December 18th Events in History | |
| 2005 | Bolivia elects leftist Evo Morales president |
| 1996 | Start of 1st Test Cricket match between Zimbabwe and England |
| 1996 | Television industry executives agree to adopt a ratings system |
| 1994 | Comedy Tonight opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 8 performances |
| 1994 | What's Wrong With this Pic? closes at Circle in Sq New York City after 12 perf |
| 1994 | Darryl Strawberry pleads not guilty on tax evasion charges |
| 1994 | General Hospital stars Kristina Malandro and Jack Wagner wed |
| 1994 | Norman, Couples and Azinger wins LPGA Wendy's 3-Tour Golf Challenge |
| 1994 | Socialist Party (ex-communist) wins Bulgaria parliamentary election |
| 1993 | Kevin Scott skates world record 1K (1:12.54) |
| 1992 | FCC vote 4-1 to allow Infinity to purchase Cook Inlet stations |
| 1991 | DeForest Kelly (Dr. McCoy on Star Trek) gets a star in Hollywood |
| 1991 | General Motors announces closing of 21 plants |
| 1990 | NL releases short list of teams for 1993 NL expansion |
| 1990 | NL announces Buffalo, Denver, Miami, Orlando, Tampa-St. Petersburg, and Washington D.C. as 6 finalist for 1993 expansion (Miami and Denver win) |
| 1989 | I Love Lucy Christmas episode, shown for 1st time in over 30 years |
| 1989 | Athol Fugard's "My Children, My Africa," premieres in New York City |
| 1988 | 5th meeting of Giants-Jets, Jets win and eliminate Giants from playoffs |
| 1988 | Seattle Seahawks win their 1st ever division title with 9-7 record |
| 1987 | Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan's future president, marries Asif Ali Zardari |
| 1987 | Ivan F. Boesky sentenced to 3 years for insider trading |
| 1986 | Mr Gates, serves as acting director of CIA |
| 1985 | Jerry's Girls opens at St. James Theater New York City for 139 performances |
| 1985 | U.N. Security Council unanimously condemns "acts of hostage-taking" |
| 1984 | 73rd Davis Cup: Sweden beats USA in Gothenburg (4-1) |
| 1983 | NBA San Diego Clippers ends 29 game road losing streak |
| 1982 | Flight readiness firing of Challenger's main engines; 20 seconds |
| 1980 | Bruce Sprinsteen's concert at Madison Square Garden |
| 1980 | Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts minister Van Agts abortion laws |
| 1980 | IRA's Sean McKenna becomes critically ill, ends hunger strike |
| 1980 | Vietnam adopts constitution |
| 1979 | Stanley Barrett 1st to exceed land sonic speed (739.666 MPH) |
| 1978 | France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island |
| 1978 | U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test |
| 1977 | Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey # 42, Nate Thumond |
| 1977 | Dutch Antilles: premier Boy Rozendal points independence off |
| 1976 | A Star is Born, with Barbra Striesand, premieres |
| 1976 | Wonder Woman debuts on ABC |
| 1976 | Soviet dissident Viktor Bukovskiexchanged for Chile CP-leader Corvalan |
| 1974 | SF Visitors Center at City Hall opens |
| 1973 | Soyuz 13 launched into Earth orbit for 8 days |
| 1973 | Yankees sign Dick Williams as manager, overturned later by AL president |
| 1972 | U.S. begins its heaviest bombing of North Vietnam |
| 1971 | 1st Candlelight Processional |
| 1971 | CBS radio cancels Saturday morning band concerts |
| 1971 | People United To Save Humanity (PUSH) forms by Jesse Jackson in Chic |
| 1970 | Me Nobody Knows opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 587 performances |
| 1970 | Polish uprising fails |
| 1970 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1969 | Coco opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 333 performances |
| 1969 | Britain abolishes death penalty |
| 1969 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1968 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
| 1966 | Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" airs for 1st time on CBS |
| 1966 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
| 1965 | La Grusse Valise closes at 54th St. Theater New York City after 7 performances |
| 1965 | Borman and Lovell Splash down in Atlantic ends 2 week Gemini VII mission |
| 1965 | Kenneth LeBel jumps 17 barrels on ice skates |
| 1964 | I Had a BaIl opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 199 performances |
| 1964 | The Pink Panther cartoon series premieres (Pink Phink) |
| 1964 | During services held for Sam Cooke fans caused damage to Funeral Home |
| 1964 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1963 | Clarke runs world record 10k (28:15.6) |
| 1963 | Muskegon, Michigan gets 3' of snow |
| 1962 | Dmitri Shostakovich' 13th Symphony, premieres in Moscow |
| 1962 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. |
| 1962 | WAIQ TV channel 26 in Montgomery, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1961 | Britain's EMI Records originally rejects the Beatles |
| 1961 | For 2nd cons year, AP names Wilma Rudolph female athlete of year |
| 1961 | India annexes Portuguese colonies of Goa, Damao and Diu |
| 1961 | KAIL TV channel 53 in Fresno, California (IND) begins broadcasting |
| 1961 | Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Philadelphia Warriors scores 78 points vs LA |
| 1960 | General Meeting of United Nations condemns apartheid |
| 1959 | Sammy Baugh named 1st coach of New York Titans (AFL) |
| 1958 | 1st test project of Signal Communications by Orbiting Relay Equip |
| 1958 | 1st voice from space: recorded Christmas message by Eisenhower |
| 1958 | Niger gains autonomy within French Community (National Day) |
| 1957 | Shippingport Atomic Power Stn, 1st nuke plant to generate electricity |
| 1956 | To Tell the Truth debuts on CBS-TV |
| 1956 | Israeli flag hoisted on Mount Sinai |
| 1956 | Japan admitted to UN |
| 1956 | Phil Rizzuto signs as New York Yankee radio-TV announcer |
| 1953 | KATV TV channel 7 in Little Rock, AR (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| 1953 | KMID TV channel 2 in Midland and Odessa, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| 1952 | Ellis W Ryan resigns as Cleveland Indians president |
| 1949 | Philadelphia Eagles beat Los Angeles Rams 14-0 in NFL championship game |
| 1948 | Indonesia begins it's 2nd political election |
| 1948 | WDSU TV channel 6 in New Orleans, Louisiana (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| 1947 | Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Optissima Pax |
| 1946 | TV's 1st network dramatic serial "Faraway Hill" ends 2 month run |
| 1945 | Uruguay joins UN |
| 1944 | Destroyers "Hull," "Spence" and "Monaghan" sink in typhoon (Philippines) |
| 1944 | Nazi occupiers of Amsterdam destroy electricity plants |
| 1941 | German submarine U-434 sinks |
| 1941 | Japanse troops land on Hong Kong |
| 1939 | Finnish army recaptures Aglajarvi |
| 1936 | 1st giant panda imported into US |
| 1936 | Queensland cricket all out for 49 vs. Vic, Fleetwood-Smith 7-17 |
| 1936 | Su-Lin, 1st giant panda to come to U.S. from China, arrives in SF |
| 1935 | Bradman scores 117 in his 1st Shield cricket match for South Australia |
| 1935 | Edward Benes becomes president of Czechoslovakia |
| 1932 | Chicago Bears beat Portsmouth Spartans 9-0 in 1st NFL playoff game |
| 1930 | Bradman scores 258 NSW vs. South Australia, 289 minutes, 37 fours |
| 1923 | International zone of Tangier set up in Morocco |
| 1920 | 1st U.S. postage stamps printed without the words United States or US |
| 1917 | Soviet regiment (Stalin/Lenin) declares Finland Independent |
| 1915 | President Wilson, widowed the year before, marries Edith Bolling Galt |
| 1905 | H V Hordern takes 8-81 in 2nd innings of F-C debut (NSW vs. Qld) |
| 1899 | Field Marshal Lord Roberts appointed British supreme commander in South Africa |
| 1898 | Automobile speed record set-63 kph (39 mph) |
| 1892 | Nutcracker Suite, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet, premieres |
| 1892 | Anton Bruckner's 8th Symphony, premieres |
| 1890 | Lugards expedition to Mengo/Kampala, Uganda |
| 1878 | French SS Byzantin sinks after collision in Dardanellen, 210 killed |
| 1869 | Canada's Hamilton Foot Ball Club plays its 1st game |
| 1865 | 13th Amendment ratified, slavery abolished |
| 1865 | 1st U.S. cattle importation law passed |
| 1862 | Battle at Lexington, Tennessee (Forrest's Second Raid) |
| 1859 | South Carolina declared an "independent commonwealth" |
| 1858 | Passy, at Paris: 1st "Samedi soir" i/d villa of lovers Rossini |
| 1849 | William Bond obtains 1st photograph of Moon through a telescope |
| 1839 | 1st celestial photograph (of Moon) made in U.S., John Draper, New York City |
| 1832 | Charles Darwin visits Vurland |
| 1813 | British take Ft. Niagara in War of 1812 |
| 1799 | George Washington's body interred at Mount Vernon |
| 1796 | 1st U.S. newspaper to appear on Sunday (Baltimore Monitor) |
| 1787 | New Jersey becomes 3rd state to ratify constitution |
| 1783 | English king George III fires government of Portland |
| 1777 | 1st national Thanksgiving Day, commemorating Burgoyne's surrender |
| 1774 | Empress Maria Theresa expels Jews from Prague, Bohemia and Moravia |
| 1719 | Thomas Fleet publishes "Mother Goose's Melodies For Children" |
| 1621 | English parliament accept unanimously, Protestation |
| 1603 | Admiral Steven van der Haghens fleet departs to East-Indies |
| 1406 | Anton van Bourgondies becomes duke of Brabant |
| 1352 | Etienne Aubert elected as Pope Innocentius VI |
| 1118 | Alfonso van Aragon occupies Saragossa on Almoraviden |
December 18th Birthdays in History | |
| 1980 | Christina Aguilera, American Musician |
| 1978 | Naomi Lang, born in Arcata, California, dance skater, & Peter Tchernyshev |
| 1978 | Katie Holmes, American Actress |
| 1975 | Michael Barry, Toronto, Ontario, cyclist 1996 Olympics |
| 1975 | Trish Stratus, American Entertainer |
| 1974 | Peter Boulware, linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens |
| 1973 | Jason Williams, Gonzales, Louisiana, baseball infielder 1996 Olympics bronze |
| 1973 | Keith Washington, NFL defensive end, Minnesota Vikings, Baltimore Ravens |
| 1972 | Eric Unverzagt, NFL/WLAF linebacker, Sea Seahawks, Scotland Claymores |
| 1972 | Jeff Nelson, Prince Albert, NHL center for the Washington Capitals |
| 1972 | Marcos Ondruska, South Africa, tennis star |
| 1971 | Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Barcelona, tennis star, Silver and Bronze Medals 1992 Olympics |
| 1971 | Frank Pimiskern, CFL safety for the BC Lions |
| 1971 | Joe Dziedzic, Minneapolis, NHL left wing for the Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 1971 | Markus Finke, WLAF running back for the Rhein Fire |
| 1971 | Neil Little, Medicine Hat, NHL goalie for the Philadelphia Flyers |
| 1970 | Lucious Harris, NBA guard, New Jersey Nets, Dallas Mavericks |
| 1970 | Victoria Pratt, Canadian Actress |
| 1969 | Andrew Murphy, Australian long jumper/triple jumper 1996 Olympics |
| 1969 | Chris Dausin, WLAF corner/guard for the Scottish Claymores |
| 1969 | Joanne Mills, born in Sydney, Australia, golfer, T25 Holden 1994 Women's Australia Open |
| 1969 | Joe Randa, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, infielder for the Kansas City Royals |
| 1969 | Keith Piper, cricketer, Warwickshire and England A wicketkeeper |
| 1969 | Marco Coleman, NFL defensive end, Miami Dolphins, San Diego Chargers |
| 1969 | T C Wright, WLAF running back for the Amsterdam Admirals |
| 1968 | Aaron Craver, NFL running back, Denver Broncos, San Diego Chargers |
| 1968 | Casper Van Dien, actor, Starship Troopers |
| 1967 | Bob Corkum, Salisbury, NHL center for the Philadelphia Flyers |
| 1967 | Charles Christopher Rymer, Cleveland, Tennessee, PGA golfer, 1995 Shell-3rd |
| 1967 | Dan McGwire, NFL quarterback for the Miami Dolphins |
| 1967 | Tracy Hayworth, NFL linebacker, Detroit Lions, Atlanta Falcons |
| 1966 | Aaron Jones, NFL defensive end for the New England Patriots |
| 1966 | Gianluca Pagliuca, Italian actress, Ugly Dirty and Bad |
| 1966 | Patricia Neder, Wauykesha WI, team handball right wing, Olympic-92, 96 |
| 1966 | Steve Dullaghan, rocker, Primitives-Lovely, Lump of Coal |
| 1966 | Terry Phelps, Larchmont, New York, tennis star |
| 1965 | Angeliki Kaneltopoutous, Greece, tennis star |
| 1965 | Brad Pitt, actor, Cutting Class |
| 1965 | Brian Walton, Ottawa Ontario, points race cyclist, 1996 Olympics silver |
| 1965 | Fawna Maclaren, born in Santa Monica, California, playmate, Jan, 1989 |
| 1965 | Willie Blair, Paintsville, Kentucky, pitcher for the San Diego Padres |
| 1964 | Don Beebe, NFL wide reciever, Green Bay Packers Superbowl 31 |
| 1963 | Charles Oakley, NBA forward for the New York Knicks |
| 1963 | Lori McNeil, born in San Diego, California, tennis star, 1995 Oakland doubles |
| 1961 | Brian Orser, Canada, figure skater, Olympics-Silver-88 |
| 1961 | Ken Foreman, rocker, Thrashing Doves-Reprobate's Hymm |
| 1961 | Lalchand Rajput, cricketer, Indian Test opening batsman 1985-86 |
| 1959 | Barrie Chase, actress, Mardi Gras, Cape Fear |
| 1957 | John Webster, rocker, Red Ryder-Light in the Tunnel |
| 1956 | Reinhold Ewald, Germany, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-25 |
| 1956 | Ron White, born in Fritch, Texas, comedian, performs stand up comedy, Grammy-Award nominee, member of Blue Collar Comedy Tour, projects include, 'You Can't Fix Stupid', influences include Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Hicks, George Carlin |
| 1954 | Ray Liotta, born in Newark, New Jersey, actor, Sacha-Casablanca, Goodfellas |
| 1953 | Elliot Easton, Elliot Shapiro, born in Brooklyn, New York, rock guitarist, Cars |
| 1951 | Andrew S Thomas, Adelaide Australia, PhD/astronaut, STS-77, STS-89/91 |
| 1951 | Candice Rialson, born in Santa Monica, California, actress, Chatterbox |
| 1950 | Gillian Armstrong, born in Melbourne, Australia, director, High Tide, Mrs. Soffel |
| 1950 | Leonard Maltin, born in New York City, movie critic, Entertainment Tonight |
| 1950 | Martha Johnson, born in Toronto, Canada, rocker, M+M |
| 1950 | Randy Castillo, American Musician |
| 1949 | Joni Flynn, Assam India, actress, Octopussy |
| 1948 | Bryan "Chas" Changler, Newcastle, rock bassist, Animals |
| 1947 | Eddie Antar, founder/CEO, Crazy Eddie Electronics Store |
| 1947 | Steven Spielberg, born in Cincinnati, director, ET, Close Encounters, Jaws |
| 1946 | Hubie Green, Birmingham, Alabama, PGA golfer, U.S. Open 1977 |
| 1946 | Stephen, Steve, Biko, South African anti-apartheid activist |
| 1945 | Birenda Bir Bikram, King of Nepal, 1972- |
| 1945 | Carolyn Wood, U.S., 4 x 100m freestyle swimmer 1960 Olympics gold |
| 1943 | Alan Rudolph, actor, Endangers Species, Love at Large, Made in Heaven |
| 1943 | Bobby Keyes, born in Slaton, Texas, musician, saxophone player, played with Bobby Vee, Buddy Holly, The Rolling Stones, celebrated recording "Return to Sender", "Brown Sugar" |
| 1943 | Keith Richards, born in England, rock guitarist, Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar |
| 1942 | William HAF, English prince/grandson of George V |
| 1941 | Sam Andrew, rocker, Big Brother and Holding Company-Cheap Thrills |
| 1940 | Arnold Long, cricketer, prolific wicketkeeper for Surrey and Sussex |
| 1939 | Christoffel "Stoffel" van de Merwe, South Africa minister of Education |
| 1939 | Henrica M L "Wiesje" Backer, Dutch dancer/actress/playwright |
| 1939 | Michael J Moorcock, England, sci-fi author, Alien Heat, Bull and Spear |
| 1939 | Sandro Lopopolia, Italy, lightweight boxer, Silver Medal 1960 Olympics |
| 1938 | [Bryan] Chas Chandler, rocker, The Animals-House of the Rising Sun |
| 1934 | Boris Valentinovich Volynov, U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Soyuz 5, 21 |
| 1932 | Roger Smith, South Gate California, actor, 77 Sunset Strip |
| 1931 | Gunnel Lindblom, Goeteborg Sweden, actor, Hunger, Virgin Spring |
| 1931 | Noel McGregor, cricketer, batted in 25 Tests for New Zealand 1955-65 |
| 1931 | Allen Klein, American Businessman |
| 1927 | Ramsey Clark, U.S. attorney General, 1967-69 |
| 1927 | Sterling Lanier, U.S., writer, Hiero's Journey |
| 1927 | Romeo LeBlanc, Canadian Politician |
| 1926 | Peggy Cummins, North Wales, actress, Curse of the Demon |
| 1923 | Lotti [Charlotte] van der Gaag, Dutch sculptor/painter |
| 1922 | Larry D Mann, born in Toronto, Canada, actor, Marty-Accidental Family |
| 1920 | Rita Streich, German singer |
| 1920 | Willis Conover, broadcaster |
| 1919 | Anita O'Day, Chicago, big band jazz singer, Gene Krupa, Stan Kanton |
| 1917 | Ossie Davis, born in Cogdell, Georgia, actor and playwright, Hot Stuff, Man Called Adam |
| 1916 | Betty Grable, St. Louis, great legs/actress, Gay Divorcee |
| 1915 | Dario Mangiarotti, Italy, fencing, gold, 2 silver, Olympic-1948, 52 |
| 1914 | Jerry Zipkin, socialite |
| 1913 | Alfred Bester, U.S., science fiction author, Decievers, Starlight |
| 1913 | Donald Phillips, pianist/composer |
| 1913 | Lynn Bari, Roanoke, Virginia, actress, Connie-Detective Wife, Earthbound |
| 1913 | Saburo Takata, composer |
| 1913 | Willy Brandt, Herbert Frahm, German chancellor, 1969 - 1974, Nobel 1971 |
| 1911 | Helen Vlachos, journalist |
| 1911 | Jules Dassin, Middletown CT, director, Circle of Two, Never on Sunday |
| 1910 | Abe Burrows, born in Brooklyn, New York, Broadway composer, Guys and Dolls 1951 TONY |
| 1910 | Eric Tindall, cricketer, All Black rep who kept wicket in 5 Tests |
| 1909 | Mona Barrie, Smith, born in London, England, actress, Dawn on Great Divide |
| 1908 | Celia Johnson, England, actress, Happy Breed, Brief encounter |
| 1907 | Christopher Fry, Bristol England, playwright, Ring Around the Moon |
| 1906 | Edwin H "Buddy" Morris, music publisher |
| 1906 | Kam Tong, actor, Across the Pacific, Flower Drum Song |
| 1905 | Richard Sturzenegger, composer |
| 1904 | George Stevens, U.S. director, Alice Adams, Penny Serenade |
| 1904 | Wilf Carter, country singer |
| 1898 | Jacob Kruijt, Dutch sociologist |
| 1897 | Fernand J Collin, Belgian economist/banker |
| 1890 | Edwin Howard Armstrong, New York City, radio pioneer inventor, FM |
| 1888 | Gladys Cooper, Lewisham England, actress, My Fair Lady |
| 1888 | Robert Moses, power broker, built Long Island and New York City parks and roads |
| 1886 | Ty Cobb, batted .367, stole 892 bases, Detroit Tigers |
| 1884 | Philippe van Isacker, Belgian minister |
| 1879 | Paul Klee, born in Switzerland, abstract painter, Twittering Machine, |
| 1877 | Max Pallenberg, Austria, actor, Brave Suender, husband of Fritzi Massary |
| 1873 | Adolf Vogl, composer |
| 1870 | Andres Randolf, Denmark, actor, The Kiss |
| 1870 | D T Suzuki, Kanazawa Japan, Zen Buddhist scholar |
| 1870 | Saki, Hector Hugo Munro, Burma, author, Reginald, When William Came |
| 1870 | Hector Hugh Munro, British Novelist |
| 1867 | Antoon van Welie, Dutch painter |
| 1863 | French Ferdinand, archduke of Austria, Sarajevo/WW I |
| 1861 | Lionel Monckton, composer |
| 1860 | Edward Alexander MacDowell, U.S., composer, Indian Suite |
| 1859 | Francis Thompson, English Poet |
| 1856 | Joseph John Thomson, Eng, physicist discovered electron, Nobel 1906 |
| 1852 | Gaetano Coronaro, composer |
| 1852 | George H. White, American Politician |
| 1848 | Karl Schroder, composer |
| 1844 | Lujo Brentano, German economist |
| 1837 | A Adolf Daens, Belgian priest/Dutch party founder, CVP |
| 1835 | George Dashiell Bayard, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1835 | Lyman Abbott, American Author |
| 1826 | Charles-A Chatrian, Erckmann-C, French writer, L'ami Fritz |
| 1826 | Mercer Brooke John, Confederate Navy |
| 1825 | Charles Griffin, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1819 | Jakov P Polonski, Russian poet, Stichotvorenija |
| 1816 | Alfred Elzey Jones, Major General Confederate Army |
| 1812 | Wiktor Kazynski, composer |
| 1811 | Alexander Sandor Asboth, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1803 | William Allen, Rep/Gov-Oh |
| 1788 | Camille Pleyel, Austria, piano builder/composer |
| 1786 | Carl Maria von Weber, Germany, romantic composer, Der Freischutz |
| 1779 | Joseph Grimaldi, England, pantomimist, "greatest clown in history" |
| 1760 | Knud L Rahbek, Danish literary, Om sku skuespillerkunsten |
| 1734 | Jean-Baptiste Rey, composer |
| 1709 | Elizabeth, empress of Russia, to Peter the Great and Catherine I |
| 1707 | Charles Wesley, co-founder, Methodist movement |
| 1667 | Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt, composer |
| 1635 | Antonius Matthaeus, Dutch lawyer/historian |
| 1633 | Adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised |
| 1633 | Willem van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, baptised |
| 1610 | Charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist |
| 1569 | Jakob Hassler, composer |
| 1562 | Philipp Dulichius, composer |
December 18th Deaths in History | |
| 2008 | Conor Cruise O'Brien, dies at 91, in his home overlooking Dublin Bay |
| 2008 | W. Mark Felt, dies in his sleep, in Santa Rosa, California, at 95 |
| 2000 | Barney McNulty, production assistant, invented cue cards, dies at 77 |
| 2000 | Kirsty MacColl, singer/songwriter, Tropical Brainstorm, dies at 41 |
| 1999 | Robert Bresson, French Director |
| 1997 | Chris Farley, comedian (SNL, Tommy Boy), dies at 33 |
| 1996 | Arthur Jacobs, musicologist, dies at 74 |
| 1995 | Georgio Fini, restaurateur, dies at 70 |
| 1995 | Ross Thomas, author, dies at 69 |
| 1995 | Konrad Zuse, German Inventor |
| 1994 | Heinz Bernard Lowenstein, actor and director, dies at 71 |
| 1994 | Lilia Skala, Austrian/US actress (Ship of Fools, Caprice), dies at 98 |
| 1994 | Peter Hebblethwaite, English editor-in-chief (The Month), dies at 64 |
| 1993 | Sam Wanamaker, actor (Pvt Benjamin), dies of prostate cancer at 74 |
| 1992 | Dana Andrews, actor (Best Years of Our Lifes), dies at 83 |
| 1992 | Mark Goodson, TV game show producer (Goodson-Toddman), dies at 77 |
| 1992 | Mother Clare Hale, cared for New York City AIDS babies (Hale House), dies at 87 |
| 1992 | Richard H Ichord, U.S. leader of House Un-American Act Comm, dies |
| 1991 | June Storey, actress (South of the Border), dies of cancer at 73 |
| 1990 | Anne Revere, actress (National Velvet), dies of pneumonia at 87 |
| 1990 | Paul Tortelier, composer, dies at 76 |
| 1986 | Mamo Clark, actor (1 Million BC, Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island), dies |
| 1982 | Tibor de Machula, Hungary/Netherlands cellist, dies at 70 |
| 1981 | Mehmet Shehu, Prime Minister Albania 1954 - 1981, American spy, commits suicide |
| 1980 | Alexei N Kosygin, Soviet Prime Minister 1964 - 1980, suffers heart attack at 76 |
| 1977 | Cyril Ritchard, actor (Peter Pan), dies at 80 |
| 1977 | Louis Untermeyer, poet/critic/TV panelist (What's My Line), dies at 92 |
| 1973 | Giulio Cesare Brero, composer, dies at 64 |
| 1971 | Aleksandr T. Tvardovski, Russian editor in chief (Novyj Mir), dies at 61 |
| 1971 | Bobby Jones, Jr., PGA golfer (Grand Slam 1930), dies at 69 |
| 1971 | Diana Lynn, actress (Annapolis Story, Easy Come Easy Go), dies at 45 |
| 1966 | Gene Gauntier, dies in Cuernavaca Mexico |
| 1963 | Winifried P I Zillig, German composer and conductor (Opfer), dies at 58 |
| 1959 | Dorothy L Sayers, writer, dies at 66 |
| 1948 | Janet Fay, hammered to death by Honeymoon Killers |
| 1939 | Matthew Brown, Journalist, dies at 51 |
| 1935 | Juan V Gomez, general/dictator of Venezuela (1908-35), dies |
| 1932 | Eduard "Ede" Bernstein, German marxist/revisionist, dies at 82 |
| 1931 | John T "Legs" Diamond, U.S. gangster, murdered at 35 |
| 1928 | Lucien Capet, composer, dies at 55 |
| 1919 | Horatio William Parker, composer, dies at 56 |
| 1919 | John Alcock, pilot (1st non-stop over Atlantic), dies in crash at 27 |
| 1918 | Henryk Jarecki, composer, dies at 72 |
| 1915 | Edouard Vaillant, French socialist politician/communard, dies at 75 |
| 1911 | Alberto Randegger, composer, dies at 79 |
| 1899 | John William Glover, composer, dies at 84 |
| 1897 | Carlo A Alfieri, Italian Member of parliament, dies at 70 |
| 1892 | Richard Owen, English zoologist (Dinosaurus), dies at 88 |
| 1881 | George Edmund Street, English Architect |
| 1869 | Louis Moreau Gottschalk, composer, dies at 40 |
| 1865 | Francisco Manuel da Silva, composer, dies at 70 |
| 1862 | Johnson Kelly Duncan, architect and Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at 35 |
| 1858 | Joseph-Henri-Ignace Mees, composer, dies at 81 |
| 1841 | Felice Blangini, composer, dies at 60 |
| 1839 | Charles-Henri Plantade, composer, dies at 75 |
| 1835 | Johann Georg Anton Mederitsch-Gallus, composer, dies at 82 |
| 1831 | Willem Bilderdijk, Dutch poet/literary (My Relief), dies at 75 |
| 1829 | Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck, French nature investigator, dies at about 85 |
| 1803 | Johann G von Herder, German philosopher/theologist/poet, dies at 59 |
| 1779 | Jan Punt, engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool), dies at 68 |
| 1751 | Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, builder (Nepomukkerk, Prague), dies at 62 |
| 1737 | Antonio Stradivari, renowned violin-maker, dies in Cremona Italy at 93 |
| 1732 | Johann Valentin Eckelt, composer, dies at 59 |
| 1710 | Peter Codde, apostile vicar (1688-1704), dies at 62 |
| 1651 | Francisco the Melo, Portuguese/Spanish earl of Assumar, dies at 54 |
| 1638 | Le Pere Joseph, French mystic, dies |
| 1633 | Theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, buried at 62 |
| 1597 | Barbara Blomberg, German mistress of emperor Karel, dies at 67 |
| 1577 | Anna, duchess of Saxon/wife of prince Willem of Orange, dies at 32 |
| 1565 | Benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62 |
| 1505 | John IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, executed |
| 1290 | Magnus I Ladulas, Barn Bolt, king of Sweden (1277-90), dies |
| 468 | Huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita |
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