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741 - Gregory III, Syrian Pope, dies
741 - St. Gregory III
1058 - Kazimierz I Restaurator, duke of Poland (1034-58), dies
1170 - Owain Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd (c. 1100)
1262 - Shinran, founder of Japan's True Pure Land Buddhist sect, dies
1290 - Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I of England (b. 1241)
1499 - Edward Plantagenet, 18th Count of Warwick, beheaded
1514 - Hartmann Skull, German physician/historian (Skull's Liederbuch), dies
1545 - Jacob van Liesveld, printer/"heretic" (Refeyen), beheaded
1559 - Erasmus Sarcerius, German luthers theologist, dies at about 58
1574 - Georg Major, German Protestant theologian (b. 1502)
1585 - Hernando Franco, Spanish composer (b. 1532)
1590 - Pierre de Loyseleur de Villiers, S Neth theologist, dies at about 60
1641 - Robert Dowland, English luitist/son of John Dowland, dies at about 50
1667 - Jean de Thévenot, French traveller and scientist (b. 1633)
1675 - Leonard Hoar, American President of Harvard University (b. 1630)
1675 - Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh, English Civil War soldier (c. 1608)
1680 - Giovanni L Bernini, Italian sculptor/painter, dies
1695 - Giovanni Paulo Colonna, composer, dies at 58
1695 - Anthony Wood, English antiquarian (b. 1632)
1698 - Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France (b. 1622)
1785 - William Whipple, merchant/judge/signer (Decl of Independ), dies at 55
1788 - Charles C of Nassau-Weilburg, governor of Maastricht, dies at about 53
1794 - Friedrich WLGA von Steuben, Prussian/US inspector-general of Washingtons army, dies at 64
1801 - Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, French geologist (b. 1750)
1815 - Johann Peter Salomon, composer, dies at 70
1827 - Dov Baer Schneersohn, Lubavitch leader/author (Imirei Binah), dies
1852 - Ludger Duvernay, French printer and newspaper publisher (b. 1799)
1859 - Washington Irving, US author (Geoffrey Crayon, gent), dies
1860 - Heinrich FL Rellstab, German music theorist, dies
1861 - Robert Fuhrer, composer, dies at 54
1870 - Frédéric Bazille, French painter (b. 1841)
1872 - Mary Fairfax Somerville, British scientific writer (b. 1780)
1876 - Karl Earnest Ritter von Baer, Estonian/German embryologist, dies at 84
1878 - Marco Aurelio Zani de Ferranti, composer, dies at 78
1878 - Orson Hyde, American religious leader (b. 1805)
1880 - Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, (Portuguese) Archbishop of Goa (b. 1837)
1898 - C F Meyer, writer, dies at 73
1899 - Adrian the la Rey, son of South African general, dies in battle at 19
1907 - Ricardo Castro Herrera, composer, dies at 43
1907 - Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish dramatist, poet, painter, and architect (b. 1869)
1912 - Heinz Galinski, chairman (Central Council for Jews in Germany), dies
1912 - Walter Benona Sharp, American oil tycoon (b. 1870)
1915 - Luigi Capuana, Sicilian author/critic (C'era una Volta), dies at 76
1915 - Mubarak Al-Sabah "The Great", Emir of Kuwait (b. 1896)
1916 - Marthinus T Steyn, pres of Orange-Free state (1896-1902), dies at 59
1918 - Alexis Contant, composer, dies at 60
1921 - `Abdu'l-Bahá, Persian leader of the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1844)
1927 - Arthur Wichmann, German/Dutch geologist (New-Guinea), dies
1935 - Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist (b. 1877)
1939 - James A Naismith, creator of basketball, dies at 78
1940 - Nicolae Iorga, author/president of Romania, murdered by fascist
1944 - Bijnen, Dutch opposition leader (LKP), shot to death in Apeldoorn
1944 - Camille Looten, Belgian priest/literature historian, dies
1944 - Joop Brouwer de Koning, youngest Dutch radio operator, executed at 25
1944 - Lode Zielens, Flemish author/journalist, dies at 43
1945 - Dwight Davis, donator of tennis' Davis cup, dies
1947 - Jacques-Philippe Leclerc, WW II hero (liberator of Paris), dies at 44
1954 - Enrico Fermi, Italian/US physicist (Nobel 1938), dies at 53
1959 - Lester Vail, actor (Dance Fools Dance), dies on 59th birthday
1960 - Richard N Wright, US author (Native son), dies at 52 in Paris France
1962 - Wilhelmina HPM, queen of the Netherlands (1898-1948), dies at 82
1963 - Fred Uttal, TV host (QED), dies at 55
1963 - Karyn Kupcinet, actress (Carol-Gertrude Berg Show), murdered at 23
1964 - Charles Meredith, actor (Court of Last Resort), dies at 70
1964 - Jan Fabricius, Dutch/English playwright (Dolle Hans), dies at 93
1966 - Vittorio Giannini, composer, dies at 63
1967 - Leon Mba, 1st president of Gabon (1960-67), dies
1967 - Leon M'ba, Gabonese politician (b. 1902)
1968 - Enid Mary Blyton, author (Before I Go To Sleep), dies at 70
1969 - Roy Barcroft, actor (Eyes of Texas, Son of Zorro), dies at 67
1970 - Fritz v Unruh, writer, dies at 85
1970 - Jan Drda, Czech author (Nema Barikada), dies at 55
1971 - Wasfi Tal, Jordan's PM, assassinated by Black Sept in Cairo
1972 - Gustave Frederic Soderlund, composer, dies at 91
1972 - Havergal Brian, composer, dies at 96
1973 - Marthe Bibesco, Romanian writer (b. 1886)
1976 - Robert Fleming, composer, dies at 55
1976 - Rosalind Russell, actress (Mame), dies of cancer at 68
1977 - Trevor Bardette, actor (Clanton-Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies at 75
1978 - Andre Morell, actor (Hound of the Baskervilles), dies at 69
1978 - Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Argentine football executive (b. 1902)
1983 - Christopher George, actor (Chisum, Heist), dies of heart attack at 54
1984 - Hans Speidel, German gen/NATO-supreme commander (1957-64), dies at 87
1985 - Fernand Braudel, French historian, dies at 83
1986 - Herb Vigran, actor (Ernest-Ed Wynn Show), dies at 76
1986 - Louis van Lint, Belgian painter, dies at 76
1987 - Choh Hao Li, bio-chemist prof (isolated growth hormones), dies at 74
1987 - Paul Arma, composer, dies at 83
1989 - Jo[hanne M Bos-]Vincent, Dutch soprano (Songs for Life), dies at 91
1990 - Tamara De Treaux, actress (ET), dies at 31
1992 - Bill Kearns, US actor (Playtime), dies of lung cancer at 69
1992 - June Joyce Lewis Fraser, entertainer, dies at 75
1992 - Ronald Smeenk, Dutch cabaret performer, dies
1992 - Sidney Nolan, Australian painter (b. 1917)
1993 - Abu Rish, Palestinian PLO-leader, dies at 23
1993 - Garry Moore, TV host (I've Got A Secret), dies of emphysema at 78
1993 - Kenneth Connor, English comic/actor (Carry on Sergeant), dies at 75
1993 - Khaled Moustapha Zir, Palestinian Hamas leader, shot to death at 25
1993 - Jerry Edmonton, Canadian drummer (Steppenwolf) (b. 1946)
1994 - Al Levitt, US/French jazz drummer, dies at 63
1994 - Franfo Fortini, poet, dies at 77
1994 - Jeffrey Dahmer, [Butcher of Milwaukee], killer, killed in prison at 34
1994 - Jerry Rubin, US anti-war activist (Youth Party), dies at 56
1994 - Ronald "Buster" Edwards, Great Train Robber, commits suicide at 62
1994 - Vicente Enrique y Tarancon, Spanish cardinal, dies at 87
1996 - Anna Pollak, mezzo-soprano, dies at 84
1997 - Georges Marchal, actor (Dirty Game, Blondine), dies at 77
1998 - Kerry Wendell Thornley, co-founder of Discordianism (b. 1938)
2000 - Liane Haid, Austrian actress (b. 1895)
2001 - William Kienzle, American author (b. 1928)
2001 - Kal Mann, American lyricist (b. 1917)
2001 - William Reid, British aviator awarded the Victoria Cross (b. 1921)
2002 - Dave "Snaker" Ray, American blues musician (b. 1943)
2003 - Ted Bates, English footballer (b. 1918)
2003 - Antonia Forest, British children's author (b. 1915)
2005 - Marc Lawrence, American actor (b. 1910)
2006 - Lyubov Polishchuk, Russian actress (b. 1949)
2006 - Robert Volpe, Artist ,Art Theft Detective (b.1942)
2007 - Gudrun Wagner, co-director of the Bayreuth Festival (b. 1944)