Today In History - Sunday, September 5, 2010




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Welcome to Today In History for Sunday, September 5, 2010.

On this day in history ..

1198 - Philips van Zwaben Hohenstaufen crowned king of Roman Catholic Germany
1519 - 2nd Battle of Tehuacingo, Mexico: Hernan Cortes vs Tlascala Aztecs
1550 - William Cecil appoints himself English minister of foreign affairs
1596 - Dutch fleet commander Cornelis de Houtman taken hostage in Java
1622 - Richelieu becomes cardinal
1634 - -6] Battle at N”rdlingen: King Ferdinand III & Spain beat Sweden & German protestants
1644 - Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Sas of Gent
1661 - French superintendant of Finance Nicolas Fouquet arrested
1698 - Russia's Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards
1725 - French King Louis XV marries Polish princess Mary Lesczynski
1750 - Decree issued in Paderborn Prussia allows for annual search of all Jewish homes for stolen or "doubtful" goods
1774 - 1st Continental Congress assembles, in Philadelphia
1781 - Battle of Virginia Capes, French defeat British, traps Cornwallis
1786 - Montplaisir Ceramic factory opens in Schaarbeek Belgium
1793 - In the French Revolution, the "Reign of Terror" begins
1795 - US-Algiers sign peace treaty
1796 - General Salicetti orders equal rights for Jews of Bologna Italy
1798 - New conscription law goes into effect in France
1800 - Malta surrenders to British after they blockade French troops
1814 - -15] Battle at Masurische Meren: Germans chase Russ out of E Prussia
1836 - Sam Houston elected president of Republic of Texas
1838 - Central Museum opens in Utrecht Netherlands
1844 - Iron ore discovered in Minnesota's Mesabi Mountains
1862 - Lee crosses Potomac & enters Maryland
1863 - Bread revolt in Mobile Alabama
1864 - British, French & Dutch fleets attacked Japan in Shimonoseki Straits
1877 - Southern blacks led by Pap Singleton settle in Kansas
1882 - 10,000 workers march in 1st Labor Day parade in NYC
1885 - 1st gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer (Ft Wayne, Ind)
1887 - Gas lamp at Theater Royal in Exeter catches fire killing about 200
1895 - George Washington Murray elected to Congress from SC
1900 - France proclaims a protectorate over Chad
1901 - National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues forms
1905 - Lillian Mortimer's "No Mother to Guide," premieres in Detroit
1905 - Treaty of Portsmouth USA, ends Russo-Japanese War
1906 - 1st legal forward pass (Brandbury Robinson to Jack Schneider)
1908 - Dodger Nap Rucker no-hits Boston Braves, 6-0
1910 - Jack Coombs begins a record streak of 53 shutout innings
1913 - Phillies & Braves tie record of only 1 run in a double header, Phillies win 1st game 1-0, then a scoreless tie into 10th
1914 - Battle of Marne (WW I) begins: Germans chase out Russians
1914 - French headquarters move to Chatillon-sur-Seine
1914 - Gr Britain/France/Belgium/Russia sign pact of London
1914 - Proclamation prohibits Canadian mint from issuing gold coins
1915 - 35th US Mens Tennis: William Johnston beats McLoughlin (16 60 75 108)
1915 - Anti-war conference in Zimmerwald, Switzerland
1916 - 36th US Mens Tennis: R N Williams III beats Johnston (46 64 06 62 64)
1918 - Due to WW I, 15th World Series begins a month early
1920 - Iron monument unveiled at Stone churches, Flanders
1921 - Walter Johnson sets strikeout mark at 2,287
1922 - 17th Davis Cup: USA beats Australasia in New York (4-1)
1922 - Yankees final game at Polo Grounds (played there 7 years)
1923 - Flyweights Gene LaRue & Kid Pancho KO each other simultaneously
1925 - 112 F (44øC), Centerville, Alabama (state record)
1925 - 29th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Bobby Jones
1927 - Red Sox beat Yankees 12-11 in 18 innings
1929 - French premier A Briand requests a US of Europe
1936 - Red Sox turn a triple-play on Yankees
1939 - 34th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Haverford (3-2)
1939 - FDR declares US neutrality at start of WW II in Europe
1939 - US declare itself neutral
1942 - Battle at Alam Halfa ends
1942 - British & US bomb Le Havre & Bremen
1943 - 57th US Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats A Louise Brough (63 57 63)
1943 - US airland at Nadzab, New-Guinea
1944 - "Mad Tuesday" 65,000 Dutch nazi collaborators flee to Germany
1944 - 5 resistance fighter executed in Terneuzen
1944 - Allies liberate Brussels
1944 - Belgium, Luxembourg & Netherlands sign unity treaty
1944 - British premier Churchill travels to Scotland
1944 - Dutch Armed Forces forms, under prince Bernhard
1946 - "Yours Is My Heart" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 36 performances
1946 - Joe Garagiola plays his 1st major league baseball game
1949 - 63rd US Womens Tennis: M Osborne duPont beats Doris Hart (64 61)
1949 - 69th US Mens Tennis: Pancho Gonzales beat Schroeder (1618 26 61 62 64)
1950 - 64th US Womens Tennis: Margaret Osborne duPont beats D Hart (63 63)
1950 - 70th US Mens Tennis: Art Larsen beats Herbert Flam (63 46 57 64 63)
1950 - 98.3 cm rainfall at Yankeetown, Florida (state record)
1951 - 65th US Womens Tennis: Mo Connolly beats Shirley J Fry (63 16 64)
1951 - 71st US Mens Tennis: Frank A Sedgman beats Elias Seixas Jr (64 61 61)
1952 - General Carlos Iba¤ez elected president of Chile
1953 - 1st privately operated atomic reactor-Raleigh NC
1953 - US give Persian premier Zahedi $45 million aid
1954 - Dutch Super Constellation crashes at Shannon, 28 die
1955 - Fred Kaps becomes world champion magician
1955 - Phillies Don Newcombe hits NL pitcher record 7th HR of season
1955 - WKRG TV channel 5 in Mobile, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting
1955 - WTTW TV channel 11 in Chicago, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1956 - 20 die in a train crash in Springer NM
1957 - Cuban dictator Batista bombs Cienfuegos uprising
1957 - Yugoslavia bans Milovan Djilas' book "new class marine officers"
1958 - "Doctor Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak published in US
1958 - 1st color video recording on magnetic tape presented, Charlotte NC
1958 - WKPC TV channel 15 in Louisville, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
1959 - Wash Senator Jim Lemon is 7th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (3rd)
1960 - Cassius Clay captures Olympic light heavyweight gold medal
1960 - President Kasavubu fires premier Lumumba of Congo
1960 - Wilma Rudolph wins her 2nd gold medal
1961 - JFK begins underground nuclear testing
1961 - President Kennedy signs law against hijacking (death penalty)
1961 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1962 - Atletico Madrid wins 2nd Europe Cup II
1962 - Cubs Ken Hubbs sets 2nd base record for consecutive errorless games at 78 & consecutive errorless chances (418), he errors in the 4th
1966 - Jerry Lewis' 1st Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $15,000
1966 - WRLK TV channel 35 in Columbia, SC (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967 - -23] Hurricane Beuleah, kills 54 in Caribbean, Mexico & Texas
1967 - KMEG TV channel 14 in Sioux City, IA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1967 - WEBA TV channel 14 in Allendale, SC (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 - 21 killed by hijackers aboard a Pan Am jet in Karachi Pakistan
1968 - 82nd US Womens Tennis: Virginia Wade beats Billie Jean King (64 64)
1968 - 88th US Mens Tennis: Arthur Ashe beats Tom Okker (1412 57 63 36 63)
1968 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1969 - Frente Obrero wins Dutch Antilles national elections
1970 - Estimated 15 cm (6") of rainfall, Bug Point, Utah (state record)
1971 - Astros pitcher J R Richard debut, strikes out 15 Giants in a 5-3 win
1971 - NY Mets Don Hahn hits 1st inside the park homer at Phillies Vet
1972 - 11 Israeli athletes are slain at Munich Olympics by Black Sept
1972 - Chemical spill with fog sickens hundreds in Meuse Valley Belgium
1972 - Jerry Lewis' 7th Muscular Dystrophy telethon, John & Yoko appear
1972 - Palestinian terrorists kill 11 Israelis at 1972 Munich Olympics
1973 - "Desert Song" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 15 performances
1973 - 1st one-day Cricket international for WI (v Eng) - lose by 1 wicket
1975 - Czech tennis ace Martina Navratilova asks for political asylum in NYC
1975 - Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme attempts to assassinate Ford in Sacramento
1975 - Portugal premier Gon‡alvez resigns
1975 - Wings release "Letting Go"
1976 - "Rex" closes at Lunt-Fontaine Theater NYC after 48 performances
1976 - "Very Good Eddie" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 307 performances
1976 - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Golf Classic
1977 - Cleveland Indians stage 1st "I hate the Yankee Hanky Night"
1977 - Jerry Lewis' 12th Muscular Dystrophy telethon
1977 - RAF kidnap West German work chairman Schleyer
1977 - Voyager 1 (US) launched toward fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn
1978 - Sadat, Begin & Carter began peace conference at Camp David, Md
1979 - A's Matt Keough A's beats Brewers 6-1 for 1st win after 14 straight losses, ended 1978 with 4 loses (1 shy of the record 19)
1979 - Canada puts its 1st gold bullion coin on sale
1979 - Earl of Mountbatten funeral held in Burma
1979 - Iran army occupies Piranshahr
1979 - Roscoe Tanner fires 11 aces, breaks the net with his bullet serve & upsets top-seeded Bjorn Borg in US Tennis Open quarterfinals
1980 - Poland party leader Edward Gierek resigns
1980 - World's longest auto tunnel, St Gotthard in Swiss Alps, opens
1982 - 82nd US Golf Amateur Championship won by Jay Sigel
1982 - Eddie Hill sets propeller-driven boat water speed record of 229 mph
1983 - 8th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 3-lands at Edwards AFB
1983 - Elmer Trettr sets record for highest terminal velocity at 201.34 mph
1983 - Jerry Lewis' 18th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $30,691,627
1983 - Lauri Peterson wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
1984 - 12th Space Shuttle Mission (41-D) -Discovery 1- lands at Edwards AFB
1986 - 3rd MTV Awards: Whitney Houston wins
1986 - Karachi Pakistan army storms hijacked US B-747, 19 killed
1986 - MTV Music Awards - Dire Straits "Money For Nothing" wins
1986 - NASA awards study contracts to 5 aerospace firms
1986 - NASA launches DOD-1
1987 - Carlton Fisk clubs his 300th career HR off Danny Jackson
1987 - John McEnroe is fined $17,500 for tirades at US Tennis Open
1988 - Betsy King wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
1988 - Jerry Lewis' 23rd Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $41,132,113
1988 - CFL's Earl Winfield (Ham) scores TDs on 101-yd punt return, 100-yd kickoff return & 58-yd pass reception
1989 - Chris Evert last US Open match, she is defeated by Zina Garrison
1989 - Deborah Norville becomes news anchor of Today Show
1990 - Iraqi Pres Saddam Hussein urges Arabs to rise against the West
1990 - Pete Sampras ends Ivan Lendl's bid for 9th straight US Open final
1991 - 8th MTV Awards: REM
1991 - Actor John Travolta weds Kelly Preston
1991 - Nelson Mandela chosen president of South African ANC
1991 - US trial of former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega begins
1992 - Andrew "Dice" Clay marries his longtime live-in lover Trinie
1992 - Dan O'Brien sets world record decathlon (8891 pts)
1993 - "Fool Moon" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC after 207 perfs
1993 - "Jelly's Last Jam" closes at Virginia Theater NYC after 569 perfs
1993 - "Will Rogers Follies" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 983 perfs
1993 - F Murray Abraham released from hospital after car accident
1993 - Largest US Tennis Open 2 sessions (total) daily gate (43,502)
1993 - Noureddine Morceli runs world record mile (3:44,39)
1993 - Robocop Richard Eden (36) weds actress Shannon Hile (30)
1994 - Barb Mucha wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic
1994 - Jerry Lewis' 29th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $47,100,000
1994 - Jingyi Le swims world record 100m women's freestyle (54.01 sec)
1994 - Kirgizi‰ govt resigns
1994 - SF 49'er Jerry Rice catches NFL record 127th touchdown pass
1995 - Cal Ripken Jr ties Gehrig's record of playing in 2,130 straight games
1996 - "Summer & Smoke" opens at Criterion Theater NYC
1996 - MTV Video Music Awards
1997 - Athen's Greece selected for 2004 Olympics
1997 - Larry King weds Shawn Southwick
1997 - Orioles beat Yankes 13-9 in longest 9 inning game
1998 - Women's championship at US Tennis Open
1999 - Men's championship at US Tennis Open

Famous birthdays for this day ..

1187 - Louis VIII, [Coeur-de-Lion] king of France (1223-26)
1319 - Pedro IV, king of Aragon
1568 - Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Ital philosopher/poet (Citt… del sole)
1600 - Loreto Vittori, composer
1638 - Louis XIV, Sun King, king of France (1643-1715) [OS]
1644 - Gillis Schey, Dutch admiral (battle at Lowestoft)
1666 - Gottfried Arnold, German theologist/historian/songwriter
1688 - Lukas Fencer, Dutch poet (Fight of Kings & Mice)
1694 - Frantisek Antonin Mica, composer
1734 - Jean-Benjamin de La Borde, composer
1735 - Johann Christian Bach, composer, son of JS Bach (English Bach)
1737 - Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Beckmann, composer
1750 - Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet (Scots poems)
1767 - August Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet/translator/critic
1771 - Charles L J, archduke of Austria/Gov (Austria Netherland)
1791 - Giacomo Meyerbeer, Vogelsdorf Germany, composer (Golt Und Die Natur)
1792 - Alexis-Charles-Maximilien Thibault, composer
1815 - Carl Wilhelm, composer
1815 - Tyree Harris Bell, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902
1817 - Aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer [NS]
1842 - Louis F J Bouwmeester, Dutch actor (Shakespeare)
1846 - John W Cromwell, Secy (American Negro Academy)
1847 - Jesse James, Missouri, bank/train robber, son of a clergyman
1848 - Manuel Giro, composer
1852 - Gustav Enestr”m, Swedish mathematician
1856 - Jacobus C J Hermans, actor (7th Command)
1867 - Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, composer
1875 - Napoleon "Larry" Lajoie, RI, hall of fame shortstop (.426 in 1901)
1877 - O W Albert Roelofs, Dutch painter/etcher
1881 - Otto Bauer, Austrian social-democrat
1883 - Otto E Deutsch, Austrian musicologist (Schubert-Brevier)
1885 - John Raedecker, Dutch sculptor (National monument on the Dam)
1888 - Sarvepalli Radhakrishan, president (India)/philosopher
1890 - Albert H Edelkoort, theologist (Zondebesef)
1892 - Joseph Szigeti, Budapest Hungary, violinist (Violinist Notebook 1933)
1897 - Doris Kenyon, Syracuse NY, silent screen actress (Alexander Hamilton)
1897 - Luella Gear, NYC, actress (Joe & Mabel)
1897 - Morris Carnovsky, St Louis MO, actor (Dead Reckoning)
1898 - Ebbe Hamerik, composer
1901 - Florence Elridge, Bkln NY, actress (Long Days Journey into the Night)
1901 - Mieczyslaw Kolinski, composer
1902 - Darryl F Zanuck, film magnate/president (20th Century Fox)
1905 - Arthur Koestler, Hungary, British writer (Arrow in Blue)
1906 - Peter Mieg, composer
1906 - Semjon I Kirsanov, Ukrainian poet (Semj Dnej Nedeli) [NS=Sept 18]
1907 - Henri Storck, Flemish poet (Cƒntico do Lomem, Olympics Bichos)
1907 - Sunnyland Albert Luandrew Slim, blues pianist
1908 - Joaquin Maria Nin-Culmell, Berlin Germany, Cuban/Spanish composer
1912 - John Cage, LA Calif, composer (Imaginary Landscape No 1/O'O)
1913 - Connie Stuart, [Cornelia van Meygard], Dutch cabaret performer
1914 - Gail Kubik, South Coffeyville, Okla, composer (Gerald McBoing Boing)
1914 - Nicanor Parra, Chilean poet (Defense of Violeta Parra)
1917 - Jack Buetel, Dallas Tx, actress (Outlaw, Half Breed)
1920 - Fons Rademakers, director (Assault)/actor (Daughter of Darkness)
1920 - Margaretha D Ferguson-Wigerink, Dutch author (Anna & her Father)
1920 - Peter Racine Fricker, British composer
1921 - Jack Valenti, Pres (Motion Picture Assn of America)
1923 - Arthur C Nielsen, market researcher (TV's Nielsen's Ratings)
1924 - Krystyna Moszumanska-Nazar, composer
1925 - Jos Vandeloo, Flemish journalist/playwright (Cola Drinkers)
1925 - Justin Kaplan, US
1927 - Paul Volcker, Federal Reserve chairman
1929 - Andrian Grigoryevich Nikolayev, USSR, cosmonaut (Vostok III, Soyuz 9)
1929 - Bob Newhart, Oak Park Ill, comedian (Bob Newhart Show, Newhart)
1933 - Vincent McDermott, composer
1934 - Carol Lawrence, Illinois, dancer/actress (West Side Story)
1935 - Helen Gifford, composer
1935 - Mikhail Ivanovich Lisun, Russia, cosmonaut
1935 - Werner Erhard, Phila, founded EST
1936 - Alcee Hastings, (Rep-D-Florida)
1936 - Bill Mazeroski, MLB 2nd baseman (won 1960 World Series for Pitts)
1936 - Cornelius Boyson, bassist
1936 - John C Danforth, (Sen-R-Missouri, 1977- )
1937 - William Devane, Albany NY, actor (Family Plot, Missles of October)
1939 - George Lazenby, Goulburn Australia, actor (OHMSS-James Bond)
1939 - John Stewart, San Diego Ca, rocker (Kingston Trio-Fire in the Wind)
1940 - Lewis Spratlan, composer
1940 - Raquel Welch, Chic Ill, (Myra Breckenridge, 1,000,000 BC, 100 Rifles)
1942 - Eduardo Mata, Mexico City Mexico, conductor (Improvisaciones)
1942 - Werner Herzog, director (Burden of Dreams, Stroszek, Woyzeck)
1943 - Joe "Speedo" Frazier, rocker (Impalas)
1943 - Steve Miller, Milwaukee, rocker
1944 - Dario Bellezza, poet
1944 - Rod Arrants, LA CA, actor (Vamping, Ape, Young & Restless)
1945 - Al Stewart, Glasgow Scotland, rocker (Year of the Cat)
1946 - Buddy Miles, rocker
1946 - Dennis Dugan, Wheaton IL, actor/director (Can't Buy Me Love, Howling)
1946 - Freddie Mercury, [Bulsara], British vocalist (Queen-We are Champions)
1946 - Loudon Wainwright III, vocalist (April Fool's Day Morn)
1949 - David "Clem" Clempson, rocker (Humble Pie)
1950 - Cathy Guisewite, US cartoonist (Cathy)
1950 - Kathy Cronkite, actress (Annie-Hizzonner)
1952 - Graham Salmon, blind runner (fastest 100m by a blind man)
1953 - Paulie Carmen, Champaign Ill, rock vocalist
1954 - Hans-Jrgen Gerhardt, German DR, bobsled (Olympic-gold-1980)
1955 - Bruno Zarrillo, hockey forward (Team Italy 1998)
1956 - Sandra Guiboard, US AFB German FR, actress (Donna-One Life to Live)
1956 - Steve Denton, tennis player (world's fastest tennis serve-138 mph)
1959 - Tom Pernice Jr, KC MO, Nike golfer (1989 Centel Classic-4th)
1960 - Rob Stull, Damascus Md, US pentathlete (Olympic-92)
1960 - Willie Gault, bob sledder/NFL receiver (Chicago Bears, LA Raiders)
1962 - Beth Underhill, Guelph Ontario, equestrian jumper (Olympics-26-92, 96)
1963 - Brandon Krovoza, Newport Beach Calif, canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
1963 - Dave Brantley, Florence Alabama, pitcher (Cin Reds)
1963 - John Elliot, Bristol CT, Nike golfer (1994 NIKE Miss Gulf Coast)
1963 - Tim McKyer, NFL defensive back (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
1964 - Kristian Alfonso, Brockton MA, actress (Days of Lives, Falcon Crest)
1965 - Barbara Lufthansa Herzog, born during Lufthansa Frankfurt-NY flight
1965 - Christopher Nolan, Ireland, handicapped writer (Under Eye of Clock)
1965 - Tony Martin, NFL wide receiver (SD Chargers)
1966 - Simone Jacobs, England, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-bronze-1984)
1967 - Michele Ebadi, Omaha Nebraska, Miss Nebraska-America (1991)
1967 - Rein van Duynhoven, soccer player (Helmond Sport, MVV)
1968 - Dennis Scott, NBA forward (Dallas Mavericks)
1968 - Yuki Ishikawa, wrestler (NJPW)
1969 - Dweezil Zappa, Hollywood CA, rock guitarist/son of Frank/VJ (MTV)
1969 - Maurice Miller, CFL linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)
1970 - Brad Hopkins, NFL tackle (Houston Oilers)
1970 - Lori Harrigan, Anaheim Calif, softball pitcher (Olympics-gold-96)
1970 - Michael Potts, Langdale AL, pitcher (Milwaukee Brewers)
1970 - Willie Clay, NFL safety (Detroit Lions)
1971 - Carlester Crumpler, NFL tight end (Seattle Seahawks)
1971 - Kim Maher, Saigon Vietnam, US softball infielder (Olympics-gold-96)
1972 - Cari Shayne, Penn, actress (Karen Cates-General Hospital)
1972 - Dirk Copeland, LA Calif, pursuit cyclist (Olympics-92, 96)
1972 - Jimmy Haynes, La Grange GA, pitcher (Baltimore Orioles)
1972 - Tom Carter, NFL cornerback (Washington Redskins)
1973 - Jenny Whittle, Australian basketball center (Olympics-bronze-96)
1973 - Tina Yothers, actress (Family Ties)
1990 - Jeremy Snider, US actor (Eric Jr-Bold & Beautiful)

Famous deaths for this day ..

1235 - Henry I, duke of Brabant, dies
1548 - Catharine Parr, queen of England/wife of Henry VIII, dies at about 36
1566 - Suleiman I, Great Law Giver, sultan of Turkey (1520-66), dies at 71
1569 - Edmund Bonner, English bishop of London (1539-49, 53-9), dies at ñ69
1569 - Pieter Bruegel, South Netherlands painter, dies at about 44
1572 - Pieter Tichelmann, Flemish Franciscan, dies at about 71
1659 - Pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Neth East-Indies, dies at 71
1683 - Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French Minister of Navy, dies at 64
1684 - John Uytenhage van Lacks, lawyer/author, drowned at 48
1803 - Fran‡ois Devienne, composer, dies at 44
1858 - Moritz G, [Moses] Saphir, Hungarian journalist, dies at 63
1859 - W Friedrich Olivier, German landscape painter, dies at 68
1877 - Crazy Horse, [Tashunka Witko], last great Sioux war chief, dies at 27
1890 - Ludwig Deppe, composer, dies at 61
1898 - Sarah Emma Evelyn Edmonds, disguised as man fought for union, dies
1910 - Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest/musicologist, dies at 70
1910 - Julian Edwards, composer, dies at 54
1914 - Charles P‚guy, French writer/publisher (Clio), dies in battle at 41
1920 - Robert Harron, actor (Intolerance), accidental shot to death at 27
1932 - Paul Bern, husband of Jean Harlow, dies
1939 - Cornelis J "Cor" van Ast, Dutch actor/director (Two Boys), dies at 67
1944 - Willem M Groenewegen, resistance fighter, executed
1961 - Ernest Bock, cricketer (Test for S Africa, 1935), dies
1968 - Juan Jose Castro, composer, dies at 73
1969 - Henk Bijvanck, composer, dies at 59
1969 - Mitchell Ayres, orch leader (Hollywood Palace), dies at 58
1972 - Josef Romano, Israeli olympian, murdered
1972 - Mosje Weinberg, Israeli olympic wrestling coach, murdered
1976 - A E R Gilligan, cricketer (11 Tests for England 1922-25), dies
1980 - Barbara Loden, actress (Ernie Kovacs Show), dies at 48
1981 - Ayatollah Ali Qoddusi, prosecutor-general of Iran, assassinated
1982 - Maurice Naessens, Belgian banker, dies at 73
1987 - Bill Bowes, cricketer (Bodyline bowler, 68 wkts for England), dies
1988 - Gert Froebe, actor (Lover's Wood, Upper Hand), dies at 75
1990 - Beppo Brem, actor (Frontgockel), dies of heart failure at 84
1992 - Billy Herman, 2nd baseman/manager (Dodgers, Cubs), dies at 83
1992 - Dorothy MacKaye, marital advisor (Ladies Home Journal), dies at 88
1992 - Irving Allen Lee, actor (Newspaper Boys), dies of AIDS at 43
1993 - Claude Renoir, French cinematographer (Spy Who Loved Me), dies at 78
1993 - John Truscott, Australian set designer (Camelot), dies at 57
1993 - Ren‚ Klijn, [Dorian], singer (Mr Blue), dies of AIDS at 30)
1993 - Willem Wagter, actor (Ghetto, Medic Center West), dies at 60
1994 - Billy Usselton, saxophonist, dies at 68
1994 - Edgar Louis Vanderstegen Millington Drake, painter, dies at 62
1994 - John Newman, Australian parlement member (Lab), murdered at 47
1994 - William Usselton, US tenor saxophonist, dies at 68
1995 - Francis Showering, brewer, dies at 83
1995 - James "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist, dies at 95
1995 - John Britten, motorcycle Designer, dies at 45
1996 - Leonard Katzman, TV producer, dies at 69
1996 - Richard Clement Charles Thomas, rugby intl/journalist, dies at 67
1996 - Rose Isabel Williams, sister of Tennessee Williams, dies at 86
1997 - Georg Solti, conductor, dead, dies at 84
1997 - Leon Edel, biographer, dies at 89
1997 - Mother Teresa, Nobel (1979), dies of cardiac arrest at 87