• 1081 - Henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25)
• 1583 - Simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist
• 1587 - Johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots)
• 1589 - Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka)
• 1628 - Fran‡ois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier
• 1632 - Samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist
• 1658 - Nicolas Coustou, French sculptor (Descente de Croix)
• 1668 - Jean Gilles, composer
• 1767 - Abraham de Veer, Dutch governor-general of Suriname (1822-28)
• 1777 - Filippo Traetta, Italy, composer/musicologist
• 1779 - John White, composer
• 1786 - Nicholas Biddle, made 2nd bank of US 1st effective central bank
• 1787 - Johann Ludwig Bohner, composer
• 1788 - Erik Drake, composer
• 1791 - Jacob Collamer, (Sen-Vt)
• 1792 - Lowell Mason, Medfield Mass, organist/composer (Zebulo)
• 1810 - Robert Schumann, Zwickau Germ, composer (Neue Zeitschrift fuer Musik)
• 1812 - Sigismond Fortune Fran‡ois Thalberg, composer
• 1812 - William Henry Holmes, composer
• 1814 - Johannes Kneppelhout, [Klikspaan], Dutch humorist
• 1814 - Thomas Green, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
• 1815 - George Webb Morell, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883
• 1815 - Lawrence Pike Graham, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1905
• 1817 - John Selden Roane, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867
• 1821 - James Longstreet, Confederate general (1st Corps, ANV)
• 1822 - Alfredo Carlo Piatti, composer
• 1823 - Alfred Russel Wallace, British zoologist/co-discoverer (evolution)
• 1824 - Per August Olander, composer
• 1824 - William Wilkie Collins, English novelist (Woman in White)
• 1830 - Gouverneur Kemble Warren, Major Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1882
• 1830 - Hans von Blow, Dresden, pianist/virtuoso conductor/musical writer
• 1836 - Fannie M Jackson, pioneer & educator, 1st US Black woman college grad
• 1836 - Lawrence Alma Tadema, Dutch/British painter/husband of Laura Epps
• 1846 - Albert Cahen, composer
• 1846 - William Wallace Gilchrist, composer
• 1851 - G‚rard Leman, Belgian count/general
• 1860 - Nancy Jones, US black missionary in Africa
• 1862 - Frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher/founder (Doubleday & Co)
• 1863 - Paul Scheerbart, [Bruno Kfer], German writer (The Seasnake)
• 1867 - Emily Green Balch, US, sociologist/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1946)
• 1868 - Frank Dyson, proved Einstein right about light bent by gravity
• 1870 - Miguel Primo de Rivera Orbaneja, dictator of Spain (1923-30)
• 1873 - Lucien Capet, composer
• 1883 - Josue Teofilo Wilkes, composer
• 1885 - John Curtin, Victoria, Australian PM (Labor, 1941-45)
• 1886 - Noble Drew Ali, [Timothy Drew], NC, prophet (Moorish Science Temple)
• 1888 - Matt Moore, County Meath Ireland, actor (Coquette, Deluge)
• 1888 - Richard Courant, German/US mathematician (What is mathematics?)
• 1889 - Paul Hartmann, Furth Germany, actor (Haunted Castle)
• 1890 - Sandor Rado, Hungarian/US psycho analyst
• 1891 - Bronislava Nijinska, ballet choreographer
• 1891 - Storm Jameson, English novelist (The Green Man, Cousin Honor‚)
• 1891 - Walter Bothe, Germany, subatomic particle physicist (Nobel 1954)
• 1892 - Werner Wehrli, composer
• 1896 - Jaromir Weinberger, Prague Czechoslovakia, composer (Bird's Opera)
• 1896 - Manuel Rojas Sepulveda, Chile, writer (Men of the South)
• 1899 - Solomon WRD Bandaranaike, premier of Ceylon (1956-59)
• 1900 - Queen Marie, of Yugoslavia
• 1901 - Edmond Vandercammen, French/Belgian writer (L'amour responsable)
• 1902 - Alexander Gray, Wrightsville Pa, actor (This is Music)
• 1902 - Carl R[ansom] Rogers, US, psychologist (Client-Centered Therapy)
• 1902 - Georgy M Malenkov, Stalin's successor as head of CPSU, PM (1953-55)
• 1902 - Gret Palucca, German dancer/choreography (Silent Song)
• 1903 - Gene Roth, [Eugene Stutenroth], SD, actor (She Demons, Spider)
• 1904 - Peter Arno, NYC, cartoonist (New Yorker)
• 1905 - Carl Gustav Hempel, German Logical Positivist philosopher
• 1905 - Giacinto Scelsi, composer
• 1906 - Jacob C van Marken, Dutch peanut butter maker (Calv‚-Delft)
• 1906 - Jan A H J S Bruins Slot, Dutch founder illegal Trouw/MP (ARP)
• 1906 - Serge Poliakoff, Russian/French painter/guitarist
• 1908 - (Fearless) Mary Nadia Wadia, actress
• 1908 - William Hartnell, London England, actor (Agitator, Jackpot)
• 1909 - Bruce Mitchell, cricketer (S African bat, their top run-scorer (3471))
• 1909 - Jos‚ Ferrer, Santurce PR, oscar winning actor (Cyrano de Bergerac)
• 1910 - Richard Cromwell, [LeRoy Melvin Radabaugh], LA Calif, actor (Jezebel)
• 1911 - Andrej Ocenas, composer
• 1911 - Butterfly McQueen, [Thelma], Tampa Fla, actress (Gone With the Wind)
• 1912 - Jose Ferrer, Santurce PR, actor/director (Blood Tide, Dune)
• 1912 - Jose Ferrer, Santurce PR, B01051840 John Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896
• 1912 - Rudolf G Escher, Dutch composer (True Face of Peace)
• 1913 - Horace Smith, cricketer (NZ, only Test wkt off his 1st ball (Paynter))
• 1914 - Charles Borromeo Mills, composer
• 1917 - Peter Taylor, US writer
• 1917 - Stanley Prager, NYC, comedian (College Bowl)
• 1920 - Hendrikus J Wittebold, civil servant/resistance fighter
• 1922 - Abbey Simon, NYC, pianist
• 1923 - Giorgio Tozzi, Chicago Illinois, basso
• 1923 - Iva Michiels, [Rik Ceuppens], Flemish writer (Ksiega Alfa)
• 1923 - Johnny Wardle, cricketer (Yorkshire & England left-arm bowler of 50's)
• 1923 - Joseph Wiezenbaum, artificial intelligence pioneer
• 1923 - Larry Storch, NYC, comedian (F Troop, Larry Storch Show)
• 1924 - Antai Ribari, composer
• 1924 - Benjamin Lees, [Lysniansky], Harbin Manchuria, composer
• 1924 - Robert Starer, Vienna Austria, composer
• 1924 - Ron Moody, London England, actor (12 Chairs, Wrong is Right)
• 1925 - James Saunders, English chemist/playwright (Ark)
• 1926 - Evelyn Lear, [Shulman], Brooklyn, NY, soprano
• 1926 - Jani Christou, composer
• 1926 - Soupy Sales, [Milton Hines], NC, comedian (Soupy Sales Show)
• 1928 - Sander Vanocur, Cleve Ohio, news anchor (NBC Weekend News)
• 1930 - Doreen Wilber, US, archer (Olympic-gold-1972)
• 1931 - Bill Graham, Germany, rock promoter (Fillmore)
• 1931 - May Wynn, [Donna Lee Hickey], NYC, actress (Caine Mutiny, Noah's Ark)
• 1933 - Charles Osgood, NYC, news anchor (CBS Weekend News)
• 1933 - Jean-Marie Straub, France, director (Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach)
• 1934 - Jacques Anquetil, France, Tour de France bicycle racer (5-time winner)
• 1934 - Michael Grierson Jarrett, archaeologist
• 1934 - Piet Dankert, Dutch politician (PvdA)
• 1934 - Roy Kinnear, Lancashire England, actor (TW3, Help!, The 3 Musketeers)
• 1935 - Elvis Aaron Presley, Tupelo Miss, singer (Blue Suede Shoes, Hounddog)
• 1935 - Jesse Garon Presley, stillborn twin brother of Elvis
• 1935 - Nolan Miller, Burkburnett Tx, fashion designer (Dynasty, Love Boat)
• 1936 - Ferdinand Hartzenberg, South African minister of Education (1979-82)
• 1937 - Robert Moran, composer
• 1937 - Shirley Bassey, Cardiff Wales, singer (Goldfinger, Moonraker)
• 1938 - Bob Eubanks, Flint Mich, TV host (Newlywed Game)
• 1939 - Yvette Mimieux, Hollywood Cal, actr (Time Machine, Where the Boys Are)
• 1940 - Anthony Gaurdine, (Little Anthony & Imperials-Goin Out of My Head)
• 1940 - Cristy Lane, US, country/gospel singer
• 1940 - Little Anthony [Gourdine], rocker (& Imperials)
• 1941 - Graham Chapman, England, comedian (Monty Python's Flying Circus)
• 1941 - Robby Krieger, rocker (Doors)
• 1942 - John Peterson, rocker
• 1942 - Stephen Hawking, English physicist (Black Holes & Baby Universes)
• 1942 - Vyacheslav Dmitriyevich Zudov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 23)
• 1943 - Lee Jackson, rocker (Nice)
• 1943 - Marcus Hutson, rock vocalist (Whispers)
• 1944 - Terry Brooks, US, sci-fi author (Sword of Shannara)
• 1945 - John Peters, rock drummer (Harpers Bizarre)
• 1945 - Terry Sylvester, rocker (Hollies)
• 1946 - Elaine Cheris, Dotham Al, fencer-epee (Olympics-96)
• 1946 - Kathleen Noone, actress (All My Children, Party of 5, Knots Landing)
• 1946 - Robbie Kreiger, LA Calif, guitarist (Doors-Come on Baby Light My Fire)
• 1946 - Tod Brannan, VP (Logos Network Corp)
• 1947 - David Bowie, [Jones], London, singer/actor (Major Tom, Ziggy Stardust)
• 1947 - Igor Ivanov, Leningrad, Canadian chess champion (1981-84, 1985- )
• 1947 - Terry Sylvester, rocker (Hollies-You are the Air that I Breathe)
• 1948 - Gillies Mackinnon, director (Playboys)
• 1948 - Mel Pritchard, rocker
• 1948 - Paul King, rocker (Blue Oyster Cult)
• 1949 - Lawrence Rowe, cricketer (prolific WI batsman, 302 v Eng 1974)
• 1951 - G‚rard Leman, Belgian general
• 1951 - John McTiernan, Albany NY, actor (Predator, Die Hard, Medicine Man)
• 1951 - Paul Dresher, composer
• 1952 - Lauri Walters, SF Calif, actress (8 is Enough, Harrad Experiment)
• 1952 - Norm Jarvis, Prince Albert Sask, golfer (1984 Chilliwack)
• 1953 - Bruce Sutter, pitcher (Cubs, Cards, Braves)
• 1955 - Mike Reno, Vancouver BC Canada, rock vocalist (Loverboy)
• 1959 - Michael Harwood, Sydney NSW, Australasia golfer
• 1960 - Jolanda Egger, Luzean Switz, playmate (June, 1983)
• 1961 - Shoaib Mohammad, cricketer (son of Hanif Patient & prolific batsman)
• 1963 - Hiromi Kobayashi, Fukushima Japan, LPGA golfer (1993 JAL Big Apple)
• 1964 - Peter [Ped] Gill, rocker (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax) [or 3/5]
• 1964 - Virgil Hill, Missouri, middleweight boxer (Olympic-silver-1984)
• 1965 - Champaka Ramanayake, cricketer (Sri Lankan opening bowler)
• 1965 - Eric Wohlberg, Sudbury Ontario, cyclist (Olympics-96)
• 1965 - Maria Pitillo, Matwah NJ, actress (Ryan's Hope)
• 1965 - Michelle Forbes, actress (Julianna Cox-Homicide)
• 1966 - Darryl Hall, CFL linebacker (Calgary Stampeders)
• 1966 - Loretta Lee, [Lee Lai Chan], China, actress (Happy Ghost)
• 1967 - Hollis Conway, Chicago Ill, high jumper (Olympics-silv/bronze-88, 92)
• 1967 - Kent Jones, Portales NM, golfer (NM State Amateur-1990-91)
• 1967 - Roger Rowland, Jacksonville FL, Nike golfer (1990 Macon Open-2nd)
• 1967 - Willie Anderson, US, NBA guard (NY Knicks, Olympic-bronze-1988)
• 1968 - Alexander Alexeev, NHL defenseman (Belarus, Oly-98)
• 1968 - Ami Dolenz, LA Calif, actress (General Hospital, Can't Buy Me Love)
• 1968 - Brian Johnson, Oakland Calif, catcher (San Diego Padres)
• 1968 - Mark Duane Croghan, Akron Ohio, 3k steeplechase (Olympics-5th-96)
• 1968 - Paul Carey, US baseball infielder (Baltimore Orioles)
• 1969 - Brian Boehringer, St Louis MO, pitcher (NY Yankees)
• 1969 - R Kelly, singer (I Wish I Could Fly)
• 1970 - Jon Klemm, Calgary, NHL defenseman (Colorado Avalanche)
• 1971 - Billy Joe Hobert, NFL quarterback (Oakland Raiders)
• 1971 - Branislav Janos, hockey forward (Team Slovakia 1998)
• 1971 - Brenda Lee Armstrong, Albert Lea Minn, Miss Minn-America (1991)
• 1971 - Brook Mahealani Lee, Miss Universe/Miss USA (1997-Hawaii)
• 1971 - Darren Langdon, Deere Lake, NHL left wing (NY Rangers)
• 1971 - Jason Giambi, West Covina CA, infielder (Oakland A's)
• 1971 - Roosevelt Potts, NFL running back (Indianapolis Colts)
• 1971 - Stephane Barin, hockey forward (Team France 1998)
• 1972 - Brandie Burton, San Bernardino CA, LPGA golfer (1993 du Maurier Ltd)
• 1972 - Devlin Murphy, Honolulu Hawaii, canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
• 1974 - Arjan Blaauw, Dutch soccer player (FC Groningen)
• 1974 - Brian Roberson, wide receiver (NY Giants)
• 1975 - Jenny Lewis, Las Vegas Nv, actress (Becky-Life With Lucy)
• 1975 - Star Behl, Miss Delaware USA (1996)
• 1975 - Vitali Yachmenev, Chelyabinsk Rus, NHL right wing (LA Kings)
• 1976 - Brad Snyder, Ontario, shot putter (Olympics-96)
• 1977 - Pearl Amoah, Miss Universe-Ghana (1996)
• 1977 - Ryan Frances, actor (Trevor-Sisters)
• 1978 - Petra Minarova, Miss Czech Republic Universe (1997)
• 1979 - Sarah Polley, actress (Sweet Hereafter)
• 1979 - Sequoyah, chimpanzee (son of Washoe)
• 1982 - Gaby Hoffman, actress (Field of Dreams, Uncle Buck, Now & Then)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0482 - Severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies
• 0624 - Abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle
• 0482 - Severinus, saint, dies
• 1198 - Coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies
• 1324 - Marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies
• 1336 - Giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71
• 1455 - Laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73
• 1567 - Jacob Vaet, Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37
• 1598 - Johan Georg, elector of Brandenburg (1571-91), dies at 72
• 1642 - Galileo Galilei, Italian physicist/astronomer, dies at 77 in Italy
• 1651 - Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer, dies at 56
• 1696 - Michael de Ronghe, composer, dies at 75
• 1711 - Philips van Almonde, Zealand lt admiral, dies at 66
• 1713 - Arcangelo Corelli, composer/violinist (Concerti Grossi), dies at 59
• 1775 - John Baskerville, English printer/type designer, dies at 68
• 1790 - John Stinstra, Dutch baptist vicar, dies at 81
• 1796 - Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, Fren Nat Convention chairman, dies at 46
• 1808 - Messenger, horse that sired many great trotters, dies
• 1811 - Friedrich Nicolai, writer, dies
• 1811 - Samuel Story, Dutch rear admiral (Battle of Kamperduin), dies at 58
• 1815 - Edward Pakenham, Engl general (Battle of New Orleans), dies in battle
• 1819 - Christian Gottlob Saupe, composer, dies at 55
• 1831 - Franz Vinzenz Krommer, composer, dies at 71
• 1842 - Pierre, earl the Cambronne, Fren general (Waterloo, Elba), dies at 71
• 1858 - Friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer, dies at 48
• 1859 - Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50
• 1864 - Victor-Charles-Paul Dourlen, composer, dies at 83
• 1880 - [Joshua] Norton I, Emperor of US/Protector of M‚xico, dies at 60
• 1891 - Fredrik Pacius, composer, dies at 81
• 1892 - John Heykamp, old-catholic archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 67
• 1894 - Pierre-Joseph van Beneden, paleont (life of tapeworms), dies at 84
• 1896 - Paul M Verlaine, French poet (El‚gies, Bonne Chanson), dies at 51
• 1900 - Billy Bates, cricketer (656 runs & 50 wkts in 15 Tests for Eng), dies
• 1906 - Jacob C van Marken, peanut butter maker (Calv‚-Delft), dies at 60
• 1907 - Theodoor Verstraete, Flemish painter/etcher, dies at 57
• 1918 - Michael Hertz, composer, dies at 73
• 1919 - Peter Altenberg, writer, dies at 59
• 1919 - Richard Engl„nder, [Peter Altenberg], Austrian author, dies at 59
• 1921 - Luis Villalba Munoz, composer, dies at 48
• 1922 - Charles R Young, colonel, dies at 58, in Lagos Nigeria
• 1926 - Emile Paladilhe, composer, dies at 81
• 1928 - Dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu, composer, dies at 61
• 1934 - Alexandre Stavisky, French swindler, dies
• 1937 - John Felix August Korling, composer, dies at 72
• 1941 - Robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scout movement), dies at 83
• 1942 - Arvo Hannikainen, composer, dies at 44
• 1945 - Jac[obus] P Thijsse, Dutch biologist (Omgang met planten), dies at 79
• 1948 - Kurt Schwitters, writer, dies at 60
• 1948 - Richard Tauber, Austria/British tenor/composer (L‚har), dies at 55
• 1950 - George Rowe, cricketer (15 wckts in 4 Tests for S Af 1895-1902), dies
• 1950 - Joseph A Schumpeter, Aus/US economist/Minister of Finance, dies at 66
• 1950 - Joseph Issac Shneerson, Jewish Lubavitch Chabal leader, dies
• 1952 - Antonia Maury, discoverer (supergiant, giant & dwarf stars), dies
• 1952 - Joseph Arendt, Belgian worker's union leader, dies at 66
• 1953 - Heinrich Kaspar Schmid, composer, dies at 78
• 1963 - Stark Young, US writer (So Red the Rose), dies at 81
• 1964 - Arnoldus JC Krafft, theologist (Atlas of Neth Antilles), dies at 71
• 1964 - Julius Raab, Austrian chancellor (1953-61), dies at 72
• 1965 - Aloys-Henri-Gerard Fornerod, composer, dies at 74
• 1967 - Zbigniew Cybulski, Polish actor (See You Tommorrow), dies at 39
• 1970 - Jani Christou, composer, dies on 44th birthday
• 1971 - Adriano Lualdi, composer, dies at 85
• 1972 - Kenneth Patchen, US writer (See You in the Morning), dies at 60
• 1975 - Anthony Warde, actor (Big Punch, Buck Rogers), dies at 66
• 1975 - Gertrude Olmsted, actress (Cobra, Torrent), dies at 70
• 1975 - John Dierkes, actor (Red Badge of Courage), dies at 69
• 1975 - John Gregson, actor (Rooney, Assassin), dies at 55
• 1975 - Louis J H C A de Bourbon, Dutch writer/poet (Gypsy Blood), dies at 66
• 1975 - Richard Tucker, [Reuben Ticker], US tenor (La Gioconda), dies at 61
• 1976 - Chou En-lai, China's PM (1949-76), dies of cancer in Beijing at 78
• 1978 - Walter Keirnan, TV panelist (I've Got a Secret), dies at 75
• 1980 - Oscar Ewing, US govt official (Everybody's Business), dies at 90
• 1981 - Matthew Beard, entertainer, dies
• 1981 - Woody Chamblis, actor (Mr Lathrop-Gunsmoke), dies at 66
• 1982 - Gregoire Aslan, actor (Concrete Jungle), dies of 73 of a heart attack
• 1982 - Reta Shaw, actress (Ghost & Mrs Muir), dies of emphysema at 69
• 1983 - Gale Page, actress (4 Daughters, Knute Rockney), dies of cancer at 72
• 1983 - Lois Wilson, actress (Alice-Aldrich Family), dies at 88
• 1986 - Yaroslav Seifert, Czech poet (Nobel 1984), dies at 84
• 1987 - P G Joshi, cricketer (12 Tests for India 1951-60, ct 18 stp 9), dies
• 1987 - Peter Adams, actor (Alternative, Blowing Hot & Cold), dies at 69
• 1988 - Frank Pace Jr, US Secretary of Army (1950-53), dies at 76
• 1989 - Johnny Jordaan, [Jan van Musscher], Dutch folk singer, dies at 64
• 1989 - Ken McMillan, actr (Malone, Concrete Beat), dies of heart attack at 56
• 1989 - Kenneth McMillan, actor (Our Family Honor, Malone), dies at 67
• 1990 - Terry Thomas, Engl comic (Heroes), dies of Parkinson's disease at 78
• 1991 - Steve Clark, guitarist (Def Leppard-Hysteria), dies at 30
• 1992 - Abderrahim Bouabid, Morroco prime secretary (1972), dies
• 1992 - Johnny [Jan] Meijer, Dutch king of accordians (Body & Soul), dies
• 1992 - Menachim Begin, Israeli PM, dies at 78 of a heart attack
• 1993 - Asif Nawaz, Pakistani general, dies
• 1993 - Hakija Turajlic, Bosnian vice-premier, murdered
• 1993 - Theo Bruins, Dutch pianist/composer (Syncope), dies at 63
• 1994 - Edward Duke, actor (Decadence, Silver Bears), dies of cancer at 40
• 1994 - Harvey Haddix, pitcher (12 perfect inning game), dies at 68
• 1994 - Jay Blackton, US conductor/arranger (Oklahoma!), dies at 84
• 1994 - Lady Caithness, wife of Brit undersecretary, commits suicide
• 1994 - Pat Buttram, actor (Haney-Green Acres), dies of kidney failure at 78
• 1994 - Sri Chandrashekhara Saraswathi, guru of Kanchi, dies at 99
• 1994 - Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Italian actor (Octopus), dies at 52
• 1995 - Carlos Monzon, [El Macho], Arg MW boxing champ (1970-77), dies at 52
• 1995 - Joyce McCartan, peace campaigner, dies at 68
• 1995 - Louis "Loulou" Gast‚, guitarist/comp (Doggy in the Window), dies at 88
• 1996 - Francois Mitterrand, Pres of France (1981-95), dies of cancer at 79
• 1996 - Kurt Schmucker, member (Union of Christian Democrats), dies
• 1996 - William Mac Lance "Tiny" McCloud, musician/songwriter, dies at 52
• 1997 - Carole Carr, singer/actress (Down Among the Z Men), dies at 68
• 1997 - Jesse White, actor (Maytag repairman), dies at 77
• 1997 - Joseph George Handy Hendleman, musician, dies at 76
• 1997 - Melvin Calvin, scientist, dies at 85
• 1997 - Phyllis Hartnoll, writer/editor, dies at 90
• 1997 - Ronald William Eastman, cinematogrpaher, dies at 60
• 1998 - Michael Tippett, composer, dies at 93
• 1998 - Walter Diemer, inventor (bubble gum 1928), dies of heart failure at 93