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690 - Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 602)
1180 - Louis VII, the Younger, King of France (1137-80), dies at 59
1339 - Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (b. 1288)
1356 - Gautier de Brienne, duke of Athens/French supreme commander, dies
1356 - Geoffroy de Charny, French nobleman, dies in battle
1356 - Jean de Clermont, French marshal, dies in battle
1356 - Peter I, Duke of Bourbon, killed at the Battle of Poitiers (b. 1311)
1668 - William Waller, English soldier
1693 - Janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (b. 1641)
1710 - Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer (b. 1644)
1719 - Frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/lord of the manor, executed at 59
1719 - Jan Weenix, Dutch painter, buried
1756 - Josef Antonin Sehling, composer, dies at 46
1761 - Peter Musschenbroek, physician/physicist (Leidse Bottle), dies at 69
1830 - Stanislas Champein, composer, dies at 76
1836 - Carl Friedrich Ebers, composer, dies at 66
1843 - Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French scientist (b. 1792)
1862 - [Lewis] Henry Little, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 45
1863 - Preston Smith, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 39
1864 - Archibald Campbell Godwin, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle
1864 - David Allen Russell, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 43
1864 - Robert Emmet Rodes, US Confederate gen-major, dies in battle at 35
1868 - William Sprague, American minister and politician from (b. 1809)
1881 - James A Garfield, 20th president (1881), dies of gunshot wound at 49
1882 - Andreas I Schaepman, archbishop of Utrecht (1868-82), dies at 67
1893 - Alexander Tilloch Galt, Canadian politician, a father of Canadian Confederation (b. 1817)
1902 - Maria Hendrika, Queen of the Belgians, dies
1905 - Thomas John Barnardo, Irish philanthropist (b. 1845)
1906 - Maria Georgina Grey, British writer and founder of the Girls' Day School Trust (b. 1816)
1918 - Liza Nina Mary Frederica Lehmann, composer, dies at 56
1924 - Alick Bannerman, cricketer (28 Tests for Australia, 1108 runs), dies
1927 - Michael Peter Ancher, Danish painter (b. 1849)
1935 - Jules M Cambron, French gov-gen to Algeria/ambassador, dies
1935 - Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky, Russian rocket scientist (b. 1857)
1936 - Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musician (b. 1860)
1938 - Pauline Frederick, American actress (b. 1883)
1942 - Condé Nast, American publisher (b. 1873)
1944 - David Lord, British lieutenant/Dakota-pilot DFC/VC, dies in battle
1944 - Hilary Barlow, British colonel, dies
1944 - John AC Fitch, British lt-colonel, dies in battle in Arnhem
1949 - Will Cuppy, American humorist (b. 1884)
1949 - George Shiels, Irish dramatist (b. 1886)
1952 - Giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer (Presento il mio Ticino), dies
1954 - Tibor Harsanyi, composer, dies at 56
1955 - John D. Dingell, Sr., U.S. Congressman from Michigan (b. 1894)
1961 - Helen Kimble, fictional wife of Dr Richard Kimble (Fugitive)
1961 - Pieter Tesch, mine engineer/geology (Pedestal of Netherlands), dies
1962 - Pogodin, writer, dies
1967 - Martin Block, TV announcer (Chesterfield Supper Club), dies at 64
1967 - Zinaida Serebriakova, Russian painter (b. 1884)
1967 - Monica Proietti, Canadian criminal (b. 1940)
1968 - Chester F Carlson, inventor (photocopying), dies at 62
1968 - Red Foley, country singer (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), dies at 58
1969 - Bert [Lambertus] Bakker, director Free Netherland/inventor, dies
1969 - Rex Ingram, actor/director (Elmer Gantry), dies of heart attack at 73
1970 - Greville Stevens, cricketer (10 Tests for England 1922-29), dies
1972 - Robert Casadesus, French pianist (b. 1899)
1973 - Bob Gilbert, actor (Never the Twain Shall Meet), dies of hepatitis 75
1973 - Gram Parsons, rocker (Byrds), dies of OD at 26
1974 - Eve March, actress (Adam's Rib, Danny Boy), dies at 63
1978 - Rolf Gunther, East German priest, self imolation
1978 - Étienne Gilson, French philosopher and historian (b. 1884)
1981 - Joke Kool-Smit, Dutch feminist, dies
1982 - Fred Badcock, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ 1930-33, 16 wkts), dies
1982 - Samuel L M Barlow, composer, dies at 90
1984 - June Preisser, dancer/actress (Babes in Arms), dies in car crash at 61
1985 - Italo Calvino, sci-fi author (T-Zero, Mr Palomar), dies at 61
1986 - Vivian Duncan, entertainer (Duncan Sisters), dies
1987 - Einar Gerhardsen, Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1897)
1988 - Oren Lee Staley, 1st pres of Natl Farmers Org (1955-79), dies at 65
1989 - Guido de Moor, actor (Flanagan, Because of the Cats), dies
1989 - Willie Steele, American Olympic gold medalist (b. 1923)
1990 - Werner Janssen, US composer (New Years Eve in NY), dies at 91
1992 - Frederick Combs, playwright/director, dies of AIDS at 57
1992 - Jacques Pic, french restaurant owner, dies
1993 - Bruce Ferden, US conductor (NY, Washington, Amsterdam), dies at 44
1993 - Richard Landau, US screenwriter (Back to Bataan), dies at 79
1994 - Frankie Kennedy, flute player, dies at 38
1994 - Sandra Fisher, painter, dies at 47
1995 - Louis "Mr Bo" Collins, blues SInger, dies at 63
1995 - Orville Reddenbacher, popcorn magnate, drowns in bathtub at 88
1995 - Walter Shlomo Gross, journalist, dies at 83
1995 - Yevgeni Nikolayevich Khludeyev, Russia, cosmonaut, dies at 55
1995 - Orville Redenbacher, American botanist and businessman (b. 1907)
1996 - Douglas Hyde, socialist/Christian, dies at 85
1996 - Timothy Nicholson, journalist, dies at 32
1997 - Clive Brain, educationalist, dies at 57
1997 - Kathy Keeton Guccione, CEO (General Media Intl), dies at 58
1997 - Malcolm Hughes, artist, dies at 77
1997 - Rich Mullins, American singer (b. 1955)
2000 - Anthony Robert Klitz, British artist (b. 1917)
2002 - Robert Guéï, ruler of Côte d'Ivoire (b. 1941)
2003 - Slim Dusty, Australian singer (b. 1927)
2004 - Eddie Adams, American photographer (b. 1933)
2004 - Árpád Bogsch, Hungarian-born American civil servant (b. 1919)
2004 - Skeeter Davis, American singer (b. 1931)
2004 - Ellis Marsalis, Sr., American businessman, musician, and activist
2006 - Elizabeth Allen, American actress (b. 1929)
2006 - Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist (b. 1950)
2006 - Chuck Rio, American singer and saxophonist (The Champs) (b. 1929)
2006 - Hugh Kawharu, New Zealander Ngāti Whātua Māori chief (b. 1927)
2006 - Martha Holmes, American photographer (b. 1923)
2009 - Eduard Zimmermann, German broadcaster (b. 1929)
2011 - Thomas Capano, attorney, criminal (b. 1949)
2011 - Johnny Răducanu, Romanian jazz pianist (b. 1931)

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