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1271 - Henry III, king of England (1216-71, Provisions of Oxford), dies
1328 - Prince Hisaaki, Japanese shogun (b. 1276)
1512 - Gerbrand Mockema, Fries rebel, beheaded
1512 - Jemme Herjuwsma, Fries rebel, beheaded
1548 - Caspar Cruciger, German church reformer, dies at 44
1603 - Pierre Charron, French philosopher/theologian, dies
1613 - Trajano Boccalini, Italian satirist (b. 1556)
1628 - Paolo Quagliati, Italian composer
1667 - Nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer, dies at 34
1668 - Antoon Anselmo, South Netherlands lawyer, dies at about 79
1695 - Pierre Nicole, French philosopher (b. 1625)
1706 - Cornelis Evertsen, mutineer/ltalian-admiral of Zeeland, dies at 64
1706 - Godfried Schalcken, painter/etcher/engraver, dies
1724 - Jack Sheppard, English robber, hanged
1745 - James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish statesman and soldier (b. 1665)
1766 - Dominikus Zimmermann, German architect/painter, dies at 81
1773 - John Hawkesworth, English writer
1775 - Marian Paradeiser, composer, dies at 28
1779 - Pehr Kalm, Finnish explorer and naturalist (b. 1716)
1790 - Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, American Continental Congressman (b. 1723)
1797 - Frederik Willem II, king of Prussia (1786-97), dies at 53
1797 - Frederick William II of Prussia (b. 1744)
1802 - André Michaux, French botanist (b. 1746)
1806 - Moses Cleaveland, founder of Cleveland, Ohio (b. 1754)
1808 - Mustapha IV, sultan of Turkey (1807-08), dies at 29
1831 - Karl von Clausewitz, Prussian strategist (Campaign 1813), dies at 51
1835 - Louis Angely, German comedic poet (Paris in Pommern), dies at 48
1836 - Christian Hendrik Persoon, Dutch mycologist (b. 1761)
1884 - František Chvostek, Moravian physician (b. 1835)
1885 - Louis Riel, French rebel who fought against Canada, executed at 41
1890 - Johann A H Scheler, Belgian man of letters/librarian, dies at 71
1893 - George Alexander Osborne, composer, dies at 87
1907 - Robert I, Duke of Parma, last ruling Duke of Parma (b. 1848)
1908 - Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French-born Canadian politician (b. 1829)
1909 - Francis Thome, composer, dies at 59
1911 - Albert Alonzo Ames, Mayor of Minneapolis (b. 1842)
1922 - Max Abraham, German physicist (b. 1875)
1924 - Alexander Andreyevich Archangel'sky, composer, dies at 78
1924 - Edward Everett Rice, composer, dies at 75
1932 - Carry van Bruggen, [de Haan], Dutch author (Eva), dies at 51
1934 - Joachim Ringelantz, writer, dies
1935 - Kurt Schindler, composer, dies at 53
1939 - Pierce Butler, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1866)
1943 - Marcel Verhamme, Belgian resistance fighter, executed
1944 - Charles Kellaway, cricketer (26 Tests 1910-1928), dies
1945 - Kaarlo Sarkia, Finnish poet (Kohtalon Vaaka), dies at 43
1950 - Bob Smith, American doctor, co-founder of the Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1879)
1955 - Tomasz Arciszewski, Polish premier (1944-47), dies at 88
1957 - Cora Witherspoon, actress (Quality Street, Bank Dick), dies at 67
1958 - Warner Fabian, [S Adams], US author (Great American Fraud), dies at 87
1960 - Clark Gable, actor (Gone With the Wind), dies at 59
1961 - Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House for 17 years, dies at 79
1964 - Albert Hay Malotte, composer, dies at 69
1964 - John Emery, actor (Ship Ahoy, Kronos, Mademoiselle Fifi), dies at 59
1964 - Piet Moeskops, Dutch world champion cyclist (1921-24, 26), dies at 71
1965 - Alexander King, author (Jack Paar Show), dies at 66
1968 - Greet Hofmans, faith healer of Dutch queen Juliana, dies at 74
1971 - Charlie Dell, comedian, dies at 90
1971 - Edward Sedgwick, director, dies of barbiturate overdose at 28
1971 - Edie Sedgwick, American socialite and heiress (b. 1940)
1972 - Andrey Filippovich Pashchenko, composer, dies at 87
1973 - Alan Watts, writer/popularizer of Zen, dies in Calif
1974 - Walther Meissner, German physicist (Meissner Effect), dies at 91
1975 - Ernst van Raalte, lawyer/minister-president, dies at 83
1978 - Claude Dauphin, French actor (Les Miserables, Mado), dies at 75
1980 - Imogen Hassall, Countess of Cleavage (Carry on Lovng), suicide at 37
1981 - Enid Markey, actress (Aunt Violet-Bringing Up Buddy), dies at 85
1981 - Morgan Conway, actor (Dick Tracy Detective), dies
1981 - William Holden, actor (Network, Wild Bunch, Breezy), dies at 63
1982 - Arthur Askey, British comedian, dies at 82
1982 - Lenny Murphy, Leader of Belfast's notorious Shankill Butchers (b. 1952)
1984 - Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (b. 1906)
1985 - John J Sparkmann, (Sen-D-Ala), dies at 85
1986 - Siobhan McKenna, actress (Dr Zhivago, Hungry Hill), dies at 63
1987 - Jim Brewer, Major League Baseball relief pitcher (b. 1937)
1987 - Zubir Said, Singaporean composer who composed Singapore's national anthem (b. 1907)
1988 - Lotte Stam-Beese, German/Neth architect, dies at about 85
1989 - Jean-Claude Malépart, Quebec politician (b. 1938)
1991 - Ralph Marrero, actor (Babe, Johnny Suede), dies in car accident at 33
1993 - Evelyn Venable, model (Columbia Pictures logo), dies of cancer at 80
1993 - Lucia Popp, Czech/Austria soprano (Vienna Opera), dies at 54
1993 - Achille Zavatta, French clown (b. 1915)
1994 - Chester Dino Powers Valenti, singer/Songwriter, dies at 57
1994 - Dan Smith, harmonica/gospel singer, dies at 83
1994 - David Rayner, cyclist, dies
1994 - Doris Speed, actress (Annie-Coronation Street), dies at 95
1994 - Harvey Watkins, gospel Singer, dies at 64
1994 - John Boylan, US actor (Twin Peaks, Sleepless in Seattle), dies at 82
1994 - Dino Valente, American musician (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (b.1943)
1995 - Gwyn A Williams, historian/socialist, dies at 70
1995 - Jack Finney, author (Body Snatchers), dies at 84
1996 - George Byatt, playwright, dies at 73
1996 - Jack Popplewell, composer/playwright, dies at 87
1996 - John Reginald Bevins, politician, dies at 88
1997 - George Petrie, actor (Honeymooners), dies on 85th birthday
1997 - Georges Marchais, Sec Gen of French Communist Party (1972-94), dies
1997 - Russ "Mad Monk" Meyer, pitcher (Phila Phillies), dies at 74
1999 - Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1928)
2000 - DJ Screw, American hiphop DJ (b. 1971)
2000 - Joe C., American rapper (b. 1974)
2001 - Tommy Flanagan, American jazz pianist (b. 1930)
2003 - Bettina Goislard, French relief worker (b. 1974)
2004 - Margaret Hassan, Irish-born aid worker (b. 1945)
2005 - Robert Tisch, American football team owner (b. 1926)
2005 - Donald Watson, English founder of the Vegan Society (b. 1910)
2005 - Henry Taube, Canadian-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
2006 - Milton Friedman, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
2006 - Yuri Levada, Russian sociologist (b. 1930)
2007 - Harold Alfond, American businessman (b. 1914)
2007 - Grethe Kausland, Norwegian actress and singer (b. 1947)
2007 - Trond Kirkvaag, Norwegian comedian and author (b. 1946)
2008 - Reg Varney, British actor (On The Buses) (b. 1916)