500)
1567 - Marin Drzic, Croatian playwright (Dundo Maroje), dies
1627 - Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Italian composer (b. 1560)
1667 - George Wither, English writer (b. 1588)
1669 - Pieter Jansz Post, master builder (Waag, Gouda), dies at 61
1683 - Stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and scientist (b. 1613)
1685 - Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch painter, buried
1711 - Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, English statesman (b. 1641)
1727 - Paul Aler, French jesuit/poet (Gradus ad Parnassum), dies at 70
1736 - Albert Seba, Amsterdam pharmacist, dies at 71
1799 - Henri-Joseph Rigel, composer, dies at 58
1802 - Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch statesman (b. 1762)
1810 - Rev. Dr. Henry Jerome de Salis, divine (b.1740)
1818 - Herman W Daendels, governor-gen of Guinea (1815-18), dies at 55
1819 - Mary Moser, English painter (b. 1744)
1845 - August Pauly, German writer (Real Encyclopedia), dies at 48
1849 - David H Chasse, baron/gen (fought Napoleon at Waterloo), dies at 84
1857 - LC Alfred the Musset, French poet (Lesson caprices Marianne), dies
1864 - Giacomo Meyerbeer, composer, dies at 72
1892 - Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 69
1897 - William Cleaver Francis Robinson, composer, dies at 63
1919 - Gustav Landauer, German socialist, dies
1927 - Ernest Starling, British physiologist (b. 1866)
1937 - Arthur Somervell, composer, dies at 73
1945 - Martin Bormann, propoganda minister for Hitler, dies
1945 - Ludwig Stumpfegger, German SS doctor (b. 1910)
1945 - Joe Corbett, baseball player (b. 1875)
1947 - Dorothea Binz, Nazi war criminal (b. 1920)
1954 - Pauline de Cock-Manifarges, singer, dies at 82
1955 - Tadeusz Jarecki, composer, dies at 66
1957 - Joseph McCarthy, commie hunting senator (R-Wisc), dies at 47
1957 - Tadeusz Zygfryd Kassern, composer, dies at 53
1958 - Alfred Weber, German economist/sociologist, dies at 89
1960 - Caryl Chessman, rapist executed after 12 years of appeals at 39
1961 - J C White, cricketer (49 wickets in 15 Tests for Engld 1921-31), dies
1963 - Jack Crawford, cricketer (469 runs & 39 wickets in 12 Tests), dies
1963 - Tomas Vackar, composer, dies at 17
1963 - Van Wyck Brooks, US historian (Ordeal of Mark Twain), dies at 77
1964 - Nancy N Witcher Astor, US/Eng feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor, dies
1968 - Donald L Hall, airplane designer (Spirit of St Louis), dies at 69
1969 - Franz JHMM von Papen, German chancellor (1932), dies at 89
1972 - Hugo Hartung, writer, dies at 69
1972 - J Edgar Hoover, head of FBI (1924-72)/cross dresser, dies at 77
1973 - Alan Carney, actor (Herbie-Take it from Me), dies at 61
1979 - Giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
1980 - Clarrie Grimmett, cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216 wickets), dies
1980 - George Pál, Hungarian-born film director (b. 1908)
1982 - Helmut Dantine
1982 - Hugh Marlowe, actor (Jim Matthews-Another World), dies at 71
1983 - Marius F Duintjer, architect, dies
1983 - Norm Van Brocklin, American football star (b. 1926)
1984 - Jack Barry, game show emcee (Joker's Wild), dies at 66
1984 - Piet van Aken, Flemish writer (Failing God, Niggers), dies at 64
1985 - Hal LeRoy, dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after surgery
1985 - Milton S Eisenhower, US diplomat, dies at 85
1985 - Attilio Bettega, Italian rallydriver (b.1951)
1985 - Larry Clinton, American trumpeter and bandleader (b. 1909)
1986 - Henri Toivonen, Finnish rallydriver (b.1956)
1989 - Giuseppe Siri, Italian Catholic Cardinal (b. 1906)
1989 - Veniamin Kaverin, Russian writer (b. 1902)
1990 - David Rappaport, 3'11' actor (Wizard, LA Law), shoots himself at 38
1990 - Oleg Anatolyevich Yakovlev, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 49
1990 - William Levi Dawson, composer, dies at 90
1991 - Hal Bell, dies at 65
1991 - Leib Lensky, dies at 82
1991 - Ronald McKie, Australian author (b. 1909)
1992 - Joey Cuevas, dancer, dies at 34
1992 - Lee Salk, baby doctor/author, dies of cardiac arrest at 65
1992 - Margareth Wallmann, Austrian opera director, dies at 88
1992 - Philip Dunne, screenwriter, dies of cancer at 84
1992 - Wilbur Mills, (Rep-D-Ark)/involved with Fanne Foxe, dies at 82
1993 - Julio Gallo, wine maker (Gallo), dies in a car accident at 82
1993 - WLPM, the Short, Dutch MP (KVP, 1945-73), dies at 83
1993 - Will Weng, Sunday Times crossword puzzle editor (1968-78), dies at 86
1994 - Louis Calaferte, writer (Requiem of the Innocents), dies at 65
1994 - Wilson Charles Geoffery Baldwin, hero, dies at 75
1995 - Michael Hordern, English actor (b. 1911)
1996 - Arthur Leslie Noel Douglas Houghton, civil servant, dies at 97
1996 - Emile Habibi, writer, dies at 73
1996 - Peter John Swales, football club chairman, dies at 63
1997 - Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator (b. 1921)
1998 - Gene Raymond, American actor (b. 1908)
1998 - Hideto "hide" Matsumoto, Japanese musician (b. 1964)
1998 - Justin Fashanu, English footballer (b. 1961)
1998 - Kevin Lloyd, British actor (b. 1949)
1999 - Oliver Reed, English actor (b. 1938)
2001 - Ted Rogers, British comedian (b. 1935)
2001 - Gina Mastrogiacomo, American actress (b. 1961)
2002 - John Nathan-Turner, English television producer (b. 1947)
2002 - W. T. Tutte, English-born codebreaker (b. 1917)
2005 - Kenneth B. Clark, American psychologist (b. 1914)
2005 - Wee Kim Wee, 4th President of Singapore (b. 1915)
2006 - Louis Rukeyser, American columnist (b. 1933)
2007 - Brad McGann, New Zealand film director and screenwriter (b. 1964)
2008 - Beverlee McKinsey, American actress (b. 1940)
2009 - Jack Kemp, former United States Congressman and 1996 Vice Presidential Candidate (b. 1935)
