Today In History - Sunday, September 26, 2021




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Welcome to Today In History for Sunday, September 26, 2021.

On this day in history ..

1371 - Battle of Maritsa: Serbia-Turkey
1396 - Sultan Bajezid I beheads 100s of crusaders
1404 - Brussels Brabants/Limburgse audit-office established
1580 - Francis Drake with Spanish treasure returns to England
1629 - Sweden & Poland signs Peace of Altmark
1655 - Peter Stuyvesant recaptures Dutch Ft Casimir from Swedish in Delaware
1680 - Tax revolt in Gorinchem due to tax on cereal
1687 - Acropolis in Athens attacked by Venetian army trying to eject Turks Parthenon destroyed in war between Turks & Venetians
1733 - France, Spain & Sardinia sign anti-German covenant
1771 - Denis Diderot's "Le Fils Naturel," premieres in Paris
1772 - New Jersey passes bill requiring a license to practice medicine
1777 - British troops occupy Philadelphia during American Revolution
1786 - England & France sign trade agreement
1789 - 4th Postmaster General: Samuel Osgood of Mass takes office
1789 - Jefferson appointed 1st Sec of State; John Jay 1st chief justice;
1789 - Samuel Osgood 1st Postmaster & Edmund J Randolph 1st Attorney Genl
1815 - Russia, Prussia & Austria sign Holy Alliance
1824 - Kapiolani defies Pele (Hawaiian volcano goddess) & lives
1831 - Robert Montgomery Bird's "Gladiator," premieres in NYC
1835 - Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Lucia di Lammermoor," premieres in Naples
1861 - 2nd British Golf Open: Tom Morris Sr shoots a 163 at Prestwick Club
1874 - 1st Grand International Rifle match held
1876 - 1st Belgian parachute jump (Glorieux)
1884 - Suriname army shoots on British-Indian contract workers, 7 killed
1887 - Emile Berliner patents the Gramophone
1890 - US stops minting $1 & $3 gold coin & 3› piece
1892 - 1st public appearance of John Philip Sousa's band (NJ)
1892 - Diamond Match Co patented book matches
1895 - Italian general Oreste Baratieri lands in Massawa, Eritrea
1898 - Victor Herbert/Harry Smith' musical premieres in NYC
1901 - Boer General Botha captures Fort Itala in Natal
1901 - Great Britain annexes Gold Coast (Ghana)
1904 - Charles Kleins "Music Master," premieres in NYC
1904 - Earl Grey is named British governor-general of Canada
1904 - GB Shaw's "How He Lied to Her Husband," premieres in NYC
1906 - Pitts Lefty Leifield no-hits Phillies, 8-0 in 6 inning game
1907 - NZ declares independence from UK
1908 - Ed Ruelbach shuts-out Dodgers in a doubleheader
1914 - Federal Trade Commission formed to regulate interstate commerce
1914 - Germans arrest A Max, mayor of Brussels
1916 - Bishop speak against Catholics in trade unions
1917 - British assault on Menin-street, France
1918 - Battle of the Argonne, final major battle of WW I
1919 - US President Wilson hit by a heart attack
1921 - Yankee Ruth hits HRs 57 & 58 to beat Indians 8-7
1923 - Stresemann Govt ends resistance against occupiers in Ruhrgebied
1925 - 8th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at Olympia Fields CC Matteson Ill
1925 - Italian sub "Sebastiano Veniero" lost off Sicily with 54 dead
1926 - JB Fagan's "And So to Bed," premieres in London
1926 - Shortest double header, Yanks lose 6-1 in 72 minutes & lose again 6-2 in 55 minutes to Browns. Yanks had already clinched pennant
1927 - St James Theater (Erlanger) opens at 246 W 44th St NYC
1929 - John Schrober becomes chancellor of Austria
1931 - Earl Claus von Stauffenberg marries Freiin Nina von Lerchenfeld
1933 - Sidney Kingsley's "Men in White," premieres in NYC
1934 - British liner Queen Mary is launched
1938 - Hitler issues ultimatum to Czech government, demanding Sudenten Land
1939 - German seaplane shoots KLM-aircraft (1 killed)
1940 - Airplane manufacturer in Woolston bombed, 30 killed
1940 - Japanese troops attack French Indo-China
1941 - Nazi's slaughter about 34,000 Jews of Kiev
1944 - British & Polish paratroopers evacuate Oosterbeek (Arnhem)
1944 - Soviet forces occupy Estonia
1945 - All old Dutch banknotes declared invalid
1946 - 1st edition of Tintin (Kuifje), publishes until June 1993
1947 - Happy Chandler announces Ford & Gillette to sponsor World Series
1948 - Boston Braves win 1st NL championship since 1914
1950 - Australia wins Davis Cup tennis tournament
1950 - Because of forest fire in Br Columbia, blue moon appears in England
1950 - Phils pitcher Jim Konstanty makes record 71st appearance of year
1950 - UN troops in Korean War recapture South Korean capital of Seoul
1951 - Prof Youngblood demonstrates artificial heart in Paris
1952 - Yanks clinch 4th straight & 19th AL pennant, beating A's 5-2
1953 - Billy Hunter is last St Louis Browns player to homer in a game
1953 - KERO TV channel 23 in Bakersfield, CA (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 - Polish govt fires/imprisons Cardinal Wyszynski
1953 - US & Spain sign defense treaty (4 US bases in Spain)
1954 - Japanese ferry boat Toya Maru sinks in Strait of Tsugaru, 1172 die
1954 - KODE TV channel 12 in Joplin, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 - KUTV TV channel 2 in Salt Lake City, UT (NBC) begins broadcasting
1954 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Ardmore Golf Open
1954 - Typhoon hits Japan - 5 ferryboats sink killing about 1,600
1954 - WANE TV channel 15 in Fort Wayne, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting
1954 - WCAX TV channel 3 in Burlington, VT (CBS) begins broadcasting
1954 - A's defeats Yanks 8-6 in last game franchise will play in Phila
1954 - Yogi Berra plays his only game at 3rd & Mickey Mantle plays shortstop
1955 - NY Stock Exchange worst price decline since 1929
1957 - "West Side Story" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 734 perfs
1957 - Bernstein & Sondheim's musical "West Side Story," premieres in NYC
1957 - Dag Hammarskj”ld re-elected secretary-general of UN
1957 - Musical "West Side Story," opens on Broadway
1957 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1958 - Columbia (US) beats Sceptre (England) in 18th America's Cup
1958 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1959 - Japan hit by typhoon Vera; about 5,000 die
1959 - Milwaukee Braves Warren Spahn becomes winningest NL lefty
1959 - SF Giants Sam Jones 2nd no-hitter, beats St Louis Cards, 4-0
1959 - Vera, Japan hit by a typhoon; about 5,000 die
1960 - 1st of 4 TV debates Nixon & Kennedy took place (Chicago)
1960 - Longest speech in UN history (4 hrs, 29 mins, by Fidel Castro)
1960 - Ted Williams last at bat is his 521st HR (off Jack Fisher)
1961 - "From the Second City" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 87 performances
1961 - Roger Maris hits HR #60 off Jack Fisher, tying Babe Ruth's record
1962 - LA Dodger Maury Wills becomes 1st to steal 100 bases (en route to 104)
1962 - TV comedy series "Beverly Hillbillies" premieres on CBS
1962 - Yemen Arab Republic proclaimed (National Day)
1963 - 1st edition of NYC Review of Books
1963 - Lee Harvey Oswald travels on Continental Trailways bus to Mexico
1964 - Braves (25) & Phillies (18) set record by using 43 players in 9 inn
1965 - 11th LPGA Championship won by Sandra Haynie
1965 - Minnesota gains its 1st AL pennant by defeating Washington, 2-1
1965 - Queen Elizabeth decorates Beatles with Order of British Empire
1966 - "Staten Island," 1st icebreaker to enter SF bay
1967 - Dmitri Shostakovitch's 2nd Violin concert, premieres in Moscow
1968 - 1st broadcast of "Hawaii Five-O" on CBS-TV
1968 - Marcelo Caetano elected premier of Portugal
1968 - St Louis Cards' Bob Gibson's 13th shutout, ends with 1.12 ERA
1968 - Theatre censorship ends in Britain
1969 - Beatles release "Abbey Road" album
1969 - Bolivia military coup under general Ovando Candia
1969 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1970 - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Lincoln-Mercury Golf Open
1971 - Jim Palmer is 4th Oriole to win at least 20 games this season
1971 - Pam Higgins wins LPGA Lincoln-Mercury Golf Open
1971 - WGBY TV channel 57 in Springfield, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1972 - American Museum of Immigration dedicated
1972 - Norway rejects membership in European Common Market
1973 - Concorde flies from Washington DC to Paris in 3h33m
1973 - Turkey's state of siege ends (after 2« years)
1973 - Wilt Chamberlain signs with ABA San Diego Conquistadors
1974 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1975 - Phillies & NY Mets play a doubleheader that ends at 3:15 AM
1976 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1976 - Denver's Rick Upchurch returns 2 punts for TDs against Cleveland
1976 - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Carlton Golf
1976 - Phillies clinch their 1st NL East Division title
1977 - Cleveland Browns play their 1st overtime game, beat Patriots 30-27
1977 - Sir Freddie Laker begins cut-rate "Skytrain" service, London to NY
1978 - RR clerks go on strike, halting more than 2/3s of rail service
1978 - NY District Court Judge Constance Baker Motley rules that women sportswriters cannot be banned from locker rooms
1979 - 1984 summer LA Olympic coverage sold to ABC for $225 million
1979 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1980 - Bomb attack on Octoberfest in Munich, 12 killed
1980 - Cuban govt closes Mariel Harbor ending "freedom flotilla"
1980 - Soyuz 38 returns to Earth
1981 - Houston Astro Nolan Ryan 5th no-hitter beats LA Dodgers, 5-0
1981 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1982 - "Doll's Life" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 5 perfs
1982 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic
1983 - Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks NY Giant record 56 yard field goal
1983 - Australia II wins America's Cup yacht race (1st non-US winner)
1983 - Cosmonauts Titov & Strekalov are saved from exploding Soyuz T-10
1983 - Lebanon premier Chafiq Wazzan offers to resigns
1983 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic
1983 - St Louis Card Bob Forsch 2nd no-hitter beats Montreal Expos, 3-0
1984 - 5,251 turn out to see Phillies play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
1984 - Berlin appeals court clears Paul McCartney in a paternity suit
1984 - Britain & China initial agreement return Hong Kong to China in 1997
1984 - Dutch Queen Beatrice opens University
1984 - Phila's Juan Samuel sets record for steals by a rookie with his 72nd
1984 - Pres Reagan vetoes sanctions against South Africa
1985 - Tunisia drops diplomatic relations with Libya
1986 - Antonin Scalia, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
1986 - RUN-DMC is 1st rap group to hit top 10 (Raisin' Hell)
1986 - William Hubbs Rehnquist, sworn in as Chief Justice of Supreme Court
1986 - Bobby (Patrick Duffy) returns to Dallas, his death is attributed to his wife Pam's bad dream (erases all of last season)
1987 - Padres Benito Santiago sets rookie hitting streak to 28 games
1988 - Canada`s Ben Johnson stripped of his 100-m gold failing drug test
1988 - NYC's Rockefeller Center declared a national landmark
1988 - Polish communist party picks propaganda chief Rakowski as new PM
1988 - US space shuttle STS-26 launched
1989 - Last Vietnamese soldier leaves Cambodia
1989 - Last Vietnamese soldiers leave Cambodia
1989 - MPAA creates NC-17 rating for movies with adult themes
1989 - Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze calls for total destruction of Soviet & US chemical weapons
1990 - Motion Picture Assn of America creates new NC-17 rating
1991 - 2 year experimental Biosphere 2 in Oracle Arizona begins
1992 - Jimmy Connors beats Martina Navratilova, 7-5, 6-3
1992 - Nigerian Hercules C-130 crashes at Lagos, 163 die
1992 - Roseanne Barr Arnold gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame
1992 - Tsuruhiko Kiuchi discovers comet Swift-Tuttle
1992 - 1st time a positional player pitches for NY Mets, Phil Pecota, in 19-2 lose to Pirates
1993 - 30th Ryder Cup: US beats Europe, 15-13 at The Belfry, England
1993 - Cubs bat out of order against Pirates in 2nd inning
1993 - Indians win their last game at Cleveland Stadium, beating Brewers 6-4
1993 - Kris Monaghan wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
1993 - Seattle's Randy Johnson joins 300-strikeout club
1994 - Estonia government of Laar flees
1994 - Switzerland bans racist propaganda
1995 - "George" magazine premieres, published by John F Kennedy Jr
1995 - Earliest 1st-class cricket in Aust season (Qld v Western Prov)
1995 - Sri Lanka complete 2-1 Test Cricket series win in Pakistan from 0-1
1996 - SF Giant Bobby Bond is 2nd player to hit 40 HRs & steal 40 bases
1996 - Space Shuttle STS 79 (Atlantis 17), lands
1997 - Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey Jr hits his 56th HR of 1997

Famous birthdays for this day ..

1688 - Willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist
1729 - Moses Mendelssohn, philosopher/critic/Bible translator
1759 - Hans D L earl Yorck von Wartenburg, Prussian fieldmarshal/gov-gen
1767 - Wenzel Muller, composer
1774 - John Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], frontier nurseryman
1791 - J L A Th‚odore G‚ricault, French painter (Easy-Going of Medusa)
1820 - Isvar Chandra Vidyasagar, father of Bengali prose (Exile of Sita)
1821 - Alvin Peterson Hovey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1823 - Ivan S Aksakov, Russian journalist (Denj, Moskvitsh)
1832 - Pyotr Petrovich Sokal'sky, composer
1841 - Pavel Ivanovich Blaramberg, composer
1867 - Maggie L Walker, black business & civic leader
1868 - Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert, composer
1870 - Christian X, king of Denmark (1912-47)
1872 - Ottokar T Czernin von und zu Chudenitz, Austrian Foreign min (1916-18)
1873 - Amilcare Zanella, composer
1875 - Edmund Gwenn, Wales, actor (Miracle on 34th Street)
1876 - C B "Buck" Llewellyn, cricketer (S Afr lefty all-rounder 1896-1912)
1876 - Edith Abbott, dean (U of Chic Social Sciences)
1877 - Alfred Cortot, French pianist
1879 - Petko J Todorov, Bulgaria, writer (Fairy, Samodiva Fee)
1885 - Anna M F "Annie" Wageningen-Salomons, author (Girl Student) [or 6/26]
1887 - Antonio Moreno, Madrid Spain, actor/director (It, Careers)
1888 - T S Eliot, St Louis poet/dramatist/critic (Waste Land-Nobel 1948)
1889 - Martin Heidegger, Germany, Existentialist (Being & Time)
1891 - Alfred Plane, US sharp shooter (Olympic-gold-1912, 20)
1891 - Charles Mnch, Strasbourg Alsatian conductor (French Legion D'Honeur)
1893 - Milos Crnjanski, Serbian poet (Seobe)
1894 - Gladys Brockwell, Brooklyn NY, actress (Long Pants, Oliver Twist)
1895 - Fay Holden, Birmingham England, actress (Mother-Andy Hardy films)
1897 - Pope Paul VI, [Giovanni Montini], 262nd Roman Catholic pope (1963-78)
1897 - Victor O Stomps, writer
1897 - Wilhelmina J "Willy" Haak, Dutch actress/act teacher (Goethe/Brecht)
1898 - George Gershwin, [Jacob Gershvin], Bkln, composer (Rhapsody in Blue)
1901 - Donald Cook, Portland Ore, actor (Too Young To Go Steady)
1902 - Umberto "Albert" Anastasia, US gangster (Murder Inc)
1903 - Gerhard Nebel, writer
1907 - Anthony F Blunt, British historian/spy for USSR
1907 - Bep [Lambertus] van Klaveren, European Boxing Champ (Oly-silver-1928)
1907 - Ralph Michael, London England, actor (Quest, Doctor in the House)
1908 - Maurice Naessens, Belgian banker
1909 - Helen Giuliani, mother of Rudy (Mayor-R-NYC, 1994-2002)
1911 - Jan F Hampe, pathologist-anatomy (Fabric & Stoflongen)
1913 - Ernst Schnabel, German sailor/dramatist (Anne Frank)
1914 - Jack LaLanne, exercise mogul (Juice Tiger)
1918 - Humphrey van Loo, Dutch news director (ANP/Reuter)
1919 - Barbara Britton, Long Beach, Calif, actress (Young & Willing)
1925 - Bobby Shantz, baseball player (1952 AL MVP)
1925 - Marty Robbins, Glendale Az, singer (Devil Woman, I Walk Alone)
1926 - Buland Al Haidary, poet
1926 - Giuseppi Chiari, composer
1926 - Imre Vincze, composer
1926 - Julie London, Santa Rosa Calif, actress (Nurse McCall-Emergency)
1927 - Patrick O'Neal, Ocala Fla, actor (Kaz, Alvarez Kelly, King Rat)
1929 - Meredith C Gourdine, Newark NJ, long jumper (Olympic-silver-1952)
1930 - Fritz Wunderlich, Kusel Germany, tenor (Stuttgart 1955-58)
1930 - Philip Bosco, Jersey City, actor (Trading Places)
1931 - Donald J Pease, (Rep-D-OH, 1977- )
1931 - George Chambers, MS, rock bassist/vocalist (Chambers Brothers)
1931 - Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (father of Sanjay, reliable Indian batsman)
1932 - Clifton C Williams Jr, Mobile Alabama, Major USMC/astronaut
1932 - Giuacomo Manzoni, composer
1932 - Joyce Jameson, Chicago Ill, comedienne (Spike Jones Show)
1933 - Clari Baruch, [Clara C de Lieme], actress (Man With White Flower)
1933 - Donna Douglas, [Dot Smith], Pride La, actress (Beverly Hillbillies)
1934 - Dick Heckstall-Smith, rocker (Alexis Korner Band)
1934 - Raphael Samuel, historian
1934 - Winnie Mandela-Madikizela, South African anti-apartheid protestor
1935 - Bob Barber, cricketer (dashing England lefty bat in 28 Tests 1960-68)
1937 - Joop Admiral, Dutch actor/director (You Are My Mother)
1938 - Andrei Lukanov, politician
1938 - Michael V Love, US test pilot (X-24)
1939 - Judith P Appelbaum, magazine & newspaper editor, educator
1941 - Joe Bauer, Memphis Tn, rock drummer (Youngbloods)
1941 - Martine Beswicke, Jamacia, actress (Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde)
1942 - Ingrid Mickler-Becker, German FR, long jumper/relayer (Oly-gold-72)
1942 - Kent McCord, LA Calif, actor (Officer Jim Reed-Adam 12)
1943 - Georgie Fame, [Clive Powell], rocker (Georgie Fame & Blue Flames)
1943 - Ian Chappell, Australian cricket player (batsman 1964-80)
1944 - Angela Dorian, (Victoria Vetri), SF, playmate (Sep 1967, Year-1968)
1945 - Brian Ferry, England, rocker (Roxy Music-Let's Stick Together)
1946 - Mary Beth Hurt, [Mary Supinger], Iowa, actress (Garp, Interiors)
1947 - Dick Roth, US swimmer (Olympics-gold-1964)
1947 - Graham Faulkner, London, actor (Brother Sun Sister Moon)
1947 - Lynn Anderson, ND, country singer (I Never Promised you a Rose Garden)
1947 - Richard Roth, US, 400m swim medley (Olympic-gold-1964)
1948 - Olivia Newton-John, Cambridge England, singer (Lets Get Physical)
1948 - Vladimir Remek, Czechoslovakia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 28)
1949 - Leonide F M "Leonie" Triesschijn, Dutch actress/mime
1949 - Martin Delray, Texarkana Ar, country singer (Get Rhythm))
1951 - Tom Quirke, journalist
1952 - James Keane, Buffalo NY, actor (Willis Bell-Paper Chase)
1954 - Craig Chaquico, rock guitarist (Jefferson Starship)
1955 - Carlene Carter, Nashville Tn, country singer (I Fell in Love)
1956 - Linda Hamilton, Salisbury Md, actress (Catherine-Beauty & the Beast)
1960 - Bret Erickson, Bennington Nebraska, US trap (Olympics-1996)
1962 - Melissa Sue Anderson, Cal, actress (Little House on the Prairie)
1962 - Steve Moneghetti, Australian marathoner (Olympics-5th-88, 92, 96)
1962 - Tracey Thorn, rock vocalist (Everything But The Girl)
1963 - Douglas Wakiihuri, Kenyan marathon runner (Olympic-silver-1988)
1963 - Lysette Anthony, London, actress (Angelique-Dark Shadows, Switch)
1964 - Bobby Joe Edmonds, NFL running back (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1964 - Dave Martinez, Manhattan NY, outfielder (Chic White Sox)
1964 - Gerrie Slagboom, Dutch soccer player: Dordrecht '90
1964 - Robin Hood, Mishawaka IN, LPGA golfer (1989 Planters Pat Bradley)
1964 - Ty Miller, Granada Hills Calif, actor (The Kid-Young Riders)
1966 - Craig Heyward, NFL running back (Atlanta Falcons)
1966 - Francisco Andreu, Dearborn Mich, road cyclist (Olympics-4th-88, 96)
1967 - Craig Janney, Hartford, NHL center (Winnipeg Jets)
1967 - Martha Nix, Orange County Calif, actress (Serena-Waltons)
1968 - Scott Schorer, Burke, Va, rower (Olympics-1996)
1970 - Paul Laus, Beamsville, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers)
1970 - Rachel Jacobs, Ririe Idaho, actress (It's Not Easy)
1970 - Trevor Ruffin, NBA guard (Phila 76ers)
1971 - Elva Dryer, Durango Colorado, 1.5K/5K runner
1971 - Patterson Thompson, cricketer (WI Test fast bowler v New Zealand 1996)
1972 - Mark Haslam, cricketer (New Zealand slow left-armer 1992)
1972 - Shawn Stockman, [Slim], Phila Pa, rapper (Boyz II Men)
1973 - David Richie, NFL nost tackle (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
1974 - Alison Davies, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1974 - Gary Hall Jr, US, 50m/100m/400m free relay (Oly-gold/2 silver-96)
1974 - Katie Kauffman, West Lawn Pa, field hockey midfielder (Olympics-96)
1974 - Martin Muursepp, NBA forward (Dallas Mavericks)
1979 - Jaycie Phelps, Indianapolis Ind, gymnast (World-brz-95/Oly-gold-96)

Famous deaths for this day ..

1023 - Godfried I, duke of Neth-Lutherans, dies
1342 - John I, ruler of Poland, dies
1345 - Willem IV, earl of Henegouwen/Holland/Zealand, dies at about 27
1371 - Vlkasin, Hungarian general/co-king of Serbia, dies
1614 - Felice Anerio, Italian composer (pontifical royal chapel), dies
1626 - Lancelot Andrewes, English theologist/bishop of Winchester, dies at 71
1657 - Hadji Chalfa/Kƒtib Tsjelebi, Turkish geographer, dies at 48
1788 - Fran‡ois Bainville, composer, dies at 63
1808 - Pavel Vranicky, composer, dies at 51
1820 - Daniel Boone, frontiersman, dies in Missouri at 85
1866 - Carl Almqvist, Swedish author (Amorina), dies at 72
1871 - Philip Cipriani Hambly Potter, composer, dies at 78
1904 - Lafcadio Hearn, author (Soul of the Great Ball), dies at 54
1917 - Edgar H G Degas, French painter (ballerina), dies
1935 - Andy Adams, US writer (Cattle fire), dies at 76
1936 - Harriet Monroe, US poet (Poet's Life), dies at 75
1937 - Bessie Smith, singer, dies of injuries sustained in car crash at 43
1940 - Walter Benjamin, writer, dies at 48
1944 - Ernst Isler, composer, dies at 64
1944 - Julien Cahn, cricketer (private cricket promoter during 30's), dies
1945 - B‚la V J Bart¢k, Hungarian pianist/composer dies at 64
1945 - R Beer-Hofmann, writer, dies at 78
1947 - Hugh Lofting, writer (Gub Gub Book), dies at 61
1952 - George Santayana, US philosopher/poet (Last Puritan), dies at 88
1956 - Lucien Febvre, French historian (Un Destin, Martin Luther), dies at 78
1958 - Carl Brisson, actor (Ship Cafe, Ring, Song of Soho), dies at 64
1959 - Solomon Bandaranaike, PM of Ceylon (1956-59), assassinated at 60
1960 - William Ling, cricketer (S African batsman in 6 Tests 1921-23), dies
1961 - Eily Malyon, actress (Jane Eyre, I Married a Witch), dies at 81
1961 - Juanita Hansen, actress (Fast Company), dies of heart ailment at 67
1964 - Calvin Thomas, actor (Judge Hunter-One Man's Family), dies at 79
1964 - Ida Moore, actress (Mr Music, Johnny Belinda), dies at 82
1965 - Clara Bow, actress (It, Red Hair, Wings), dies of heart attack at 59
1965 - Otto Nothling, cricketer (did next to nothling in Aust), dies
1966 - Helen Kane, actress (Heads Up, Pointed Heels), dies of cancer at 62
1971 - Muriel Kirkland, actress (Nana, Fast Workers), dies of emphysema at 68
1972 - Charles J Correll, actor/voice (Calvin & the Colonel), dies at 82
1973 - Anna Magnani, Italians actress (Roma, Citt… Aperta), dies at 64
1973 - Anton Schnack, German writer/poet, dies at 81
1975 - Jacob Paludan, Danish pharmacist/writer (Slíret Sandhed), dies at 79
1979 - Arthur Hunnicutt, actor (Big Sky, Apache Uprising), dies at 68
1979 - John Cromwell, actor/director (Of Human Bondage), dies at 91
1979 - Seymour Shifrin, composer, dies at 53
1982 - Alec Hurwood, cricketer (Australian off-spinner v WI 1930-31), dies
1983 - Tino Rossi, French singer, dies
1984 - Walter Pidgeon, actor (Forbidden Planet), dies of strokes at 87
1989 - Pavlos Bakoyannis, Greek parliament leader, murdered in Rome
1990 - Alberto Moravia, Italian writer (Woman in Red), dies at 82
1992 - Ralph Manheim, translator (Mein Kampf), dies at 85
1993 - James Boyden, British Labour MP (1959-79), dies at 82
1994 - Jessie Kesson, author, dies at 77
1994 - Maurice Ashley, historian, dies at 87
1994 - Miguel Angel Martinez Soto, mariachi, dies at 22
1996 - Geoffrey Wilkinson, chemist, dies at 75
1996 - George Henderson, priest/politician, dies at 74
1996 - Mark Frankel, actor (Leon the Pig Farmer), dies on motorcycle at 34