Monday, December 14, 2009

December 14th : History of Events, Birthdays, Deaths

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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