Today In History - Monday, June 24, 2019




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Welcome to Today In History for Monday, June 24, 2019.

On this day in history ..

0451 - 10th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
0843 - Vikings destroy Nantes
1128 - Afonso I of Portugal defeats army of his mother Theresa
1298 - Rindfleish Persecutions-Jews of Ifhauben Austria massacred
1314 - Battle of Bannockburn; Scotland regains independence from England
1322 - Jews are expelled from France for 3rd time
1340 - Battle at Lock: English fleet beats France/Genuezen, 10-30,000 killed
1340 - In the Hundred Years War, British fleet destroys French at Sluys
1396 - Crusaders under earl of Nevers reach Vienna
1397 - Sultan Bajezid I release caught crusaders free, for ransom
1441 - Eton College founded by Henry VI
1472 - Zo‰ Paleologa departs Rome for Moscow
1497 - John Cabot claims eastern Canada for England (believes he found Asia in Nova Scotia)
1509 - Henry VIII crowned King of England
1522 - Battle at La Bicocca: Emperor Karel V beats France
1522 - Portuguese Antonio de Brita signs treaty island of Ternate Molukkas
1527 - Gustaaf I begins Reformation in Sweden, taking RC possessions
1529 - Zrich & catholic kantons sign Peace of Kappel
1535 - Anabaptists Protestants conquered & disbanded
1535 - Hessische troops occupy Mnster
1540 - Henry VIII divorces his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves
1572 - 5 clergymen of Enkhuizen, hanged
1597 - Cornelis de Houtman's fleet reaches Bantam, West Java
1610 - Battle at Klushino: King Sigismund II beats Russia & Sweden
1619 - Tsar Michails father Filaret becomes patriarch of Moscow
1647 - Lord Baltimore's niece ejected requesting vote at Maryland Council
1648 - Cossacks slaughter 2,000 Jews & 600 Polish Catholics in Ukraine
1658 - French fleet recaptures Duinkerk
1662 - Dutch invasion of Macau repulsed (Macau Day)
1690 - King Willem III's army lands at Carrickfergus Ireland [OS=June 14]
1692 - Kingston Jamaica founded
1717 - 1st Free Masons' grand lodge founded in London
1778 - David Rittenhouse observes a total solar eclipse in Philadelphia
1793 - 1st republican constitution in France adopted
1795 - US & Great Britain sign Jay Treaty, 1st US extradition treaty
1806 - English under commodore Popham/col Beresford reach Buenos Aires
1813 - Battle of Beaver Dam-British & Indian forces defeat US forces
1817 - 1st coffee planted in Hawaii on Kona coast
1821 - Battle of Carabobo; Bol¡var defeats royalists outside of Caracas
1841 - Fordham University (then St John's College), opens in the Bronx
1843 - Vincenzo Soliva decrees no Jew can live outside of ghetto in Italy
1846 - Residency tax on Jews of Hungary abolished
1859 - Battle of Solferino, N-Italy: France/Sardinia-Austria
1861 - Battle of Mathias Point, VA-US attacks Confederate batteries
1861 - Tennessee becomes 11th (& last) state to secede from US
1863 - Planning an invasion of Pennsylvania, Lee's army crosses Potomac
1866 - 2nd Battle at Custozza: Prussian-Austria beats Italian army
1881 - 200 drown as train runs off bridge near Cuautla Mexico
1882 - NL expels umpire Richard Higham for dishonesty
1884 - John Lynch is 1st black elected chairman of Republican convention
1885 - British government of Salisbury forms
1885 - Samuel David Ferguson becomes 1st US black bishop
1894 - Decision to hold modern Olympics every 4 years
1897 - Hail injures 26 in Topeka Kansas
1898 - American troops, drive Spanish forces from La Guasimas Cuba
1900 - Dutch Social-Democratic Worker's party & Socialistenbond merge
1901 - 1st exhibition by Pablo Picasso, 19, opens in Paris
1901 - Jewish National Fund starts
1903 - Russia prohibits meetings dealing with Zionist
1908 - Yanks replace Clark Griffith with Kid Elberfeld as manager who is destined to have worse won-lost pct of any Yankee mgr 27-71 (.276)
1909 - 15th US Golf Open: George Sargent shoots a 290 at Englewood GC NJ
1910 - 50th British Golf Open: James Braid shoots a 299 at St Andrews Scot
1911 - 17th US Golf Open: John McDermott shoots a 307 at Chicago GC in Ill
1913 - 53rd British Golf Open: J H Taylor shoots a 304 at Hoylake Hoylake
1914 - King Peter I of Serbia names son Alexander the Prince-regent
1915 - 800 dies as excursion steamer Eastland capsizes in Chicago
1917 - Russian Black Sea fleet mutiny at Sebastopol
1920 - Chuvash Autonomous Region forms in RSFSR
1922 - AFPA changes name to NFL, Chicago Staleys become Chicago Bears
1923 - Pope Pius XI speaks against allies occupying Ruhrgebied
1924 - 59th British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 301 at Hoylake Hoylake
1928 - 32nd US Golf Open: Johnny Farrell shoots a 294 at Olympia Fields Ill
1930 - 1st radar detection of planes, Anacostia DC
1930 - Ground is broken for construction of Cleveland Stadium
1931 - USSR & Afghanistan sign neutrality treaty
1932 - Coup ends absolute monarchy in Thailand
1936 - Joe DiMaggio becomes 5th to hit 2 HRs in 1 inn, Yanks beat Browns 18-4
1936 - Mary McLeod Bethune named director of Negro Affairs in Natl Youth Adm
1938 - 500 ton meteorite lands near Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
1939 - Pan Am's 1st US to England flight
1940 - France signs an armistice with Italy during WW II
1941 - Entire Jewish male population of Gorzhdy Lithuania, exterminated
1941 - Germans advanced into Russia & took Vilna, Brest-Litovsk & Kaunas
1942 - Admiral Ernest King orders Tulagi (Solomon Island) reconquered
1942 - Africa Corps occupy Egypt
1943 - Allies begin 10-day bombing on Hamburg
1945 - Schermerhorn govt forms
1946 - 11.72" (29.77 cm) of rainfall at Mellen Wisc (state 24-hr record)
1946 - Georges Bidault elected premier of France
1947 - 29th PGA Championship: Jim Ferrier at Plum Hollow CC Detroit
1947 - Flying saucers sighted over Mount Rainier by pilot Ken Arnold
1947 - Jackie Robinson swipes home for 1st of 19 times in his career
1947 - Jim Ferrier wins PGA golf tournament
1948 - Republican Natl Convention in Phila nominates NY gov Thomas Dewey
1948 - Soviet Union begins Berlin Blockade
1949 - "Hopalong Cassidy" becomes 1st network western (NBC)
1949 - A M de Jong's murderer, Ton van Gog arrested in Scheveningen Neth
1949 - Cargo airlines 1st licensed by US Civil Aeronautics Board
1950 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Western Women's Golf Open
1950 - French government-Bidault resigns
1950 - NY Giant Wes Westrum hits 3 HRs & a triple
1951 - Persian army takes over nationalized oil installations
1953 - KSWS (now KOBR) TV channel 8 in Roswell, NM (NBC) begins broadcasting
1954 - "John Murray Anderson's Almanac" closes at Imperial NYC after 229 perf
1955 - Harmon Killebrew hits his 1st HR (off Billy Hoeff)
1956 - "Steve Allen Show," returns on NBC-TV
1956 - 2nd LPGA Championship won by Marlene Hagge
1956 - WISC TV channel 3 in Madison, WI (CBS) begins broadcasting
1957 - "I Love Lucy," last airs on CBS-TV
1960 - Geoff Griffin takes a hat-trick South Africa v England Lord's
1961 - "Happiest Girl in the World" closes at Martin Beck NYC after 97 perfs
1961 - Beatles record "If You Love Me Baby"
1961 - Iraq demands dominion over Kuwait
1962 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA J E McAuliffe Golf Tournament
1962 - Jack Reed's 22nd-inning HR wins longest NY Yankee game in history
1963 - 1st demonstration of home video recorder, at BBC Studios, London
1963 - Levi Eshkol forms Israeli govt
1963 - Zanzibar granted internal self-government by Britain
1964 - FTC rules health warnings must appear on all cigarette packages
1966 - Bombay-NY Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die
1966 - Period of relative peace following WW II exceeds that following WW I
1967 - Pope Paul VI publishes encyclical Sacerdotalis coelibatus
1967 - Za‹re adopts constitution
1968 - 14th LPGA Championship won by Sandra Post
1968 - Australia all out for 78 v England at Lord's
1968 - Deadline for redeeming silver certificate dollars for silver bullion
1968 - Jim Northrup hits 2 grand-slammers to help Tigers beat Cleve 14-3
1968 - Joe Frazier TKOs Manuel Ramos in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
1968 - Resurrection City in Wash DC closed permanently
1970 - "Catch 22" opens in movie theaters
1970 - Bobby Murcer ties record of 4 consecutive HRs
1970 - Reds play final game at Cincinnati's Crosley Field, beat Giants 5-4
1970 - Senate votes overwhelmingly to repeal Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
1972 - "Troglodyte (Cave Man)" by Jimmy Castor Bunch peaks at #6
1972 - Wake Island becomes unincorporated territory of US (US Air Force)
1972 - Yvonne Braitwaite Burke becomes 1st black chair in Dem convention
1973 - Marlene Raymond (15), limboes under a flaming bar at 6 1/8"
1973 - Susie Berning wins LPGA Heritage Village Golf Open
1974 - India all out for 42 in Lord's Test cricket in 77 mins
1974 - Steve Busby retires 1st 9 White Sox to set AL record with 33 consecutive batters retired
1975 - Eastern 727 crashes at JFK Airport NY, kills 113
1975 - Moon tremor perceived (hit by Taurid meteors)
1976 - 1975 movie "Rocky Horror Picture Show" released in Germany
1977 - IRS reveals Jimmy Carter paid no taxes in 1976
1979 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
1979 - Rickey Henderson debuts for Oakland & steals his 1st base
1980 - Affirmed wins $500,000 Hollywood Cup, 1st horse to win $2 million
1982 - Equal Rights Amendment goes down to defeat
1982 - Jean-Loup Chretien, 1st spacionaut, 2 others, lift off (Soyuz T-16)
1982 - Soyuz T-6 Launch (USSR)
1982 - Supreme Court rules pres can't be sued for actions in office
1983 - 7th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 lands at Edwards AFB
1983 - Don Sutton becomes 8th pitcher to strikeout 3,000 batters
1984 - Joe Morgan sets career HR mark for 2nd basemen with #265
1984 - Laurie Rinker wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
1985 - 18th Space Shuttle Mission (51-G)-Discovery 5 returns to Earth
1985 - Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-F
1986 - Guy Hunt elected 1st Republican governor of Alabama in 112 years
1986 - US Senate approves "tax reform"
1987 - CFL's Montreal Alouettes fold
1987 - Salt Lake City Trappers begin pro baseball record 29 consec win streak
1988 - Cleve pitcher Doug Jones sets record of 14 consecutive saves
1988 - Red Sox begin AL record 23rd consecutive home win streak
1989 - Cards Vince Coleman steals record 39th & 40th consecutive bases
1990 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
1991 - NHL adopts instant-replay & tenth of second clock in final minute
1992 - Billy Joel, gets an honorary diploma from Hicksville HS at 43
1992 - Commissioner Fay Vincent permanently bans Steve Howe from baseball
1992 - Eddie Antar, CEO (Crazy Eddies), $74 m stock fraud caught in Israel
1992 - John Gotti begins life sentence in jail
1993 - Arab terror group plans bombing of Holland/Lincoln Tunnels caught
1994 - 1st French "all news" TV (LCI) begins broadcasting
1994 - Jeff Bagwell of Astros is 28th to hit 2 HRs in an inning
1994 - Sally Fields files for divorce from 2nd husband Alan Greisman
1995 - Stanley Cup: NJ Devils sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games
1997 - Melissa Drexler, 18, charged with killing her baby during her prom
1997 - USAF reports Roswell 'space aliens' were dummies
1997 - 4-1, Mark McGwire his a 538 foot HR
1997 - Seat Mariner Randy Johnson strikes out 19 Oakland A's but loses

Famous birthdays for this day ..

1244 - Hendrik I, the Child, 1st count of Hessen (1256-1308)
1322 - Johanna, duchess of Brabant/Limburg (Joyful Entry)
1499 - Johannes Brenz, German theologist (Dutch Brentians)
1533 - Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester/English commander-in-chief in Neth
1542 - Juan de la Cruz, [de Yepes], Spanish Carmelet/poet/saint
1546 - Robert Parsons, English jesuit (A Letter Disclosure)
1561 - Rombout Hogerbeets, lawyer/pension minister of Leiden
1572 - Jan Campanus, composer
1590 - Samuel Ampzing, poet (Taelbericht der Neth Spellinge)
1619 - Rijcklof Volckertsz van Goens, governor-general (Neth East Indies)
1669 - Fran‡ois van Aerssen, Dutch vice-admiral (Suriname/Algeria)
1746 - Jean Baptiste Rochefort, composer
1747 - Johann Melchior Dreyer, composer
1762 - Johann Paul Wessely, composer
1771 - E I Du Pont, France, chemist/scientist (Du Pont)
1783 - Johann Heinrich von Thnen, economist/geographer/farmer
1797 - John Hughes, archbishop, founded Fordham University in the Bronx
1803 - George James Webb, composer
1804 - Stephan L Endlicher, Austrian priest/botanist
1808 - Anna Caroline Oury, composer
1811 - John Archibald Campbell, Asst Secy War (Confederacy), died in 1889
1813 - Henry Ward Beecher, Litchfield Ct, clergyman/orator (Independent)
1820 - Henry Rootes Jackson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898
1822 - Birkett Davenport Fry, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891
1832 - Edward Harland, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1915
1838 - Gustav von Schmoller, German economist (Lectern Socialism)
1839 - Gustavus Franklin Swift, founded Swift & Co
1840 - Louis Brassin, composer
1842 - Ambrose Bierce, US, satirist (Devil's Dictionary)
1847 - Gervais Bernard Gaston Salvayre, composer
1848 - Brooks Adams, US philosopher (Theory of Social Revolutions)
1850 - Horatio Herbert Kitchener, England, original Order of Merit member
1851 - Peter S Kíyer, Danish painter/sculptor/graphic artist
1852 - Victor Adler, Austrian Foreign minister (1918)
1873 - Thomas Carl Whitmer, composer
1877 - Aleksei M Remizov, Russian writer (Iveren)
1879 - Agrippina J Vaganova, Russian ballet dancer
1888 - Gerrit T Rietveld, Dutch architect (Juliana Hall, Sonsbeek Pavillion)
1891 - Irving Pichel, Pitts PA, actor/director (Mme Butterfly, Oliver Twist)
1895 - Jack Dempsey, "Manassa Mauler", heavyweight boxing champion (1919-26)
1899 - Bruce Marshall, writer
1899 - Chief Dan George, actor (Harry & Tonto, Little Big Man. Smith!)
1899 - Magdalene Sz‚kely-Lulofs, Dutch writer (Honger tocht)
1900 - Memphis Minnie, rocker
1901 - Harry Partch, Oakland Calif, composer (Oedipus)
1903 - Ernest Leslie Bouts, motor-racing driver
1903 - Phil Harris, Linton In, actor (Anything Goes, Robin Hood)
1904 - Kurt Kusenberg, German writer (Wein Auf Lebenszeit)
1906 - Pierre Fournier, Paris France, violon cellist (Paris Conservatoire)
1907 - Jose de Lima Siquiera, composer
1908 - Hugo Distler, composer
1909 - Milton Katims, NYC, conductor/violist (WOR-NYC)
1909 - William G Penney, British physicist (1st British Atom Bomb)
1910 - Denis Dowling, baritone
1911 - Juan Manuel Fangio, racing driver
1912 - Brian Johnston, cricketer (BBC radio commentator & cake connoisseur)
1912 - Norman Cousins, editor (Saturday Review)
1912 - Selwyn Powell, art editor
1913 - John Kubris, Czech resistance fighter
1913 - Max van Praag, Dutch singer
1915 - Charles James Dunn, Japanese scholar
1915 - Fred Hoyle, cosmologist (proposed steady-state universe theory)
1916 - John Ciardi, poet/critic (translated Dante)
1919 - Al Molinaro, Kenosha Wisc, actor (Murray-Odd Couple, Al-Happy Days)
1920 - Bernhard Krol, composer
1920 - James Eric Storrar, fighter Pilot
1921 - Billy Casper, golfer
1922 - Aadje [Alida WM] Lyre, Dutch twin daughter of Prince Hendrik(?)
1922 - Rietje [Maria SC] Lyre, Dutch twin daughter of Prince Hendrik(?)
1922 - Roy Elihu Travis, NYC, composer (Passion of Dedipus)
1923 - Jack Carter, Bkln NY, comedian/actor (Amazing Dobermans, Octagon)
1924 - Ranasinghe Premadasa, president of Sri Lanka (1989-93)
1925 - Len Jagger, English businessman/multi-millionaire
1927 - Joseph Pierce Jr, horse trainer
1930 - Claude Chabrol, Paris France, director (Les Cousins, Oph‚lia)
1930 - Herbert C Klien, (Rep-D-New Jersey)
1931 - Billy Casper, SD Ca, golfer, 3-time PGA Player of Year ('66, '68, '70)
1932 - David McTaggart, co-founder (Greenpeace)
1934 - Bob Holthus, horse trainer
1935 - Pete Hamill, Brooklyn, NY, journalist (NY Post)
1935 - Terry Riley, Colfax Calif, composer (Spectra)
1938 - Boris Lagutin, USSR, light-middleweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1964, 68)
1938 - Lowell Cross, composer
1938 - Walter Willison, Monterrey Park Calif, actor (McDuff the Talking Dog)
1939 - Henry Lawrence Garett III, Miami Fla, Sect of Navy (1989-92)
1941 - Graham McKenzie, cricketer (prolific Australian pace bowler 1961-71)
1942 - Gerhart Roth, writer
1942 - Michele Lee, LA Calif, actress/singer (Karen-Knots Landing, Love Bug)
1942 - Mick Fleetwood, London, rock drummer (Fleetwood Mac-Go Your Own Way)
1943 - Georg Stanford Brown, Havana Cuba, actor (Terry Webster-Rookies)
1944 - Arthur Brown, England, rocker (Fire) [or May 24]
1944 - Bruce Johnston, singer/bassist (Beachboys-Surfin' Girl) [or Apr 26]
1944 - Chris Wood, rocker (Traffic)
1944 - Jeff Beck, Surrey England, singer/guitarist (Jeff Beck Group)
1945 - Betty Stove, Netherlands, tennis player (US Doubles 1972)
1945 - Colin Blunstone, England, rocker (Zombies-Never Even Thought)
1945 - George E Pataki, Peekskill NY, (Gov-R-NY, 1995- )
1946 - Ellison S Onizuka, Hawaii, Mjr USAF/ast (STS 51C, 51L-Chal disaster)
1946 - Robert Reich, US Sec of Labor (Clinton)
1947 - Marianne Delgorge, singer/actress (Ice Cream Soda)
1947 - Peter Weller, Stevens Point WI, actor (Robocop, Of Unknown Origin)
1948 - Patrick Morza, Morges Switzerland, rock keyboardist (Yes)
1949 - John Illsley, Leicester England, rock bassist (Dire Straits)
1950 - Derrick "Duckie" Simpson, Kingston Jamaica, rocker (Black Uhuru)
1950 - L‚on J P M Frissen, Dutch MP (CDA)
1950 - Mercedes R Lackey, US, sci-fi author (Arrow's Fall, Magic's Pawn)
1950 - Nancy Allen, NYC, actress (Carrie, 1941, Robocop, Dress to Kill)
1951 - Ivar Formo, Norway, 50K cross country skier (Olympic-gold-1976)
1951 - Raelene Boyle, Australia, sprinter (Oly-Silver-72)
1955 - Loren Lloyd Roberts, San Luis Obispo CA, PGA golfer (Nestle-1994, 95)
1957 - Astro, [Terrence Wilson], England, rock vocalist (UB40-Red Red Wine)
1958 - Victor M Gerena, NYC, security guard robbed $7 million (FBI wanted)
1959 - Andy McClusky, rocker (Orchestal Manoeveres in the Dark-Electricity)
1959 - Rob Delahaye, soccer player (MVV)
1960 - Juli Inkster, Santa Cruz CA, LPGA golfer (Dinah Shore-1984, 89)
1960 - Nate Carr, Erie Pa, freestyle wrestler (Olympic-bronze-1988)
1961 - Bernie Nicholls, Haliburton, NHL center (Chicago Blackhawks)
1961 - Curt Smith, Bath England, rock bassist/vocalist (Tears For Fears)
1961 - Jim Laver Carter, Spring Lake NC, PGA golfer (1995 Anheuser-Busch)
1961 - Natalya Shaposhnikova, USSR, sidehorse vaulter (Olympic-gold-1980)
1963 - Duval Love, NFL guard (Arizona Cardinals)
1964 - David Daniel, jockey
1964 - Gary Suter, Madison WI, NHL defenseman (Chicago Blackhawks, USA)
1965 - Danielle Spencer, Bronx, actress (Dee Thomas-What's Happening)
1965 - Patrick Jeffrey, Morristown NJ, diver (Olympics-5th-96)
1965 - Shane Churla, Fernie, NHL right wing (LA Kings, NY Rangers)
1965 - Uwe Krupp, Cologne Ger, NHL defenseman (Colo Avalanche, Germany 98)
1966 - John Randle, Chicoutimi Que, golfer (1992 Canadian Tour Fall-3rd)
1967 - Bill Huard, Welland, NHL left wing (Dallas Stars)
1967 - Crystal Carson, Spaulding NE, actress (Cartel, Julia-General Hospital)
1967 - Jeff Cease, Nashville, guitarist (Black Crowes-Shake Your Money Maker)
1967 - Olaf Hampel, WLAF offensive linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy, Rhein Fire)
1967 - Sherry Stringfield, Colo Springs Colo, actress (Laura-NYPD Blue, ER)
1969 - Melissa Gurney, Calif, tennis player (Virginia Slims of SD, 1986)
1969 - Sean Maye, 400m/800m runner
1969 - Todd Lewis, Flint Michigan, 10k runner
1970 - Carlos Yancy, NFL cornerback (NE Patriots)
1970 - Glenn Medeiros, singer (Someday Love)
1971 - LaMonte Coleman, NFL fullback (Pitts Steelers)
1972 - Jose Simon, WLAF defensive tackle (Barcelona Dragons)
1972 - Mitch Berger, punter (Minnesota Vikings)
1972 - Shawn King, NFL defensive end (Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers)
1973 - Jere Lehtinen, Espoo Fin, NHL right wing (Dallas Stars, Oly-bronze-98)
1973 - Michael Cheever, corner (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1974 - Adam Treu, guard/tackle (Oakland Raiders)
1974 - Carrie Zarse, Chicago Il, diver (Olympics-96)
1976 - Tyce Routson, Bellevue Wash, diver (Olympics-96)
1977 - Cliff Bayer, NYC, fencer-foil (Olympics-96)
1980 - Kelly Dutra, Miss Rhode Island Teen USA (1996)
1986 - Kaitlin Cullum, LA Calif, actress (Libby Kelly-Grace Under Fire)
1993 - Primera, an Andean condor, hatched at Cleve Zoo, 5th born in captivity

Famous deaths for this day ..

1475 - Albrecht von Eyb, German parson (Bamberg & Eichst„tt), dies at 54
1519 - Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander, dies at 39
1572 - Adrianus van Gouda, lay brother, hanged
1572 - Cornelis van Diest, lay brother, hanged
1572 - Dani‰l van Arendonck, clergyman, hanged
1572 - Joannes van Naarden, priest, hanged
1572 - Ludovicus Voets, priest, hanged
1629 - Carolus Scribani, Italian/Flemish jesuit/writer, dies at 67
1643 - John Hampden, English politician, dies of injuries at about 48
1652 - Andries Bicker, merchant/Amsterdam regent, dies at 65
1673 - John of Paffenrode, ruler of Ghussigny/poet, dies in battle
1707 - Kaspar von Stieler, German linguist/poet, dies at 74
1712 - Simon van der Stel, Dutch gov of Cape Colony (1679-99), dies at 72
1724 - Johann Theile, German composer (Adam und Eva), dies at 77
1778 - Peter Burmannus Secundus, [P Burman], Dutch classicist, dies at 64
1803 - Matthew Thornton, Irish/US physician/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 88
1817 - Thomas McKean, US attorney/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 83
1861 - Abdl-Medjid, 31st sultan of Turkey (1839-61), dies at 38
1882 - Joseph Joachim Raff, German opera composer (Cavatine), dies at 60
1891 - Ann Sheppard Mounsey, composer, dies at 80
1894 - M F Sadi Carnot, president of France (1887-94), murdered at about 56
1908 - Grover Cleveland, 22nd & 24th Pres (1885-89, 93-97), dies at 71
1913 - Frank Lynes, composer, dies at 55
1922 - Walter Rathenau, German foreign minister, killed by anti-semites at 54
1933 - Sissieretta Joyner Jones, "Black Patti", US singer, dies at about 64
1936 - Nandor Zsolt, composer, dies at 49
1938 - "Digger" Robertson, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885), dies
1944 - Rio Gebhardt, composer, dies at 36
1952 - Lodewijk Mortelmans, composer, dies at 84
1959 - Lou Bandy, Dutch revue-artist (Life Ain't Bad), commits suicide at 69
1962 - Lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Model Wife, Florian), dies at 83
1969 - Maria Belgado, entertainer, dies
1969 - Ted Hecht, actor (Time to Kill, Song of India, Gangster), dies
1969 - Willey Ley, US science writer, dies at 62
1971 - Jack Good, actor (Father Goose), dies
1971 - John Dunning, cricketer (4 Tests for NZ 1933-37), dies
1971 - Kenneth Washington, actor (Sgt Baker-Hogan's Heroes), dies at 53
1973 - Mary Carr, actress (Forbidden Trail, 2nd Wife), dies at 99
1984 - William Keighley, dir (Man who came to Dinner), dies of a stroke at 94
1987 - Hophnie Hobah Hines Johnson, cricketer (3 Tests for WI), dies
1987 - Jackie Gleason, comedian (Honeymooners), dies of colon cancer at 71
1991 - Martin Rosenblatt, actor (Splitz, Annie Hall, NY Stories), dies at 74
1991 - Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter, dies at 91
1992 - Juris Podnieks, cameraman/director (Commandant), drowns
1992 - Tom Alexander, model/actor (Kurt-Forbidden Dance), dies of AIDs
1992 - Tony LeMans, singer/songwriter, dies in a car crash at 29
1994 - Leonarda da Vinci MacLaren, founder of the LSE, dies at 83
1995 - Inshan Ali, cricketer (WI chinaman bowler 1971-77), dies
1995 - John Reginald "Nat" Allen, planning enforcement officer, dies at 66
1995 - John Richard Brinsley Norton, landowner, dies at 71
1996 - Quinton Hazell, businessman, dies at 76
1997 - Brian Keith, actor (Family Affair), commits suicide at 75