Today In History - Tuesday, October 27, 2026




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Welcome to Today In History for Tuesday, October 27, 2026.

On this day in history ..

0625 - Honorius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1492 - Christopher Columbus discovers Cuba & claims it for Spain
1523 - English troops occupy Montalidier France
1605 - Spanish army under General Sp¡nola occupies Wachtendonk
1627 - English assault on French Il de R‚
1644 - 2nd Battle at Newbury: King Charles I beats parliamentary armies
1651 - English troops occupy Limerick Ireland
1662 - England sells Duinkerken to France for 2.5 million livres
1676 - Poland & Turkey sign Peace of Warsaw
1688 - King James II fires premier Robert Spencer
1702 - English troops plunder St Augustine Florida
1775 - US Navy forms
1787 - Federalist letters start appearing in NY newspapers
1795 - Treaty of San Lorenzo, provides free navigation of Mississippi
1810 - US annexes West Florida from Spain
1830 - Major-General Baron D Chass‚ bombs Antwerp (Belgium revolution)
1858 - RH Macy & Co opens 1st store, (6th Ave-NYC) Gross receipts $1106
1863 - Dutch railway to Harlingen opens
1864 - Battle of Boydton Plank Road, VA (Burgess' Mill, Southside Railroad)
1864 - Battle of Fair Oaks, Va near Richmont
1864 - Battle of Newtonia, MI
1864 - Confederate ship Albemarle torpedoed/sinks
1864 - Siege of Petersburg, VA
1867 - Garibaldi marches on Rome
1871 - Boss Tweed (William Macy Tweed), Democratic leader of Tammany Hall, arrested after NY Times exposed his corruption
1880 - Theodore Roosevelt marries Alice Hathaway Lee, on his 22nd birthday
1884 - Architect Henry Hardenberghs Dakota-complex opens in NYC
1886 - Musical fantasy "Night on Bald Mountain," performed in Russia
1893 - Hurricane hits coast between Savannah Ga & Charleston SC
1896 - 1st Pali Road completed in Hawaii (winds so strong streams flow UP!)
1901 - 1st complete performance of Debussy's "Nocturnes"
1904 - World's 1st subway, IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit), opens in NYC, subway/bus fare is set at one nickel (Bkln bridge-145 & Bdwy)
1913 - Pres Wilson says US will never attack another country
1914 - British battleship Audacious sunk by mine
1916 - 1st published reference to "jazz" appears (Variety)
1919 - Axeman of New Orleans claims last victim
1919 - US Congress sign Volstead Act
1920 - League of Nations moves headquarters in Geneva
1920 - Westinghouse radio station in East Pittsburgh, KDKA begins
1922 - 1st commemoration of Navy Day
1922 - Dutch 2nd Chamber votes for child labor laws
1924 - Uzbek SSR forms
1925 - Water skis patented by Fred Waller
1927 - Queen Wilhelmina opens Meuse-Waal Canal in Nijmegen
1931 - Chuhei Numbu of Japan, sets then long jump record at 26' 2¬"
1935 - SDAP & NVV launchs "Plan for Work" in Utrect Netherlands
1938 - DuPont announces its new synthetic fiber will be called "nylon"
1941 - Chicago Daily Tribune editorialize there will not be war with Japan
1941 - Nazi's directs gypsy ghetto in Belgrade
1942 - 5th day of battle at El Alamein: heavy battles/Australian advance
1942 - US aircraft carrier Hornet sinks off Santa Cruz
1944 - Hertogenbosch & Tilburg freed from nazi occupation
1944 - Tito reaches free Belgrade
1945 - "Carib Song" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 36 performances
1945 - 1st edition of Elseviers Weekly newspaper (Elseviers Magazine)
1946 - Georgi Domitrovs National Front wins Bulgaria elections (78%)
1947 - "You Bet Your Life," with Groucho Marx, premieres on ABC radio
1947 - WMAR TV channel 2 in Baltimore, MD (NBC) begins broadcasting
1948 - Albert Camus' "L'‚tat de SiŠge," premieres in Paris
1948 - Israel recaptures Nizzanim in Negev
1950 - Paul Creston's 3rd Symphony "Triumph of St Joan," premieres
1952 - "My Darlin' Aida" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 89 perfs
1954 - B O Davis Jr becomes 1st black general in USAF
1954 - Pres Eisenhower offers aid to S Vietnam pres Ngo Dinh Diem
1954 - WISN TV channel 12 in Milwaukee, WI (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 - Walt Disney's 1st TV show, "Disneyland," premieres on ABC
1955 - Argentine peso devalued
1955 - Satomi Myodo, renews Zen nun vows & takes Buddhist name of Daien Myodo
1957 - Celal Bayar re-elected president of Turkey
1957 - WOWL TV channel 15 in Florence, AL (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1957 - WPTA TV channel 21 in Fort Wayne, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting
1958 - Gen Ayub Khan succeeds Iskander Mirza as president of Pakistan
1958 - WEDU TV channel 3 in Tampa-St Petersburg, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1959 - Rare Pacific hurricane kills 2,000 in Western Mexico
1960 - AL admits LA & Washington to the league
1960 - Singer Ben E King records "Spanish Harlem" & "Stand By Me"
1961 - 1st Saturn launch vehicle makes an unmanned flight test
1961 - American Basketball League starts play
1961 - Outer Mongolia & Mauritania become 102nd & 103rd members of UN
1961 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya & Sary Shagan USSR
1962 - "Beyond the Fringe" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 673 perfs
1962 - Black Saturday - Russian nuclear missile crisis in Cuba
1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1963 - Bob Simpson completes 359 for NSW v Qld at Gabba
1963 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Phoenix Thunderbirds Golf Tournament
1964 - "Ben Franklin in Paris" opens at Lunt Fontanne NYC for 215 perfs
1964 - Congo rebel leader Christopher Gbenye holds 60 Americans/800 Belgians
1964 - Singers Sonny & Cher wed, Cher wore bell-bottoms
1965 - WCFT TV channel 33 in Tuscaloosa, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting
1966 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1966 - UN deprives South Africa of Namibia
1966 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1967 - 4 people from Baltimore pour blood on selective service records
1967 - Expo '67 closes in Montreal, Canada
1967 - NLF leaves People's Republic of South-Yemen
1968 - 19th Olympic games close at Mexico City, Mexico
1968 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA River Plantation Golf Invitational
1969 - Nobel prize for economy awarded to John Tinbergen
1969 - Ralph Nader sets up a consumer organization knowns as Nader's Raiders
1969 - St Vincent & Grenadines gains associated status with Britain
1970 - "Light, Lively & Yiddish" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 87 perfs
1971 - Republic of Congo-Kinshasa becomes Republic of Za‹re
1971 - Steve Garvey weds Cynthia Truhan
1972 - Golden Gate National Recreation Area created
1973 - 1st time Islanders beat Rangers-3-2
1973 - Alabama sets offensive record (828 yds), beats Virginia Tech 77-6
1974 - Chantal Langlace runs female world record marathon (2:46:24)
1975 - Covers of both Time & Newsweek picture rock singer Bruce Springsteen
1977 - Amsterdam businessman M Caransa kidnapped
1977 - NASA launches space vehicle S-200
1978 - Begin & Sadat win Nobel Peace prize
1978 - President Carter signs Hawkins-Humphrey full employment bill
1979 - Islanders score 2 goals within 6 seconds 3 goals within 44 seconds
1979 - St Vincent & Grenadines becomes independent of UK (Natl Day)
1979 - Voluntary Euthanasia Society publishes how-to-do-it suicide guide
1980 - Astros owner John McMullen replaces GM Tal Smith with Al Rosen
1980 - Dave Gryllis sets world bicycle speed record of 94.37 kph
1981 - Andrew Young, former UN Ambassador, elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
1982 - China announces its population at 1 billion people plus
1982 - IBM ROM is capable of EGA graphics
1984 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1984 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1984 - Wash State's Rueben Mayes sets col football rec of 357 yards rushing
1985 - 15th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:28:34
1985 - 16th NYC Marathon won by Orlando Pizzolato in 2:11:34
1985 - Anthony Carter begins NFL streak of 100+ consecutive game receptions
1985 - Billy Martin is fired by Yankees for 4th time
1985 - Hurricane Juan ravages US Gulf states & east coast, 49 die
1985 - KC Royals beat St Louis Cards, 4 games to 3 in 82nd World Series
1985 - Thieves steal 9 paintings, including 5 Monet's & 2 Renoir's
1986 - NY Mets beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 83rd World Series
1986 - Paul McCartney release "Pretty Little Head"
1987 - Lucas Mangopes Democratic Party wins Bophuthatswana elections
1987 - Peter Shaffer's "Lettice & Lovage," premieres in London
1987 - South Korean voters overwhelmingly approved a new constitution
1988 - "ET" released to home video (14 million presold)
1988 - Larry Flynt paid hitman $1M to kill Hefner, Guccione & Sinatra
1990 - "Michael Feinstein in Concert" closes at Golden NYC after 30 perfs
1990 - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Bayakoa, Fly So Free, In The Wings, Meadow Star, Royal Academy, Safely Kept, Unbridled
1991 - "Andre Heller's Wonderhouse" closes at Broadhurst NYC after 9 perfs
1991 - "Homecoming" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 49 performances
1991 - John Brodie wins Security Pacific Senior Golf Classic
1991 - Minn Twins beat Altanta Braves 1-0 in 10 to win World Series in 7
1992 - Don Baylor appointed 1st manager of Colorado Rockies
1992 - Fox is to launch Tuesday night network TV, rescheduled to Decemeber
1992 - Great Britain issues postage stamp on 100th anniversary of Tolkien
1992 - Tipper Gore (wife of future VP) admits to covering clock on her VCR with black tape so she wouldn't have to watch it blink
1993 - Howard Stern's radio show begins broadcasting in El Paso Texas
1995 - Contract finalizing Cleveland Browns' move to Balt is signed
1995 - Meyrick Pringle takes cricket hat-trick in England tour game at Soweto
1996 - US beats Japan, 21«-14«, at Nichirei International Golf Tournament
1997 - Dow Jones crashes record 554 pts to 7161
1997 - Intel Corp buys Digital Equipment for $700 million
1997 - Microsoft argues it should be "free from govt interference"
1997 - US releases a redesigned $50 bill

Famous birthdays for this day ..

1728 - James Cook, Scotland, captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands
1739 - Franz Ignaz Kaa, composer
1746 - Georg Anton Kreusser, composer
1760 - August W A Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal
1762 - Gijsbert K van Hogendorp, Dutch count/minister of Foreign affairs
1775 - Traugott Maximilian Eberwein, composer
1782 - Niccol• Paganini, Genoa It, composer/violin virtuoso (Princess Lucca)
1800 - Benjamin Franklin Wade, MC (Union), died in 1878
1809 - Peter "Peerke" Donders, Dutch RC missionary to Suriname
1811 - Issac Merrit Singer, inventor (1st practical home sewing machine)
1817 - Antoni Katski, composer
1828 - Jacob Dolson Cox, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900
1829 - Christopher Columbus Andres, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1841 - P J Edvard Backstr”m, Swedish writer
1842 - Giovanni Giolitti, 5x premier of Italy (1892..1921)
1844 - Klas Arnoldson, Sweden, politician/pacifist (Nobel 1908)
1845 - Josef V Sl dek, Czech poet (P¡sne Smutecn¡)
1858 - Theodore Roosevelt, NYC, (R) 26th Pres (1901-09; Nobel 1906)
1872 - Emily Post, authority on social behavior/writer (Etiquette)
1873 - Henry Tate, composer
1876 - Jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, actress (Un Soir Un Train)
1889 - Enid Bagnold, novelist (Chalk Garden, 1956 Award of Merit)
1892 - Graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author/mayor of Palmeira
1892 - Victor E van Vriesland, Dutch poet/critic (Mirror of Dutch Poetry)
1893 - Johan G Dancer, Dutch poet (Meetings)
1894 - Antonius "Toon" Verhey, violin cellist/conductor (Residence-orch)
1894 - Fritz Sauckel, German Nazi General of Labor
1895 - John Boles, Greenville TX, singer/actor (Babes in Baghdad)
1896 - Edith Haisman, Titanic survivor
1901 - Marlene Dietrich, German actress/entertainer (Angel)
1906 - Anton AM Struyken, minister of justice/governor Dutch Antilles
1907 - Helmut Walcha, German organist (church music)
1907 - Moises F da Costa Gomez, premier Dutch Antilles
1910 - Fred de Cordova, film/TV producer (Tonight Show)
1910 - Jack Carson, Manitoba Canada, actor (Star is Born, Mildred Pierce)
1911 - Leif Erickson, Calif, actor (Invaders from Mars, On the Waterfront)
1912 - Conlon Nancarrow, Texarkana Arkansas, composer (Soundings 4)
1914 - Dylan Thomas, Swansea Wales, poet (Child's Christmas in Wales)
1914 - Stanislaw Brunstein, artist
1915 - Harry Saltzman, St Johns NB Canada, producer (Goldfinger)
1916 - Bob de Lange, [Jacob Bernard], Dutch actor/director (Daniel)
1916 - Kazimierz Brandys, writer
1917 - Jack Plimsoll, cricketer (S Afr lefty quick, 3-143 in only Test 1947)
1917 - Oliver Tambo, co-founder (African National Congress)
1918 - Paul Dixon, Earling Iowa, Ohio talk show host (Paul Dixon Show)
1918 - Teresa Wright, NYC, actress (Eleanor Gehrig-Pride of the Yankees)
1920 - Nanette Fabray, San Diego Calif, actress (Katherine-One Day at a Time)
1921 - Anestis Logothetis, composer
1922 - Carlos Andr‚s P‚rez, president of Venezuela (1974-79/89-94)
1922 - George Young, soccer star
1922 - Ralph Kiner, HR hitter (Pitts Pirates)/sportscaster (NY Mets)
1923 - Roy Lichtenstein, NYC, Pop art painter (painted comic book panels)
1923 - Ruby Dee, Cleve Ohio, actress (Raisin in the Sun, Cat People, Roots)
1924 - Michel Galabru, Safi Morocco, actor (Judge & the Assassin)
1925 - Jane Connell, Oakland Calif, actress (Jane-Stanley, Bridget-Dumpling)
1925 - Mary Kay Steans, Glendale Calif, actress (Mary Kay & Johnny)
1925 - Warren M Christopher, US, lawyer/minister of Foreign affairs (1993- )
1926 - H R Haldeman, former White House Chief of Staff (Watergate figure)
1926 - P G "Nana" Joshi, cricket wicketkeeper (Indian during 1950's)
1927 - Dominick Argento, York Penn, composer (Colonel Jonathan the Saint)
1927 - Edward Ralph Keinholz, sculptor
1928 - Datta Gaekwad, cricketer (father of Anshuman, batted in 11 Tests 50's)
1928 - Kyle Rote, NFL halfback (NY Giants 1951-61)
1928 - Stefan Wewerka, German architect/sculptor
1929 - Marino Iandioro, canned Tomato Pioneer
1930 - Bill George, NFL linebacker (Chicago Bears, LA Rams)
1931 - David Bryant, English world champion bowler/tv-host
1932 - Jean-Pierre Cassel, Paris France, actor (Trout)
1932 - Kathy Cornelius, LPGA golfer
1932 - Sylvia Plath, [Victoria Lucas], US, poet (Colossus, 3 Women, Bell Jar)
1933 - Floyd Cramer, La, cowboy singer (Last Date, On the Rebound)
1933 - John Sturdy, scholar
1934 - David Barclay, British hotel magnate/multi-millionaire
1934 - Frederick Barclay, British hotel magnate/multi-millionaire
1938 - Maurice Hinchey, (Rep-D-New York)
1939 - John Cleese, Weston-Super-Mare England, comedian (Monty Python)
1940 - Anthea Joseph, music producer
1940 - Lee Greenwood, country singer (God Bless the USA)
1940 - Maxine Hong Kingston, US, author
1942 - Phillip Catherine, rocker
1945 - Carrie Snodgress, Park Ridge Ill, actress (Diary of Mad Housewife)
1945 - Peter Martins, Copenhagen, dancer-choreographer
1946 - Leslie Byrne, (Rep-D-Virginia)
1946 - Peter Martins, Danish actor(?)
1946 - Steven R Nail, Canton Ill, USAF/astr (STS 51-G, 61-A, 37, 55)
1946 - Terry J Hart, Pittsburgh Penn, astronaut (STS 41C)
1947 - Terry Anderson, AP correspondent/US hostage held in Lebanon (1985-91)
1948 - Byron Allred, Logan Ut, rocker (Steve Miller Band)
1949 - Garry W Tallent, rocker (E Street Band)
1949 - Jack Daniels, Choctaw Okla, country singer (Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry)
1949 - Jos‚ J P Hageman, Dutch MP (PvdA)
1949 - Mike Kopetski, (Rep-D-Oregon)
1950 - Fran Lebowitz, author/actress (Resident Alien)
1951 - Jayne Kennedy-Overton, Wash DC, actress (Penitentary)
1951 - K K Downing, rock guitarist (Judas Priest-Breakin' the Law)
1953 - Michael Baker, Memphis Tn, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut (STS 43, 52, 68, 81)
1953 - Peter Firth, Bradford England, actor (Equus, Lifeforce, Tess)
1953 - Robert Picardo, Phila, actor (Frame Up, Gremlins 2)
1954 - Chris Tavare, cricketer (England opener & occasional scorer of runs)
1956 - Patty Sheehan, Middlebury VT, LPGA golfer (1994 US Women's Open)
1957 - Glen Hoddle, English soccer ball player (Tottenham)
1957 - Jeff East, rocker
1958 - Hazell Dean, rocker (Always Doesn't Mean Forever)
1958 - Simon Le Bon, rock vocalist (Duran, Duran-Hungry Like the Wolf)
1961 - Rick Gibson, Calgary Alta, Canadian Tour golfer (1990 CPGA)
1963 - Deborah Moore, London England, actress (Danielle-Day of Our Lives)
1963 - Marla Maples, [Trump], Dalton Ga, actress (Will Rogers Follies)
1964 - Jill Hetherington, Brampton Ontario, tennis player (Olympics-96)
1964 - Mark Taylor, cricketer (genius Australian captain since 1994)
1964 - Mary Meagher-Plant, 100m butterfly swimmer (Oly-3 gold/silv/br-84, 88)
1965 - Krista Blomquist, New Haven Conn, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-7th-1995)
1966 - Brad Lauer, Humboldt, NHL right wing (Pitts Penguins)
1966 - Grant Kenny, Norfolk Island NSW, Australasia golfer
1966 - Timm Rosenbach, NFL quarterback (NO Saints)
1967 - Jaren Jackson, NBA guard/forward (Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs)
1968 - Antoinette Lucas, Crozier VA, field hockey midfielder (Oly-96)
1968 - Kata Karkkainen, Helsinki Finland, playmate (Dec, 1988)
1969 - Annie Patterson, composer
1969 - Corey Foster, Ottawa, NHL defenseman (Pitts Penguins)
1969 - John Kasay, NFL kicker (Carolina Panthers)
1970 - Bert Emanuel, wide receiver (Atlanta Falcons)
1970 - Vernon Lewis, NFL cornerback (NE Patriots)
1971 - Liz Pagano, Seattle Wash, WPVA volleyballer (National-13th-1994)
1971 - Matt Brown, WLAF guard (Amsterdam Admirals)
1971 - Mike Ricci, Scarborough, NHL center (Colorado Avalanche)
1971 - Zaddick X Longenbach, Greenwalds Pa, fencer-foil (Olympics-96)
1972 - Brad Radke, Eau Claire WI, pitcher (Minn Twins)
1972 - John Steel, Auckland NZ, 100m/200m swimmer (Olympics-96)
1972 - Maria Mutola, Maputo Mozambique, 800m runner (Olympics-bronze-96)
1973 - Alison "Ali" Malyn Shumate, Union City Tenn, Miss America-Tenn (1996)
1973 - Monica Louwerens, Greenville Miss, Miss America (Miss-Top 10-1996)
1974 - Juan Viedna Schenkhuizen, soccer player (Ajax, NEC)
1975 - Emily John Orton, Creswell Oregon, Miss America (Oregon-2nd-1996)

Famous deaths for this day ..

0925 - Rhazes, [Abu Bakr Mohammed ibn Zakarijja al-Razi], Persian, dies
0939 - Aethelstan III, king of England, dies
1331 - Aboe al-Fida, [Aboelfeda], Arabic writer/sultan of Hama, dies
1439 - Albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany, dies at 42
1449 - Ulugh Beg, a USSR astronomer, dies at 56
1485 - Rudolph Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], humanist/organist, dies
1505 - Ivan III de Great, Russian tsar (1462-1505), dies
1542 - Abraham ben Avigdor, rabbi/author (commentary on Tur), dies
1553 - Michael Servetus, Spanish physician, burns at stake for heresy
1580 - John Bonga, beggar, dies
1651 - Jan III van Foreest, Dutch lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn, dies
1652 - Henry, count of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/gov of Hulst, dies
1659 - Marmaduke Stevenson, Quaker in Boston, hanged
1725 - Jacob Hop, politician/diplomat, dies at 71
1771 - Johann Gottlieb Graun, composer, dies
1781 - Herman-Fran‡ois Delange, composer, dies at 66
1796 - Anton Thadaus Johann Nepomuk Stamitz, composer, dies at 45
1822 - Christian Frederich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 55
1833 - Ferdinand Franzl, composer, dies at 66
1848 - Alexander Egorovich Varlamov, composer, dies at 46
1864 - Andreas Randel, composer, dies at 58
1919 - John Harry, cricket wicketkeeper (Aust one Test 1895, one catch), dies
1919 - Theodoor H de Meester, premier (1905-08), dies
1925 - Wilhelm Gericke, composer, dies at 80
1933 - Julius Klengel, composer, dies at 74
1933 - Meir Shapira, rabbi/organizer (Daf Yomi), dies
1938 - Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic, dies at 57
1940 - Fini Valdemar Henriques, composer, dies at 72
1943 - Bela Reinitz, composer, dies at 64
1944 - Iman J Van de Bosch, Belgian resistance fighter, dies
1953 - Eduard Knneke, German composer (Majority Snderin), dies at 68
1953 - Zdzislaw Jachimecki, composer, dies at 71
1954 - Franco Alfano, Ital (opera)composer (Puccini's Turandot), dies at 78
1954 - Frank Druce, cricketer (252 runs in 5 Tests for England), dies
1955 - Clark Griffith, baseball player/manager (NY Yankees), dies at 85
1955 - Vladimir Mikhaylovich Deshevov, composer, dies at 66
1958 - Frederik Gerretson [Geerten Gossaert], historian/poet/politician, dies at 74
1958 - Joseph Klausner, Polish/Israeli new testament expert, dies at 84
1962 - Enrico Mattei, Italian oil magnate, dies at 58
1962 - Fatso Marco, comedian (Milton Berle Show), dies at 56
1962 - Rudolph Anderson, U-2 pilot, shot down over Cuba
1964 - Sammee Tong, actor (Bachelor Father, Mickey), dies at 63
1964 - Willi Bredel, writer, dies at 63
1965 - French Luitjes, Dutch athlete, dies at 21
1966 - Nigel Haig, cricketer (England pace bowler in 5 Tests 1921-30), dies
1968 - Lise Meitner, Austria/Swedish physics (protactinium), dies at 89
1969 - Jaime Pahissa, composer, dies at 89
1972 - Lew Parker, actor (Lou Marie-That Girl), dies a day before turning 65
1973 - Allan "Rocky" Lane, western actor (All's Fair), dies at 64
1975 - Rex Stout, US detective writer (Nero Wolfe), dies at 88
1977 - James M Cain, US writer (Postman Always Rings Twice), dies at 85
1980 - Steven Peregrine Took, rocker, dies at 31
1981 - John Warburton, actor (King Rat, Cavalcade), dies at 94
1987 - Jean H‚lion, artist/author (Museum of Living Art), dies at 83
1987 - Vijay Merchant, cricketer (Test average 47 72, 1st-class avg 71), dies
1988 - Charles Hawtrey, English actor (Carry On), dies near London at 73
1988 - S B Fuller, founder (Fuller products), dies at 83
1990 - Elliott Roosevelt, son of FDR, dies at 80
1990 - Ugo Tognazzi actor/director (La Cage Aux Folles), dies at 68
1990 - Xavier Cugart, bandlander, dies of heart failure at 90
1991 - Andrzei Panufkin, Pol/Brit conductor/composer (Sinfonia Sacra), dies
1991 - Pyke F C Koch, realistic painter, dies
1992 - Roy Marshall, cricketer (143 runs for WI, 35725 runs overall), dies
1994 - Robert White, guitarist, dies at 57
1995 - Mike Dutfield, documentary Prodcuer, dies at 48
1995 - Susi Hush, tYelevision producer, dies at 49
1996 - Belinda Quirey, dance historian/teacher, dies at 84
1996 - James Aubrey Turner, scientist, dies at 57
1996 - John Gregory, dancer, dies at 82