Today In History - Friday, September 11, 2026




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Welcome to Today In History for Friday, September 11, 2026.

On this day in history ..

0813 - Charles the Great crowns Louis I emperor
1297 - Battle at Stirling Bridge, Scottish rebel Wm Wallace beats English
1304 - Willem III becomes earl of Holland
1557 - Catholic & Lutheran theology debated in Worm
1645 - Thomas Fairfax' New Model-army occupies Bristol
1648 - -13] Battle at Pilawce: Bohdan Chmielricki's beats John Casimir [OS]
1649 - Massacre of Drogheda-Cromwell kills 3,000 royalists
1649 - Oliver Cromwell seizes Drogheda Ireland, most inhabitants massacred
1697 - Battle at Zenta: Prince Eugen van Savoye beats Turkish superior power
1709 - Battle at Malplaquet: Engl/Aust/Dutch Great Alliance beat France
1714 - French & Spanish troops under duke of Berwick occupy Barcelona
1741 - Queen Maria Theresa addresses Hungarian Parliament
1773 - Benjamin Franklin writes "There never was a good war or bad peace"
1777 - Battle of Brandywine, Pa; Americans lose to British
1786 - Annapolis Convention to determine interstate commerce
1789 - Alexander Hamilton appointed 1st Secretary of Treasury
1814 - Battle of Lake Champlain, NY; American Navy defeats British
1831 - Charles Darwin meets with capt Fitzroy at Plymouth
1839 - 1st Canadian track & field meet held (Caer Howell Grounds)
1847 - 1st singing of Stephen Fosters "Susanna" (in Pittsburgh)
1850 - "Swedish Nightingale" Jenny Lind gives 1st US concert
1852 - Olympia Columbian is 1st newspaper published north of Columbia R
1853 - 1st electric telegraph used (Merchant's Exchange to Pt Lobos)
1857 - Mountain Meadows Massacre-120 colonists killed by indians in Utah
1875 - 1st newspaper cartoon strip
1877 - Rijkslandbouwhoge school opens in Wageningen
1881 - Triple landslides bury Elm Switz
1883 - James Cutler patents postal mail chute
1885 - Moses Hopkins, named minister to Liberia
1886 - Mayflower (US) beats Galatea (England) in 7th America's Cup
1889 - Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Crooked Man" (BG)
1893 - Bronx Gas & Electric Company opens on Frisby & Tremont Ave
1893 - Shaku Soen is 1st Zen teacher to visit the West (Chicago)
1895 - FA Cup stolen in Birmingham
1900 - President Kruger crosses border with Mozambique
1909 - Max Wolf rediscovers Halley's comet
1910 - 1st commercially successful electric bus line opens (Hollywood)
1912 - Netherland Olympic Committee forms
1912 - Phila A's Eddie Collins steals 6 bases in 1 game
1914 - T Handy publishes "St Louis Blues"
1916 - German troops conquer Kavalla Greece
1918 - Boston Red Sox beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 2 in 15th World Series
1919 - US marines invade Honduras
1922 - British mandate of Palestine begins
1922 - Yankees play their farewell home game in Polo Grounds win doubleheader
1923 - After a single, Red Sox Howard Ehmke retires next 27 Yanks
1923 - Bernie Neis, hits the 1,000th Dodger home run
1923 - ZR-1 (biggest active dirigible) flies over NY's tallest skyscraper, Woolworth Tower
1926 - 21st Davis Cup: USA beats France in Philadelphia (4-1)
1926 - Aloha Tower dedicated in Honolulu
1926 - Spain leaves League of Nation due to Germany joining
1926 - US defeats France for their 7th straight Davis Cup championship
1926 - Yanks' Bob Meusel ties record with 3 sacrifice flies
1927 - After losing 21 in a row to NY, the Browns win their last meeting, 6-2
1927 - Babe Ruth hits 50th of 60 homers
1928 - 1st TV drama-WGY's Queens Messenger
1928 - Ty Cobb last hitting appearance, pops out against Yankees
1929 - SF Mayor Rolph inaugurates new pedestrian traffic light system
1930 - Stomboli volcano (Sicily) throws 2-ton basaltic rocks 2 miles
1933 - Britain's Fred Perry thwarts Australian Jack Crawford's bid for a Grand Slam by defeating him at US Tennis championship
1935 - 49th US Womens Tennis: H H Jacobs beats Sarah H Palfrey Fabyan (62 64)
1935 - US captures Davis Cup for 7th straight year
1936 - A's pitcher Horace Lisenbee gives up 26 hits in a game
1936 - FDR dedicates Boulder Dam, now known as Hoover Dam
1937 - 51st US Womens Tennis: Anita Lizana beats Jadwiga Jedrzejowska (64 62)
1937 - 57th US Mens Tennis: J D Budge beats G v Cramm (61 79 61 36 61)
1939 - Battle of Kutno-pocket: Germans advance to Warsaw
1939 - British submarine Triton torpedoes British submarine Oxley
1939 - Iraq & Saudi Arabia declare war on nazi-Germany
1940 - -12] Buckingham Palace destroyed by German bombs
1940 - 54th Postmaster General: Frank C Walker of Pa takes office
1940 - Anton Mussert establishes Dutch SS
1940 - Buckingham Palace in London destroyed by German bombs
1940 - Hitler begins operation-Seel”we (invasion England)
1941 - Belgium King Leopold secretly marries Lilian Baels
1941 - FDR orders any Axis ship found in American waters be shot on sight
1941 - Charles Lindbergh, charges "British, Jewish & Roosevelt administration" are trying to get US into WW II
1942 - Transport nr 31 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
1943 - Allied arm forces conquerors Salerno
1943 - Jewish ghettos of Minsk & Lida Belorussia liquidated
1943 - Last German Q/pirate ship sinks near Easter Island
1943 - US & Australian troops join in Salamaua, New Guinea
1944 - FDR & Churchill meet in Canada at 2nd Quebec Conference
1944 - US 5th pantzer division is 1st to enter nazi-Germany
1946 - 1st mobile long-distance car-to-car telephone conversation
1950 - "Beetle Bailey" comic strip debuts
1950 - 1st typesetting machine to dispense with metal type exhibited
1950 - 33 die in a train crash in Coshocton Ohio
1950 - Dick Tracy TV show sparks uproar concerning violence
1951 - Stravinsky's opera "Rake's Progress," premieres in Venice
1951 - Florence Chadwick becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel from England to France. It takes 16 hours & 19 minutes
1952 - West German Chancellor Adenauer signs a reparation pact for Jews
1953 - KSBW TV channel 8 in Salinas-Monterey, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 - WEHT TV channel 25 in Evansville, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting
1954 - 1st Miss America TV broadcast
1954 - 20.4 cm rainfall at Brunswick, Maine (state record)
1954 - KXJB TV channel 4 in Valley City (Fargo) (NBC) begins broadcasting
1954 - Lee Meriwether (Calif), 19, crowned 27th Miss America 1955 (1st on TV)
1955 - 69th US Womens Tennis: Doris Hart beats Patricia Ward (64 62)
1955 - 75th US Mens Tennis: Tony Trabert beats Ken Rosewall beats (97 63 63)
1955 - KTVT TV channel 11 in Fort Worth-Dallas, TX (IND) begins broadcasting
1956 - Cin Red Frank Robinson ties rookie record with his 38th HR
1956 - Vladimir Kuts runs world record 10k (28:42.8)
1956 - Yanks Yogi Berra ties career record for HRs (236) by a catcher
1958 - Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1959 - "Duke" Ellington wins Springarn Medal for his musical achievements
1959 - Congress passes a bill authorizing food stamps for poor Americans
1959 - Elroy Face's 22 game win streak ends as Dodgers beat Pirates 5-4
1959 - Oriole Jerry Walker pitches 16 inn beating White Sox 1-0
1960 - 17th Olympic games close in Rome Italy
1960 - 74th US Womens Tennis: Darlene R Hard beats Maria Fraser (64 1012 64)
1960 - 80th US Mens Tennis: Neale A Fraser beats Rodney G Laver (64 64 97)
1961 - Bob Dylan's 1st NY performance
1962 - Beatles cut "Love Me Do" & "PS I Love You" with Andy White on drums
1962 - Drummer Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best of the Beatles
1962 - KVCR TV channel 24 in San Bernardino, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1964 - George Harrison forms Mornyork Ltd music publishing company
1964 - Gillette's 20 year contract with MSG & ABC to televise fights for free ends as Dick Tiger defeats Don Fullmer at Cleve Auditorium
1965 - Beatles' "Help!," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks
1965 - Braves 2nd straight one-hitter against the Mets
1966 - 80th US Womens Tennis: M Esther Bueno-Fraiser beats N Richey (63 61)
1966 - 86th US Mens Tennis: Fred Stolle beats John Newcombe (46 12-10 63 64)
1966 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1966 - Johnny Miller becomes 1st Yank to hit a HR on his 1st at bat
1966 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Pacific Ladies' Golf Classic
1966 - Rolling Stones perform on Ed Sullivan Show
1967 - A's drop grievance filed with Natl Labor Relations against C Finley
1967 - Beatles' Magical Mystery Bus driven around England
1967 - French president De Gaulle visits Poland
1967 - Indian/Chinese border fights
1967 - US Surveyor 5 makes 1st chemical analysis of lunar material
1967 - WSRE TV channel 23 in Pensacola, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967 - WUNE TV channel 17 in Linville, NC (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967 - WUNF TV channel 33 in Asheville, NC (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967 - WUNG TV channel 58 in Concord, NC (PBS) begins broadcasting
1969 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1971 - "2 by 2" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 343 performances
1971 - Egypt adopts its constitution
1971 - Laurel Lea Schaefer (Ohio), 22, crowned 44th Miss America 1972
1972 - BART begins service with a 26-mi (42-km) line from Oakland to Fremont
1973 - Chile's President, Salvador Allende, deposed in a military coup
1974 - Cards beat Mets, 4-3, in 25 (7h4m), record 202 plate appearances, Felix Milan & John Milner come to bat 12 times each
1976 - Dorothy Kathleen Benham (Minn), 20, crowned 49th Miss America 1977
1976 - Minnie Minoso bats for White Sox after a 12-year hiatus (hitless)
1976 - 90th US Womens Tennis: C E L Mills beats E Goolagong Cawley (63 60) Evonne Goolagong loses her 4th straight US Open Final (Evert wins)
1977 - 29th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Carroll O'Conner & Bea Arthur
1977 - 97th US Mens Tennis: Guillermo Vilas beats Jimmy Connors (26 63 75 60)
1977 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open
1977 - TV's Rhoda gets divorced
1980 - Chile adopts its constitution
1980 - Ron LeFlore (91st) & Rodney Scott (58th), set teammate steal record
1981 - 2nd govt of Agt forms
1982 - 96th US Womens Tennis: C E L Mills beats Hana Mandlikova (63 61)
1982 - Debbie Maffett (Calif), 25, crowned 55th Miss America 1983
1982 - Chris Evert wins her 6th & final US Open Tennis match at West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills NY
1983 - 103rd US Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats Ivan Lendl (63 67 75 60)
1983 - Fashion designer Donna Karen marries Stephan Weiss
1983 - Franco Harris becomes 3rd NFL to rush 11,000 yards
1983 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Portland Ping Golf Championship
1983 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1985 - Flyby of Comet Giacobini-Zinner
1985 - Intl Cometary Explorer (ISEE 3) passes Giacobini-Zinner by 7900 km
1985 - Sri Lanka score their 1st Test Cricket victory, by 149 runs v India
1985 - Pete Rose of Cin Reds gets career hit 4,192 off Eric Show of San Diego Padres, eclipsing Ty Cobb's record
1986 - Pres Mubarak receives Israeli premier Peres
1986 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1986 - Dow Jones Industrial Avg suffered biggest 1-day decline ever, plummeting 86.61 points to 1,792.89. 237.57 million shares traded
1987 - 4th MTV Awards: Peter Gabriel wins
1987 - Shoot out at Jean-Bertrand Aristides' church in Haiti, 12 die
1988 - 1/3 of population argues for Estonia autonomy
1988 - 108th US Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Ivan Lendl (64 46 63 57 64)
1988 - Betsy King wins LPGA Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship
1988 - Sports Aid-jogging to feed the world
1988 - 108th US Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Ivan Lendl (64 46 63 57 64) in 4hrs 55 min - longest men's final in US Open history
1989 - Drexel formally pleads guilty to security fraud
1989 - KSO-AM in Des Moines Iowa changes call letters to KGGO
1991 - "La Toya: Growing Up in The Jackson Family" goes on sale
1991 - 14 die in a Continental Express commuter plane crash near Houston
1991 - Air crash at Djeddah, Saudi-Arabia, 263 die
1991 - Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
1991 - NY Yankees final game at Baltimore Oriole's Memorial Stadium
1991 - Atlanta Braves Kent Mercker, Mark Wohlers & Alejandro Pena pitched 1st combined no-hitter in NL, beating San Diego Padres, 1-0
1992 - Hurricane Iniki hits Kauai Hawaii; 3 die & 8,000 injured
1993 - 107th US Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Helena Sukova (63 63)
1993 - Junxia Qu runs 1500m ladies world record (3:50.46)
1994 - 114th US Mens Tennis: Andre Agassi beats Michael Stich (61 76 75)
1994 - 46th Emmy Awards: Fraiser, Picket Fences & Kelsey Grammer wins
1994 - Jingyi Le swims female world record 50m freestyle
1994 - Missie McGeorge wins Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship
1995 - Eastern Tennessee begins using new area code 423
1995 - Ohio's Governor Voinovich proclaims "Cleveland Indians Day"
1995 - Soyuz TM-22, lands

Famous birthdays for this day ..

1458 - Bernardo Accolti, [Unico Aretino], Italian writer (Virginia)
1476 - Louise of Savoye, French mother/regentes of king Fran‡ois I
1522 - Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical
1523 - Pierre de Ronsard, poet
1525 - Johan Georg, elector of Brandenburg (1571-91)
1584 - Thomas Erpenius, [van Erpe], Dutch orientalist/arabist (grammar)
1614 - Philipp Buchner, composer
1700 - James Thomson, songwriter (Rule Britannia)
1741 - Johann J Angel, German author (Herr Lorenz Stark)
1753 - Friedrich August Baumbach, composer
1764 - Valentino Fioravanti, composer
1786 - Friedrich Kuhlau, composer
1798 - Franz E Neumann, German mineralogist/mathematician/physicist
1804 - Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka) [NS]
1806 - Joshua Blackwood Howell, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
1807 - Ignaz Lachner, composer
1813 - Conrad Feger Jackson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
1835 - William Wirt Allen, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1894
1838 - John Ireland, Irish/US archbishop of St Paul
1844 - George Clement Martin, composer
1860 - Marianne V von Werefkin, Russian/German/Swiss painter [NS]
1861 - Juhani Aho, Fins journalist/writer (Panu, Tuomio)
1862 - O Henry, [William Sydney Porter], short story writer
1874 - Heinrich Kaspar Schmid, composer
1876 - Alfonso Broqua, composer
1877 - Feliks E Dzjerzjinski, Lithuania, founder (KGB)
1877 - James Jeans, England, physicist/mathematician/astronomer
1883 - Asta Nielsen, Copenhagen Denmark, actress (Joyless Street)
1883 - Grogorij J Zinovjev, [Gerson Radomyslski], Russian
1885 - David Herbert "DH" Lawrence, England, writer (Lady Chatterly's Lover)
1885 - Eratstus Flaval Beadle, publisher (Beadle's Dime Novels)
1885 - Herbert Stothart, composer
1890 - Marius Moaritz Ulfrstad, composer
1891 - Noel Gallon, composer
1892 - Pinto Colvig, OR, animation voice (Goofy, Pluto)
1895 - Harry Tobias, songwriter
1899 - Nelly A "Nell" Knoop, Dutch actress (Driestuivers Opera)
1901 - Katri Vala, [Karin A Heikel-Wadenstr”m], Finnish poet (Paluu)
1902 - Alice Tully, Corning, NY, singer/patroness (Carnegie Hall)
1902 - Jimmie Davis, singer/songwriter/(gov-LA, 1944-48, 60-64)
1903 - Theodor Adorno, German philosopher/sociologist
1904 - Than sis Petsalis, Greek author (I Mavr¢lyki)
1906 - Roye England, modeller/museum curator
1908 - Everhardus J van Romondt, physician/Dutch Antillean minister of Eco
1909 - Anne Seymour, Engld, actress (Gemini Affair, Empire, Tim Conway Show)
1909 - William H Natcher, (Rep-D-Kentucky, 1953- )
1910 - Gerhard Schr”der, German minister of Defense
1913 - Paul "Bear" Bryant, US football coach (Alabama Crimson Tide)
1915 - Athena Lorde, NY, actress (Fuzz, Skin Game, Firecreek)
1915 - Jack Fascinato, Bevier Mo, pianist/orch leader (Kukla Fran & Ollie)
1917 - Ferdinand Marcos, Philippines Pres (1965-86)
1917 - Henderson Forsythe, Macon MO, actor (Crisis at Central High)
1917 - Jessica Lucy Mitford, author (American Way of Death)
1922 - Charles Evers, civil rights leader (Amazing Grace)
1923 - Alan Badel, Manchester England, actor (Shogun)
1923 - Betsy Drake, fitness expert/actress (Every Girl Should be Married)
1924 - Daniel Kahikina Akaka, (Rep-D-HI, 1977- /Sen-D Hawaii)
1924 - Tom Landry, NFL player (NY Giants)/coach (Dallas Cowboys)
1925 - Ashley Heenan, composer
1925 - Harry Stuart Somers, composer
1926 - Alfred Slote, author (Love & Tennis, Omega Station)
1926 - Gerrit van Niekerk Viljoen, South African minister of Legislation
1926 - Lee Richardson, Chicago, actor (Sweet Lorraine, Fly 2, Tiger Warsaw)
1927 - David Schine, businessman
1928 - Earl Holliman, Delhi La, actor (Police Woman, Tribes, Cry Panic)
1928 - Reubin Askew, (Gov-Fla)
1929 - David S Broder, Chicago Hgts Ill, journalist (Pulitzer 1973)
1930 - Cathryn Damon, Seattle Wash, actress (Mary-Soap, She's Having a Baby)
1932 - Herbert "Sonny" Leon Callahan, (Rep-R-Alabama, 1985- )
1932 - Robert W "Bob" Packwood, (Sen-R-OR, 1969- )
1932 - Valentino, Milan Italy, fashion designer (Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis)
1935 - Arvo Part, composer
1935 - Gherman Stepanovich Titov, USSR, cosmonaut (Vostok II)
1936 - Charles Dierkop, LaCrosse Wisc, actor (Det Pete Royster-Police Woman)
1937 - Paola Ruffo di Calabria, Ital princess/queen of Belgium (1993- )
1937 - Robert L Crippen, Beaumont Tx, Capt USN/astronaut (STS 1, 7, 41C, 41G)
1938 - Charles Patrick, rocker (Monotones)
1939 - Lola Falana, Camden NJ, singer (Liberation of LB Jones)
1940 - Bernie Dwyer, rock drummer (Freddie & The Dreamers)
1940 - Brian DePalma, Newark NJ, film director (Body Double, Dressed to Kill)
1942 - Tom Dreesen, comedian (Tim Ried's partner)
1943 - Lola Falana, Camden NJ, actress (Golden Boy)
1943 - Mickey Hart, drummer (Grateful Dead)
1944 - Phil May, rocker (Pretty Things)
1945 - Leo Kottke, Athens Ga, guitarist (Ice Water, Greenhouse)
1946 - Dennis Tufano, Chicago, rock guitarist/vocalist (Buckinghams)
1949 - Marty Liquori, US, runner (AAU 3 mile-1979 (13:14.7))
1949 - Roger Uttley, English rugby player
1950 - Amy Madigan, Chicago Ill, actress (Uncle Buck, Twice in a Lifetime)
1950 - Barry Sheene, British auto maker
1954 - Reed Birney, Alexandria Va, actor (Greatest Man in the World)
1957 - Jeffrey George Sluman, Rochester NY, PGA golfer (1988 PGA Champ)
1957 - Jon Moss, rock drummerer (Culture Club-Do You Really Want to Hurt Me)
1958 - Don Slaught, Long Beach CA, catcher (Calif Angels, NY Yankees)
1958 - Donna Auguste, Beaumont Texas, computer designer (Newton)
1958 - Mick Talbot, rock keyboardist (Style Council-You're the Best Thing)
1959 - David Laurence Frost, Cape Town S Afr, PGA golfer (1988 Southern Open)
1959 - Robert Wrenn, Richmond VA, Nike golfer (1987 Buick Open)
1960 - Neal X, rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111)
1961 - Virginia Madsen, Chicago Ill, actress (Dune, Hot Spot, Class)
1962 - Elizabeth Daily, actress (Street Music)
1962 - Kristy McNichol, LA Calif, actress (Buddy-Family, Barbara-Empty Nest)
1963 - Bonnie Gadusek, Pittsburgh, tennis player (French Juniors 1981)
1963 - Gerald Wilkins, NBA guard (Orlando Magic)
1964 - Ellis Burks, Vicksburg MS, outfielder (Colorado Rockies)
1964 - Eric Thomas, NFL cornerback (Denver Broncos)
1964 - Jean-Phil LeMoine, hockey defenseman (Team France 1998)
1964 - Roxanne Biggs-Dawson, actress (B'Elanna Torres-Star Trek Voyager)
1965 - John Schofield, journalist
1965 - Tony Woods, NFL defensive end (Washington Redskins)
1966 - Richard Harvey, NFL linebacker (NO Saints)
1966 - Stewart Carr, Indianapolis Ind, canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
1967 - Kendra Lee Ruwe, Madison Idaho, Miss Idaho-America (1991)
1967 - Simon Burgess, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1968 - Konstantin Shafranov, hockey forward (Team Kazkhstan 1998)
1969 - Laura Sisk, Maryland, actress (Allison Rescott-Loving)
1969 - Tracy Scroggins, NFLer (Detroit Lions)
1970 - Berry Richter, Madison Wis, US hockey defenseman (Olympics-1994)
1970 - Dan Hackett, Syracuse NY, water polo goalkeeper (Olympics-96)
1971 - Mack Strong, NFL fullback (Seattle Seahawks)
1971 - Todd Norman, NFL guard (Seattle Seahawks)
1972 - Kip Simons, Media Pa, gymnast (Olympics-5th-96)
1972 - Mark Pope, NBA forward (Indiana Pacers)
1973 - Fred Thomas, NFL cornerback (Seattle Seahawks)
1974 - Lucian Sahetapy, soccer player (FC Groningen)
1975 - Juliette Spier, Miss North Dakota USA (1996)
1975 - Tiffany Parks, Miss Arkansas USA (1996)
1979 - Ariana Richards, Healdsburg CA, actress (Spaced Invaders, Prancer)

Famous deaths for this day ..

1297 - Hugh de Cressingham, English treasurer, dies in battle
1599 - Cornelis de Houtman, navigator (1st Dutch trip to Java), murder at 35
1606 - Carel van Mander, Flemish painter/art historian, dies at 58
1630 - John de White, calvinist/banker to Prague, commits suicide
1646 - Johann Stobaeus, composer, dies at 66
1709 - Hamilton, Scottish(?) general (Malplaquet), dies in battle
1709 - Oxenstiern, German(?) general (Malplaquet), dies in battle
1709 - Spaar, German(?) general (Malplaquet), dies in battle
1712 - Giovanni D Cassini, French astronomer, dies
1713 - John Foot, lawyer, dies at 65
1721 - Rudolph J Camerarius, German physician (sexuality plans), dies
1733 - Fran‡ois Couperin, French composer (Le Grand), dies at 64
1789 - Luca Sorkocevic, composer, dies at 55
1798 - Ulrich Br„ker, writer, dies at 62
1848 - Henri-Philippe Gerard, composer, dies at 87
1858 - Alexander L'vovich Gurilyov, composer, dies at 55
1870 - Eugenio Lucas y Padilla, Spanish poet, dies at about 46
1888 - Domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74), dies at 77
1891 - Antera Tarqu¡nis de Quental, Portuguese poet/revolutionary, dies at 49
1892 - Charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel, composer, dies at 84
1896 - Anton Joseph Bruckner, composer, dies at 72
1898 - Adolphe-Abraham Samuel, composer, dies at 74
1917 - Georges Guynemer, French WW I pilot, dies at 22
1922 - Louis Coerne, composer, dies at 52
1924 - Mieczyslaw Surzynski, composer, dies at 57
1946 - Arthur van Schendel, writer (Holland Drama), dies at 72)
1948 - Albert Powell, cricketer (one Test S Africa v England 1898-99), dies
1948 - Mohammed Ali Jinnah, 1st governor of Pakistan (1947-48), dies at 71
1949 - Henri Rabaud, French composer/conductor (L'‚t‚), dies at 75
1950 - John C Smuts, co-found British RAF/S African PM (1919..48), dies at 80
1950 - S M H Colah, cricketer (69 runs in India's 1st 2 tests 1932-33), dies
1954 - Licinio Refice, composer, dies at 69
1957 - Petar Stojanovic, composer, dies at 80
1958 - Robert Lach, composer, dies at 84
1959 - Paul Douglas, actor (Adventure Theater), dies at 52
1966 - Charlie Cantor, actor (Artie-Ray Bolger Show), dies at 68
1970 - Chester Morris, actor (Diagnosis: Unknown), dies at 69
1971 - Nikita Khrushchev, dies of a heart attack at 77
1971 - Percy Helton, actor (Homer-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 77
1973 - Salvador Allende Gossens, president Chile (1970-73), dies at 65
1976 - Jan Kunc, composer, dies at 93
1977 - Don Blackman, actor (Old Man & Sea, Desert Legion), dies at 65
1977 - Leonard Carey, actor (Laughter), dies at 90
1980 - Jose Antonio Calcano, composer, dies at 80
1981 - Frank McHugh, actor (Dawn Patrol, Going My Way), dies at 83
1982 - Albert Soboult, French historian, dies at 68
1984 - Hilding Hallnas, composer, dies at 81
1985 - William Alwyn, composer, dies at 79
1987 - Lorne Greene, actor (Bonanza, Battlestar Galactica), dies at 72
1988 - George Alpert, railroad executive, dies at 90
1988 - Luis W Alvarez, physicist (Nobel-1968), dies at 77
1988 - Peter Tosh, reggae singer shot dead at 43 in Jamacia
1990 - Ben Frank, actor (Don't Answer the Phone), dies of heart attack at 56
1992 - Erik Terpstra, director (Versier de leegte, De ander, Daniel), dies
1992 - Frank Singuineau, actor (Firepower, Pressure, Mummy), dies
1992 - Paul Storken, Dutch priest (Away Backing), dies
1993 - Antoine Izmery, Haitian businessman/advisor to pres Aristide, murdered
1993 - Erich Leinsdorf, Austria/US conductor/author (Cadenza), dies at 81
1994 - Frederick Rand Weissman, philanthropist, dies at 82
1994 - Jessica Tandy, actress (Driving Miss Daisy), dies of cancer at 85
1994 - Sara Taylor, mother of Elizabeth, dies at 62
1994 - William Obanheim, actor (Officer Obie-Alice's Restaurant), dies at 69
1995 - Charles William Hutton, architect, dies at 90
1995 - Jerome Theisen, benedioctine, dies at 64
1995 - Keith Odor, racing Driver, dies at 33
1996 - Guido Aristarco, film critic, dies at 77
1996 - JoAnne Dru, actress (Sylvia, Drango), dies of lymphedema at 73
1996 - Peter Phillips, printer, dies at 61