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855 - Lotharius I, Romanian-French emperor (signed Treaty of Verdun), dies
1364 - Charles, Duke of Brittany
1530 - Andrea del Sato, [d'Agnolo di Franceszo], Italian painter, dies at 44
1560 - Gustaaf I, king of Sweden (1523-60), dies
1575 - Charles de Boisot, water beggar, dies in battle at about 45
1598 - Floris I van Pallandt, earl of Culemborg, dies at about 61
1619 - John Lippershey, inventor of telescope, buried
1637 - Lorenzo Ruiz, Filipino saint
1642 - René Goupil, French Catholic missionary, one of Canadian Martyrs (b. 1608)
1703 - Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (b. 1610)
1800 - William Billings, US composer (Rose of Sharon), dies at 53
1800 - Michael Denis, Austrian poet (b. 1729)
1804 - Michael Hillegas, first Treasurer of the United States (b. 1728)
1833 - Ferdinand VII MF, king of Spain, dies
1862 - William "Bull" Nelson, Union general-major, murdered at 38
1864 - Hiram Burnham, US Union-colonel (Chancellorsville), dies in battle
1887 - Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon (b. 1810)
1889 - Louis Faidherbe, French general (b. 1818)
1900 - Samuel Fenton Cary, congressman, prohibitionist (b. 1814)
1902 - Iosif Ivanovici, composer, dies
1902 - William Topaz McGonagall, British poet (b. 1825)
1904 - Niels Ryberg Finnen, Danish physician (Nobel 1903), dies
1908 - Joaquim M Machado de Assis, Brazil writer (Dom Casmurro), dies at 69
1910 - Winslow Homer, painter (Prout's Neck), dies
1913 - Rudolph C K Diesel, German constructer (Diesel Motor), dies at 55
1914 - Jean Bouin, French marathoner (Olympic-silver-1912), dies in battle
1915 - Luther Orlando Emerson, composer, dies at 95
1915 - Rudi Stephan, composer, dies at 28
1925 - E Runar Schildt, Finnish writer (Galgmannen), dies at 36
1925 - Leon VA Bourgeois, French premier (1895-96, Nobel 1920), dies at 74
1927 - Willem Einthoven, Dutch physiologist (Nobel-1924), dies at 67
1927 - Arthur Achleitner, German writer (b. 1858)
1928 - Arnold Kent, dies
1928 - Lido Manetti, dies
1928 - Steinitz, mathematician, dies
1929 - Giitji Tanaka, Japanese baron/general/premier (1927-29), dies at 66
1930 - Ilya Yefimovich Repin, Russian painter (b. 1844)
1933 - Margaret Talmadge, dies
1937 - Ray Ewry, jumper (Olympics-10 gold-1900, 04, 06, 08), dies at 63
1939 - Dickstein, mathematician, dies
1941 - Friedrich Angel, German mathematician (group theory), dies at 79
1950 - Balthazar H Verhagen, Neth/South African dramatist/writer, dies
1951 - Bradley Barker, dies
1951 - Thomas Cahill, American soccer coach (b. 1864)
1952 - John Cobb, British racing driver (b. 1899)
1958 - Aare Merikanto, composer, dies at 65
1959 - Bruce Bairnsfather, cartoonist, dies
1959 - Harold Huber, actor (I Cover Times Square), dies at 49
1961 - Reinhard Herbig, German archaeologist, dies at 63
1962 - Patrick Corry, developed self-rotating rock drill, dies in the Bronx
1964 - Robert Burton, actor (Dr Gordon-Kings Row), dies at 69
1966 - Maurits H E Uyldert, Dutch poet/writer (Motion), dies at 75
1967 - Carson McCullers, US author (Heart is a Lonely Hunter), dies at 50
1967 - Ludwig Donath, actor (Torn Curtain, Sirocco), dies of leukemia at 67
1970 - Edward Everett Horton, actor/narrator (Bulwinkle Show), dies at 84
1973 - W H Auden, Vienna poet, dies
1974 - John Smallenbroek, Dutch Internal minister, dies at 72
1975 - Casey Stengel, NY Yankee manager (1949-60), dies in Glendale at 85
1977 - Alexander Nikolayevich Tcherepnin, Russian composer, dies at 78
1978 - John Paul I, Pope for 34 days, dies at 65
1981 - Bill Shankly, Scottish football manager (b. 1913)
1982 - H C Slinger Nitschke, cricketer (2 Tests for Australia 1931-32), dies
1982 - Monty Stratton, baseball player (b. 1912)
1984 - Marnix Gijsen, [Jan-Al Goris], writer (Lament for Agnes), dies at 85
1986 - Betty Kean, actress (Amy Tucker-Leave it to Larry), dies at 69
1987 - Henry Ford II, president Ford Motor Co, dies at 70
1988 - Charles Addams, cartoonist (Addams Family), dies of heart attack at 76
1989 - A A Busch Jr, brewer/baseball owner (St Louis Cards), dies at 90
1989 - Gussie Busch, American brewing magnate (b. 1899)
1991 - Gijsbert Perlee, Amsterdam's organ builder/grinder (Arabian), dies
1991 - Sam Ntuli, South African ANC-writer, murdered
1991 - Zapata Jaw, [Nelson Renfrum], Surinamese musician, dies
1992 - Paul Jabara, singer/actor (Last Dance), dies of AIDS at 44
1993 - Ghuslam Wyne, premier of Lahore Pakistan, murdered at 60
1993 - Gordon Douglas, director (Call Me Mr Tibbs, Our Gang), dies at 85
1994 - Cheb Hasni, Algerian singer, murdered at 26
1994 - Don Watson, race car driver, dies in an accident at 46
1994 - John Heddle Nash, singer, dies at 68
1994 - Mehmet Topac, Turkish minister of Justice, murdered
1995 - Francis Frederick Johnson, architect, dies at 84
1995 - George Chesterman Phillips, naval Officer, dies at 90
1995 - Karl Anton Martin Gerhard Gerd Bucerius, publisher, dies at 89
1995 - Seger Pillot Ellis, pianist/vocalist, dies at 91
1995 - Susan Maureen Fleetwood, actress (Krays, Clash of Titans), dies at 51
1996 - Endo Shusaku, Japanese writer (Sea & Poison/Silence), dies at 73
1996 - Ethel Jane Cain, original UK Speaking Clock voice, dies at 87
1996 - Leslie Crowther, entertainer, dies at 63>>
1997 - Milner Connorton Gray, designer, dies at 97
1997 - Robert Arthur Thornbury Campbell, journalist/musician, dies at 55
1997 - Roy Lichtenstein, pop artist, dies of pneumonia at 73
1998 - Tom Bradley, Mayor of Los Angeles (b. 1917)
1998 - Jared High, victim of bullying and suicide (b. 1985)
2001 - Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, President of South Vietnam (b. 1923)
2002 - Edmund Trebus, probably best known for his appearance on A Life of Grime (b. 1918)
2004 - Richard Sainct, French motorcycle rally rider (b. 1970)
2005 - Austin Leslie, American chef, the "Godfather of Fried Chicken" (b. 1934)
2006 - Michael A. Monsoor, a United States Navy SEAL killed in Iraq and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
2006 - Jan Werner Danielsen, Norwegian singer (b. 1976)
2006 - Khalique Ibrahim Khalique, Pakistani journalist and Urdu poet and critic (b. 1926)
2006 - Louis-Albert Cardinal Vachon, French Canadian Catholic archbishop of Quebec (b. 1912)
2006 - Walter Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1915)
2007 - Lois Maxwell, Canadian actress (b. 1927)
2009 - Sperantza Vrana, Greek actress (b. 1926 or 1932)
2009 - Pavel Popovich, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1930)
2010 - Tony Curtis, American Actor (b. 1925)
2010 - Greg Giraldo, American comedian (Comedy Central Roast) (b.1965)

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