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1113 – Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, conquered Normandy (d. 1151)
my 25th great-grandfather
1198 – King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)
my 3rd cousin 25x removed
1210 – Floris IV, Count of Holland (d. 1234)
1358 – John I of Castile, King of Castile and León (1379-90) (d. 1390)
1393 – Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)
1420 – Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist (Bamberg & Eichstattt) (d. 1475)
1531 – Ercole Bottrigari, Italian composer (d. 1612)
1552 – Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter Italy (d. 1614)
1561 Bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry) (d. 1613)
1579 John Amner, English composer (d. 1641)
1580 John Taylor, English poet (An Arrant Thief) (d. 1654)
1591 Robert Herrick, English poet (d. 1674)
1635 Peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman, (d. 1699)
1683 Meinrad Spiess, German composer (d. 1761)
1694 Theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, [or 8/25] (d. 1756)
German adventurer and King of Corsica
1707 Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon (d. 1791)
English evangelical revivalist
1712 Cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician and astronomer (d. 1773)
1725 Johann Balthasar Kehl, German composer (d. 1778)
1733 David Traugott Nicolai, German composer (d. 1799)
1750 Letizia Ramolino, Italian noble and mother of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1836)
1758 Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1794)
1759 William Wilberforce, British politician, and philanthropist (d. 1833)
leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade
1772 William I Frederick (d. 1843)
King of the Netherlands (1815-40) and Grand Duke of Luxembourg
1787 James Weddell, British sailor and Antarctic explorer (Weddell Sea) (d. 1834)
1808 Thomas Fenwick Drayton, Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1891)
1816 Daniel Gooch, English engineer, laid 1st successful transatlantic cables (d. 1889)
1817 Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian novelist, poet and playwright (d. 1875)
1820 Jacopo Tomadini, Italian composer, born in Cividale del Friuli, Italy (d. 1883)
1821 Emanuele Muzio, Italian composer, born in Zibello, Italy (d. 1890)
1827 Walter Husted Stevens, Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1867)
1828 George Hume "Maryland" Steuart, Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1903)
1837 Theodore Dubois, French composer (d. 1924)
1839 Eduard Napravnik, Czech conductor and composer (d. 1916)
1842 Edouard J. A. Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market) (d. 1885)
1845 James C. Calhoun, American soldier (d. 1876)
brother-in-law of George Armstrong Custer
1854 Nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1922)
1856 Felix Mottl, Austrian conductor and composer (Agnes Bernauer) (d. 1911)
1863 Dragutin Lerman, Croatian explorer, born in Požega, Croatia (d. 1918)
1865 Ferdinand I VAM, King of Romania (1914-27) (d. 1927)
1872 Max Beerbohm, English caricaturist, writer and parodist (Saturday Review) (d. 1956)
1879 Rentaro Taki, Japanese pianist and composer (d. 1903)
1880 Miles Lampson, 1st Baron Killearn, Scottish baron and diplomat (d. 1964)
1880 – Joshua Lionel Cowen
1886 William Francis Gibbs, American naval architect, designed Liberty ships (d. 1967)
1887 Harry Hooper, American baseball player (d. 1974)
1889 Simon Kimbangu/Kibangu, Congolese religious leader and founder of Kimbanguism (d. 1951)
1890 Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer, surfer (d. 1968)
1890 Franz Philipp, German composer (d. 1972)
1890 Jean Rhys [Ella Gwendolyn Rees Williams], British writer (d. 1979)
1891 Alexander Mikhaylovich Dzegelyonok, Russian composer (d. 1969)
1891 Germaine Loosveldt, Flemish actress (d. 1960)
1895 Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston (1944-70) (d. 1970)
1896 Phil Baker, American comedian (d. 1963)
1897 Fred Rose, American songwriter and music publishing executive (d. 1954)
1898 Albert Claude, Belgian biologist and physician (Nobel 1974) (d. 1983)
1898 Malcolm Cowley, American author (d. 1989)
1899 Johan Fabricius, Dutch novelist (d. 1981)
1899 Ruth Schaumann, German painter, writer and sculptor (d. 1975)
1899 – Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer of fiction and essays (d. 1986)
1900 – Preston Foster, American actor (d. 14 Jul 1970)
1901 – Edmund Germer, German inventor (d. 10 Aug 1987)
1902 Fernand Braudel, French historian (Civilization & Capitalism) (d. 1985)
1902 Carlo Gambino, Italian-born American mafioso (Gambino family) (d. 1976)
1903 Karl Hanke, Official of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) of Nazi Germany (d. 1945)
1903 Claude Hopkins, American jazz stride pianist, arranger, bandleader, and musical director
(Josephine Baker) (d. 1984)
1904 Rodd Redwing, American actor, and stunt coach (d. 1971)
1904 Henry "Buster" Smith, American jazz alto saxophonist, arranger, and bandleader (d. 1991)
1905 Don Douglas, Scottish actor (d. 1945)
1905 Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist (d. 1974)
1905 Siaka Stevens, President of Sierra Leone (1971-85) (d. 1988)
1910 Bernhard Heiden [Levi], German-American composer (d. 2000)
1911 Michel Pablo [Michalis N. Raptis], Chilean-Greek writer and Trotskyist revolutionary
(Fourth International) (d. 1996)
1912 Durward Kirby, American TV announcer (Garry Moore Show) (d. 2000)
1912 Fritz "Freddie" Brocksieper, German big band jazz drummer, and bandleader (d. 1990)
1913 Dorothy Comingore [Linda Winters], American actress (Citizen Kane) (d. 1971)
1915 James Tiptree Jr. [Alice Sheldon], American sci-fi author (Byte Beautiful) (d. 1987)
1915 Wynonie Harris, American rhythm and blues singer (d. 1969)
1915 Ronald Ibbs, Irish actor (No Hiding Place, The Saint) (d. 1990)
1916 Anita V Figueredo, American physician and humanitarian (d. 2010)
1916 Léo Ferré, French composer and singer (d. 1993)
1916 Hal Smith, American actor (The Andy Griffith Show-Otis Campbell) (d. 1994)
1917 – Dennis James, wrestling announcer/TV host (PDQ)
1918 Ray McIntire, American chemical engineer (d. 1996)
1918 Sikander Bakht, Indian politician, Governor of Kerala (d. 2004)
1919 "Drs P" [Heinz H Polzer], Swiss-Dutch songwriter and singer (d. 2015)
1919 Niels Viggo Bentzon, Danish pianist and composer (The Tempered Piano) (d. 2000)
1919 Bartolomé "Beny" Moré (d. 1963)
Cuban guaracha and mambo singer, guitarist, songwriter, and bandleader
1922 – René Lévesque, Premier of Quebec (d. 1987)
1922 Howard Zinn, American historian and activist (d. 2010)
(A People's History of the United States)
1923 Helena Carter [Helen Rickerts], American model and actress (d. 2000)
1923 Arthur Jensen, American psychologist (d. 2012)
1924 – Louis Teicher, American pianist (Ferante & Teicher - "Exodus") (d. 2008)
1926 Nancy Spero, American feminist artist (d. 2009)
1927 Roger Danneels, Flemish accordionist (d. 1982)
1927 William V. Shannon, American journalist (d. 1988)
ambassador to Ireland (1977-81)
1927 David Ireland, Australian author (The Unknown Industrial Prisoner)
1927 Harry Markowitz, American economist (Nobel 1990)
1928 – Penny Edwards, American actress (d. 26 Aug 1928)
1929 Willie Winfield, American doo-woop singer (d. 2021)
(Harptones - "Life Is But A Dream"; “A Sunday Kind of Love”)
1930 – Roger McCluskey, American IndyCar driver (d. 29 Aug 1993)
1932 Richard Graham Meale, Australian composer (Three Miró Pieces; Voss) (d. 2009)
1932 Robert D. Hales, LDS Church apostle
1933 Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (d. 2004)
1st President of the Palestinian National Authority (1994-2004)
1994 Nobel peace prize winner, born in Cairo, Egypt
1934 – Kenny Baker, English actor (R2-D2 in Star Wars, Time Bandits) (d. 2016)
1934 Roger Donald Dickerson, American composer (New Orleans Concerto)
1936 William J. Coyne, American politician (Rep-D-Pennsylvania, 1981-2003) (d. 2013)
1936 A. S. Byatt, English novelist (The Virgin in the Garden)
1936 – Murray Balfour, Canadian hockey player (d. 30 May 1965)
1936 Kenny Guinn, American businessman and politician (d. 2010)
1937 Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, Nigerian politician (d. 1998)
1938 – David Freiberg, American rock bassist
(Quicksilver Messenger Service - "Fresh Air"; Jefferson Airplane/Starship - "Jane")
1938 – Mason Williams, American musician, songwriter, author, and photographer
("Classical Gas", Smother Brothers Comedy Hour)
1938 Charles Calello, American composer, conductor, arranger
(The Four Seasons; Sinatra; Streisand; Springsteen)
1940 Tony Secunda, English rock band manager (The Moody Blues) (d. 1995)
1940 Francine Lalonde, Canadian politician (Member of Parliament for La Pointe-de-l'Île)
1941 Ernest Wright Jr, American R&B vocalist
(Little Anthony and the Imperials - "Tears On My Pillow"; "Goin' Out of My Head")
1942 Joe Chambers, American rock guitarist and vocalist (Chambers Brothers)
1942 – Marshall Thompson, American singer and musician (The Chi-Lites)
1942 Karen Uhlenbeck, American mathematician, founder of modern geometric analysis (Abel Prize)
1942 Max Cleland, American politician (U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1997-2003)
1942 Howard Jacobson, British novelist (The Finkler Question) and newspaper columnist
1943 – John Cipollina, American rock guitarist (d. 1989)
(Quicksilver Messenger Service - "Fresh Air")
1944 – Jim Brady, American musician (The Sandpipers) (d. 5 May 2019)
1944 – Gregory Jarvis, American engineer and astronaut (STS 25)
1944 Bill Goldsworthy, Canadian ice hockey player (Minnesota North Stars) (d. 1996)
1944 Rocky Johnson, Canadian pro wrestler (d. 2020)
father of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
with Tony Atlas first black champions in WWE history
1944 Peter Hutton, American filmmaker (d. 2016)
1945 – Ken Hensley, British rock songwriter, keyboardist, and singer (d. 2020)
Uriah Heep, 1970-80 - "Easy Livin'"; Blackfoot, 1982-84
1945 (Malcolm) "Molly" Duncan, Scottish saxophonist (d. 2019)
Average White Band, 1972-83 - "Pick Up the Pieces"
1945 Ronee Blakley, American actress (Nashville), and singer-songwriter
1946 Richard N. Richards, American naval officer and astronaut (STS 28, 41, 50, 64)
1947 Jimmy Fox, American drummer (The James Gang - "Funk #49")
1947 – Anne Archer, American actress (Fatal Attraction, Patriot Games)
1947 Paulo Coelho, Brazilian author (The Alchemist)
1947 Vladimir Masorin, Russian admiral (commanded the Caspian Flotilla 1996-2002)
1947 Joe Manchin, American politician
(Governor of West Virginia 2005-10, Senator-(D)-WV 2010-)
1948 Jean-Michel Jarre, French ambient-electronic musician (Oxygène; Équinoxe)
1948 Kim Sung-Il, Chief of Staff of Republic of Korea Air Force
1949 Anna Lee Fisher [Tingle], American chemist, emergency physician and astronaut (STS 51-A)
1949 – Joe Regalbuto, American actor (Knots Landing; Murphy Brown - "Frank")
1949 Stephen Paulus, American composer (To Be Certain of the Dawn) (d. 2014)
co-founder of the American Composer's Forum
1950 Tim White, American paleoanthropologist
1951 Orson Scott Card, American sci-fi author (Hugo, Nebula, Ender's War)
1951 Michael Derosier, Canadian drummer (Heart, 1976-82 - "Barracuda")
1951 Oscar Hijuelos, American novelist (The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love) (d. 2013)
1951 Danny Joe Brown, American singer (Molly Hatchet) (d. 2005)
1951 Mona Lyn Reese, American composer
1952 Bob Corker, American politician (Senator from Tennessee)
1952 – Mike Shanahan, American football coach (Denver Broncos)
1952 Carlo Curley, American classical concert organist (d. 2012)
1952 Vaneese Thomas, American R&B, jazz and soul blues singer, ("Let's Talk It Over")
1953 Ron Holloway, American tenor saxophonist
1953 John Cowan, American musician (New Grass Revival, 1974-89; Doobie Bothers, 1993-95)
1954 Steve Holley, British rock session and touring drummer
(Wings, 1978-81; Julian Lennon; Elton John, Dar Williams; Mott The Hoople, 2018-21)
1955 Mike Huckabee, American politician
44th Governor of Arkansas (R) 1996-2007
Candidate for the Republican Party presidential nomination, 2008 & 2016
1956 John Culberson, American attorney and politician
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas
1957 – Jeffrey Daniel, American dancer and singer (Shalamar)
[some sources give year as 1955]
1957 – Stephen Fry, English comedian, writer and actor (Blackadder, QI)
1958 – Steve Guttenberg, American actor (Police Academy, Short Circuit)
1958 Tracy Harris, American artist
1958 Chris Offutt, American writer (The Good Brother)
1960 – Cal Ripken, Jr., American Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop
(MLB record consecutive game streak, Baltimore Orioles)
1960 Franz Viehböck, Austrian 1st cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-13)
1960 Steven Lindsey, U.S. Air Force officer and NASA astronaut (STS 87, sk:95)
1960 Takashi Miike, Japanese filmmaker (Dead or Alive)
1961 Colin Angus, Scottish pop musician (The Shamen - "Ebeneezer Goode")
1961 – Jared Harris, Irish-British actor (Valery Legasov-Chernobyl)
1962 Mary Ellen Weber, American NASA astronaut (STS 70)
1962 David Koechner, American actor
1962 – Craig Kilborn, American comedian, sports and political commentator, actor, and television host
1963 – John Bush, American heavy metal singer
(Armored Saint, 1982-present; Anthrax, 1992-2005, 2010)
1964 Pebbles [Perri Reid (née McKissack)], American pop singer ("Girlfriend"),
minister, and gospel singer
1964 Salizhan Sharipov, Kyrgyzstani cosmonaut (STS-89)
1964 Dana Gould, American comedian and writer (The Simpsons 1989)
1964 Oteil Burbridge, American bassist
(Allman Brothers Band, 1997-2014; Dead & Company, 2015-present)
1965 – Marlee Matlin, American actress
the only deaf performer to win an Academy Award (Children of Lesser God)
1965 – Reggie Miller, American NBA guard, 1987-2005
(Indiana Pacers; Olympic gold, 1996)
1966 Jon Sieben, Australian swimmer (Olympic gold 200m butterfly 1984)
1968 Andreas Kisser, Brazilian heavy metal guitarist (Sepultura)
1968 Benoît Brunet, Canadian NHL left wing (Montreal Canadiens)
1968 Tim Salmon, American MLB outfielder (California Angels)
1970 Sandra Whyte-Sweeney, American ice hockey forward (Olympics gold 1998)
1970 Dan Henderson, American mixed martial artist
(UFC 17 Middleweight Tournament 1998; Rings: King of Kings Tournament 1999)
1970 Rich Beem, American golfer (PGA C'ship 2002)
1971 Pierfrancesco Favino, Italian actor
1972 Ian Moran, American hockey defenseman (Olympics 1994, Pitts)
1972 Kurt Miller, American baseball pitcher (Florida Marlins)
1972 Ava DuVernay, American director, writer and producer (13th, Selma, Queen Sugar)
1973 Andrew Brunette, Canadian NHL left wing (Washington Capitals)
1973 Barret Oliver, American actor (The Neverending Story, Secret Garden)
1973 – David Chappelle, American actor and comedian ("Chappelle's Show")
1973 – Carmine Giovinazzo, American actor ("CSI: NY")
1974 Tony McCombs, American football linebacker (Arizona Cardinals)
1974 Órla Fallon, Irish traditional singer, Celtic harpist, and songwriter
(Celtic Woman, 2004-2009; Anúna, 1996)
1977 John Green, American author (The Fault in Our Stars) and vlogger
1978 Rafael Furcal, Dominican baseball player
1979 Elva Hsiao, Taiwanese singer
1979 Michael Redd, American basketball player
1979 (Katherine) "Kaki" King, American guitarist, lap steel guitar player and composer
1980 Sonja Bennett, Canadian actress (Punch)
1981 Jiro Wang Dong Cheng, Taiwanese singer and actor
1981 – Chad Michael Murray, American actor ("One Tree Hill")
1981 Mercedes Scelba-Shorte, American model
1983 Christopher Parker, British actor (Eastenders)
1984 Kyle Schmid, Canadian actor
1986 Nick Adenhart, American baseball player
1986 Arian Foster, American football running back (Houston Texans, Miami Dolphins)
1987 Jon Scheyer, American-Israeli basketball player
1988 – Rupert Grint, English actor ("Harry Potter" movie series)
1988 Kelly Lee Owens, Welsh electronic musician and composer (Inner Song)
1995 Runa Tsukishima, Japanese child model
2003 Alexandre Coste, Son of Albert II, Prince of Monaco
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Weddings
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Notable
1561 Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxon
1899 Businessman James Cash Penney (24) weds Bertha Alva Hess
1970 Actor Peter Sellers (44) weds model Miranda Quarry
1987 Actor Patrick Dempsey (21) weds manager Rocky Parker (47)
1996 Actress-model Vendela (30) weds Norwegian politician Olaf Thommessen (30)
2002 Journalist Bryant Gumbel weds model Hilary Quinlan
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Notable
1101 – Su Shi [Zizhan], Chinese poet, artist and important figure in Song Dynasty politics, dies at 64
1103 Magnus III Berbein [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103)
1217 Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle
1313 Henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13)
1371 Edward, Duke of Guelders (1361-71) and Count of Zutphen, mortally wounded in battle at 35
1540 Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)
1542 Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)
1572 Gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French admiral and Huguenot leader, beheaded at 53
his death ignited the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
1572 Pierre de la Ramée, French humanist (b. 1515)
1572 Charles de Téligny, French Huguenot soldier, dies at about 37
one of the 1st murdered during St. Bartholomew's day massacre
1595 Thomas Digges, English astronomer (Universe Infinite), dies
1617 Saint Rose of Lima [Isabel Flores de Olivia], Peruvian saint, dies at 31
a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic
1647 Nicholas Stone "Elder", English sculptor/architect, dies at about 61
1664 Maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer (Urania propitia), dies at about 54
1666 Francisco M the Melo, Portuguese author (Obras Morales), dies at 57
1679 Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz, French churchman and agitator (b. 1614)
1680 Ferdinand Bulb, Dutch painter/etcher
1680 Thomas Blood, Irish-born thief of the British crown jewels (b. 1618)
1683 John Owen, English non-conformist theologian (b. 1616)
1712 Thomas Bullis, Jr. English composer, dies at 54
1724 Andreas Kneller, German composer, dies at 75
1759 Ewald C von Kleist, German poet, dies at 44
1770 Thomas Chatterton, English poet (Revenge), dies at 17
1779 Saint Cosmas of Aetolia, Greek Orthodox martyr (b. 1714)
1798 Thomas Alcock, English clergyman (b. 1709)
1801 Jacques-Denis Antoine, French builder (La Monnaie Paris), dies at 68
1832 Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French mathematician (b. 1796)
1833 Adrian Hardy Haworth, English entomologist and botanist, dies at 65
1840 Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89
1841 Karl Friedrich Curschmann, German composer, dies at 36
1841 Theodore Hook, English author, dies at 52
famous practical joker and recipient of the world's 1st postcard
1870 Edwin Gray Lee, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 34
1888 Rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics)
1889 Jan Matzeliger, Surinamese-Dutch inventor (shoe lacing machine), dies at 36
1895 John F. Loudon, Dutch sugar and indigo manufacturer, dies at 74
his Delft collection was left to the Rijksmuseum
1906 Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter
1907 Pieter Louis Tak, writer (Chronicle), dies at 58
1912 Alfred Berger, Austrian playwright, dies at 59
1914 Johannes Weiss, German New Testament scholar, dies at 50
1921 Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet, dies at 35
1923 Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at 66
1932 Gheorghe Cucu, Romanian composer, dies at 50
1939 W H Moule, Australian lawyer, politician and cricketer
1940 Paul G. Nipkow, German TV pioneer (Nipkow disk), dies at 80
1943 Ernst Ottwalt, writer
1943 Simone Weil, French philosopher and social activist (b. 1909)
1950 Ernst Wiechert, writer, dies at 63
1954 Getulio Vargas, President of Brazil (1930-45, 1951-54)
modernizer and dictator, commits suicide at 71
1956 Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese film director (b. 1898)
1957 Albert Edward Sammons, British violinist, and composer (Phantasy Quartet), dies at 71
1957 Ronald Arbuthnott Knox, British priest, broadcaster and author (Viaduct Murder), dies at 69
1958 John G. Strijdom, South African politician and nationalist, dies at 65
Prime Minister of South Africa (1954-58)
1958 Kenneth Leighton, British pianist and composer, dies of esophageal cancer at 58
1958 Leo Blech, German opera composer and conductor. dies at 87
(Königliches Opernhaus, 1906-37; Städtische Oper, 1949-53)
1958 Paul Henry, Northern Irish artist, dies at 82
1962 Henry George Ley, British organist, and choral composer, dies at 74
1964 Maurice Schoemaker, Belgian composer (Fireworks), dies at 73
1967 Amanda Randolph, actress (Danny Thomas, Amos n Andy), dies at 65
1967 Henry J. Kaiser, industrialist (Boulder Dam, Liberty ship), dies at 85
1968 Cyril Vincent, cricketer (84 wkts slow lefty for S Af 1927-35)
1968 (Edmond) "Doc" Souchon, American jazz musician, dies at 70
guitarist, music journal writer and editor, and New Orleans jazz historical preservationist
1972 (Carlos) "Don" Byas, American, dies of lung cancer at 59
swing and be-bop jazz saxophonist, and bandleader
1973 Billy Greene, American actor (Single Room Furnished, One Man's Family), dies at 76
1973 Sláva Vorlová, Czech composer, dies at 79
1974 Alexander de Seversky, Russian-American aviation pioneer (b. 1894)
1975 Charles H Revson, US cosmetic magnate, dies at 69
1976 Michael Dewar Head, British organist, pianist, and composer, dies at 76
1977 Buddy O'Connor, Canadian Hockey HOF center, dies at 61
(Stanley Cup 1944, 46 Montreal Canadiens; Hart Memorial Trophy
& Lady Byng Memorial Trophy 1948)
1977 Soewarsih Djojopoespito, Indonesian writer (Toe the Line), dies at 65
1978 Louis Prima, American jazz and pop singer, trumpeter, and bandleader, dies at 67
("That Old Black Magic"; "Oh, Marie")
1979 Hanna Reitsch, German aviator and test pilot, dies at 67
1979 Sampson Sievers, Russian Orthodox Christian monk, priest and wonder-worker, dies at 79
1980 Yootha Joyce, British actress, dies of liver failure at 53
(Man About the House, George and Mildred)
1980 Frederick A. Fox, American classical composer, dies at 80
(Nightscenes; Shaking The Pumpkin),and educator (Indiana University, 1974-94)
1982 Giorgio Abetti, Italian astronomer (Solar physics), dies at 99
1983 Jack Somack, American actor, dies of a heart attack at 64
(Ball Four, The Frisco Kid, Stockard Channing Show)
1983 Shawn Stephens Lewis, 5th wife of Jerry Lee Lewis
dies of methadone OD, after 77 days of marriage
1983 Scott Nearing, American sociologist, pacifist and author (The Good Life), dies at 100
1985 Paul Creston [Giuseppe Guttoveggio], dies at 78
Italian-American composer (Zanoni), educator, and music theorist (Creative Harmony)
1987 Bayard Rustin, American civil rights leader, dies of a perforated appendix at 75
(March on Washington organizer, Social Democrats USA)
1988 Leonard Frey, American actor (Tattoo, Magic Christian), dies of AIDS at 49
1988 Max Shulman, American author (Dobie Gillis, Tender Trap), dies at 69
1990 Sergei Dovlatov, Russian writer, dies at 48
1990 Gailli AbedElrhman, Sudanese writer (b. 1931)
1991 Abel Kivlat, US 1500m runner (Olympic silver 1912), dies at 99
1991 Beb [Elizabeth] Vuyk, Neth/Indon writer (Camp Diary), dies at 86
1991 Bernard Castro, patented convertible couch, dies at 87
1991 Mike Sokoll, cowboy actor, dies at 97
1992 Andreas M Donner, Dutch state leader/jurist (Constitution), dies at 74
1992 Larrie Londin [Ralph Gallant], American session drummer, dies of a heart attack at 48
1994 Wijnanda MC "Nan" Aberson, friend of Gerard Van de Reve Sr, dies at 82
1995 Erich Geiringer, general Practitioner campaigner, dies at 78
1995 Gary Crosby, American singer and actor, dies of lung cancer at 61
1996 Ahmed Bahauddin, journalist, dies at 69
1996 Emile Noel, international civil servant, dies at 73
1996 John Christopherson, English artist and collector, dies at 75
1996 Robert Louis Tewdwr Moss, journalist/travel writer, dies at 42
1997 Phillip Humphrey Vellacott, classicist, dies at 90
1997 (Vincente) "Tete" Montoliu, Catalonian jazz pianist, dies at 64
1997 Louis Essen, British physicist, dies at 88
1998 E. G. Marshall [Everett Eugene Grunz], American actor, dies of lung cancer at 84
1998 Gene Page, American arranger, composer, and record producer , dies at 58
1999 Alexandre Lagoya, Greek-Italian-French classical guitarist and composer, dies at 70
1999 Mary Jane Croft, American actress, dies of natural causes at 83
2001 Bettejane "Jane" Greer, American actress, dies at 76
2001 Raymond Wilding-White, American composer, dies at 78
2001 Hank Sauer, American baseball left fielder, dies from a heart attack at 84
2002 Nikolay Guryanov Russian Orthodox Christian mystic and priest (b. 1909)
2003 Sir Wilfred Thesiger, British explorer (b. 1910)
2003 John Jacob Rhodes, American politician, dies at 86
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona
2004 Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-born psychiatrist (b. 1926)
2004 Kees [Cornelis Johannes] Ouwens, Dutch writer and poet (Intimate Acts), dies at 60
2005 Kaleth Morales, Colombian vallenato folk music singer and songwriter
dies in a vehicle crash at 22
2006 Léopold Simoneau, French Canadian tenor, dies at 90
2006 Cristian Nemescu, Romanian film director (b.1979)
2006 James Carl Tenney, American composer, dies at 72
2007 Andrée P. Boucher, Canadian politician, Mayor of Quebec City, dies at 70
2007 Aaron Russo, American political activist, movie producer and director, dies of cancer at 64
2010 Satoshi Kon, Japanese anime film director, dies at 46
2011 Mike Flanagan, American baseball pitcher (b. 1951)
2012 Pauli Ellefsen, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (1981-85), dies at 76
2012 Richard Evans, British diplomat, dies at 84
ambassador to the People's Republic of China (1984-88)
2013 Julie Harris, American actress, dies of, heart failure at 87
2014 Richard Attenborough, English actor and director, dies at 90
2015 Justin Wilson, English auto racer, dies as a result of on track accident at 37
2016 Walter Scheel, German politician, West German Foreign Minister and President, dies at 97
2016 Roger Y. Tsien, American chemist (Nobel Prize 2008), dies at 64
2016 Michel Butor, French novelist and essayist (La Modification), dies at 89
2017 Jay Thomas [Jon Thomas Terrell], American actor and comedian, dies of cancer at 69
2017 Charlie Robertson, American politician, dies of cancer at 83
mayor of York, Pennsylvania 1994-2002)
2018 Tom Frost, American rock climber, dies of prostate cancer at 82
2018 Robin Leach, English TV host (Life Styles of Rich & Famous), dies at 76
2020 Tony Colton [Chalk], British singer-songwriter, and record producer, dies of kidney failure at 68
2021 Charlie Watts, British rock and jazz drummer (Rolling Stones), dies at 80
2021 Hissène Habré, Chadian politician and convicted war criminal, dies in prison at 79
Dictator of Chad (1982-90)
2021 Jerry Harkness, American College Basketball HOF point guard, dies at 81
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