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9 - Publius Quinctilius Varus, Roman viceroy of Syria, suicide at 59
668 - Constans II, Byzantine emperor (b. 630)
866 - Robert the Strong, Margrave of Neustria
921 - Ludmilla, wife of 1st christian Bohemian king Borijov I/saint, dies
928 - Louis III, the Blind Proveneaals king of Lombardije/Germany, dies at 48
1231 - Louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach, dies
1352 - Ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and religious leader (b. 1273)
1500 - John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury
1525 - John Pistorius, church reformer, burned at the stake
1596 - Leonhard Rauwolf, German physician and botanist (b. 1535 or 1540)
1598 - Hidejoshi, [Hijoshi], Japanese general strategist/kampaku, dies
1613 - Thomas Overbury, English writer (b. 1581)
1643 - Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Irish politician (b. 1566)
1649 - John Floyd, English Jesuit preacher (b. 1572)
1654 - Cornelis Bicker, merchant/mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 61
1700 - André Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (b. 1613)
1701 - Edmé Boursault, French writer (b. 1638)
1707 - George Stepney, English poet and diplomat (b. 1663)
1747 - Johann Gotthilf Ziegler, composer, dies at 59
1750 - Charles Theodore Pachelbel, composer, dies at 59
1794 - Abraham Clark, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1725)
1803 - Gian Francesco Albani, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1719)
1830 - William Huskisson, first rail fatality (b. 1770)
1835 - Sarah Knox Taylor, wife of Jefferson Davis (b. 1814)
1840 - Franz Xaver Pechacek, composer, dies at 47
1841 - Alessandro Rolla, composer, dies at 84
1842 - Pierre MF de Sales Baillot, French violinist/composer, dies at 70
1842 - José Francisco Morazán Quezada, President of The Federal Republic of Central America (b. 1792)
1859 - John LA Luyten, Catholic Member of Dutch 2nd parliament, dies at 72
1859 - Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer (b. 1806)
1864 - John Hanning Speke, British explorer (b. 1827)
1875 - Jeanne-Louise Farrenc, composer, dies at 71
1880 - William Hauser, composer, dies at 67
1883 - Joseph AF Plateau, Belg physicist (Blue Moon), dies
1885 - Juliusz Zarebski, composer, dies at 31
1885 - Jumbo, P. T. Barnum's circus elephant (hit by a train)
1893 - Thomas Hawksley, English civil engineer (b. 1807)
1895 - Jan Kleczynski, composer, dies at 58
1914 - Jacobus Herculas de la Rey, [Uncle Chose], Boer general, dies at 66
1916 - Isidore Edouard Legouix, composer, dies at 82
1921 - Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Russ baron/general, dies
1923 - Sayed Darwish, composer, dies at 31
1924 - Anthony Johnson Showalter, composer, dies at 66
1927 - Herman Gorter, socialist/poet (Mai, Pan), dies at 62
1929 - Sara Amsel, Indon/Dutch actress/wife of Carel van Hoisted, dies at 58
1930 - Milton Sills, American actor (b. 1882)
1932 - Charles Hutchison Gabriel, composer, dies at 76
1934 - David Vaughan Thomas, composer, dies at 61
1936 - Bela Anton Szabados, composer, dies at 69
1937 - Clifford Heatherley, actress (For Love or Money, Cash), dies at 48
1938 - Thomas Wolfe, US writer (Enigma), dies at 62
1940 - Dick Ket, painter/cartoonist, dies at 37
1942 - Jack Singer, US war reporter (Wasp), dies
1942 - Joe Travers, cricketer (Australian SLA, in only Test innings), dies
1943 - Hans Ulrich Humpert, composer, dies at 2
1945 - Anton Friedrich Wilhelm von Webern, Austrian composer, dies at 61
1945 - André Tardieu, Prime Minister of France (b. 1876)
1950 - Vojtech Rihovsky, composer, dies at 79
1951 - Jacinto Guerrero, composer, dies at 56
1953 - Jacques Thibaud, French violinist, dies
1956 - Henry Clough-Leiter, composer, dies at 82
1963 - Fred Hillebrand, actor (Martin Kane), dies at 69
1964 - Robert Dower, cricketer (Test for South Africa), dies
1965 - Steve Brown, American musician (b. 1890)
1967 - Eva McKenzie, sister of Ida Mae/actress (Virtuous Husband), dies at 78
1967 - Hans Haug, composer, dies at 67
1972 - Ulvi Cemal Erkin, composer, dies at 66
1972 - Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1887)
1973 - Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden (b. 1882)
1973 - Victor Jara, Chilean musician (b. 1941)
1978 - Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft builder, dies at 80
1978 - Robert Cliche, French Canadian politician and judge (b. 1921)
1979 - Tommy Leonetti, singer/actor (Gomer Pyle USMC), dies at 50
1980 - Bill Evans, US jazz pianist, dies of a bleeding ulcer at 51
1981 - Sara Haden, actress (A Family Affair), dies at 83
1981 - Harold Bennett, English actor (b. 1899)
1982 - Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, Iran's former foreign minister, executed in Iran
1983 - LeRoy Prinz, choreographer, dies at 88
1983 - Willie Bobo, jazz drummer (Cos), dies at 49
1983 - Prince Far I, reggae toaster and producer
1984 - Jack Ikin, cricketer (England opener 1946-55), dies
1986 - Virginia Gregg, actress (Little Women), dies at 69
1987 - Bob Tadema Sporry, author, dies at 75
1987 - Steven Tuomi, murder victim of Jeffery Dahmer (b. 1963)
1989 - Harry Cave, cricketer (New Zealand captain 1955-56), dies
1989 - Robert Penn Warren, American writer (b. 1905)
1990 - G M J Veldkamp, Dutch politician (CDA), dies
1990 - Valentin Ignatyevich Filatyev, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 60
1991 - Allan Sobek, dancer, dies
1991 - Andre Baruch, Radio/TV announcer dies at 83
1991 - John Hoyt, actor (My Favorite Brunette), dies of lung cancer at 87
1992 - Walter B Jones, (Rep-D-NC, 1966-92), dies at 79
1993 - Frits Noske, musicologist (Tie Musikwerk), dies at 72
1993 - Herman Meyer, Germanist (Deutsche Dichtung), dies at 82
1994 - Alain Berdarin, founder/owner of "Crazy Horse Saloon," suicide at 78
1994 - Haywood Frank Henry, sax player, dies at 81
1994 - Michael Joyce, stage Manager, dies at 48
1995 - Marguerite Fawdry, museum curator, dies at 83
1995 - Michio Watanabe, politician, dies at 72
1995 - Sam McCluskie, trade unionist, dies at 63
1996 - Brother Eugene Gerard Salois, teacher, dies at 76
1996 - George Scheuer, writer/journalist, dies at 80
1996 - Hilary Preston, editor, dies at 88
1996 - Joan Perry Cohn Harvey, actress (Hands of a Stranger), dies at 85
1996 - Peter Michael Grayson, showman, dies at 70
2000 - Vincent Canby, American movie critic (b. 1924)
2003 - Jack Brymer, English clarinetist (b. 1915)
2003 - Josef Hirsal, Czech novelist (b. 1920)
2004 - Johnny Ramone, American guitarist (The Ramones) (b. 1948)
2004 - Walter Stewart, Canadian journalist (b. 1931)
2005 - Sidney Luft, American film director (b. 1915)
2006 - Raymond Baxter, British television presenter (b. 1922)
2006 - Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and writer (b. 1929)
2006 - Pablo Santos, Mexican actor (b. 1987)
2007 - Colin McRae, Scottish rally driver (b. 1968)
2007 - Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan musician (b. 1928)
2007 - Brett Somers, Canadian-born American actress and Match Game panelist (b. 1924)
2008 - Richard Wright, keyboardist and founding member of Pink Floyd (b. 1943)