• 1493 - Agnolo Firenzuola, [Giovannini], Italian monk (Golden Donkey)
• 1565 - Alessandro Tassoni, Modena Italy, political writer (Rape of Bucket)
• 1573 - Caravaggio, Italy, painter
• 1573 - Michelangelo Buanarroti, Caprese Italy, painter/sculpter
• 1596 - Vredius, [Olivier de Wree], Flemish historian/poet/mayor
• 1605 - Boulliau, mathematician
• 1612 - Michel Anguier, French sculptor
• 1679 - Mihael Omerza, composer
• 1681 - Johann Mattheson, Hamburg Germany, composer
• 1698 - Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, France, mathematician/astronomer
• 1705 - Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, England, corrupt politician (Chiswick)
• 1705 - Johann Peter Kellner, composer
• 1735 - August Henry Fitzroy, 3rd duke of Grafton/English premier
• 1746 - William Jones, London England, British Orientalist/jurist
• 1748 - Johann Michael Demmler, composer
• 1761 - Budan de Boislaurent, mathematician
• 1780 - Elie Decazes, France, Bourbon Restoration political figure
• 1785 - David Walker, Wilmington NC, abolitionist (Appeal to Colored Citizens)
• 1789 - Richard Bright, England, physician (Bright's Disease/nephritis)
• 1793 - Denis A Affre, archbishop of Paris (1840-48)
• 1793 - Denis-Auguste Affre, Franc, archbishop/opponent of King Louis-Philippe
• 1803 - Prosper M‚rim‚e, Paris France, playwright (Carmen)
• 1807 - Arnold Henry Guyot, Switzerland, US geologist/geographer/meteorologist
• 1811 - Friedrich Hecker, Baden, German revolutionary republican politician
• 1813 - Anton Wallerstein, composer
• 1819 - Jacob G de Hoop Scheffer, Dutch vicar/theologist
• 1820 - Freidrich Engels, German social philosopher
• 1824 - Alfred Gilpin Jones, Weymouth NS, lt-gov of Nova Scotia (1900-06)
• 1824 - Francis Turner Palgrave, Eng, poet (Golden Treasury)/prof (Oxford)
• 1825 - Rafael N£¤ez, Colombia, 3 times president (188?..94)
• 1828 - Friedrich A Lange, Prussia, philosopher/socialist (Neo-Kantianism)
• 1833 - James Deering Fessenden, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
• 1839 - Frances E C Willard, NY, founder (Woman's Christian Temperance Union)
• 1840 - Alexander Swift "Sandie" Pendleton, Lt-Col (Confederate Army)
• 1840 - Rudolf Baumbach, Thuringia [Germany], writer of student drinking songs
• 1841 - Georges Clemenceau, France, PM (1906-09, 17-20, defended Dreyfuss)
• 1844 - Michael Hertz, composer
• 1844 - Robert Stout, Shetland Islands Scotland, NZ prime minister (1884-87)
• 1849 - Dudley Allen Sargent, US, physician/educator (Harvard U gymnasium)
• 1851 - Henry Arthur Jones, English playwright (Judah)
• 1852 - John [Denton Pinkstone] French, Earl of Ypres/British field marshall
• 1852 - [Ferdinand-Frederic-]Henri Moissan, Paris France, chemist (Nobel 1906)
• 1854 - Adam Sedgwick, Norwich England, English zoologist (Peripatus)
• 1855 - Thomas F Tout, London, historian (Manchester school of historiography)
• 1856 - Edward Herbert Thompson, Mass, archaeologist (Mayan civilization)
• 1856 - Kate Douglas Wiggins, author (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm)
• 1861 - Pedro De Cordoba, NYC, actor (Club Havana, Swamp Fire, Saboteur)
• 1863 - Charles, Lisbon Portugal, king (1889-1908)
• 1864 - Barry E Odell Pain, English writer (Punch)
• 1870 - Florent Schmitt, Blƒmont France, composer (Fr‚d‚gonde, Salom‚)
• 1871 - Pietro Badoglio, Italy, gen/Libya gov (1928-33)/PM of Italy (1943-44)
• 1872 - Lena Ashwell, England, actress/theatrical manager (Kingsway)
• 1872 - Tom Terriss, London England, director (His Buddy's Wife, Sumuru)
• 1873 - Julian Lowell Coolidge, Mass, mathematician (Study-Segre school)
• 1873 - Waclaw Rawicz, [Berent], Warsaw Poland, biologist/writer
• 1877 - Stanner E V Taylor, St Louis MO, director/writer (Lucky Jim, Ramona)
• 1879 - Benjamin Christensen, Viborg Denmark, actor (Barnet, Mockery)
• 1880 - Ralph Edward Flanders, Barnet VT, (Sen-VT)
• 1881 - Henry Geehl, composer
• 1881 - Pedro De Cordoba, NYC, actor (Mexican Hayride, Before I Hang)
• 1882 - Eugenio d' Ors y Rovira, Barcelona Spain, essayist/philosopher
• 1882 - Jack Fournier, 2nd baseman (1917-18 NY Yankees)
• 1885 - Wilbur 'Lefty' Good, pitcher (NY Yankees, 1905)
• 1887 - Avery Brundage, Detroit Mich, CEO (Intl Olympic Committee, 1952-72)
• 1888 - Herman McNeile, Cornwall England, soldier/novelist (Bull-Dog Drummond)
• 1889 - Carlos I FLMVMRGGXF of Assisi JS, king of Portugal
• 1889 - D P "Dad" Carter, baritone (Chuck Wagon Gang)
• 1889 - Octavus L "Octave" van Aerschot, Dutch violinist/actor (Hippie)
• 1892 - Edmond Thieffry, Belgian WW I pilot/air pioneer
• 1892 - Elmer Rice, NYC, playwright/director/novelist (Pulitzer-Street Scene)
• 1892 - Ruth Stonehouse
• 1893 - Marie V Felix, prince of Luxemburg/Bourbon-Parma
• 1895 - Charles Petrie, Liverpool, historian
• 1895 - Dave Franklin, NYC, composer (Hop-a-long Cassidy)
• 1895 - Lawton Whitey Witt, outfielder (NY Yankees, 1922-25)
• 1895 - Wallace K Harrison, Worcester Mass, US architect (UN, Lincoln Center)
• 1897 - Muchtar Auesow, writer
• 1901 - Friedrichs, mathematician
• 1901 - Lily Bouwmeester, Dutch actress/comedienne (Pygmalion)
• 1901 - William Samuel Paley, Chicago Ill, pres/CEO of CBS (1928-90)
• 1902 - Ed Sullivan, TV variety show host/gossip columnist (Ed Sullivan Show)
• 1904 - Hendrik J Hofstra, Dutch minister of Finance (PvdA)
• 1905 - Max Schmeling, Germany, world heavyweight boxing champ (1930-32)
• 1905 - William Northam, Austria, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1964)
• 1907 - Glen "Turk" Edwards, NFL tackle (Boston/Washington Redskins)
• 1907 - Heikki Savolainen, Finland, pommel horse gymnist (Olympic-gold-1948)
• 1907 - Ida Turay, Budapest, actress (Deryne, Ida Regenye)
• 1907 - John Prickett, teacher/ecumenist
• 1908 - Marin Goleminov, composer
• 1909 - Al Capp, [Alfred Gerald Caplin], New Haven Ct, cartoonist (Li'l Abner)
• 1909 - Stephen Spender, poet [or Feb 28]
• 1909 - Wiesje Bouwmeester, Dutch actress (Doodzonde)
• 1910 - Diosdado Macapagal, Philippines president (1961-65)
• 1910 - Fran Lee, NYC, actress (Ms Wong-Major Dell Conway)
• 1911 - Henry Ellsworth Vines Jr, tennis (US Open 1931, 32)/golfer
• 1913 - Alice Marble, Beckworth Calif, tennis player (US Open 1936, 1938-40)
• 1913 - Edith Mary Ellis Peters Pargeter, author
• 1913 - Vivian Fine, Chicago Ill, composer (Women in the Garden)
• 1914 - Harold Taylor, Canada, educator (Art & the Future)
• 1914 - Jim Boyd, country/western performer
• 1914 - Lord Abinger
• 1915 - Julius Rosenberg, NYC, 1st US civilian executed for espionage
• 1916 - Lord Cockfield
• 1916 - Peter Finch, London, actor (Network, Windom's Way, Raid on Entebbe)
• 1917 - Michael [George] Somes, England, dancer (Royal Ballet)
• 1917 - Vaclav Kaslik, Czechoslovakia, opera composer/conductor
• 1919 - Lenn Hjortzberg, Karlskrona Sweden, director (Persona, Devil's Eye)
• 1919 - Tom Harmon, Rensselaer Indiana, sportscaster/NFL tailback (Heisman)
• 1921 - Ilhan Usmanbas, composer
• 1922 - Frederik JW "Fried" L”wensteyn, [Stephan Styrmarck], lawyer
• 1922 - Joe Silver, Chicago Ill, actor (Mr I Magination, Fay)
• 1922 - Phyllis Friend, chief nursing officer (DHSS)
• 1923 - Duke of Buccleuch, British large landowner/art collector
• 1923 - Fred Robbins, Balt Md, DJ (Coke Time with Eddie Fisher, Robbins Nest)
• 1923 - William Windom, NYC, actor (Farmer's Daughter, Murder She Wrote)
• 1924 - Antonio Jacinto, Portuguese West Africa, Angolan poet
• 1924 - Marcello Mastroianni, Rome Italy, actor (8«, La Dolce Vita)
• 1925 - Arnold Stang, Mass, comedian/actor (Broadside, Milton Berle, Top Cat)
• 1925 - Frank Latimore, [Kline], Darien Ct, actor (Patton, Breakin Up)
• 1925 - Seymour Cray, inventor (Cray I computer)
• 1926 - Jerry Clower, Amite County Miss, country comedian (Nashville on Road)
• 1927 - Thomas J J Altizer, Mass, US Radical theologian (God is Dead)
• 1928 - Naphtali Kupferberg, singer (Fugs)
• 1929 - Marilyn Clark, Spokane WA, actress (House of Party Beach)
• 1929 - Nigel Althaus, British government broker
• 1929 - Nikolay Ryzhkov, Premier of USSR (1985-1991)
• 1930 - Robin Buchanan, CEO (NHS Supplies Auth, Wessex Regional Health Auth)
• 1930 - Tommy Collins, [Leonard Sipes], country singer (Don't Growl)
• 1930 - Ugo Gregoretti, Rome Italy, actor (Rogopag, Common Sense of Modesty)
• 1931 - John E Gilmore, tenor Saxophonist
• 1932 - Michael G[reatrex] Coney, Canada, sci-fi author (Cat Karina)
• 1933 - Madeleine M Kunin, Switzerland (Gov-D-Vt), 1st Jewish gov of Vermont
• 1934 - Brigitte Bardot, Paris France, sex kitten (And God Created Women)
• 1935 - Bruce Crampton, Sydney Australia, PGA golfer (1961 Milwaukee Open)
• 1935 - Heather Sears, London England, actress (Room at the Top)
• 1935 - Koko Taylor, [Cora Walton], US vocalist (Queen of the Blues)
• 1936 - Robert Hogan, NYC, actor (Peyton Place, Operation Petticoat)
• 1936 - Robert Wolders, Rotterdam Holland, actor (Erik Hunter-Laredo)
• 1936 - Sherwood L Boehlert, (Rep-R-NY, 1983- )
• 1937 - Colin Berry, professor (morbid anatomist)
• 1937 - Edward Applebaum, composer
• 1938 - Ben E[arl] King, [Nelson], NC, singer (Stand by Me)
• 1938 - Charlie Thomas, singer (Drifters) [or Apr 7, 1937]
• 1940 - Alekander Sergeyevich Ivanchenkov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 29/31, T-6)
• 1940 - Aleksandr Y Kalery, Russian cosmonaut
• 1940 - George Greenstein, author (Secret of a Jewish Baker)
• 1941 - Charley Taylor, NFL wide receiver/running back (Wash Redskin)
• 1941 - Lady Braye
• 1942 - Grant "Mudcat" Jackson, pitcher (1972 NY Yankees, Phillies)
• 1943 - Gertrud "Traudl" Hecher, Austria, downhill skier (Olympic-bronze-1960)
• 1943 - J T Walsh, actor (Col Frank Bach-Dark Skies)
• 1943 - Joel Higgins, Bloomington Ill, actor (Salvage 1, Silver Spoons)
• 1943 - Lou Piniella, outfielder/manager (NY Yankees, Seattle Mariners)
• 1943 - Mike Kreidler, (Rep-D-Washington)
• 1943 - Nick St Nicholas, Hamburg Germany, rock bassist (Steppenwolf)
• 1943 - Susanne Jagd, Denmark, actress (Between the Sheets, Tinderbox)
• 1944 - Matthew Cowles, soap actor (Eban Japes-Loving, Billy-All My Children)
• 1945 - Conny Van Dyke, Nassawadox Va, actress (Framed, Hell's Angels '69)
• 1945 - Marielle Goitschel, Ste Maxime France, alpine skier (Olympic-gold-64)
• 1946 - Fiona Lewis, Westcliff England, actress (Stunts, Lisztomania)
• 1946 - Helen Shapiro, Bethnal Green London, rock vocalist (Culture Club)
• 1946 - Herbert Jefferson Jr, Jersey City NJ, actor (Battlestar Galactica)
• 1946 - Larry Breeding, Winchester Ill, actor (Who's Watching the Kids?)
• 1946 - Majid Khan, cricketer (great Pakistani batsman 1964-82)
• 1946 - Peter Egan, actor (Bean, Chariots of Fire)
• 1947 - Gillian Rose, philosopher/writer
• 1947 - Harold Dow, Hackensack NJ, news correspondent (CBS, 48 Hours)
• 1947 - Jeffrey Jones, Buffalo NY, actor (Beetlejuice, Ferris Bueller)
• 1947 - Peter Hope-Evans, British singer/harmonicaist (Family)
• 1948 - Marielle Goitschel, France, slalom (Olympic-gold-1968) [or 1945]
• 1950 - John Sayles, Schenetady NY, actor (Brother from Another Planet)
• 1950 - Paul Burgess, British drummer (10cc-Not Alone)
• 1951 - Christian Marlowe, LA Calif, actor (Bram-Highcliffe Manor)
• 1951 - Dave Rajsich, pitcher (NY Yankees)
• 1951 - Silvia Dionisio, Rome Italy, actress (Riavanti Marsh!, Amici Miei)
• 1952 - Anthony Davis, footballer
• 1952 - Sylvia Kristel, Neth, actress (Emmanuelle, Priv School for Girls)
• 1953 - Jim Diamond, Scotish singer/songwriter (I Should Have Known Better)
• 1954 - George Lynch, rock guitarist (Lynch Mob-Wicked Sensations)
• 1954 - Steve Largent, NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks)
• 1957 - Alannah Currie, Auckland NZ, rock xylophone/vocalist (Thompson Twins)
• 1957 - Marc Duret, actor (Dobermann, Hatred, Big Blue)
• 1958 - Angella Issajenko, Jamaica, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-silver-1984)
• 1958 - Lory Del Santo, Verona Italy, Miss Italy (1980)
• 1958 - Med Lucart, rock musician (Wall of Voodoo)
• 1959 - Angela Groothuizen, Dutch singer (Dolly Dots)
• 1959 - Billy Montana, Country/Western performer (No Yesterday, Angelia)
• 1959 - Todd Worrell, Arcadia CA, pitcher (LA Dodgers)
• 1960 - Derek James, Durban South Africa, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 Infiniti)
• 1960 - Gus Logie, cricketer (WI batsman 1983-91, great fielder)
• 1960 - Jennifer Rush, singer/songwriter (Destiny, Ring of Ice)
• 1960 - Tom Byrum, Onida SD, Nike golfer (1994 NIKE Panama City Beach-4th)
• 1961 - Anne White, Charleston WV, tennis (Wore spandex in '85 Wimbledon)
• 1961 - Ed Vosberg, Tucson AZ, pitcher (Texas Rangers)
• 1961 - Michael-James Wixted, Santa Monica Calif, actor (Smith Family)
• 1961 - Yordanka Donkova, Bulgaria, 100 m hurdler (world record)
• 1962 - Anne-Marie Fox, LA CA, playmate (Feb, 1982)
• 1962 - Irving Fryar, NFL wide receiver (Miami Dolphins)
• 1962 - Laurie Rinker-Graham, Stuart FL, LPGA golfer (1986 LPGA Corning)
• 1962 - Luis Enrique, spanish singer (Luces del Alma)
• 1962 - S C Grant, British Lt-General
• 1962 - Thomas Mork, Denmark, actor (Krystalbarnet, Bryggeren)
• 1963 - Johnny Earl Dawkins Jr, NBA guard (Spurs, Charlotte Hornets)
• 1964 - Janeane Garofalo, NJ, comedienne (SNL, Truth about Cats & Dogs)
• 1964 - Susan Walters, Georgia, actress (Lorna-Loving, Mary Beth-Dear John)
• 1965 - Brigitte Ro�an, Toulon France, director/actress (Outremer)
• 1965 - Joel Rane, author (Step on Up)
• 1966 - Erno Das, lighting tech/gaffer (Spiegels, Lovely Liza)
• 1966 - Kevin Baker, Montreal, Canadian Tour golfer (Manitoba Amateur-1988)
• 1966 - Scott Adams, NFL offensive linesman (Chic Bears)
• 1967 - Darion Conner, NFL linebacker (Carolina Panthers)
• 1967 - Jake Reed, NFL wide receiver (Minn Vikings)
• 1967 - Jason Dungjen, Detroit Mich, pairs skaters (Olympics-1994)
• 1967 - Moon Unit Zappa, rocker (Valley Girl), Frank's daughter
• 1967 - Oswald Drawdy, Hampton SC, Canadian Tour golfer (1987 SC Amateur)
• 1968 - Bess Singh, [Lennart Bes], Dutch pop drummer (Burma Shop-Hippies)
• 1968 - Carr‚ Otis, SF Calif, actress (Wild Orchid)
• 1968 - Jerry Evans, NFL tight end (Denver Broncos)
• 1968 - Jock Climie, CFL slot back (Montreal Alouettes)
• 1968 - Vanessa Vadim, Paris, daughter of Jane Fonda/actress (Last Party)
• 1969 - Jack O'Keffe, Waterbury CT, Australasia golfer
• 1969 - L Janusz Hooker, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
• 1970 - Kimiko Date, Kyoto Japan, tennis star (1996 Japan Open)
• 1970 - Mira Sorvino, Tenafly NJ, actress (Quiz Show, Norma Jean & Marilyn)
• 1971 - Chad May, NFL/WLAF quarterback (Minn Vikings, Frankfurt Galaxy)
• 1971 - David Weightman, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
• 1971 - Janet Evans, swimmer (Olympics)
• 1971 - Marcus Spears, NFL/WLAF guard/tackle (Chic Bears, Amsterdam Admirals)
• 1971 - Matthew Elliott, cricketer (Australian Test opening batsman v WI 1996)
• 1972 - Cathy Caverzasio, Switzerland, tennis star
• 1972 - Dena Querubin, Waterford NJ, Miss America-NJ (1996)
• 1972 - Greg Ivy, NFL punter (Atlanta Falcons)
• 1975 - Karan Ashley Jackson, Odessa Tx, actress (Aisha-Mighty Power Rangers)
• 1975 - Mandy Barnett, country singer (Maybe, Rainy Days)
• 1978 - Marzena Godecki, actress (Ocean Girl)
• 1978 - Nestaea Sealy, Miss Bahamas Universe (1997)
• 1979 - Anndi Lynn McAfee, actress (Ice Cream Man, Conagher)
• 1981 - Vincent Kartheiser, actor (Hairy Bird, Alaska, Untamed Heart)
• 1991 - Saffron LeBon, London, daughter of Simon & Yasmon
• 1996 - Celeste & Johnny Edison, Assyria & Pele's twins, boy & girl

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0929 - Wenceslaus I, duke of Bohemia, murdered
• 1104 - Pedro I, king of Navarra & Aragon, dies
• 1197 - Henry VI von Hohenstaufen, Roman Catholic German King (1169-97), dies
• 1296 - Adolf VII, earl of Mountain (1259-96), dies
• 1509 - Siwara/Sjoerd Aylva, Fries army leader (siege of Franeker)
• 1618 - Gilles van Ledenberg, sec of Utrecht States (1588-1618), suicide at 68
• 1649 - Ottavio Vernizzi, composer, dies at 79
• 1652 - John Asselijn, landscape painter/etcher, dies at about 42
• 1657 - Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daugher of Willem of Orange, dies at 75
• 1667 - Jacobus Golius, mathematician/founder (Leidse observ), dies at 71
• 1694 - Mouton, mathematician, dies
• 1702 - Robert Spencer 2nd earl of Sunderland, Engl PM (1687-88), dies at 61
• 1757 - Andrea Zani, composer, dies at 60
• 1759 - Cornelis Pronk, portrait painter/cartoonist, dies at 67
• 1789 - Thomas Day, author, killed by fall from a horse at Wargrave Berkshire
• 1815 - Nicolas Desmarest, French geographer (Volcanos), dies at 90
• 1819 - Karl Haack, composer, dies at 68
• 1833 - Lemuel Haynes, Revolutionary War veteran, dies at 88
• 1852 - Johann Friedrich Schwencke, composer, dies at 60
• 1859 - Rinse Posthumus, Fries writer, dies
• 1868 - Thomas Carmichael Hindman, attorney/Confederate gen-mjr, shot at 40
• 1869 - Libri, mathematician, dies
• 1873 - Emile Gaboriau, detective writer (Monsieur Lecoq), dies at 37
• 1875 - Aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet, dies at 58 [OS]
• 1879 - Nathan C Meeker, US, poet/writer, murdered
• 1884 - Fred Morley, cricket lefty quick (16 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng), dies
• 1891 - Herman Melville, writer (Billy Budd, Moby Dick), dies at 72
• 1895 - Louis Pasteur, French bacteriologist (Pasteurization), dies at 72
• 1899 - Giovanni Segantini, Italian painter (Become his fare), dies
• 1902 - Emile Zola, French writer (Nana/Germinal/J'accuse), dies at 62
• 1903 - Jesus Monasterio, composer, dies at 67
• 1907 - Frederich I W L, Grand Duke of Baden (1856-1907), dies at 81
• 1911 - Louis Pincoffs, businessman/Dutch politician 1st-Chamber, dies
• 1914 - Porsteinn Erlingsson, Icelandic poet (M lleysingjar), dies at 56
• 1914 - Stevan Mokranjac, composer, dies at 58
• 1920 - Nestor de TiŠre, Flemish playwright (Bride of the Sea), dies
• 1922 - Andrejs Jurjans, composer, dies at 65
• 1928 - Con Conrad, dies
• 1939 - Felicjan Szopski, composer, dies at 74
• 1942 - Evelyn Thatcher, dies
• 1943 - Charles Vintcent, cricketer (played in S Africa's 1st 3 tests), dies
• 1943 - Fritzi Brunette, dies
• 1946 - Jean Van de Eeckhoudt, Belgian painter, dies
• 1947 - Francisco Santiago, composer, dies at 58
• 1947 - William B Davidson, dies
• 1948 - EJ Ratcliffe, dies
• 1948 - Gregg Toland, cinematographer, dies at 44
• 1952 - Paul Hastings Allen, composer, dies at 68
• 1953 - Edwin P Hubble, astronomer, designer of telescopes, dies at 63
• 1954 - Bert Lytell, actor (Henry-One Man's Family), dies at 69
• 1954 - Morten Korch, dies
• 1955 - Arthur Donaldson, dies
• 1957 - Albert Ascoli, Italian developed anti-tuberculosis vaccine, dies
• 1957 - Luis Cluzeau-Mortet, composer, dies at 67
• 1959 - Gerard Hoffnung, artist/humorist/musician, dies
• 1961 - Michael Shepley, actor (Dick & the Duchess), dies at 54
• 1964 - George Dyson, composer, dies at 81
• 1964 - Harpo [Arthur] Marx, comedian (Marx Bros), dies at 75
• 1964 - Nacio Herb Brown, dies
• 1965 - Eddie Gribbon, actor (Keystone Kops), dies after long illness
• 1966 - Andr‚ Breton, Fr Surrealist poet (Manifest of Surr‚alism), dies at 70
• 1966 - Eric Fleming, actor (Gil-Rawhide), dies at 41
• 1966 - Lucky Millinder, bandleader/singer, dies
• 1968 - Corry Lievens, Flemish actress/playwright/dir (Blue Bird), dies at 64
• 1970 - Gamal' Abd al-Nassar, Egypt Pres (1953-70), dies of heart attack at 52
• 1970 - John Roderigo Dos Passos, US writer (Manhattan Transfer), dies at 74
• 1972 - Maurice Thiriet, composer, dies at 66
• 1973 - Mantan Moreland, comedian (Watermelon Man), dies at 71
• 1973 - Norma Crane, actress (Rayola-Mr Peepers), dies of cancer at 44
• 1973 - Wystan H Auden, British/US writer (Spain/Platonic Blow), dies at 66
• 1974 - Raymond Largay, actor (April in Paris, Variety Girl), dies at 88
• 1975 - Agnes Windeck, dies
• 1975 - Sidney Fields, comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 77
• 1978 - John Paul I, [Albino Luciano], Pope (1978), dies after 33 days as pope
• 1978 - Pope John Paul I (Albino Luciani), 263rd Catholic Pope, died
• 1979 - Jimmy McCulloch, guitarist (Wings), dies at 26
• 1982 - Larry Breeding, actor (Who's Watching the Kids), dies on 36th birthday
• 1982 - Mabel Albertson, actress (Gazebo, Bewitched), dies of Alzheimer at 81
• 1986 - Carmen DeRue, entertainer, dies
• 1986 - Robert Helpmann, actor (Second Time Lucky, Patrick), dies at 77
• 1987 - Mehdi Hashemi, Iranian aid of Ayatollah Khomeini, shot for treason
• 1988 - Ethel Grandin, silent screen actress (Deserter), dies at 94
• 1988 - Marjorie Bonner Lowry, actress (Reno, Poor Girls), dies at 83
• 1989 - Ferdinand E Marcos, president of Philippines (1965-86), dies at 72
• 1991 - Miles Davis, jazz trumpeter, dies of pneumonia at 65
• 1992 - Leech, mathematician, dies
• 1993 - Alfonso Balcazar, dies
• 1993 - Gustavo Brillembourg, Venez/US advocate, dies in an accident at 35
• 1993 - Peter De Vries, cartoonist (New Yorker), dies at 83
• 1994 - Harry Saltzman, producer (Dr No, Nijinski), dies at 78
• 1994 - Jose Francisco Ruiz Massieu, Mexican PRI-politician, murdered at 48
• 1994 - Juliette Lady Huxley Baillot, author, dies at 96
• 1994 - Warwick Hutton, artist, dies at 55
• 1995 - Eddy Grove, dies
• 1995 - Lynette Roberts, poet, dies at 86
• 1995 - Olive Gibbs, peace campaigner, dies at 77
• 1996 - Bob Gibson, folk singer, dies at 64