Today In History - Tuesday, November 3, 2026




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Welcome to Today In History for Tuesday, November 3, 2026.

On this day in history ..

0644 - Kalief Omar I injured during assassination attempt
1394 - Jews are expelled from France by Charles VI
1493 - Christopher Columbus discovers island of Dominica
1527 - Ferdinand of Austria/Bohemia chosen as king of Hungary
1529 - London] 1st sitting of the Reformation Parliament
1534 - English parliament accepts Act of Supremacy: Henry VIII church leader
1620 - Great Patent granted to Plymouth Colony
1629 - Prince Frederik Hendrik festival in The Hague
1640 - English Long Parliament forms
1655 - England & France sign miltary & economic treaties
1656 - Treaty of Vilnius Russia/Poland sign anti-Swedish covenant [NS]
1676 - Kara Mustafa succeeds Ahmed K”prl as Turkish grand vizier
1679 - Great panic occurs in Europe over close approach of a comet
1716 - Pacification Treaty of Warsaw: Czar Peter the Great guarantees Saxon monarch August I's Polish kingdom
1752 - Georg Friedrich H„ndel undergoes (failed) eye operation
1760 - Battle at Torgau, Saxony: Prussia beats Austria
1762 - England & Spain signs Treaty of Paris
1762 - Spain acquires Louisiana
1783 - Washington orders Continental Army disbanded
1791 - Battle at Wabash: indians assault general St Clair/killed 637 soldiers
1794 - French troops conquer Maastricht
1796 - John Adams elected president
1813 - US troops under gen Coffee destroy indian village at Talladega Ala
1820 - Cuenca Ecuador declares independence
1839 - 1st opium war-2 British frigates engage several Chinese junks
1839 - Palace of Glhane Turkey, freedom of religion proclaimed
1848 - Johan Thorbeckes revises Great Force
1862 - Battle between gunboats at Bayou Teche, Louisiana
1862 - Dr Richard Gatling patents machine gun (Indianapolis)
1863 - Battle of Grand Coteau, GA
1867 - Battle at Mentana: French/pontifical troops beat Garibaldi
1868 - 1st black elected to Congress (John W Menard, Louisiana)
1868 - Ulysses Grant (R) wins presidential election over Horatio Seymour (D)
1869 - Canada's Hamilton Foot Ball Club forms
1871 - Henry M Stanley in Tanganyka say "Dr Livingstone, I presume?"
1874 - James Theodore Holly, elected bishop of Haiti
1883 - Race riots in Danville Virginia (4 blacks killed)
1883 - US Supreme Court decides Native Americans can't be Americans
1885 - Tacoma vigilantes drive out Chinese, burn their homes & businesses
1886 - Friars of Tilburg arrives on Cura‡ao
1888 - Amsterdam: 1st concerto of Concert worker, under Willem Kes
1888 - In London, Jack the Ripper murdered his last victim
1889 - Chaplain Ari‰ns founds 1st roman catholic workers group
1896 - J H Hunter patents portable weighing scales
1896 - Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah elected 1st female senator
1896 - William McKinley (R) defeats William Jennings Bryan (D) for president
1899 - James J Jeffries beats Tom Sharkey in 25 for heavyweight boxing title
1900 - 1st US automobile show opens at Madison Square Garden (NYC)
1903 - Colombia grants Panama independence
1908 - William Howard Taft (R) elected 27th pres over William Jennings Bryan
1916 - Treaty establishes British suzerainity over Qatar
1917 - 1st class mail now costs 3› per ounce
1918 - Austro-Hungarian Empire disolves
1918 - Poland proclaims independence from Russia after WW I
1920 - "Emperor Jones" opens at Provincetown Theater
1922 - Greek parliament bans prince Andreas for life
1926 - 15th party congress CPSU ends/5 year plan begins
1926 - Ty Cobb resigns as Detroit Tigers manager
1927 - 22.3 cm rainfall at Somerset, Vermont (state record)
1927 - Rodgers & Hart's musical "Connecticut Yankee," premieres in NYC
1927 - Tropical storm flooding kills 84 in Winooski River Valley (Vt)
1928 - Turkey switches from Arabic to Roman alphabet
1930 - 1st vehicular tunnel to a foreign country (Detroit-Windsor) opens
1930 - Bank of Italy becomes Bank of America
1931 - 1st commercially produced synthetic rubber manufactured
1934 - Although Lou Gehrig wins Triple Crown, Mickey Cochrane wins AL MVP
1934 - Dizzy Dean chosen as NL MVP
1935 - George II returns to Greece & regains monarchy
1935 - Kitei Son runs world record marathon (2:26:42)
1936 - President FDR (D) wins landslide victory over Alfred M Landon (R)
1937 - Archambaud bicycles world record time (45,796 km)
1937 - NHL Howie Morenz Memorial Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 6-5 in Mont
1939 - Clare Booth's "Margin for Error," premieres in NYC
1941 - Hirohiti's accord on Yamamoto's attack plan on Pearl Harbor fails
1942 - 12th day of battle at El Alamein: Scottish assault
1942 - Despite Ted Williams wins Triple Crown, Yanks Joe Gordon wins AL MVP
1942 - Mort Cooper wins NL MVP
1942 - William L Dawson elected to Congress from Chicago
1943 - Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 8th Symphony premieres in Moscow
1943 - P-47D Thunderbolt shot down above North-Holland
1944 - Allied commando's lands at Westkapelle Walcheren
1944 - German troops in Vlissingen surrenders
1944 - Pro-German government of Hungary flees
1944 - US 28th Infantry division occupies Schmidt Hrtgenwald
1945 - Lindsay Hassett scores 187 & 124* for Aust Services at Delhi
1946 - Emperor Hirohito proclaims new Japanese constitution
1948 - 2nd NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Toronto 3-1 at Chicago
1948 - Chicago Tribune reports: "Dewey beats Truman"
1952 - Clarence Birdseye markets frozen peas
1952 - Egypt protests German retribution payments to Israel
1953 - 1939 sacrifice fly rule restored: no time at bat for sac fly
1953 - 1st live color coast-to-coast telecast (NYC)
1954 - Linus Pauling wins Nobel Chemistry Prize
1954 - Nobel for physics awarded to Max Born & Walter Bothe
1955 - 1st virus crystallized (announced)
1955 - Alabama woman bruised by a meteor
1955 - Argentine ex-president Per¢n arrives in Nicaragua
1955 - Australia takes control of Cocos Islands
1955 - Bernardus J Alfrink installed as archbishop of Utrecht
1956 - "Wizard of Oz" 1st televised (CBS-TV)
1957 - USSR launches Sputnik 2 with a dog (Laika), 1st animal in orbit
1958 - USSR performs nuclear test
1959 - Ben-Gurion's Mapai-party wins Israeli parliamentary election)
1960 - "Unsinkable Molly Brown" opens at Winter Garden NYC for 532 perfs
1960 - Ivory Coast adopts constitution
1960 - Pittsburgh Pirates' Vern Law wins Cy Young Award
1960 - Tammy Grimes' "Unsinkable Molly Brown," premieres in NYC
1961 - General Assembly unanimously elects U Thant acting secretary general
1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1962 - Wilt Chamberlain of NBA SF Warriors scores 72 points vs LA Lakers
1963 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Cavern City Golf Open
1964 - LBJ (D) soundly defeats Barry Goldwater (R) for pres
1964 - Phila voters approve $25 million to build a new sports stadium
1965 - Sandy Koufax wins NL Cy Young Award unanimously
1967 - Boston's Jim Lonborg wins AL Cy Young
1968 - Bob Packwood is elected senator of Oregon
1968 - Ex-premier Papandreou buried/300,000 demonstrate against fascist junta
1968 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Canyon Ladies Golf Classic
1968 - NY Jet Jim Turner kicks 6 field goals to beat Buffalo 25-21
1969 - Congo president Mobutu visits Belgium
1970 - "President's Daughter" opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 72 perfs
1970 - Bob Gibson wins NL Cy Young Award
1970 - Pres Nixon promises gradual troop removal of Vietnam
1970 - Salvador Allende inaugurated as president of Chile
1971 - "Play Misty For Me" premieres
1973 - Good Morning America premieres on ABC (David Hartman & Nancy Dussault)
1973 - Mariner 10 launched-1st Venus pics, 1st mission to Mercury
1974 - "Lorelei" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 320 performances
1974 - Chako Higuchi wins Japan LPGA Golf Classic
1976 - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA/Japan Mizuno Golf
1977 - Debbie Massey wins LPGA Mizuno-Japan Golf Classic
1978 - 1st broadcast of "Diff'rent strokes" on NBC TV
1978 - Dominica gains independence from UK & adopts constitution
1978 - Michiko Okada wins LPGA Mizuno-Japan Golf Classic
1978 - USSR & Vietnam sign peace & friendship treaty
1979 - 5 mortally wounded during anti-Ku Klux Klan demonstration in NC
1979 - 63 Americans taken hostage at US Embassy (Teheran, Iran)
1979 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Mizuno Japan Golf Classic
1979 - Marocco offensive against Polisario
1980 - Ianford Wilsons "5th of July," premieres in NYC
1980 - Walter Hass Jr becomes CEO of Oakland A's
1981 - Brewers reliever Rollie Fingers wins AL Cy Young Award
1982 - Detroit blocks 20 Cleve Cav shots tying NBA regulation game record
1982 - Pete Vuckovich becomes Milwaukee's 2nd consecutive AL Cy Young
1983 - Jesse Jackson launches his 1st campaign for presidency (D)
1983 - Nashville Network begins on cable TV
1984 - 3,000 die in 3 day anti-Sikh riot in India
1984 - Body of assassinated Indian PM Indira Gandhi cremated
1985 - Argentine pres Alfons¡ns Radical Burgerunie wins elections
1985 - Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Nichirei Cup Team Match Golf Tournament
1986 - Federated States of Micronesia signs Compact of Free Assn with US
1986 - Joaquim Chissano elected president Mozambique
1986 - John Lennon releases "Menlove Avenue" album
1986 - Lebanese magazine Ash Shirra reveals secret US arms sales to Iran
1986 - Northern Mariana Islands becomes a Commonwealth associated with US
1987 - Oakland 1st baseman Mark McGwire wins AL Rookie of Year
1987 - On Wall Street, after 5 consecutive gains, Dow Jones down 50.56
1988 - Pakistan claims it downed Afghan warplane
1988 - Reagan signs credit-card disclosure-bill
1988 - Soviet Union agrees to allow teaching of Hebrew
1988 - Talk-show host Geraldo Rivera's nose is broken as Roy Innis brawls with skinheads at TV taping
1989 - 100s of Bulgarian demonstrate in Sofia for democratic rights
1989 - Lou Piniella is named manager of the Reds, replacing banned Pete Rose
1989 - Minn Timberwolves' 1st NBA game, loses to Seattle, 106-94
1990 - Gro Harlem Brundtland installed as premier of Norway
1991 - 21st NYC Women's Marathon won by Liz McColgan of Scotland in 2:27
1991 - 22nd NYC Marathon won by Salvador Garcia of Mexico in 2:09:28
1991 - Ayrton Senna wins shortest Formula One race ever run (17 laps)
1992 - Bill Clinton (D) wins US presidential election over Pres Bush (R)
1992 - Carol Moseley Brown elected 1st black female in US Senate
1993 - Ken Daneyko sets NJ Devil 'Ironman' record by playing 322nd cons game
1994 - Atlantis 13 launched
1994 - Dutch & British astronomers find spiral nebula Dwingeloo 1
1994 - Space shuttle STS-66 (Atlantis 13), launches
1994 - Susan Smith who claimed her 2 kids were carjacked arrested for murder
1994 - Total solar eclipse in South America (4m23s)
1995 - 1st NBA game at FleetCenter, Boston Celtics lose to Mil Bucks, 101-100
1995 - 1st NBA game at Rose Garden, Port Trailblazers lose to Grizzlies 92-80
1995 - 1st NBA game at Skydome, Toronto Raptors beat NJ Nets 94-79
1996 - "It's a Slippery Slope," opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC
1996 - 26th NYC Women's Marathon won by Anuta Catuna of Romania in 2:28:18
1996 - 27th NYC Marathon won by Giacomo Leone of Italy in 2:09:54
1996 - Mayumi Hirase wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup
1996 - Toray Japan Queens Cup
1997 - Boston shortstop Nomar Garciaparra is 6th unanimous AL Rookie of Year
1997 - Calif law ends affirmative-action
1997 - David Duval wins Championship at the Champions Golf Club
1997 - Phillies 3rd baseman Scott Rolen selected unanimous Rookie of Year

Famous birthdays for this day ..

0039 - Lucan, Cordova Spain, Latin poet (Bellum Civile)
1470 - Edward V, King of England (Apr 9-Jun 25 1483)
1587 - Samuel Scheidt, composer
1604 - Osman II, sultan of Turkey (1618-22)
1611 - Henry Ireton, English general/MP (Edgehill)
1618 - Aurangzeb, [Alamgir], Emperor of India (1658-1707)
1619 - Willem Kalf, Rotterdam Neth, painter (still lifes)
1621 - Renatus Rapinus, [Ren‚ Rapin], French jesuit/poet (Hortorum libri IV)
1656 - Georg Reuter, composer
1689 - Johann Joseph Ignaz Brentner, composer
1718 - John Montague, 4th Earl of Sandwich, inventor (sandwich)
1736 - Christian Brunings, Dutch hydraulic engineer
1753 - August G Meissner, German author
1753 - Friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, composer
1780 - Victor-Charles-Paul Dourlen, composer
1781 - Johann Ernst Friedrich Wollank, composer
1793 - Stephen Fuller Austin, colonized Texas
1794 - William Cullen Bryant, poet (Thanatopsis)
1798 - Mason James Murray, (Confederacy), died in 1871
1801 - Karl Baedeker, Germany, published travel books
1801 - Vincenzo Bellini, Italian opera composer (La Sonnambula, Norma)
1815 - Adrien Louis Victor Boieldieu, composer
1816 - Jubal Anderson Early, Lt General (Confederate Army), died in 1894
1818 - Gustavus Adolphus DeRussy, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1891
1826 - Jasper Adalmorn Maltby, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
1830 - Esten Cooke, John (Confederate Army), died in 1886
1830 - Jacob M van Bemmelen, Dutch physicist/chemist
1833 - Edward Dorr Tracy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
1844 - Mehmed V Reshad, sultan of Turkey (1909-18)
1852 - Mutsuhito, 122nd emperor of Japan (1867-1912)
1857 - Michail V Aleksejev, Russian general (WW I-chief of staff)
1861 - Johann Peter Kirsch, Luxembourg church historian/archaeologist
1863 - Eugene Samuel-Holeman, composer
1867 - Siegfried Garibaldi Kallenberg, composer
1872 - Paul Panzer, actor (Cat's Paw, Mildred Pierce, Hotel Berlin)
1875 - Emils Darzins, composer
1879 - Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Canada, Arctic explorer/ethnologist
1880 - Edmond Barrett, heavyweight wrestler (Olympic-bronze-1908)
1880 - Raffaele Casimiro Casimiri, composer
1883 - Enny Vrede, [Maria M Mller], Dutch actress/wife of Eduard Verkade
1884 - Apie [Adrian P] Prince, Dutch author (Me Own Way)
1888 - William Charles Denis Browne, composer
1889 - Heinrich Campendonk, German painter/wood carver/glazer
1893 - R Lindley Murray, tennis champ (US Open-1918)
1897 - Karel Salmon, composer
1900 - Roger Blunt, cricketer (NZ all-rounder in 9 Tests 1930-32)
1901 - Andr‚ Malraux, [Berger], France, novelist/art historian (L'Espoir)
1901 - Leopold III, [Filip von Saksen-Coburg], King of Belgians (1934-51)
1903 - Walker Evans, US, photographer (Fortune Magazine)
1904 - Gideon Fagan, composer
1904 - Janis Kalnins, composer
1905 - Lois Mailou Jones, US painter (Peasants on Parade)
1905 - William Donald Campbell, diarist/ornithologist
1907 - James Geoffrey Cutcliffe Hepburn, tap-dancer/socialist
1907 - Joe Turner, US jazz pianist
1908 - Bronko Nagurski, NFL fullback (Chicago Bears)
1909 - James "Scotty" Barrett Reston, Clydebank Scotld, journalist (NY Times)
1911 - Vladimir Ussachevsky, Hailar Manchuria, composer (Creation)
1912 - Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay (1954-89)
1914 - Hallgrimur Helgason, composer
1918 - Bob Feller, pitcher (Cleve Indian, 3 no-hitters)
1918 - Russell B Long, (Sen-D-LA, 1948-86)
1919 - Bert Freed, NYC, actor (Rufe-Shane)
1920 - Charles Bronson, [Buchinsky], Penns, actor (Death Wish, Dirty Dozen)
1922 - Earl of Lonsdale, English large landowner/multi-millionaire
1924 - Shirley Chisholm, (D-Rep-NY), 1st black congresswoman/pres candidate
1925 - Dieter Wellershoff, German author (Minotaur)
1927 - Zbigniew Cybulski, Pniarz Poland, actor (See You Tommorrow)
1930 - Ken Berry, Moline Ill, actor (F Troop, Mayberry RFD, Mama's Family)
1930 - Lois Smith, Topeka Ks, actress (Reckless, Reuben Reuben)
1930 - Philip M Crane, (Rep-R-IL, 1969- )
1930 - William H Dana, pilot (X-15)
1931 - Monica Vitti, [Ceciarelli], Rome Italy, actress (Tigers in Lipstick)
1932 - Thomas J Manton, (Rep-D-NY, 1985- )
1933 - Aneta Corsaut, Jutchinson Ks, actress (Helen Crump-Andy Griffith)
1933 - Jeremy Brett, actor (Sherlock Holmes, Freddie-My Fair Lady)
1933 - Louis W Sullivan, US Sec of Health & Human Services (1989- )
1933 - Michael S Dukakis, (Gov-D-Mass, 1988 Pres Candidate)
1934 - Derek Richardson, cricketer (played one innings for England 1957)
1934 - Hans Janmaat, Dutch MP (CD)/(fascist)
1935 - Jeremy Brett, Berkswell England, actor (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes)
1936 - Roy Emerson, Australia, tennis player (Wimbledon-1964, 65, US Open-61)
1937 - Lynn Woolsey, (Rep-D-California)
1937 - Paula Wayne, Hobart Okla, vocalist (Everything's Great)
1938 - Pupi Avati, Bologna Italy, director (Festival, Bix, Impiegati)
1939 - Terrence McNally, St Petersburg Fla, playwright (Bad Habits)
1940 - Dieter Acker, composer
1941 - Brian Poole, Essex England, vocalist (Brian Poole & The Tremeloes)
1943 - Bert Jansch, rocker
1943 - Ken Holtzman, Cub/Oriole/Yankee pitcher (2 no-hitters)
1946 - Doug Simper, rocker (Deep Purple)
1946 - Tommy Dee, rocker
1948 - Lulu, Glasgow Scotland, singer/actress (To Sir With Love)
1948 - Tom Shales, TV critic (Washington Post)
1949 - Larry Holmes, heavyweight boxing champ (1978-85)
1949 - Michael Evans, Salisbury NC, actor (Lionel-All in the Family)
1949 - Roswitha Krause, USSR, 4 X 100m swimmer (Olympic-silver-1968)
1951 - Azmat Rana, cricketer (one Test for Pakistan against Australia 1980)
1952 - Felix R de Rooy, Cura‡aos poet/sculptor
1952 - Kate Capshaw, [Nail], Ft Worth Tx, actress (Little Sex, Dreamscape)
1952 - Roseanne, [Barr Arnold], Salt Lake City, comedienne/TV star (Roseanne)
1953 - Dennis Miller, Pitts Pa, comedian/TV host (SNL, Dennis Miller Show)
1953 - Kathy Kinney, actress (Mimi-Drew Carey Show)
1954 - Adam Ant, [Stuart Goddard], London, punk rocker (If I Strip For You)
1954 - Godzilla, Japanese monster (Godzilla)
1954 - Kevin P Chilton, LA Calif, Lt Col USAF/Astronaut (STS 49, 59, 76)
1955 - Phil Simms, NFL quarterback (NY Giants, Superbowl 1986)
1958 - Andrew Mapple, US water skier
1958 - Sue Daniels, Adelaide Australia, golfer (1983 Victorian Amateur Champ)
1959 - Dolph Lundgren, Stockholm Sweden, actor (Rocky IV) [or Oct 17]
1959 - Timothy Patrick Murphy, Hartford Conn, actor (Dallas, Glitter)
1960 - James Prime, British rock keyboardist (Deacon Blue-Pay Day)
1960 - Karch Kiraly, Jackson Mich, volleyballer (Oly-2 gold-1984, 88)
1960 - Marcel "Baaf" Stavenuiter, Dutch drummer (Bob Color)
1960 - Sharon Monplaisir, NYC, fencer-epee (Olympics-96)
1960 - [Charles] Karch Kiraly, Jackson MI, volleyballer (Oly-3 g-84, 88, 96)
1961 - David AC viscount Linley, son of English princess Margaret/mystic
1961 - Kari Michaelsen, NYC, actress (Katie-Gimme a Break)
1962 - Kimberly Evenson, Bremerhaven Germany, playmate (September, 1984)
1962 - Kym Hampton, WNBA forward (NY Liberty)
1962 - Marilyn, rocker (You Don't Love Me)
1963 - Howard Ballard, NFL tackle (Seattle Seahawks)
1963 - Stephen Corkin, Auckland NZ, judoka (Olympics-96)
1964 - Brian Young, cricketer (NZ Test opening batsman)
1965 - John Feskens, Dutch soccer player (Willem II)
1965 - Maty Monforth, TV host (Mike & Maty)
1965 - Michael Paul Springer, SF CA, PGA golfer (1994 Greater Milwaukee)
1966 - Todd Reynolds, Norwalk Conn, pairs skaters (Olympics-1994)
1966 - Tracey Fuchs, Centereach NY, field hockey midfielder (Olympics-88, 96)
1967 - Rob Cowie, Toronto, NHL defenseman (LA Kings)
1968 - Antonio Pettigrew, Macon Ga, 400m (Olympics-96)
1968 - Debbie Rochon, Vancouver BC, actress (Tromeo & Juliet)
1968 - Lee Germon, cricketer (NZ keeper & captain 1995- )
1968 - Paul Quantrill, London Ontario, pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays)
1969 - Jim Mckenzie, Gull Lake, NHL left wing (Winnipeg Jets)
1969 - Leslie Shepherd, NFL wide receiver (Washington Redskins)
1970 - Doug Zmolek, Rochester, NHL defenseman (LA Kings)
1971 - Bob Kronenberg, WLAF center (Rhein Fire)
1971 - Colbie Bell, Edmonton Alberta, 100kg Greco Roman wrestler (Oly-96)
1971 - Darrin Hancock, NBA guard/forward (Charlotte Hornets)
1971 - Joan Kenmore, actress (Wizard of Oz)
1971 - Matthew Lawton, Gulfport MS, outfielder (Minn Twins)
1971 - Tricia Carolyn Nosko, Miss USA-Indiana (1997)
1971 - William Strong, NFL cornerback (NO Saints)
1972 - Chris Shelling, NFL cornerback (Cin Bengals)
1972 - Verl Mitchell, NFL guard (Atlanta Falcons)
1973 - Derrick Alexander, NFL defensive end (Minn Vikings)
1974 - Tariq Abdul Wahad, NBA forward (Sacramento Kings)
1975 - Darren Sharper, NFL defensive back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1979 - Jamie Duffney, Miss Minnesota Teen USA (1997)

Famous deaths for this day ..

0361 - Flavius Julius Constantius II, 1st Byzantine Emperor, dies at 44
1254 - Johannes III Doukas Vatatzes, Byzantine Emperor (1222-54)/saint, dies
1344 - Adolf van der Mark, prince-bishop of Liege (1313-44), dies at 56
1378 - Jan II, ruler of Polanen/Leck/Breda, dies
1456 - Edmund Turdor, earl of Richmond, dies
1611 - Antonio P‚rez, secretary of Spanish king Philip II/rebel, dies at ñ71
1639 - Martinus de Porres, Peru saint (patron of social justice), dies at 69
1708 - Henriette Catharina van Nassau, daughter of Frederik Henry, dies at 71
1711 - Ferdinand Tobias Richter, composer, dies at 60
1803 - Henri Moreau, composer, dies at 75
1832 - Pietro Generali, composer, dies at 59
1845 - Johan G Verstolk van Soelen, Dutch min of Foreign affairs, dies at 69
1864 - Ant“nio Gon‡alves Dias, Brazilian national poet, dies at sea
1867 - Pieter J Jong, Dutch Zouave, dies in battle
1873 - Kintpuash, "Captain Jack", chief of Modoc-indians, dies
1891 - Louis L Bonaparte, English/French lingu‹st/senator, dies at 78
1904 - Gaston Henri Charles Antoine Serpette, composer, dies at 57
1911 - Salvador Giner y Vidal, composer, dies at 79
1913 - Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf, composer, dies at 83
1914 - Georg Trakl, Austria poet (Totentag, Cocaine Overdose), dies at 27
1926 - Annie Oakley, US sharp shooting star, dies at 66
1931 - Juan Zorrilla de San Martin, Uruguayian poet (Tabar‚), dies at 75
1931 - Rudolf W Canne, Fries playwright (Peaske), dies at 60
1936 - Filip Lazar, composer, dies at 42
1942 - Carl Sternheim, German playwright (Trousers, Snob), dies at 64
1945 - Alessandro Longo, composer, dies at 80
1949 - Solomon R Guggenheim, US art collector, dies at 88
1951 - Louis Pi‚rard, Belgian journalist/author (London sketches), dies at 65
1954 - Henri E B Matisse, French painter/sculptor (Dance II), dies at 84
1957 - Wilhelm Reich, Austria/US psycho analyst (sexual), dies at 60
1958 - Harry Revel, movie composer (Sitting Pretty, Gay Divorcee), dies
1959 - Friedrich Niggli, composer, dies at 83
1962 - Harlow H Curtice, pres of General Motors (1953-8), dies at 69
1970 - Peter II Karadjordjevic, last king of Yugoslavia (1934-45), dies at 57
1971 - Etienne Gailly, Belg marathoner (Oly-bron-48), dies in accident at 48
1973 - Arturo De Cordova, actor (This Strange Passion), dies at 65
1977 - Florence Vidor, actress (Jack Knife Man), dies at 82
1980 - Ludwig Hohl, writer, dies
1982 - Edward H Carr, British historian, dies at 90
1983 - Alfredo Antonini, conductor (Jane Froman Canteen), dies at 82
1983 - Bob [H˜man] Scholte, Dutch singer, dies at 81
1986 - Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, jazz saxophonist, dies at 65
1988 - Henri van Praag, Dutch para-psychologist, dies
1990 - Mary Martin, actress (Peter Pan), dies of cancer at 76
1990 - Valerie French, actress (Jubal), dies of leukemia
1992 - Jean Daskalides, Belgian chocolate factory, dies at 70
1992 - John H Davis, actor (Our Gang), dies of respiratory failure at 78
1993 - Duncan Gibbins, director (Fire With Fire), dies in Calif fire at 41
1993 - Leon Theremin, electronic musical instruments inventor, dies at 97
1993 - William Lanteau, actor (On Golden Pond), dies at 70
1994 - Dennis C Ott, US actor (Star Trek 3/4), dies of AIDs
1994 - Richard Krautheimer, US art historian, dies at 97
1995 - Arthur George Bottomley, politician, dies at 88
1996 - Barry George Barrington Porter, politician, dies at 57
1996 - Heather Swift, local councellor, dies at 79
1996 - Jean-Bedel Bokassa, dictator of Cent Africa Rep (1967-79), dies at 75
1996 - Michael Burchill, actor, dies at 65