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1249 - Count Raymond VII of Toulouse (b. 1197)
1259 - Ezzeline III da Romano, gentleman of Verona/"cruel monster", dies
1304 - John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey, English soldier
1404 - William of Wykeham, chancellor/Bishop of Winchester, dies
1557 - Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (b. 1497)
1566 - Marcus A Vida, [Marcus Hieronymus], Italian humanist/poet/bishop, dies
1590 - Urban VII, [Giambattista Castagna], Italian Pope (1590), dies
1612 - Piotr Skarga, Polish theology/PM (Sanctity of Life), dies at 76
1615 - Arbella Stuart, English noblewoman (b. 1575)
1617 - Johan Earnest count of Nassau-Siegen, dies
1641 - Francois van d'aerssen, mister of Sommelsdijk/diplomat, dies at 69
1651 - Maximilian I, duke/ruler of Bayern (Codex Maximilianus), dies at 78
1651 - Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1573)
1660 - St Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Cong founder, dies
1674 - Robert Arnauld d'andilly, French literary/financier/translator, dies
1674 - Thomas Traherne, English poet/mystic (Roman Forgeries), dies
1700 - Innocent XII, [Antonio Pignatelli], Pope (1691-1700), dies at 85
1719 - George Smalridge, English Bishop of Bristol (b. 1662)
1730 - Laurence Eusden, English poet (b. 1688)
1735 - Peter Artedi, Swedish naturalist (b. 1705)
1737 - John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, English privy councillor (b. 1680)
1742 - Hugh Boulter, Irish Archbishop of Armagh (b. 1672)
1783 - Étienne Bézout, French mathematician (b. 1730)
1784 - Boniface Stoecki, composer, dies at 38
1808 - Gaetano B Vestris, ballerina, dies at 79
1821 - Luis (Philippus) Brion, Curacaos admiral/supreme commander, dies at 39
1831 - Henry van Wine, archivist/founder General Rijksarchief, dies at 91
1831 - Joannis Capodistrias, Greek governor of Troezen, murdered at 55
1844 - Charles Nodier, French writer (History du chien the Brisquet), dies
1868 - Alexander Walewski, French earl/duke/diplomat/Foreign minister, dies
1870 - Henry TP Comstock, Canadian silver prospector, dies at 50
1876 - Braxton Bragg, American Confederate general (b. 1817)
1891 - I Gontscharow, writer, dies
1891 - Ivan Goncharov, Russian author (b. 1812)
1911 - Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist (b. 1844)
1915 - Conrad T van Deventer, Dutch jurist/MP (liberal), dies at 57
1915 - Kaspar C E Ritter von Zumbusch, German/Austrian sculptor, dies at 84
1915 - Remy de Gourmont, French poet (b. 1858)
1916 - Emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian writer (Les Heures du Soir), dies at 61
1917 - Edgar Degas, painter, Paris
1919 - Adelina [Adela JM] Patti, Italian soprano (Lucio), dies at 76
1919 - Robert Gleeson, cricketer (one Test for S Africa 1895-96), dies
1921 - Engelbert Humperdinck, Ger opera composer (Schneewittchen), dies at 67
1935 - Alan Gray, composer, dies at 79
1940 - Walter Benjamin, German/French literature critic/writer, dies at 48
1940 - Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian neuroscientist, Nobel laureate (b. 1857)
1942 - Douglas Munro, only US Coast Guard with WW II-Med of Honor, dies
1943 - Waclaw Gieburowski, composer, dies at 65
1944 - Aimee Semple McPherson, Canada/US evangelist/faith healer, dies at 53
1944 - Aristide Maillol, Fr sculptor/graphic artist, dies in car crash at 82
1948 - Frank Cellier, actor (Spider, Quiet Wedding, Big Blockade), dies at 64
1953 - Jules-Marie Canneel, Flemish painter/caricaturist, dies at 72
1955 - Henri Liebrecht, Belgian stagewriter/journalist, dies at 71
1956 - Gerald Raphael Finzi, composer, dies at 55
1956 - Milburn Apt, in X-2 rocket plane reaches 3370 kph, but, dies in crash
1956 - [Mildred] Babe Didrikson-Zaharias, javelin (Oly-gold-32), dies at 45
1960 - Sylvia Pankhurst, English feminist/daughter of Emmeline, dies at 78
1961 - Hilda Doolittle, US poetess (Bid Me to Live), dies at 75
1962 - Francisco Brochado da Rocha, PM of Brazil (1962), dies at 52
1965 - Clara Bow, US actress, (Down to the Sea in Ships, Wings), dies at 60
1965 - Harry Reser, orch leader (Sammy Kaye Show), dies at 69
1967 - Felix F Yussupov, Russian monarch, dies at 80
1969 - Violet Farebrother, actress (Downhill, Easy Virtue), dies at 81
1972 - Rory Storm, lead singer (Rory Storm & Hurricane), commits suicide
1972 - S. R. Ranganathan, Indian mathematician (b. 1892)
1974 - Silvio Frondizi, Argentine lawyer, assassinated by the Triple A(b. 1907)
1975 - Mark Frechette, actor (Zabriskie Point, Uomini Contro), dies at 27
1975 - Jack Lang, Australian politician (b. 1876)
1979 - Gracie Fields, actress (Queen of Hearts), dies at 81
1979 - Jimmy McCullough, musician (Wings), dies of a drug overdose
1981 - Coenraad van Emde Boas, Dutch sexologist, dies at 77
1981 - Robert Montgomery, actor/dir (Robert Montgomery Presents), dies at 77
1982 - Saad Sayd, [Abu Walid], Palestinian commandant in Lebanon, dies
1983 - Tino Rossi, singer/actor (Destins, Belle Menuniere), dies at 76
1984 - John Facenda, sportscaster (NFL Action), dies at 72
1985 - Lloyd Nolan, actor (Dr Chegley-Julia), dies of lung cancer at 83
1986 - Cliff Burton, rock bassist (Metallica), dies in bus crash at 24
1988 - William V Shannon, US ambassador to Ireland (1977-81), dies at 61
1991 - Huib Orizand, Dutch actor (Paul Vlanderen), dies
1991 - Jan Hart, director (Friends of Curacao), dies
1991 - Oona Chaplin, daughter of Eugene O'Neill/wife of Charles, dies at 66
1992 - Keith Prentice, US actor (Boys in the Band), dies
1992 - Keith Prentice, US actor (Boys in the Band), dies of cancer at 52
1992 - Ray Gill, actor (Prelude to a Kiss), dies of AIDS at 42
1992 - Wim Van Exter, founder Unity Profession Central (1944), dies
1993 - Andrei Solovyiov, Russian photographer, dies in battle at 38
1993 - James H Doolittle, US air force general (Tokyo 1942), dies at 96
1994 - Gerald Bledsoe, DJ (Soul Alive, WWRL), dies of heart attack at 51
1994 - Guiseppe Martelli, physicist, dies at 71
1994 - Ruth Niehaus, dies
1995 - Alison "Night Bird" Steele, DJ (WNEW-FM, WXRK-FM), dies of cancer
1995 - Christopher Shaw, composer pianist/critic, dies at 71
1996 - Mohammed Najibullah, politician, dies at 55
1996 - Najibullah, Pres of Afghanistan Democratic Party (1986-90), executed
1997 - Walter Trampler, American violist (b. 1915)
1998 - Doak Walker, American football player (b. 1927)
1998 - Narita Bryan, Japanese racehorse (b. 1991)
2003 - Donald O'Connor, American actor (b. 1925)
2004 - John E. Mack, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1929)
2005 - Ronald Golias, Brazilian comedian (b. 1929)
2007 - Kenji Nagai, Japanese photojournalist (b. 1957)
2008 - Mahendra Kapoor, Indian singer (b. 1934)