Today In History - Friday, December 3, 2021




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Welcome to Today In History for Friday, December 3, 2021.

On this day in history ..

0741 - St Zachary begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Gregory III
1347 - Pope Clemens VI declares Roman tribunal Coke di Rienzo as heretics
1557 - 1st Covenant of Scottish protestants form
1586 - Sir Thomas Herriot introduces potatoes to England, from Colombia
1621 - Galileo invents telescope
1639 - 1st annulment by court decree passes
1676 - Battle at Lund: Sweden beats Denen
1678 - Edmund Halley receives MA from Queen's College, Oxford
1685 - Charles II bars Jews from settling in Stockholm Sweden
1694 - English parliamentary election set for every 3 years
1699 - Baron Jacob Hop appointed treasurer-general of the Hague
1775 - 1st official US flag raising (aboard naval vessel Alfred)
1818 - Illinois becomes 21st state USA (Admission day)
1828 - Andrew Jackson elected 7th president of US
1833 - Oberlin College in Oh, 1st truly coeducational college opens
1834 - 1st US dental society organized (NY)
1835 - 1st US mutual fire insurance company issues 1st policy (RI)
1844 - RC Society Apostole of Prayer forms
1847 - Frederick Douglass publishes 1st issue of his newspaper "North Star"
1863 - Longstreet abandons his siege at Knoxville, TN
1864 - Skirmish at Thomas' Station, Georgia
1866 - Paid fire dept replaces volunteer companies
1868 - Trial of Jefferson Davis starts; 1st blacks on US trial jury
1878 - Settlers arrive at Petach Tikvah Israel
1881 - Henry M Stanley finds Leopoldville/Kinshasa
1883 - 48th Congress (1883-85) convenes
1893 - Ndebeles destroy Rhodesia
1901 - Milwaukee is dropped from the AL & replaced by St Louis Browns
1903 - Panglima Polim surrenders to Capt Colijn at Atjeh
1907 - George Cohans musical "Talk of the Town," premieres in NYC
1908 - Edward Elgar's 1st Symphony in A, premieres
1910 - Neon lights, 1st publically seen (Paris Auto Show)
1912 - Gerrit Brinkman becomes 1st Dutch traffic officer
1912 - Turkey, Serbia, Montenegro, Greece & Bulgaria sign weapons pact
1914 - Neth army shoots up ge‹nterneerde Belgian soldiers: 8 killed
1920 - Turkey & Armenia agree to peace treaty
1921 - 9th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 23-0
1922 - 1st successful technicolor movie (Tall of the Sea), shown in NYC
1923 - 1st Congressional open session broadcast via radio (Wash DC)
1926 - Manchester Guardian (German Reichswehr/Red Army work together)
1929 - Boston Bruins begins then NHL record 14 game winning streak
1930 - Air-borne chemicals combine with fog to kill 60 (Meuse Valley Belgium)
1930 - Otto Ender forms Austrian govt
1930 - Richard Rodgers/L Hart's musical "Evergreen," premieres in London
1931 - Alka Seltzer goes on sale
1932 - 20th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Regina Roughriders, 25-6
1932 - Gen Kurt von Schleicher becomes chancellor of Germany
1933 - Connie Mack sells Mickey Cochrane to Det Tigers for $100,000
1933 - Joe Lilliard QBs Chic Cardinals; last NFL black until 1946
1934 - Italian colonial Tripoli & Cyrenaica annexed to Libya
1934 - KYW-AM in Chicago Ill moves to Phila Penn
1938 - AAU's decides to continue linear measuring system over metric
1939 - Dmitri Sjostakovitsj's 6th Symphony, premieres
1941 - Hitler views Poltava Ukraine
1943 - 9th Heisman Trophy Award: Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame (QB)
1943 - Battle of Monte Cassino, Italy begins
1943 - Howard Hanson's 4th Symphony, premieres
1943 - Strike of Monte Cassino, Italy begins
1944 - British order to disarm, causes general strike in Greece
1944 - Hungarian death march of Jews ends
1944 - Mussert puts Seyss-Inquart plan for small Nazi-Europe
1944 - NFL Cardinals-Pitts merger disolves
1944 - US 5th Armour division occupies Brandenburg Hrtgenwald
1946 - 12th Heisman Trophy Award: Glenn Davis, Army (HB)
1946 - US govt asks UN to order dictator Franco out of Spain
1947 - Tennessee Williams' "Streetcar Named Desire," premieres in NYC
1948 - "Pumpkin Papers" come to light (claimed to be from Alger Hiss)
1948 - 1st US woman army officer not in medical corps sworn-in
1948 - Bradman scores his last century, 123 in his own testimonial
1948 - Chinese refugee ship "Kiangya" explodes in E China Sea, killing 1,100
1949 - KRLD (now KDFW) TV channel 4 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (CBS) begins
1950 - Cleve Browns last NFL team with no-pass game (beat Phila 13-7)
1950 - Paul Harvey begins his national radio broadcast
1950 - Cleveland Browns' Horace Gillom sets club record with 12 punts
1952 - 1st TV broadcast in Hawaii
1952 - Marcos Perez Jim‚nez elected president of Venezuela
1953 - "Kismet" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 583 performances
1953 - Eisenhower criticizes McCarthy for saying communists are in Rep party
1953 - Premier of Dmitri Shostakovitch' 5th String Quartet
1954 - Samuel Barber's "Prayers of Kierkegaard," premieres
1954 - William Walton's opera "Troilus & Cressida," premieres in London
1955 - KTVE TV channel 10 in Monroe-El Dorado, LA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1956 - England & France pull troops out of Egypt
1956 - KFSA (now KFSM) TV channel 5 in Ft Smith, AR (CBS) 1st broadcast
1956 - Wilt Chamberlain's 1st collegiate basketball game (scores 52)
1957 - 23rd Heisman Trophy Award: John Crow, Texas A&M (HB)
1958 - Indonesian parliament accepts nationalisation of Dutch businesses
1959 - State of emergency on Cyprus ends
1960 - "Camelot" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 873 performances
1960 - Frederick Loewe/Alan Jay Lerner's "Camelot," premieres in NYC
1961 - Anton Geesink becomes 1st not-Japanese judo world champion
1961 - Beatles meet future manager Brian Epstein
1961 - George Blanda of Houston Oilers kicks 55-yard field goal
1961 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1962 - Edith Spurlock Sampson sworn-in as 1st US black female judge
1962 - Pravda criticizes western art
1964 - "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" 1st airs on TV
1964 - KHQL (now KCAN) TV channel 8 in Albion, NB (ABC) begins broadcasting
1964 - Police arrests 800 sit-in students at U of Cal at Berkeley
1965 - Beatles begin final UK concert tour in Glasgow
1965 - USSR launches Luna 8; crashes on Moon
1966 - US performs underground nuclear test at Hattiesburg Miss
1967 - 1st human heart transplant performed (Dr Christian Barnard, S Africa)
1967 - Derek Clayton runs world record marathon (2:09:36.4)
1967 - Ex-president Sukarno under house arrest in Indonesia
1967 - Final run of "20th Century Limited," famed NY-Chicago luxury train
1968 - Pitcher's mound drops from 15" to 10" & strike zone reduced from knees to shoulders to top of knees to armpits, to help hitters
1969 - John Lennon is offered role of Jesus Christ in Jesus Christ Superstar
1970 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1971 - Miss Teenage America Pageant
1971 - Pres Nixon commutes Jimmy Hoffa's jail term
1972 - Convair 990A charter crashes in Tenerife Canary Island, 155 die
1973 - Pioneer 10 passes Jupiter (1st fly-by of an outer planet) [Dec 4-GMT]
1975 - Laos falls to communist forces; Lao People's Democratic Rep proclaimed
1976 - Dr Patrick J Hillery elected president of Iraq
1978 - "King of Hearts" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 48 performances
1978 - Pat Bradley/Lon Hinkle wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1979 - 11 trampled to death at Cincinnati Who concert [or 1204?]
1979 - 45th Heisman Trophy Award: Charles White, Southern Cal (RB)
1979 - Christies auctions a thimble for a record $18,400
1979 - Iran accepts constitution
1980 - NY Federal jury finds Reps Thompson D-NJ & Murphy, D-NY, guilty
1981 - Beth Daniel/Tom Kite wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1981 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1982 - 1st NJ Devil hat-trick (Steve Tambellini) defeat Hartford 5-4
1982 - 35.7 cm rainfall at Big Fork, Arkansas (state record)
1982 - 77øF highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Dec
1982 - NJ Devils 1st hat trick (Steve Tambellini)
1982 - Tommy Hearns wins WBC Welterweight title in decision over Benitez
1983 - "Marilyn: An American Fable" closes at Minskoff NYC after 16 perfs
1983 - 49th Heisman Trophy Award: Mike Rozier, Nebraska (RB)
1983 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1984 - 2,000 die from Union Carbide poison gas emission in Bhopal, India
1984 - Oldest groom - Harry Stevens, 103, weds Thelma Lucas, 83, in Wisc
1985 - 23rd Shuttle Mission (61-B)-Atlantis 2-lands at Edwards AFB
1986 - Sri Lanka all out 55 v WI in one-dayer Walsh 5-1 in 4 3 overs
1988 - 54th Heisman Trophy Award: Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State (RB)
1988 - NY Lotto pays $45 million to twelve winner (#s are 1-8-13-18-28-48)
1989 - Pat Bradley/Bill Glasson wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1990 - NL batting champ Willie McGee signs as a free agent with SF Giants
1991 - Hulk Hogan defeats Undertaker to become 4th time WWF champion
1991 - Muslim Shites release US hostage Alan Steen
1991 - White House Chief of Staff John Sununu resigns
1992 - UN Security Council votes unanimous for US led forces to enter Somalia
1995 - "Company" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 68 performances
1995 - "Holiday" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 49 performances
1995 - 84th Davis Cup: USA beats Russia in Moscow (3-2)
1995 - Beth Daniels/Davis Love III wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1995 - Jack Russell takes 11 catches in Test Cricket v S Africa, a record
1995 - Naeem Akhtar takes 10-28 for Rawalpindi B against Peshawar
1995 - Northwestern South Carolina begins using new area code 864
1997 - "1776," opens at Gershwin Theater NYC
1997 - Golden State Warrior guard Latrell Sprewell, four-year, $32 million, contract terminated for attacking his coach P J Carlesimo

Famous birthdays for this day ..

1368 - Charles VI, [the Well-Beloved], king of France (1380-1422)
1483 - Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reformation theologist
1576 - Marsilio Casentini, composer
1668 - Casimir Schweizelsperg, composer
1684 - Ludvig Baron Holberg, founder (Danish & Norwegian literature)
1729 - Padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler, Olot Spain, composer (Fandango)
1750 - Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer
1752 - Georg-Friederich Fuchs, composer
1753 - Samuel Crompton, English inventor (mule-jenny spinning machine)
1755 - Gilbert Stuart, US, portrait painter (painted Washington)
1758 - Josef Gelinek, composer
1795 - Rowland Hill, introduced 1st adhesive postage stamp (1840)
1797 - Francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore
1800 - France Preseren, Slovenian poet (Krst pri Savici)
1806 - Henry Alexander Wise, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1876
1809 - Thomas Alfred Davies, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1899
1822 - Charles Adam Heckman, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1896
1826 - Edmond van der Straeten, Belgian lawyer/musicologist
1826 - George Brinton McClellan, Major General (Union Army), died in 1885
1829 - Green Berry Raum, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1909
1838 - Cleveland Abbe, US, meteorologist (Father of Weather Bureau)
1838 - Octavia Hill, British reformer, leader of open-space movement
1842 - Ellen Henrietta Richards, US, chemist (Amer Home Eco Assn-1st Pres)
1857 - Joseph Conrad, Poland, novelist (Lord Jim, Heart of Darkness)
1857 - Joseph Conrad, writer
1862 - Jules Renkin, Belgian jurist/minister/premier (1931-32)
1864 - Herman Heijermans Jr, Dutch writer (Kamertjeszonde, Diamond City)
1875 - Bernhard Lichtenberg, German clergyman/antifascist
1883 - Albert "Tibby" Cotter, cricketer (great Aussie quick of early century)
1883 - Anton (Friedrich Wilhelm) von Webern, Vienna Aust, 12-tone composer
1885 - Marchien Zwitsers, farmer in Lutten (died at 109 years old)
1886 - Karl MG Siegbahn, Swedish physicist (r”ntgen spectroscope, Nobel 1924)
1888 - Ion Nonna Otescu, composer
1895 - Anna Freud, Austrian/English psychoanalytist/daughter of Sigmund F
1896 - Boleslaw Szabelski, composer
1896 - John Urzidil, Austria/US writer (Die erbeuteten Frauen)
1897 - Kate O'Brien, Irish writer (Without My Cloak)
1898 - Lev Konstantinovich Knipper, composer
1900 - Lester Matthews, Nottingham England, (Sir Dennis-Adv of Fu Manchu)
1900 - Richard Kuhn, Austria, biochemist, worked with vitamins (Nobel 1938)
1902 - Willem Arnold de Vries Robbe, composer
1904 - Juan E Yrausquin, founder (Party of Patriot Arubans)/minister
1905 - Leslie Ames, cricketer (England wicket-keeper of 30's Outstanding bat)
1907 - Andrew Hutchings, teachers' leader
1907 - Connee Boswell, New Orleans La, singer (Pete Kelly's Blue)
1908 - Halsey Stevens, Scott NY, composer (Triskelion)
1908 - Nigel M Balchin, [Mark Spade], English author (Business for Pleasure)
1910 - Robert Arthur Hughes, missionary/surgeon
1911 - Dana Suesse, songwriter (You Ought to be in Pictures)
1911 - Nino Rota, Milan Italy, composer (Torquemada)
1913 - Omer Vanaudenhoven, Flemish industrial/resistance fighter
1914 - Irving Fine, Boston Mass, composer (Toccata)
1919 - Charles Craig, opera singer
1921 - Hans G Kresse, Dutch cartoonist (Eric the Viking)
1923 - Maria Callas, opera singer
1923 - Tom Fears, NFL end (LA Rams)
1923 - Trevor Bailey, England, cricket all-rounder (batted & ran)
1924 - John Backus, inventor (FORTRAN computer language)
1925 - Ken Funston, South African cricket batsman (18 Tests during 1950's)
1926 - Hans Gunther Franz Otte, composer
1926 - Hans Otte, German composer/pianist
1927 - Ferlin Husky, country singer (Born to Lose, Gone)
1927 - Isabelle Harriet Lucas, actress/singer (Outland, Comics)
1929 - Clarence Ford, sax player
1929 - Paul Harris Turok, composer
1929 - Werner Rackwitz, German musicologist (H„ndel-Renaissance)
1930 - Andy Williams, Wall Lake Iowa, singer (Moon River, Andy Williams Show)
1930 - Jean-Luc Godard, French director (Alphaville, Hail Mary, Breathless)
1930 - Phyllis Curtin, Clarksburg WV, soprano (NYC Opera)
1931 - Ellen Blazer, Dutch TV director (Sonja)
1931 - Jaye P Morgan, Mancos Colo, singer/actress (Gong Show, Night Patrol)
1932 - Corry Brokken, Dutch singer
1934 - Nicolas Coster, actor (Robert Delaney-Another World)
1934 - Viktor Vassilyevich Gorbatko, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 7, 24, 37/36)
1937 - Bobby Allison, auto racer (3 time winner of Daytona 500)
1937 - Stephen Rubin, English attorney/shoe manufacturer (Reebok, Adidas)
1938 - Jos‚ Serebrier, Montevideo Uruguay, conductor/composer (Star Wagon)
1938 - Martyn Taylor, teacher/campaigner
1941 - Mary Alice, Indianola MS, newscaster (CBS, Lettie-Different World)
1943 - Valerie Perrine, Galveston Tx, actress (Slaughterhouse 5)
1945 - Laura Dean, Staten Island NYC, composer/choreographer (Drumming)
1948 - Diane Kurys, [Emir Kusturica], Sarajevo, bass guitarist
1948 - Ozzy Osbourne, England, rock vocalist (Black Sabbath-Bark at the Moon)
1949 - Christopher John Seward, aid worker
1949 - Heather Menzies, Toronto Canada, actress (Jessica-Logan's Run)
1949 - Mickey Thomas, rock vocalist (Jefferson Airplane, Starship)
1950 - John Akii-bua, Uganda, 400m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1972)
1950 - Muntu Myeza, South African anti-apartheid activist
1951 - Danger Alberto Juantorena, Cuba, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1976)
1951 - James Turner Brewer, Maywood Ill, basketball player (Oly-silver-1972)
1951 - Mike Stock, rocker (Stock, Aitken & Waterman-Road Block)
1951 - Rick Mears, Indy-car racer (over 25 wins)
1951 - Riki Chosyu, [Mitsuo Yoshida], wrestler (NJPW/All-Japan)
1952 - Don Barnes, rock guitarist (38 Special)
1952 - Duane Roland, rock guitarist (Molly Hatchet)
1952 - Mel Smith, author (Morons From Outer Space)
1953 - Franz Klammer, Austria, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1976)
1954 - Paul Gregg, country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels)
1955 - Melody Anderson, Edmonton, actress (Natalie Dillon-All My Children)
1956 - Hart Bochner, Los Angeles CA, actor/director (Rich & Famous)
1959 - Kathy Jordan, Bryn Mawr PA, tennis player (US Opens Doubles 1981)
1960 - Daryl Hannah, actress (Splash, Blade Runner)
1960 - Mike Ramsey, US, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1980)
1961 - Julianne Moore, actress (Lost World, 9 Months)
1962 - Tammy Jackson, WNBA forward/center (Houston Comets)
1963 - Ashley De Silva, Sri Lankan Cricket wicketkeeper (1993)
1963 - Steve Hegg, Dana Point Calif, road cyclist (Olympics-16th-84, 96)
1964 - Darryl Hamilton, Baton Rouge LA, outfielder (Texas Rangers)
1964 - Toi Cook, cornerback (Carolina Panthers)
1965 - Katarina Witt, Staaken GDR, figure skater (Olympic-Gold-1984, 88)
1965 - Tammy Jacques, Auburn Maine, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1966 - Lisa Lightfoot, Australian middle distance runner (Olympics-96)
1967 - David Diaz, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer
1967 - Greg Sutton, NBA guard (Phila 76ers)
1967 - Katie Henderson, Santa Monica CA, WPVA volleyball (US Open-25th-1993)
1968 - Brendan Fraser, Indianapolis In, actor (School Ties, 20 Bucks)
1968 - Isabel Cueto, West Germany, tennis star
1968 - Kevin Telles, actor (Party Camp)
1969 - Ed King, NFL guard (NO Saints)
1969 - Kwamie Lassiter, NFL defensive back (Arizona Cardinals)
1970 - Charles Hope, WLAF guard (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1970 - Jennifer Rothschild, [Rubin], actress (Judas Project)
1970 - Laura Schuler, ice hockey forward (Canada, Oly-98)
1970 - Lindsey Hunter, NBA guard (Detroit Pistons)
1970 - Paul Byrd, Louisville KY, pitcher (NY Mets)
1972 - Eva Nemcova, WNBA forward/guard (Cleveland Rockers)
1972 - Peter Wright, US, 1500m freestyle (Olympics-96)
1973 - Andrew McNally, Australian baseball pitcher (Olympics-1996)
1973 - Brian Loyd, Lynwood CA, baseball catcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
1974 - Ralph Staten, safety (Baltimore Ravens)
1975 - Lauren E Roman, Wilmington NC, actress (Laura Kirk-All My Children)
1975 - Nadine Neumann, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1977 - David Sales, cricketer (Northampton batsman, 210 on fc debut 1996)
1980 - Anna Chlumsky, Chicago Ill, actress (My Girl)
1981 - Brian Bonsall, actor (Family Ties, Star Trek Next Generation)

Famous deaths for this day ..

0450 - Petrus Chrysologus, 1st archbishop of Ravenna, dies
1137 - Lotharius III, of Supplinburg, Roman-Ger emperor (1133-37), dies at 67
1154 - Anastasius IV, Pope (1153-54), dies
1463 - Louis Chalon, prince of Orange, dies
1469 - Piero de' Medici, ruler of Florence, dies at about 53
1491 - Thomas Basin, French historian/bishop of Lisieux, dies
1533 - Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33), dies at 54
1660 - Jacques Sarazin, French sculptor/painter, dies at about 70
1676 - Daniel Stalpaert, Amsterdams master builder, buried
1789 - Claude-Joseph Vernet, French seascape painter, dies
1807 - Clara Reeve, English author (old English baron), dies
1823 - Joseph Pouteau, composer, dies at 84
1839 - Frederik VI, king of Denmark (1808-39)/Norway (1803-14), dies at 71
1857 - Christian D Rauch, German sculptor, dies at 80
1866 - Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda, composer, dies at 65
1876 - Hermann Goetz, composer, dies at 35
1889 - Baltasar Saldoni, composer, dies at 82
1890 - Bill Midwinter, cricketer (8 Tests for Australia, 4 for England), dies
1892 - William Bonaparte, grandson of Lucien, dies
1893 - Allan Wilson, British/Rhodesian major, dies in battle
1894 - HM Jozef Schadde, Flem architect (Antwerp Stock exchange), dies at 76
1894 - Robert Louis Stevenson, Engl writer (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), dies at 45
1910 - Mary Baker Eddy, founder (Christian Science (Monitor)), dies
1919 - Pierre A Renoir, French painter/sculptor, dies at 78
1933 - Richard Henry Warren, composer, dies at 74
1937 - Prosper Poullet, Belgian mayor, dies
1941 - Johann Christian August Sinding, composer, dies at 85
1942 - Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, composer, dies at 75
1944 - Delfien Vanhaute, Flemish pastor/poet (Ark of Noah), dies at 75
1949 - Elin Pelin, writer, dies
1949 - Maria Ouspenskaya, actress (Spookies), dies at 62
1954 - Enrique Soro Barriga, composer, dies at 70
1957 - Frank E Gannett, newspaper publisher, dies at 81
1960 - Hermann Stephani, composer, dies at 83
1961 - Jekabs Graubins, composer, dies at 75
1961 - Mary Charleson, actress (Upstairs & Downstairs), dies at 76
1964 - Ernst Ginsberg, writer, dies
1964 - George Brown, cricketer (7 Tests for England), dies
1967 - Annette Kolb, writer, dies at 92
1967 - Fred Engelen, Flemish actor/director (Kritisch Theater), dies at 54
1967 - Manuel A Fraai, Cura‡aos author (Silly Agero), dies at 70
1969 - Ruth White, actress (Fugitive), dies of cancer at 55
1973 - Michael O'Shea, actor (Denny- It's a Great Life), dies at 67
1975 - Hugh Thurlow, cricketer (one Test for Australia 1932), dies
1975 - Jacob Kruijt, Dutch sociologist, dies at 76
1976 - Mary Nash, actress (Phila Story, Till the Clouds Roll By), dies at 91
1978 - William Grant Still, composer, dies at 83
1984 - Virginia Lacy Jones, US librarian/presidents advisor, dies at 72
1985 - Sam Gillman, actor (Sam-Shane), dies at 70
1990 - Gavin Reed, actor (Body Beneath), dies at 59
1991 - Alex Graham, British cartoonstrip artist (Fred Basset), dies
1991 - Casey Walters, actor (True Story of Lynn Stuart), after a stroke at 75
1992 - Harry Ellerbe, actor (House of Usher, Magnetic Monster), dies at 91
1992 - Luis Alcoriza, actor/writer/director (Tiburoneros), dies of emphysema
1992 - Nureddin Al-Atassi, president of Syria (1966-70), dies
1993 - Lewis Thomas, biologist, dies of cancer at 80
1993 - Thomas Mogotlane, South African actor (Mapantsula), dies at 40
1994 - Dolf Verspoor, literary/translator (M Nijhoff prize 1958), dies at 77
1994 - Elizabeth Meyer, wife of Paul Michael Glaser, dies of AIDS at 47
1994 - Giorgi Chanturia, Pres of Georgia, assassinated
1994 - Lesley Peacock, jazz photogrpaher/author, dies
1994 - Said Mekbel, Algerian editor in chief (Le Matin), murdered at 57
1995 - Jimmy Jewel, comedian, dies at 82
1995 - Robertson Davies (author), dies at 82
1995 - Roxie Roker, actress (Claudine)/mother of Lenny Kravitz, dies at 66
1996 - Babrak Karmal, PM of Afghanistan (1980-81), dies
1996 - Det Glynn, teacher/anti-apartheid activist, dies at 84
1996 - George Duby, historian, dies at 77
1997 - Marian Kratochwil, artist, dies at 91
1997 - Steve Hamilton, pitcher (NY Yankees), dies of cancer at 63