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530 - Dioscurus, anti-Pope (530), dies
1066 - Harold II, King of England (1066), dies
1092 - Aboe Ali Hasan ibn Nizam al-Moelk, writer (Sijasetname), assassinated
1256 - Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese shogun (b. 1239)
1318 - Edward Bruce, High King of Ireland
1536 - Garcilaso de la Vega, Spanish poet/diplomat, dies in battle
1552 - Oswald Myconius, Swiss Protestant reformer (b. 1488)
1565 - Thomas Chaloner, English statesman and poet (b. 1521)
1568 - Jacques Arcadelt, Flemish composer
1570 - Floris van Montmorency, baron of Montigny, dies at 43
1610 - Amago Yoshihisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1540)
1619 - Samuel Daniel, English poet (b. 1562)
1637 - Gabriello Chiabrera, Italian poet (b. 1552)
1660 - Francesco Albana, Italian painter (Hemelopneming of Maria), dies at 72
1660 - Thomas Harrison, English Puritan soldier (b. 1606)
1669 - Antonio Cesti, composer, dies at 46
1703 - Thomas Hansen Kingo, Danish poet (b. 1634)
1711 - Tewoflos, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1708)
1719 - Arnold Houbraken, painter/writer), dies at 59
1746 - Francois Fagel, lawyer/statesman, dies at 86
1758 - Francis Edward James Keith, Scottish soldier and Prussian field marshal (b. 1696)
1771 - Franz Xaver Brixi, composer, dies at 39
1775 - Johann Jacob Rowalt, composer, dies at 57
1790 - William Hooper, US attorney/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 48
1831 - Jean-Louis Pons, French astronomer (b. 1761)
1847 - William Michael Rooke, composer, dies at 53
1857 - Ignacy Marceli Komorowski, composer, dies at 33
1872 - Albrecht FH, prince of Prussia, dies at 63
1877 - Antoine-Amable-Elie Elwart, composer, dies at 68
1879 - F Kornberger, writer, dies at 58
1880 - Victorio, Apache chief/murderer, killed by Mexican army
1893 - Conradus Leemans, Dutch archaeologist, dies at 84
1900 - Albert de Vriendt, Flemish historical painter/etcher, dies
1900 - Sandor Erkel, composer, dies at 54
1909 - Johann Gottfred Matthison-Hansen, composer, dies at 76
1911 - John Marshall Harlan, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1833)
1919 - Wilhelm von Siemens, German industrial/son of Werner, dies
1923 - George Elbridge Whiting, composer, dies at 83
1923 - Marcellus Emants, writer/poet (Refrained from Confession), dies
1930 - Sam[uel] van Houten, lib minister (Child labor laws), dies
1943 - Jackie Matthews, cricketer (8 Tests 1911-12, 16 wickets), dies
1944 - Erwin Rommel, German fieldmarshal (WW II-Africa), suicide at 52
1957 - Carl Natanael Berg, composer, dies at 78
1958 - Jean Poveigh, composer, dies at 82
1958 - Douglas Mawson, Australian Antarctic explorer (b. 1882)
1959 - Errol Flynn, US actor (Captain Blood), dies of heart attack at 50
1960 - Abram F Joffe, Russian physicist (crystal), dies
1961 - Paul Ramadier, French politician (b. 1888)
1961 - Harriet Shaw Weaver, English political activist (b. 1876)
1966 - Arcady Dubensky, composer, dies at 75
1967 - Marcel Aymé, French novelist and playwright (b. 1902)
1972 - Joseph Kaminski, composer, dies at 68
1973 - Edmund A. Chester, American broadcaster and journalist (b. 1897)
1976 - Edith Evans, actress (Tom Jones, Scrooge, Chalk Garden), dies at 88
1977 - Bing Crosby, singer/actor (Going My Way), dies of a heart attack at 74
1980 - S N Banerjee, cricketer (one Test for India), dies
1981 - Ingemar Liljefors, composer, dies at 74
1983 - Paul Fix, actor (Rifleman), dies at 82 of kidney failure
1983 - Willard Price, Canadian author and naturalist
1984 - Martin Ryle, English radio astronomer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (b. 1918)
1985 - Emil Gilels, Ukrainian pianist (b. 1916)
1986 - [Francis XA] Keenan Wynn, US actor (Dr Strangelove), dies at 70
1987 - Rodolfo Halffter, composer, dies at 86
1988 - Mary Morris, actress (Agitator, Double Door), dies
1989 - Michael Carmine, actor (Batteries Not Included), dies at 30
1990 - Leonard Bernstein, composer, dies of heart attack at 72
1992 - John Hancock, actor (LA Law, Love & War), dies of heart attack at 51
1993 - Bertie Clarke, cricketer (6 wkts for WI in 1939), dies
1993 - Guy Malary, Haitian lawyer/minister of Justice, murdered at 50
1993 - Mustafa Abada, Algerian TV director, murdered
1993 - Walter Brown Newman, US screenwriter (Cat Ballou), dies at 77
1994 - Gioconda de Vito, violinist, dies at 87
1995 - Edith Pargeter, author (Brother Cadfael), dies of a stroke at 82
1995 - Helen Vlachos, journalist, dies at 83
1996 - Laura La Plante, screen actress (Show Boat, Scandal), dies at 91
1996 - William John Raff Hooper, cartoonist, dies at 80
1997 - Harold Robbins, salacious novelist, dies at 81
1998 - Cleveland Amory, American writer and animal rights activist (b. 1917)
1998 - Frankie Yankovic, American musician (b. 1916)
1999 - Julius Nyerere, Tanzanian politician (b. 1922)
2002 - Norbert Schultze, American composer and songwriter (b. 1911)
2003 - Patrick Dalzel-Job, English soldier and inspiration for James Bond (b. 1913)
2004 - Vlassis Bonatsos, Greek singer, actor and entertainer (b. 1949)
2005 - Jody Dobrowski, English murder victim (b. 1981)
2006 - Jared Anderson, American bassist (b. 1975)
2006 - Freddy Fender, American musician (b. 1937)
2006 - Maurice Grosse, British paranormal investigator (b. 1919)
2006 - Nancy Lynn, American aviator (b. 1956)
2006 - Gerry Studds, American politician (b. 1937)
2007 - Big Moe, American rapper (b. 1974)
2008 - Richard Cooey, American murderer and rapist (executed) (b. 1967)