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578 - Justinus II, Byzantine emperor (565-78), dies
1056 - Henry III, RC German King (1039-56), dies
1056 - Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1017)
1111 - Robrecht II of Jerusalem, Count of Flanders (1st Crusader), dies
1112 - Sigebert of Gembloux, French chronicler
1285 - Philippe III, the Stout, King of France (1270-85), dies
1285 - King Philip III of France (b. 1245)
1399 - Raymundus of Capua, Italian general, dies
1496 - Ferdinand II, king of Naples, dies
1528 - Richard Foxe, English churchman
1557 - Il Bacchiacca, [Franceso Ubertini], Italian painter, dies at 63
1564 - Pierre de Manchicourt, Flemish composer
1565 - Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician (b. 1522)
1606 - Philippe Desportes, French poet (b. 1546)
1631 - Arabella Holles, wife of English politician Thomas Wentworth, dies
1707 - Daniel Speer, composer, dies at 71
1714 - Kaibara Ekiken, Japanese philosopher (b. 1630)
1740 - Johann Philipp Baratier, German scholar (b. 1721)
1763 - August III, king of Poland, dies at 66
1777 - Ján Andrej Segner, Slovak and German mathematician, physicist, and physician (b. 1704)
1787 - Thomas Stone, US attorney/signer (Dec of Ind), dies at about 44
1791 - Grigori Potemkin, Russian statesman (b. 1739)
1799 - Antonio Dinis da Cruz e Silva, Portuguese poet (O Hissope), dies at 68
1805 - Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, British general (b. 1738)
1813 - Etienne Ozi, composer, dies at 58
1813 - Tecumseh, US Shawnee-chief/English Gen (Battle of Thames), dies
1837 - Hortense de Beauharnais, French queen of Neth (1806-10), dies at 54
1848 - Joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (b. 1781)
1861 - Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish bishop (b. 1778)
1867 - Thomas Taglichsbeck, composer, dies at 67
1880 - Jacques Offenbach, German-born composer (b. 1819)
1892 - Bill Powers, US member of Daltonbende, dies
1892 - Bob Dalton, US leader of Daltonbende, dies
1892 - Dick Broadwell, US member of Daltonbende, dies
1892 - Grat Dalton, US member of Daltonbende, dies
1899 - Johann Nepomuk Fuchs, composer, dies at 57
1911 - Charles-Theodore Malherbe, composer, dies at 58
1913 - Hans von Bartels, German painter (b. 1856)
1915 - Jose Maria Usandizaga, composer, dies at 28
1915 - Otto Valdemar Malling, composer, dies at 67
1918 - Roland Garros, French stunt flyer, dies
1919 - Jean Louis Nicode, composer, dies at 66
1924 - Joseph Vezina, composer, dies at 75
1924 - Tom Campbell, cricketer (5 Tests for S Africa, ct 7 stp 1), dies
1930 - Christopher Birdwood Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson, British military officer (b. 1875)
1933 - Nikolaj N Joedenitsj, Russian general/contra revolutionary, dies at 71
1933 - Renee Adoree, actress (Big Parade), dies at 35
1933 - Nikolai Nikolaevich Yudenich, Russian general (b. 1862)
1934 - Jean Vigo, French filmer, dies
1936 - Jan J Slauerhoff, Dutch ship doc/writer (Seaman's Grave), dies at 38
1938 - Saint Faustina, Polish saint (b. 1905)
1940 - Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican composer: Cuauhnahuac/Planos, dies at 40
1940 - Lincoln Loy McCandless, American cattle rancher (b. 1859)
1940 - Ballington Booth, Salvation Army Officer and co-founder of Volunteers of America (b. 1857)
1941 - Louis D Brandeis, 1st Jewish Supreme Court Judge (1916-39), dies at 84
1943 - Leon Roppolo, American musician (b. 1902)
1944 - Joseph B "Aristide" Maillol, French sculptor/graphic artist, dies
1950 - Frederic Lewy, German neurologist (b. 1885)
1952 - Joe Jagersberger, Austrian racing driver (b. 1884 or 1885)
1953 - Friedrich Wolf, writer, dies at 64
1954 - Flor Alpaerts, Flem composer (Tyl Uilenspiegel/Pallieter), dies at 78
1956 - Joseph Erlanger, US doctor (shock therapy-Nobel 1944), dies
1965 - Gustaf Adolf Tiburtius Bengtsson, composer, dies at 79
1967 - Clifton C Williams Jr, astronaut, dies at 35, in T-38 jet crash
1969 - Walter Hagen, US golfer (won 5x PGA-tournament), dies at 76
1976 - Barbara Nichols, actress (Pajama Game, Loved One), dies at 46
1976 - Lars Onsager, Norwegian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903)
1979 - Charlie Smith, oldest American (137 year), dies
1981 - Gloria Grahame, actress (Sue-Rich Man Poor Man), dies at 55
1981 - Jud Strunk, singer/comedian (Laugh-In), dies at 48
1983 - Earl Tupper, American inventor (b. 1907)
1984 - Leonard Rossiter, actor (2001, Water), dies of a heart attack at 57
1986 - Hall B Wallis, US movie production (Barefoot in Park), dies at 87
1986 - Hal B. Wallis, American film producer (b. 1898)
1986 - James H. Wilkinson, English mathematician (b. 1919)
1986 - Mike Burgmann, Australian racing driver (b. 1947)
1990 - Meir Kahane, founder of Jewish defense league, assassinated at 58
1992 - Cornelis Berkhouwer, Dutch MP (VVD), dies
1992 - Eddie Kendricks, singer (Temptations), dies of lung cancer at 52
1992 - Paul Acket, organizer (Music Express, North Sea Jazz Festival), dies
1993 - Jane Nigh, actress (Big Town, Blue Blood, Rawhide), dies at about 67
1993 - Karl G Henize, astronaut (STS 51-F), dies of heart failure at 66
1995 - Dick Henry Jurgen, bandleader, dies at 85
1995 - Fred Fehl, photographer, dies at 89
1995 - Peter Crichton Kirkpatrick, oarsman, dies at 79
1995 - Linda Gary, American voice actress (b. 1944)
1996 - Catherine Elizabeth Pennington, personal assistant, dies at 77
1996 - Seymour Cray, computer designer, dies in auto accident at 71
1997 - Andrew Keir, actor (Rob Roy, Absolution, Blood Hunt), dies at 71
1997 - Dave Marr, golfer/commentator, dies at 63
1997 - Brian Pillman, American professional wrestler (b. 1962)
2000 - Cătălin Hîldan, Romanian footballer (b. 1976)
2001 - Mike Mansfield, American politician (b. 1903)
2002 - Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920)
2003 - Denis Quilley, English actor (b. 1927)
2003 - Dan Snyder, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1978)
2003 - Timothy Treadwell, American bear enthusiast featured in Grizzly Man (b. 1957)
2004 - Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian (b. 1921)
2004 - Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-born physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1916)
2004 - William H. Dobelle, American biomedical engineer, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine nominee (b. 1941)
2006 - Jennifer Moss, English Actress (b. 1945)
2006 - Antonio Peña, Mexican founder of lucha libre promotion AAA (b. 1953)
2007 - Justin Tuveri, Italian veteran of the First World War (b. 1898)