December 14th : Events in History
1997 | View From the Bridge, opens at Criterion Theater New York City |
1997 | Diners Club Senior Golf Match |
1997 | Juli Inkster and Dottie Pepper win LPGA Diners Club Matches |
1997 | Phoenix Coyote Mike Gartner is 5th NHLer to score 700 goals |
1996 | 12th Soap Opera Digest Awards |
1996 | 62nd Heisman Trophy Award: Danny Wuerffel, Florida (quarterback) |
1995 | Les Miserables opens at Cable Hall, Helsinki |
1995 | AIDS patient Jeff Getty recieves baboon bone marrow transplant |
1993 | Moslem fundamentalists murder 12 Kroates/Bosnians in Algeria |
1992 | Lennox Lewis given WBC title, when Riddick Bowe refused to fight him |
1991 | 57th Heisman Trophy Award: Desmond Howard, Michigan (WR) |
1991 | Ferry boat Salem Express sinks in Red Sea, 476 killed |
1990 | Louis Jordan's revue "Five Guys Named Moe," premieres in London |
1990 | Right to Die case permits Nancy Cruzan to have her feeding tube removed, she dies 12 days later |
1988 | CBS' $1.1 B bid wins exclusive 1990-94 major-league baseball rights |
1988 | NBA's Miami Heat wins 1st game ever, 89-88 (Clippers), after 17 loses |
1988 | Spanish General strike to protest austerity measures |
1988 | U.S. agrees to talk to Palestine Liberation Org (1st time in 13 yrs) |
1987 | Allan Border scores 205 vs. New Zealand to become Australia's top rungetter |
1987 | Chrysler pleads no contest to selling driven vehicles as new |
1986 | Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, took off from Edwards AFB, California on 1st non-stop, non-refueled flight around world |
1985 | U.S. Foreign Minister George Shultz arrives in West Berlin |
1984 | Howard Cosell retires from Monday Night Football |
1983 | Peg opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 5 performances |
1982 | Marcel Dionne, LA, becomes 9th NHLer to score 500 goals |
1981 | Israel annexes Golan Heights (seized from Syria in war of 1967) |
1980 | Onward Victoria opens/closes at Martin Beck New York City for 1 performance |
1980 | Anders Kailur scores on 6th Islander penalty shot |
1980 | At 2 PM EST there is 10 minutes of silence in memory of John Lennon |
1980 | Minnesota Vikings pass for 456 yards against Cleveland Browns, winning 28-24 |
1980 | Nancy Lopez/Curtis Strange wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic |
1980 | New Orleans Saints end 14 game losing streak, beat New York Jets 21-20 |
1980 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
1979 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1978 | Ballroom opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 116 performances |
1978 | China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC |
1978 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
1977 | Saturday Night Fever,starring John Travolta, premieres in New York City |
1977 | Egypt and Israel reps gather in Cairo for 1st formal peace conference |
1977 | Red Sox trade Fergie Jenkins to Rangers for John Poloni and cash |
1977 | Test Cricket debut of Abdul Qadir, vs. England at Lahore |
1977 | War criminal Pieter Menten sentenced in Amsterdam to 15 years |
1976 | Dutch 1st Chamber condemns Dutch Liberal/social dem abortion laws |
1975 | Treemonisha closes at Uris Theater New York City after 64 performances |
1975 | 6 So Moluccan terrorists surrender, holding 23 hostages for 12 days |
1974 | Islander Glenn Resch's 1st shut-out opponent-Kings 3-0 |
1974 | Viv Richards scores 1st Test Cricket ton 192 vs. India 20 fours 6 sixes |
1972 | Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt leave the Moon |
1972 | Willy Brandt re-elected West German chancellor |
1971 | Golden Gate Bridge lights out all night due to power failure |
1971 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1969 | La Strada opens/closes at Lunt Fontanne New York City for 1 performance |
1969 | Bishen Bedi takes 7-98 (career-best) vs. Australia at Calcutta |
1969 | Jackson Five made their 1st appearance on "Ed Sullivan Show" |
1967 | DNA created in a test tube |
1965 | La Grusse Valise opens at 54th St. Theater New York City for 7 performances |
1964 | Michael Brown meets Rene Fladen, then writes "Walk Away Rene" |
1963 | Verne Gagne beats The Crusher in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ |
1962 | Mariner 2 makes 1st U.S. fly-by of another planet (Venus) |
1962 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1961 | Jimmy Dean's "Big Bad John" is 1st country song to get a gold record |
1960 | Australia vs. West Indies 1st Test Cricket at the Gabba ends in a tie |
1960 | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) forms |
1960 | Washington Senators joins American League |
1959 | USAF Captain Joe B. Jordan reaches 103,395 feet in F-104 jet fighter |
1959 | Archbishop Makarios proclaimed president of Cyprus |
1959 | J B Jordan in F-104C sets world altitude record, 31,513m |
1957 | Most Happy Fella closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 678 performances |
1957 | Rumple closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 45 performances |
1956 | Paul-Henri Spaak appointed Secretary-General of NATO |
1955 | Dutch Reformed Church condemns woman/wife as vicar |
1955 | Tappan Zee Bridge in New York opens to traffic |
1954 | WOAY TV channel 4 in Oak Hill-Beckley, WV (ABC) begins broadcasting |
1953 | Brooklyn Dodgers sign pitcher Sandy Koufax |
1952 | KROD (now KDBC) TV channel 4 in El Paso, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting |
1952 | R H Shodhan scores 110 on Test Cricket debut vs. Pakistan, Calcutta |
1952 | Uprising of captives in Pongam South Korea, 82 die |
1950 | Bless You All opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 84 performances |
1950 | U.N. General Assembly establishes High Commission for Refugees (Nobel 1954) |
1950 | Baseball owners choose Lou Perini (Braves), Phil Wrigley (Cubs), Del Webb (Yankees), and Ellis Ryan (Indians) to select new commissioner |
1947 | Cleveland Browns beat New York Yankees 14-3 in AAFC championship game |
1946 | Three to Make Ready closes at Adelphi Theater New York City after 323 performances |
1946 | Togo made a trusteeship territory of UN |
1946 | U.N. General Assembly votes to establish United Nations HQs in New York City |
1945 | Elmer Rice' "Dream Girl," premieres in New York City |
1944 | Begin(ning) Liese-Aktion: werving of labor force for Germany |
1944 | Congress establshes rank of General of Army (5-star General) |
1944 | German occupiers forbid use of electricity in parts of Holland |
1941 | 1st NFL division playoff, Bears beat Packers 33-14 |
1941 | Premier Winston Churchill travels to U.S. on board HMS Duke of York |
1941 | U-557 torpedoes British cruiser Galatea |
1939 | Soviet Union attacks Finland-League of Nations drops Soviet Union |
1938 | AL permits Cleveland and Philadelphia to play night games |
1938 | Major leagues agrees on standard ball |
1938 | Major leagues disagree on increasing rosters from 23 to 25 |
1938 | Will Harridge is elected to a 10-year-term as AL president |
1937 | Japanese troops conquer/plunder Nanjing |
1935 | Test Cricket debut of "Chuck" Fleetwood-Smith vs. South Africa, Durban |
1934 | 1st streamlined steam locomotive introduced (Albany New York) |
1933 | Josephine Baker performs in Amsterdam |
1932 | French government of Herriot falls |
1931 | 1st assembly of Anton Musserts NSB in Utrecht |
1930 | New York Giants defeat Notre Dame 22-0 in a charity game |
1929 | Alexander Zaimis elected President of Greece |
1928 | 2nd Test Cricket Australia vs. England starts with Bradman 12th man |
1927 | Iraq gains independence from Britain, but British troops remain |
1926 | Danish Madsen government, forms |
1924 | Chiang Kai-shek occupies Hankou |
1924 | Respighi's symphony "Pini di Roma," premieres in Paris |
1923 | Gerard K "Simon" van het Reve, Dutch writer (Evenings) |
1920 | Heavyweight Jack Dempsey KOs Bill Brennan in New York City |
1920 | Jack Dempsey KOs Bill Brennan in 12 for heavyweight boxing title |
1918 | Giacomo Puccini's opera "Il Trittico," premieres in New York City |
1917 | UFA, Universal Film AG, forms in Germany |
1915 | Jack Johnson is 1st black world heavyweight boxing champion |
1913 | Greece formally takes possession of Crete |
1911 | South Pole 1st reached, by Norwegian Roald Amundsen |
1903 | Reg Foster completes 287 England vs. Australia on Test Cricket debut |
1901 | 1st table tennis tournament is held (London Royal Aquarium) |
1894 | Test Cricket debut of Joe Darling, Ernie Jones, Archie MacLaren |
1889 | American Academy of Political and Social Science organized, Philadelphia |
1882 | Henry Morton Stanley returns to Brussels from the Congo |
1863 | Battle of Bean's Station-Confederacy repulses Union in Tennessee |
1849 | 1st chamber music group in U.S. gives their 1st concert (Boston) |
1825 | Decembrist uprising in Russia against Tsar Nicholas I begins |
1819 | Alabama admitted to Union as 22nd state |
1798 | David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patents a nut and bolt machine |
1793 | 1st state road authorized, Frankfort, Kentucky to Cincinnati |
1782 | Charleston, South Carolina evacuated by British |
1774 | Mass militiamen successfully attacked arsenal of Ft. William and Mary |
1708 | Prosper Jolyot's "Electre," premieres in Paris |
1656 | Artificial pearls 1st manufactured by M Jacquin in Paris made of gypsum pellets covered with fish scales |
1600 | Olivier van Noort sinks Sp galleon San Diego at Bay of Manila, 350 die |
1582 | Zealand/Brabant Netherlands adopt Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is 12/25 |
1575 | Polish Parliament selects Istvan Bathory as king of Poland |
1490 | Anna van Bretagne marries a proxy Maximilian of Austria |
1287 | Zuider Zee seawall collapses with loss of 50,000 lives |
1124 | Theobald Buccapecus elected Pope Coelestinus II (he refuses) |
872 | John VIII elected as Catholic Pope |
867 | Adrian II begins his reign as Catholic Pope |
644 | Osman ibn Affan appointed 3rd kalief of islam |
December 14th : Birthdays in History
1988 | Vanessa Hudgens, born in Salinas, California, actress, singer, debut album, titled, 'V', certified Gold, screen debut, drama film, 'Thirteen', 2003, known for playing role of Gabriella Montez in High School Musical series |
1979 | Michael Owen, English Athlete |
1977 | Tisha Dabber, Shelbyville Indiana, actress, New Mickey Mouse Club |
1975 | Inga Drozdova, Latvia, playmate, Nov, 1997 |
1975 | James Cotton, NBA guard, Seattle Supersonics |
1975 | Tamecka Dixon, WNBA guard for the Los Angeles Sparks |
1974 | Billy Koch, Garden City, New York, baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze |
1973 | Eelco Wassenaar, Netherlands, U.S. field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics |
1972 | Johnny Mcwilliams, tight end for the Arizona Cardinals |
1971 | Chris Therien, Ottawa, NHL defenseman for the Philadelphia Flyers |
1971 | Lisa-Marie Vizaniari, Australian discus/shot putter 1996 Olympics |
1970 | Bradford Banta, NFL tight end for the Indianapolis Colts |
1970 | Beth Orton, English Musician |
1969 | Arthur Numan, soccer player, PSV |
1969 | Craig Jones, born in Nambour, Australia, Canadian Tour golfer, New Zealand Open 1994 |
1969 | Dave Nilsson, Brisbane Australia, catcher for the Milwaukee Brewers |
1969 | Rogerick Green, NFL cornerback for the Jacksonville Jaguars |
1968 | Cees Marbus, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles |
1968 | Jamie Crysdale, CFL corner for the Calgary Stampeders |
1967 | Ali Wood, born in Long Beach, California, WPVA volleyballer, U.S. Open-13th-1995 |
1967 | Eldridge Recasner, NBA guard, Atlanta Hawks, Houston Rockets |
1967 | Noelle Beck, Baltimore, actress, Trisha-Loving, Fletch Lives |
1966 | Anthony Mason, NBA forward, New York Knicks, Charlotte Hornets |
1966 | Bill Ranford, Brandon Man, NHL goalie, Team Canada, Boston |
1966 | Carl Herrera, NBA forward for the San Antonio Spurs |
1966 | Sarah Zettel, American Author |
1965 | Christine Burton, born in Adelaide, Australia, golfer, 1990 T25 Victorian Open |
1965 | Craig Biggio, Smithtown, New York, infielder for the Houston Astros |
1965 | Ken Hill, Lynn, Massachusetts, pitcher for the Texas Rangers |
1965 | Lawrence Clay-Bey, Hartford, Connecticut, super heavyweight boxer 1996 Olympics |
1964 | C[arl] J[eff] Snare, Washington D.C., vocalist, Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime |
1964 | Chelsea Noble, actress, Kate-Growing Pains |
1963 | Cindy Gibb, Bennington Vt, actress, Search for Tomorrow, Youngblood |
1962 | Bharat Arun, cricketer, Indian pace bowler late-80's |
1962 | Chris Dahlquist, Fridley, NHL defenseman, Ottawa Senators |
1961 | Jeff Robinson, baseball player, Det, Balt |
1960 | Catherine G Coleman, Charleston, South Carolina, Phd/Captain USAF/astronaut, STS-73 |
1959 | Franco Iglesia, Cuba, spanish singer |
1958 | Jan Dijksma, Dutch bassist, Weekend at Waikiki |
1958 | Mike Scott, Scottish rocker, Blues Inc, Waterboys-Rainbow Warrior |
1958 | Spider Stacy, English rock vocalist, The Pogues |
1958 | Steven Rock-Savage, Mellville Louisiana, LSU, actor |
1956 | Hanni Wenzel, Liechtenstein, Slalom, Olympic-2 gold-1980 |
1956 | T K Carter, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Mike-Punky Brewster, Just our Luck |
1955 | Jane Crafter, born in Perth, Australia, golfer, 1987 JC Penney Mixed Teams |
1954 | Alan Kulwicki, Greenfield Wisconsin, NASCAR racer, Winston Cup |
1954 | Eva Mattes, Tegernsee Germany, actress, Celeste, Man Like Eva |
1954 | Hans William Schlegel, Oberlingen Germany, Astronaut, STS-55 |
1954 | Ib Anderson, Copenhagen, ballet dancer |
1954 | Steven Glenwood MacLean, Ottawa Ontario, astronaut, STS-52 |
1953 | Joe Toplyn, Boston, comedic writer, Late Night with David Letterman |
1953 | Vijay Amritraj, India, tennis player/actor, Octopussy |
1952 | Tamara Danz, born in Breitungen, Germany, singer with famous band Gitarreros, known as "Tina Turner of the East" |
1952 | John Lurie, American Actor |
1951 | Jan Timman, Dutch chess player |
1950 | Vicki Michelle, Essex England, actress, Virgin Witch, Allo Allo |
1949 | Bill Buckner, born in California, 1st baseman, error cost Red Sox 1986 world series |
1949 | Cliff Williams, Sydney Australia, rock bassist, AC/DC-Highway to Hell |
1949 | Dee Wallace Stone, Deanna Bowers, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actress, Critters, 10, ET |
1948 | Boudewijn Buch, Dutch writer/TV host |
1948 | Lester Bangs, American Critic |
1947 | Christopher Parkening, born in Los Angeles, California, guitarist, transcribed sacred music |
1946 | Anthonius A M "Ton" Kors, Dutch writer, Hannie Schaft |
1946 | Jackie McCauley, North Ireland, rock pianist, Them Coleraine |
1946 | Jane Birkin, born in London, England, actress, Mrs Don Juan, Dark Places, Dust |
1946 | Joyce Vincent Wilson, born in Detroit, Michigan, singer, Tony Orlando and Dawn |
1946 | Michael Ovitz, president, Walt Disney Co |
1946 | Patty Duke, Anna Marie, Elmhurst, New York, actress, Miracle Worker |
1946 | Ruth Fuchs, born in East Germany, javelin thrower, Gold Medals 1972, 1976 Olympics |
1946 | Stanley R Smith, tennis champ, Wimbledon 1972, U.S. Open-1971 |
1945 | Stanley Crouch, American Critic |
1943 | Frank Allen, rock vocalist, Searchers-Needles and Pins |
1942 | Rex Thompson, New York City, actor, Young Bess, King and I, Her 12 Men |
1941 | Barry Hadlee, cricketer, bro of Dayle and Richard, New Zealand World Cup 1975 |
1939 | Ernest Davis, 1st black to win Heisman Trophy, 1961 |
1939 | Marilyn Cooper, New York City, actress, Broadway Bound, Survivors |
1938 | Charlie Griffith, cricketer, WI fast bowler, or did he chuck?, |
1938 | Hal Williams, Columbus Ohio, actor, Pvt Benjamin, 227, Sanford and Son |
1938 | Janette Scott, actress, Day of the Triffids |
1938 | Leonardo Boff, Italy, Brazilian Catholic theologian |
1938 | Stewart Brand, American Author |
1936 | Robert Alan Ridley Parker, New York City, PhD/astronaut, STS-9, STS-35 |
1935 | Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Bath England, actress, Search for the Nile |
1935 | David White, cricketer, England opening attack Brown and White vs. Pak 1961 |
1935 | Lee Remick, born in Quincy, Massachusetts, actress, Days of Wine and Rose, Long Hot Summer |
1935 | Lewis Arquette, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Horror Show, Book of Love |
1934 | Petrus van Doorne, Dutch industrialist |
1933 | Leo N Wright, U.S. saxophonist, I left my heart in SF |
1932 | Abbe Lane, Brooklyn, aka Mrs. Xavier Cugat/singer, Xavier Cugat Show |
1932 | Charlie "Silver Fox" Rich, Colt, Arkansas, vocalist, Behind Closed Doors |
1932 | George Furth, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor/dir, Tammy, Good Guys, Dumplings |
1929 | Ron Nelson, composer |
1927 | Jacobus G Rietkerk, Dutch internal minister, VVD, 1982-86 |
1926 | Frank King, cricketer, WI fast bowler in 14 Tests in 50's, 29 wkts |
1924 | Marion Morgan, singer, Stop the Music |
1924 | Siiri Rantanen, Finland, cross country skier 1956 Olympics gold |
1924 | Raj Kapoor, Indian Actor |
1923 | Gerard K "Simon" van het Reve, Dutch writer, Evenings, Dear Guys |
1923 | Leonardus S van Egeraat, Dutch travel expert |
1923 | Sully Boyar, New York City, actor, Car Wash |
1922 | Charley Trippi, NFL halfback, Chicago Cardinals |
1922 | Don Hewitt, New York City, CBS news executive producer, 60 Minutes |
1920 | Albertus Meintser, office clerk/resistance fighter |
1920 | Quinton Hazell, businessman |
1919 | Shirley Jackson, U.S., writer, Road Through the Wall |
1917 | Elyse Knox, Hartford, Connecticut, actress, Hit the Ice, Black Gold |
1917 | Wilf Ferguson, cricket leg-spinner, West Indian of post-WWII years |
1915 | Clay Warnick, born in Tacoma, Washington, choral director, Jimmie Rodgers Show |
1914 | Karl Carstens, German, CDU, President Germany, 1979-84 |
1914 | Rosalyn Tureck, born in Chicago, Illinois, pianist, Bach and Rock |
1912 | Morey Amsterdam, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian, Buddy-Dick Van Dyke Show |
1911 | Ota Adler, Czechoslovakian/British fur trader/founder, Federal Trust |
1911 | Spike Jones, born in Long Beach, California, composer, In a Secluded Rendesvous |
1909 | Edward L Tatum, U.S., molecular geneticist, Nobel 1958 |
1909 | Phia [Sophia R] Berghout, harpist/founder Eduard of Beinumstichting |
1909 | Edward Lawrie Tatum, American Scientist |
1908 | Laurence Naismith, Surrey England, actor, Judge Fulton-Persuaders |
1907 | Guy Middleton, Hove England, actor, Gentlemen Marrie Brunettes |
1906 | Helmut Bornefeld, composer |
1905 | Sydney Lipton, bandleader/violin |
1902 | Frances Beauvier, actress, Aunt Bea-Andy Griffith Show |
1901 | Henri Cochet, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1928 |
1901 | Paul I, King of Greece, 1947-64 |
1900 | Boyan Georgiev Ikonomov, composer |
1898 | Frederick Douglass Hall, composer |
1897 | Margaret Chase Smith, born in Skowhegan, Maine, Representative-R-Maine 1940 - 1949 and Senator-R-Maine 1949 - 1973 |
1896 | James H Doolittle, USAF General, Raid on Tokyo 1942 |
1896 | Jimmy Doolittle, American Aviator |
1895 | George VI, king of England, 1936-52 |
1895 | Paul Eluard, French communist/poet/resistance fighter, Le Phenix |
1895 | King George VI, British Royalty |
1894 | Joaquin Zamacois Soler, composer |
1884 | Regina Ullmann, writer |
1883 | Manolis Kalomiris, Greek opera composer |
1883 | Morihei Ueshiba, founder, Aikido |
1877 | Lieven Duvosel, Flemish music writer/composer, Leiecyclys |
1875 | Dobri Khristov, composer |
1873 | Marie-Alphonse-Nicolas-Joseph Jongen, composer |
1870 | Dirk J de Geer, Dutch premier, 1926-29, 39-40 |
1870 | Karl Renner, Austrian Chancellor/president, 1918-20, 45-50 |
1868 | Richard Batka, composer |
1866 | Roger Fry, English Artist |
1862 | Alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer |
1862 | John M Acket, Dutch literary, Grammatic Conceptions |
1853 | Salvador Diaz Miron, Mexican poet, Los Cien Mejores Poemas |
1853 | Errico Malatesta, Italian Activist |
1852 | Daniel De Leon, Activist |
1837 | William Wells, Major General Union volunteers |
1832 | Daniel Harris Reynolds, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
1830 | Allen Thomas, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
1829 | John Mercer Langston, 1st black to hold U.S. political office |
1824 | Pierre C Puvis de Chavannes, French painter, Pantheon |
1812 | Charles J Canning, English earl/1st viceroy of British-Indies |
1789 | Maria Agata Szymanowska, composer |
1783 | Johann Christoph Kienlen, composer |
1780 | Karl Robert von Nesselrode, Germ/Russian minister of Foreign Affairs |
1779 | Mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma, composer |
1777 | Juan N Gallego, Spanish poet/interpreter, El dos the mayo |
1775 | Thomas Cochrane, English Politician |
1738 | Johann Antonin Kozeluch, composer |
1730 | Capel Bond, composer |
1720 | Justus Moser, writer |
1709 | Charles Lawrence, British Politician |
1553 | Henri IV the Bourbon, king of Navarra, Henri III, France |
1546 | Tycho Brahe, Knudstrup Denmark, astronomer, Golden nose |
1503 | Nostradamus, Michel de Nostre-Dam, French astrologist/prophet |
1363 | John Van Gerson, French theologist |
December 14th : Deaths in History
2004 | Fernando Poe, Jr., Filipino Actor |
2003 | Jeanne Crain, actress, An Apartment for Peggy, dies at 78 |
2001 | W. G. Sebald, German Writer |
1999 | Cathy Hainer, journalist, USA Today, dies at 38 |
1999 | Douglas Leigh, Broadway sign designer, dies at 92 |
1998 | Norman Fell, actor, Three's Company, dies at 74 |
1997 | Owen Barfield, philosopher of language, dies at 99 |
1997 | Robert Sutton, electronics engineer, dies at 82 |
1997 | Stubby Kaye, actor (Guys and Dolls, Sweet Charity), dies at 79 |
1996 | Alan Hargreaves, climber, dies at 92 |
1996 | Norman Hackforth, broadcaster, dies at 88 |
1995 | Don Anthony, bandleader/songwriter, dies at 85 |
1995 | Rob Harris, sky surfer, dies while skydiving at 28 |
1994 | Mary Ann McCall, singer, dies at 75 |
1994 | Petrus HJ van Doorne, bus manufacturer/owner (BOVA), dies at 58 |
1993 | Myrna Loy, Williams, U.S. actress (Jazz Singer), dies at 88 |
1991 | Robert Eddison, British actor (Uncle Silas), dies at 83 |
1990 | F Durrenmatt, writer, dies at 69 |
1990 | Hope Sansberry, actress (Rats are Coming), dies at 94 |
1990 | Johannes von Thurn und Taxis, prince in Germany, dies at 64 |
1989 | Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist/dissident (Nobel 1975), dies at 68 |
1989 | Jock Mahoney, actor (Dallas, Cow Town, Range Rider), dies at 70 |
1989 | Lee Van Cleef, actor (Good Bad and Ugly, Sabata), dies at 64 |
1988 | Stuart Symington, Senator-D-Missouri 1953 - 1976, |
1987 | Paul Clinton Sundberg, actor (Belle of NY, Easter Parade), dies |
1985 | Roger Maris, home run hitter, 61 in 61, New York Yankees, dies of cancer at 51 |
1985 | Stanley G[rauman] Weinbaum, U.S., sci-fi author (Red Peri), dies at 85 |
1984 | Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish poet (Historia del corazon), dies at 86 |
1980 | Elston Howard, MVP catcher (New York Yankees), dies at 59 |
1975 | Arthur Treacher, TV announcer (Merv Griffin Show), dies at 81 |
1974 | Walter Lippmann, U.S. journalist (One of Dynasty), dies at 85 |
1973 | Yitzhak Edel, composer, dies at 77 |
1966 | Emma Dunn, actress (You Can't Fool Your Wife), dies at 91 |
1966 | Richard Whorf, actor (Chain Lightning), dies of heart attack at 60 |
1966 | Verna Felton, actress (Hilda-December Bride), dies at 76 |
1965 | Hermann Sandby, composer, dies at 84 |
1964 | William Bendix, actor (Life of Riley), dies at 58 |
1963 | Dinah Washington, singer, dies of sleeping pill overdose at 39 |
1963 | Erich Ollenhauer, German politician (SPD), dies at 62 |
1960 | Gregory Ratoff, actor (Skyscraper Souls), dies of leukemia at 63 |
1959 | Maria EG "Lizzy" Ansingh, Dutch painter (Cast Off), dies at 84 |
1959 | Stanley Spencer, English Artist |
1955 | Otto Braun, German Politician |
1952 | Olav Fartein Valen, Norwegian composer, dies at 65 |
1950 | Albrecht Schaeffer, German writer (Heroische Fahrt), dies at 65 |
1948 | Reginald Owen Morris, composer, dies at 62 |
1947 | Franz Zorell, German RC lexicographer, dies at 84 |
1947 | Stanley Baldwin, English premier (1923, 24-29, 35-37), dies at 80 |
1945 | Constantino Gaito, composer, dies at 67 |
1945 | Forrester Harvey, actor (Tarzan and Mate, Chump at Oxford), dies at 61 |
1945 | Henry van Goudoever, Dutch lawyer/judge, dies on his 69th birthday |
1945 | Josef Kramer, known as "beast of Belsen," and 10 others, hanged |
1942 | Eduard C "Edo" Fimmen, Dutch trade union leader, dies at 61 |
1939 | Helene ELJ Kroller-Muller, Dutch museum founder, dies at 70 |
1938 | Marie FM Emmanuel, French composer/musicologist (Salamine), dies at 76 |
1935 | Stanley G Weinbaum, U.S., sci-fi writer (Martian Odyssey), dies |
1928 | Theodore Roberts, actor (Roaring Road, 10 Commandments), dies at 77 |
1926 | Theo van Rysselberghe, Belgian painter (pointillism), dies at 64 |
1923 | Giuseppi Gallignani, composer, dies at 72 |
1918 | Sidonio Pais, prince of Portugal, murdered |
1914 | Giovanni Sgambati, composer, dies at 73 |
1909 | Leopold II, king of Belgium, dies |
1906 | John A. C. Oudemans, Dutch geographer/astronomer, dies at 78 |
1903 | William Ennis, 1st cop to die in electric chair |
1900 | Jean B A Kessler, director of oil on Dutch Indies, dies at 46 |
1893 | Karolina Pawlowa, writer, dies at 86 |
1886 | Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer, dies at 27 |
1873 | J Louis R Agassiz, Swiss geologist/paleo-biologist, dies |
1873 | Louis Agassiz, Swiss Scientist |
1862 | George Dashiell Bayard, Union Brigadier General, dies at 27 |
1861 | Albert, prince consort of England/husband of Queen Victoria, dies at 42 |
1861 | George HG earl of Aberdeen, English minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 76 |
1861 | Heinrich August Marschner, composer, dies at 66 |
1849 | Conradin Kreutzer, composer, dies at 69 |
1829 | Luigi Marchesi, composer, dies at 74 |
1823 | Vincenzo Cuoco, Italian historian (Naple revolution 1799), dies at 53 |
1799 | George Washington, 1st president United States 1789 - 1797, dies at 66 |
1788 | Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach, German composer, dies at 74 |
1788 | Carlos III, King of Naples/Spain (1759-88), dies at 72 |
1760 | Kacic Miosic, Croatian poet (Razgovar Ugodni Naroda Slovinskoga), dies |
1754 | Mahmud I, sultan of Turkey, dies at 58 |
1734 | Noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist, dies at 44 |
1732 | Johann Philipp Fortsch, composer, dies at 80 |
1591 | Juan de la Cruz, de Yepes, Spanish Carmelet/poet/saint, dies |
1542 | James, king of Scotland (1513-42), dies at 30 |
1417 | John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham, English nobleman, hanged and burned |
1136 | Harald IV, "Gylle Krist", king of Norway, murdered |
1077 | Agnes of Poitou, German empress/wife of emperor Henry III, dies |
872 | Adrian II, Italian Pope (867-72)/last married pope, dies at about 80 |
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