Saturday, February 6, 2016

February 6 Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Deaths


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Birthdays

VIP

1665Anne, Queen of Great Britain  (d. 1 Aug 1714)
      Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1702-1707
      Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1707-1714
1756Aaron Burr, Jr.  (d. 14 Sep 1836)
      American colonel and politician
      3rd Vice President of the United States, 1801-1805
      U.S. Senator, D-R, NY, 1791-1797
1818William M. Evarts  (d. 28 Feb 1901)
      American lawyer and politician
      27th U.S. Secretary of State, 1877-1881
      29th U.S. Attorney General, 1868-1869
      U.S. Senator, R, NY, 1885-1891
1911Ronald Wilson Reagan  (d. 5 Jun 2004)
      American actor and politician
      40th President of the United States, 1981-1975
      33rd Governor of California, 1967-1975
1950Timothy Michael Dolan
      American cardinal, created 2012
      10th Archbishop of New York, 2009-present



Notable

976 – Emperor Sanjō of Japan (d. 1017)
1347 – Dorothea of Montau, Prussian saint (d. 1394)
1452 – Blessed Joan of Portugal (d. 12 May 1490)
      Princess of Portugal
1461 – Džore Držić, Croatian poet and playwright (d. 1501)
1465 – Scipione del Ferro  (d. 1526)
      Italian mathematician and theorist
1536 – Sassa Narimasa, Japanese samurai (d. 1588)
1577 – Beatrice Cenci, Italian murderer (d. 1599)
1582 – Mario Bettinus  (d. 1657)
      Italian mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher
1605 – Bernard of Corleone, Italian saint (d. 1667)
1608 – António Vieira  (d. 1697)
      Portuguese priest and philosopher
1611 – Chongzhen Emperor  (d. 25 Apr 1644)
      16th and last Emperor of the Ming Empire, 1627–1644
1612 – Antoine Arnauld  (d. 1694)
      French mathematician, theologian, and philosopher
1639 – Daniel Georg Morhof  (d. 1691)
      German author and scholar
1643 – Johann Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg  (d. 1712)
      Prussian politician, 1st Minister President of Prussia
1664Mustafa II  (d. 29/30 Dec 1703)
      Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, 1695-1703
1695 – Nicolaus II Bernoulli  (d. 1726)
      Swiss-Russian mathematician and theorist
1721 – Christian Heinrich Heineken, German scholar (d. 1725)
1726 – Patrick Russell  (d. 1805)
      Scottish surgeon and zoologist
1732 – Charles Lee  (d. 2 Oct 1782)
      English-American Continental Army general
1736 – Franz Xaver Messerschmidt  (d. 1783)
      German-Austrian sculptor
1744 – Pierre-Joseph Desault  (d. 1795)
      French anatomist and surgeon
1748 – Adam Weishaupt  (d. 1830)
      German philosopher and academic, founded the Illuminati
1753 – Évariste de Parny, French poet and author (d. 1814)
1757 – Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz  (d. 1841)
      Belarusian-Polish poet, playwright, and politician
1769 – Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn  (d. 1862)
      Austrian general
1772 – George Murray  (d. 1830)
      Scottish general and politician
      Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
1772 – Karl von Kügelgen, German painter (d. 1832)
1778 – Ugo Foscolo, Italian author and poet (d. 1827)
1781 – John Keane, 1st Baron Keane  (d. 1844)
      Irish-born British general and politician
      Governor of Saint Lucia
1796 – John Stevens Henslow  (d. 1861)
      English botanist and geologist
1797 – Joseph von Radowitz  (d. 1853)
      Prussian general and politician
      Foreign Ministers of Prussia
1799 – Imre Frivaldszky  (d. 1870)
      Hungarian botanist and entomologist
1800 – Achille Devéria  (d. 1857)
      French painter and lithographer
1802 – Charles Wheatstone  (d. 1875)
      English-French physicist and cryptographer
1811 – Henry Liddell, English author and academic (d. 1898)
1814 – Auguste Chapdelaine, French missionary (d. 1856)
1816:  John Joseph Lynch  (d. 12 May 1888)
      Roman Catholic Bishop of Toronto, 1860-1870
      1st Archbishop of Toronto, 1870-1888
1818 – Henry Litolff, English pianist and composer (d. 1891)
1818 – Jenaro Quesada, 1st Marquis of Miravalles  (d. 1889)
      Spanish general and politician
1829 – Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer  (d. 1914)
      French architect, designed the La Santé Prison
            and Saint-Pierre-de-Montrouge
1830 – Daniel Oliver, English botanist and academic (d. 1916)
1832John Brown Gordon  (d. 9 Jan 1904)
      American Confederate general and politician
      53rd Governor of Georgia, 1886-1890
      U.S. Senator, D. GA,1873-1880, 1891-1897
1833 – José María de Pereda  (d. 1906)
      Spanish author and academic
1833 – James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart  (d. 12 May 1864)
      American Confederate general
1834 – Edwin Klebs, German-Swiss pathologist (d. 1913)
1834 – Ema Pukšec, Croatian-German soprano (d. 1889)
1834 – Wilhelm von Scherff  (d. 1911)
      German general and author
1838 – Henry Irving, English actor and manager (d. 1905)
1838 – Israel Meir Kagan, Lithuanian-Polish rabbi (d. 1933)
1839 – Eduard Hitzig  (d. 1907)
      German neurologist and psychiatrist
1842 – Mary Rudge, English chess player (d. 1919)
1843 – Inoue Kowashi  (d. 1895)
      Japanese scholar and politician
1843 – Frederic William Henry Myers  (d. 1901)
      English poet and philologist
      co-founded the Society for Psychical Research
1845 – Isidor Straus  (d. 1912)
      German-American businessman and politician
1847 – Henry Janeway Hardenbergh  (d. 1918)
      American architect, designed the Plaza Hotel
1849 – Ida Straus  (d. 1912)
      German-American businesswoman
1852 – C. Lloyd Morgan  (d. 1936)
      English zoologist and psychologist
1852 – Vasily Safonov  (d. 1918)
      Russian pianist, composer, and conductor
1854 – Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa (d. 1931)
1859 – Wilhelm Cohn, German chess player (d. 1913)
1861 – Nikolay Zelinsky  (d. 1953)
      Russian chemist and academic
1864 – John Henry Mackay  (d. 1933)
      Scottish-German philosopher and author
1966:  Philander Chase Johnson  (d. 18 May 1939)
      American journalist, humorist, poet, lyricist, and critic
1866 – Karl Sapper, German linguist and explorer (d. 1945)
1872 – Robert Maillart  (d. 1940)
      Swiss engineer, designed the Salginatobel Bridge
            and Schwandbach Bridge
1874 – Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura  (d. 1937)
      Indian religious leader, founded the Gaudiya Math
1873 – Billy Gohl, American serial killer (d. 1927)
1875 – Leonid Gobyato, Russian general (d. 1915)
1876 – Henry Blogg, English fisherman and sailor (d. 1954)
1978:  Walter B. Pitkin  (d. 25 Jan 1953)
      American philosopher and professor
1879 – Othon Friesz, French painter (d. 1949)
1879 – Magnús Guðmundsson  (d. 1937)
      Icelandic politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Iceland
1879 – Edwin Samuel Montagu  (d. 1924)
      English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1879 – Carl Ramsauer, German physicist and author (d. 1955)
1880 – Nishinoumi Kajirō II  (d. 1931)
      Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th Yokozuna
1884 – William Andrew, English Anglican priest (d. 1963)
1884 – Marcel Cohen, French linguist and scholar (d. 1974)
1887 – Josef Frings, German cardinal (d. 1978)
1892 – Maximilian Fretter-Pico, German general (d. 1984)
1892 – William P. Murphy  (d. 1987)
      American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1893 – Muhammad Zafarullah Khan  (d. 1985)
      Pakistani politician and diplomat
      1st Minister of Foreign Affairs for Pakistan
1894 – Eric Partridge  (d. 1979)
      New Zealand-English lexicographer and academic
1894 – Kirpal Singh, Indian guru and author (d. 1974)
1895:  Robert Marion La Follette Jr.  (d. 24 Feb 1953)
      American politician
      U.S. Senator, R. WI, 1925-1947
1895 – Babe Ruth  (d. 16 Aug 1948)
      American baseball player and coach
1897 – Louis Buchalter, American mobster (d. 1944)
1898 – Harry Haywood  (d. 1985)
      American soldier and politician
1899 – Ramon Novarro  (d. 1968)
      Mexican-American actor, singer, and director
1901 – Franziska Liebing, Swedish-German actress (d. 1989)
1901 – Ben Lyon, American actor and singer (d. 1979)
1902 – George Brunies, American trombonist (d. 1974)
1902:  Louis Nizer, American trial lawyer  (d. 10 Nov 1994)
1903 – Claudio Arrau, Chilean pianist and composer (d. 1991)
1905 – Władysław Gomułka, Polish politician (d. 1982)
1905 – Jan Werich, Czech actor and playwright (d. 1980)
1906 – Joseph Schull  (d. 1980)
      Canadian playwright and historian
1908 – Amintore Fanfani  (d. 1999)
      Italian politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Italy
1908 – Edward Lansdale  (d. 1987)
      American general and CIA agent
1908 – Michael Maltese  (d. 1981)
      American actor, screenwriter, and composer
1910 – Irmgard Keun, German author (d. 1982)
1912 – Eva Braun  (d. 30 Apr 1945)
      German wife of Adolf Hitler
1912 – Christopher Hill, English historian and author (d. 2003)
1913 – Mary Leakey  (d. 9 Dec 1996)
      English-Kenyan archaeologist and anthropologist
1914 – Thurl Ravenscroft  (d. 2005)
      American voice actor and singer
1915 – Kavi Pradeep, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 1998)
1916 – John Crank  (d. 2006)
      English mathematician and physicist
1917 – Louis-Philippe de Grandpré  (d. 2008)
      Canadian lawyer and jurist
1917 – Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian-American actress and singer
1918 – Lothar-Günther Buchheim  (d. 2007)
      German author and painter
1918:  Louis Dudek  (d. 23 Mar 2001)
      Canadian poet, academic, and publisher
1919 – Takashi Yanase  (d. 2013)
      Japanese poet and illustrator, created Anpanman
1921 – Carl Neumann Degler  (d. 2014)
      American historian and author
1922 – Patrick Macnee, English-American actor (d. 2015)
1922 – Denis Norden
      English actor, screenwriter, and television host
1922 – Haskell Wexler  (d. 2015)
      American director, producer, and cinematographer
1923:  Harold H. Greene  (d. 29 Jan 2000)
      Judge of the U.S.District Court for the District of
            Columbia, 1978-1995
1923 – Gyula Lóránt  (d. 1981)
      Hungarian footballer and manager
1924 – Billy Wright, English footballer and manager (d. 1994)
1924 – Jin Yong
      Hong Kong author and publisher, founded Ming Pao
1925 – Donald Mitchell, English musicologist and academic
1925 – Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesian author (d. 2006)
1926 – Walker Edmiston  (d. 2007)
      American actor and puppeteer
1927 – Gerard K. O'Neill  (d. 1992)
      American physicist and astronomer
1928 – Allan H. Meltzer, American economist and academic
1928:  Larry Wilde (born Herman Wildman)
      American comedian and actor
1929 – Pierre Brice, French actor (d. 2015)
1929 – Colin Murdoch  (d. 2008)
      New Zealand pharmacist, invented the tranquilliser gun
1929 – Oscar Sambrano Urdaneta  (d. 2011)
      Venezuelan author and critic
1929:  Keith Waterhouse  (d. 4 Sep 2009)
      British novelist, newspaper columnist, and writer
1929 – Valentin Yanin, Russian historian and author
1930 – Lionel Blue, English rabbi and journalist
1930 – Jun Kondo, Japanese physicist and academic
1931 – James Bonk, American chemist and academic (d. 2013)
1931 – Rip Torn, American actor, director, and producer
1931 – Mamie Van Doren, American actress and singer
1931 – Ricardo Vidal, Filipino cardinal
1932 – Camilo Cienfuegos  (d. 1959)
      Cuban soldier and anarchist
1932 – Heinz-Klaus Metzger  (d. 2009)
      German critic and theorist
1932 – François Truffaut  (d. 1984)
      French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1933 – Leslie Crowther  (d. 1996)
      English comedian, actor, and game show host
1934 – Bernard Erhard, American voice actor (d. 2000)
1936 – Donnie Brooks, American singer (d. 2007)
1936 – Kent Douglas  (d. 2009)
      Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1936 – J. Howard Marshall III, American businessman
1938 – Fred Mifflin
      Canadian admiral and politician
      19th Minister of Veterans Affairs
1939 – Jean Beaudin, Canadian director and screenwriter
1939 – Mike Farrell, American actor, director, and producer
1940 – Tom Brokaw, American journalist and author
1940 – Petr Hájek, Czech mathematician and academic
1940 – Jimmy Tarbuck, English comedian and actor
1941 – Stephen Albert  (d. 1992)
      American pianist and composer
1941 – Gigi Perreau, American actress
1942 – Sarah Brady  (d. 3 Apr 2015)
      American activist and author
      wife of White House Press Secretary James Brady
1942 – Charlie Coles  (d. 2013)
      American basketball player and coach
1942 – Ahmad-Jabir Ahmadov Ismail oghlu
      Azerbaijani philosopher and academic
1942 – James Loewen, American sociologist and historian
1942:  Henry Petroski, American engineer
1942 – Tommy Roberts, English fashion designer (d. 2012)
1943 – Fabian Forte, American singer and actor
1943 – Ernie Field, English boxer and rugby player (d. 2013)
1943 – Gayle Hunnicutt, American actress
1943 – Georgeanna Tillman  (d. 1980)
      American singer and dancer (The Marvelettes)
1944 – Christine Boutin, French politician
1944 – Willie Tee  (d. 2007)
      American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
      (The Wild Magnolias)
1944 – Michael Tucker, American actor
1945 – Bob Marley  (d. 11 May 1981)
      Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
1945 – George Mudie, Scottish engineer and politician
1946 – Richie Hayward  (d. 2010)
      American drummer and songwriter
      (Little Feat and Fraternity of Man)
1946 – Kate McGarrigle  (d. 2010)
      Canadian singer-songwriter and accordion player
      (Kate and Anna McGarrigle and Mountain City Four)
1946 – Jim Turner, American captain and politician
1947 – Richard Bowring, English orientalist and academic
1947 – Bill Staines, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1947 – Daniel Yergin, American historian and author
1948 – Bunny Rugs  (d. 2014)
      Jamaican singer (Third World and Inner Circle)
1949 – Mike Batt
      English singer-songwriter and producer (The Wombles)
1949:  Victor Hernández Cruz, Puerto Rican poet
1949 – Manuel Orantes, Spanish tennis player
1949 – Jim Sheridan, Irish director, producer, and screenwriter
1950 – Natalie Cole  (d. 2015)
      American singer-songwriter and actress
1950:  Deborah Digges  (d. 10 Apr 2009)
      American poet and teacher
1951 – Margeret Catherine O'Donnell (bka Margo), Irish singer
1951 – Marco Antônio, Brazilian footballer
1951 – Huw Lloyd-Langton  (d. 2012)
      English guitarist
      (Hawkwind, Widowmaker, and The Meads of Asphodel)
1951 – Jacques Villeret, French actor (d. 2005)
1951 – Kevin Whately, English actor
1952 – Tim Blake
      English keyboard player (Gong and Hawkwind)
1952 – Viktor Giacobbo
      Swiss actor, producer, and screenwriter
1952 – Ricardo La Volpe
      Argentinian footballer, manager, and coach
1954 – Bob Sirois, Canadian ice hockey player
1955 – Michael Pollan
      American journalist, author, and academic
1955 – Bruno Stolorz, French rugby player and coach
1956 – Nazan Öncel, Turkish singer-songwriter
1956:  Terry Teachout
      American critic, biographer, librettist, playwright,
            and blogger
1956 – Jon Walmsley
      English-American singer-songwriter and actor
1957 – Matthew Best, English bass singer and conductor
1957 – Andres Lipstok
      Estonian economist and politician
      Estonian Minister of Economic Affairs
1957 – Kathy Najimy, American actress
1957 – Simon Phillips
      English drummer
      (Toto, Michael Schenker Group, 801, RMS, and PhD)
1957 – Robert Townsend, American actor and director
1958 – Cecily Adams  (d. 2004)
      American actress and casting director
1958 – Tim Dakin, English bishop
1958 – Barry Miller, American actor
1960 – Jeremy Bowen, Welsh journalist
1960 – Megan Gallagher, American actress
1961 – Cam Cameron, American football player and coach
1961 – Bill Lester, American race car driver
1961 – Yury Onufriyenko
      Ukrainian-Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1962 – Stavros Lambrinidis
      Greek lawyer and politician
      Minister of Foreign Affairs for Greece
1962:  Richie McDonald, American country Singer-songwriter
1962 – Axl Rose
      American singer-songwriter and producer
      (Guns N' Roses, Hollywood Rose, and Rapidfire)
1963 – David Capel, English cricketer and coach
1963 – Scott Gordon, American ice hockey player and coach
1963 – Mike Hough, Canadian ice hockey player
1963 – Quentin Letts, English journalist and critic
1964 – Gordon Downie
      Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
      (The Tragically Hip)
1964 – Andrey Zvyagintsev, Russian actor and director
1965 – Jan Svěrák, Czech actor, director, and screenwriter
1966 – Rick Astley, English singer-songwriter
1967 – Anita Cochran
      American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1967 – Izumi Sakai   (d. 2007)
      Japanese singer-songwriter (Zard)
1968 – Adolfo Valencia, Colombian footballer
1968 – Akira Yamaoka, Japanese composer and producer
1969 – David Hayter, American actor and screenwriter
1969 – Masaharu Fukuyama
      Japanese singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1969 – Tim Sherwood, English footballer and manager
1970 – Per Frandsen, Danish footballer and manager
1970 – Zhou Kehua, Chinese murderer (d. 2012)
1970:  Shaffi Mather, Indian lawyer and social entrepreneur
1971 – Brad Hogg, Australian cricketer
1971 – Carlos Rogers, American basketball player
1972 – Stefano Bettarini, Italian footballer
1972 – David Binn, American football player
1973 – Jeff B. Davis, American actor and singer
1973:  Amy Robach, American television journalist
1973 – Ian Scott, French pornographic actor and director
1974 – Aljo Bendijo, Filipino journalist
1975 – Chad Allen, American baseball player and coach
1975 – Orkut Büyükkökten
      Turkish computer scientist and engineer, created Orkut
1975 – Brett Hawke, Australian swimmer and coach
1975 – Tomoko Kawase
      Japanese singer-songwriter and producer
      (The Brilliant Green and Tommy heavenly6)
1976 – Tanja Frieden, Swiss snowboarder and educator
1976 – Princess Marie of Denmark
1976 – Kim Zmeskal, American gymnast and coach
1977 – Jason Euell, English footballer and coach
1977 – Josh Stewart, American actor
1977 – Sergei Sychyov, Ukrainian-Estonian ice dancer
1978 – Yael Naim, French-Israeli singer-songwriter
1979 – Dan Bălan
      Moldovan singer-songwriter and producer (O-Zone)
1980 – Ben Lawson, Australian actor
1980 – Mamiko Noto, Japanese voice actress and singer
1980 – Conor O'Brian, American wrestler
1980 – Kim Poirier, Canadian actress, singer, and producer
1980 – Luke Ravenstahl
      American politician, 58th Mayor of Pittsburgh
1981 – Ricky Barnes, American golfer
1981 – Calum Best, American model and actor
1981 – Shim Eun-jin
      South Korean singer and actress (Baby V.O.X.)
1981 – Alison Haislip, American actress and producer
1981 – Jens Lekman, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1981 – Ty Warren, American football player
1982 – Jade Edmistone, Australian swimmer
1982 – Alice Eve, English actress
1982 – Lü Jianzhong (bka Tank) Taiwanese singer-songwriter
1982 – Elise Ray, American gymnast
1982:  Jason Silva
      Venezuela-born American television personality,
            filmmaker, and public speaker
1983 – Sreesanth, Indian cricketer
1983 – Melrose Bickerstaff
      American model and fashion designer
1983 – Brodie Croyle, American football player
1983 – Dimas Delgado, Spanish footballer
1983 – Jamie Whincup, Australian race car driver
1983 – Myron Wolf Child, Canadian activist (d. 2007)
1984 – Darren Bent, English footballer
1984 – Piret Järvis
      Estonian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Vanilla Ninja)
1984 – Katarina Gospic, Swedish author
1984 – Antoine Wright, American basketball player
1985 – Kris Humphries, American basketball player
1985 – Yang Yu, Chinese swimmer
1986:  Dane DeHaan, American actor
1986:  Alice Greczyn, American actress and model
1986Jung Yun-ho
      South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (TVXQ)
1986 – Brendan Taylor, Zimbabwean cricketer
1987 – Hayato Ichihara, Japanese actor
1987 – Luisa Värk, Estonian singer
1988 – Bailey Hanks, American actress and singer
1988 – Allison Holker, American actress and dancer
1989 – Craig Cathcart, Northern Irish footballer
1989 – Jonny Flynn, American basketball player
1990 – Adam Henrique, Canadian ice hockey player
1990 – Aida Rybalko, Lithuanian figure skater
1992 – Víctor Mañón, Mexican footballer
1993 – Jonas Heymans, Belgian footballer
1993 – Tinashe Jorgenson Kachingwe (bka Tinashe)
      American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
      (The Stunners)
1993 – Teresa Scanlan, American model, Miss America 2011
1995 – Moon Jong-up, South Korean singer and dancer (B.A.P)
1995 – Sam McQueen, English footballer


Family



Coulee City

1947: Cindy Riddle Blachly
Andrea Olson
Roger Bechtol
Jena Jillian Worth
Lisa Marie MacDonald
Marci McKay
Kelsey Wagner
Jim Leffel
Sam Hunter
Kristen Dormaier


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Deaths

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Notable

743 – Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik, Arab caliph (b. 691)
797 – Donnchad Midi, High King of Ireland (b. 733)
891 – Photios I of Constantinople (b. 810)
1215 – Hōjō Tokimasa, Japanese emperor (b. 1138)
1378 – Joanna of Bourbon (b. 1338)
1497 – Johannes Ockeghem, Flemish composer and educator (b. 1410)
1515 – Aldus Manutius, Italian publisher, founded the Aldine Press (b. 1449)
1585 – Edmund Plowden, English lawyer and scholar (b. 1518)
1593 – Jacques Amyot, French author and translator (b. 1513)
1593 – Emperor Ōgimachi of Japan (b. 1517)
1612 – Christopher Clavius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1538)
1617 – Prospero Alpini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1553)
1685 – Charles II of England (b. 1630)
1695 – Ahmed II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1643)
1740 – Pope Clement XII (b. 1652)
1775 – William Dowdeswell  (b. 1721)
      English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer
1783 – Capability Brown, English gardener (b. 1716)
1793 – Carlo Goldoni, Italian-French playwright (b. 1707)
1804 – Joseph Priestley, English scientist and theologist (b. 1733)
1806 – Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, Haitian-French general (b. 1762)
1807 – John Reid, Scottish general (b. 1721)
1833 – Pierre André Latreille, French zoologist and entomologist (b. 1762)
1834 – Richard Lemon Lander, English explorer (b. 1804)
1899 – Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1874)
1899 – Leo von Caprivi  (b. 1831)
      German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany
1910 – Alfonso Maria Fusco, Italian priest (b. 1839)
1916 – Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat (b. 1867)
1918 – Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter (b. 1862)
1929 – Maria Christina of Austria (b. 1858)
1931 – Motilal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1861)
1938 – Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (b. 1860)
1942 – Jaan Soots  (b. 1880)
      Estonian general and politician, 7th Estonian Minister of War
1951 – Gabby Street, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1882)
1952 – George VI of the United Kingdom (b. 1895)
1958 – victims of the Munich air disaster:
      Geoff Bent, English footballer (b. 1932)
      Roger Byrne, English footballer (b. 1929)
      Eddie Colman, English footballer (b. 1936)
      Walter Crickmer, English footballer and manager (b. 1900)
      Mark Jones, English footballer (b. 1933)
      David Pegg, English footballer (b. 1935)
      Frank Swift, English footballer and journalist (b. 1913)
      Tommy Taylor, English footballer (b. 1932)
1963 – Abd el-Krim, Moroccan guerrilla leader (b. 1880)
1963 – Piero Manzoni, Italian artist (b. 1933)
1964 – Emilio Aguinaldo  (b. 1869)
      Filipino general and politician, 1st President of the Philippines
1966 – Narcisa de Leon, Filipino film producer (b. 1877)
1967 – Martine Carol, French actress (b. 1920)
1976 – Ritwik Ghatak, Bangladeshi-Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1925)
1976 – Vince Guaraldi, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1928)
1981 – Gilbert Ashton, English cricketer (b. 1896)
1981 – Hugo Montenegro, American composer and conductor (b. 1925)
1981 – Frederica of Hanover (b. 1917)
1985 – James Hadley Chase, English-Swiss soldier and author (b. 1906)
1986 – Frederick Coutts, Scottish 8th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1899)
1986 – Dandy Nichols, English actress (b. 1907)
1986 – Minoru Yamasaki  (b. 1912)
      American architect, designed the World Trade Center
1987 – Julien Chouinard, Canadian lawyer and jurist (b. 1929)
1989 – André Cayatte, French director and lawyer (b. 1909)
1989 – Chris Gueffroy  (b. 1968)
      German man, who attempted to climb the Berlin Wall
1989 – Joe Raposo, American pianist and composer (b. 1937)
1989 – King Tubby, Jamaican DJ, producer, and composer (b. 1941)
1989 – Barbara W. Tuchman, American historian and author (b. 1912)
1990 – Jimmy Van Heusen, American pianist and composer (b. 1913)
1991 – Salvador Luria  (b. 1912)
      Italian biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate
1991 – Danny Thomas, American singer, actor, and producer (b. 1914)
1993 – Arthur Ashe, American tennis player and sportscaster (b. 1943)
1994 – Joseph Cotten, American actor and singer (b. 1905)
1994 – Jack Kirby, American author and illustrator (b. 1917)
1995 – James Merrill, American soldier and poet (b. 1926)
1996 – Guy Madison, American actor and producer (b. 1922)
1997 – Roger Laurent, Belgian race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1913)
1998 – Falco, Austrian singer-songwriter (b. 1957)
1998 – José Marroquín Leal, Mexican actor and clown (b. 1933)
1998 – Carl Wilson  (b. 1946)
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Beach Boys)
1999 – Danny Dayton, American actor and director (b. 1923)
1999 – Don Dunstan  (b. 1926)
      Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Premier of South Australia
1999 – Jimmy Roberts, American tenor (b. 1924)
2000 – Phil Walters, American racing driver (b. 1916)
2001 – Fulgence Charpentier, Canadian soldier and journalist (b. 1897)
2001 – Filemon Lagman, Filipino theoretician and activist (b. 1953)
2002 – Max Perutz  (b. 1914)
      Austrian-English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
2004 – Gerald Bouey, Canadian lieutenant and economist (b. 1920)
2005 – Lazar Berman, Russian pianist (b. 1930)
2005 – Karl Haas, German-American pianist, conductor, and radio host (b. 1913)
2006 – Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, American actor and singer (b. 1925)
2007 – Lew Burdette, American baseball player and coach (b. 1926)
2007 – Lee Hoffman, American author (b. 1932)
2007 – Len Hopkins, Canadian educator and politician (b. 1930)
2007 – Frankie Laine, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1913)
2007 – Harry Webster, English engineer (b. 1927)
2007 – Willye White, American runner and long jumper (b. 1939)
2008 – John McWethy, American journalist (b. 1947)
2008 – Tony Rolt, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1918)
2009 – Philip Carey, American actor (b. 1925)
2009 – James Whitmore, American actor and singer (b. 1921)
2011 – Gary Moore  (b. 1952)
      Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Skid Row and Thin Lizzy)
2012 – David Rosenhan, American psychologist and academic (b. 1929)
2012 – Antoni Tàpies, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
2012 – Janice E. Voss, American engineer and astronaut (b. 1956)
2013 – Menachem Elon, German-Israeli academic and jurist (b. 1923)
2013 – Alden Mason, American painter and academic (b. 1919)
2014 – Vasiľ Biľak, Slovak tailor and politician (b. 1917)
2014 – Alison Jolly, American-English primatologist and zoologist (b. 1937)
2014 – Ralph Kiner, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1922)
2014 – Maxine Kumin, American author and poet (b. 1925)
2015 – André Brink, South African author and playwright (b. 1935)
2015 – Marisa Del Frate, Italian actress and singer (b. 1931)
2015 – Assia Djebar, Algerian-French author and translator (b. 1936)
2015 – Alan Nunnelee, American lawyer and politician (b. 1958)
2015 – Pedro León Zapata, Venezuelan cartoonist (b. 1929)


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