December 23rd Events in History | |
| 1997 | Chicago Bull's coach Phil Jackson is quickest to reach 500 wins |
| 1997 | Colorado Avalanche Jari Kurri is 8th NHLer to score 600 career goals |
| 1997 | Terry Nichols found guilty of manslaughter in Oklahoma bombing |
| 1997 | U.S. Agriculture Department estimates it costs $149,820 to raise a child to 18 |
| 1997 | Woody Allen, 62 weds Soon-Yi Previn 27, adopted daughter of Mia Farrow |
| 1996 | 4 women ordained priests in Jamaica, 1st in 330-year Anglican history |
| 1994 | Baseball owners impose salary cap, fiercely opposed by players |
| 1991 | NY Daily News publisher Kevin Maxwell resigns |
| 1990 | Lettice and Lovage closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 284 performances |
| 1990 | Slovenians vote to secede from Yugoslavia |
| 1987 | Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, serving a life sentence for attempted assassination of President Gerald R Ford escapes from Alderson Prison |
| 1986 | Rutan and Yeager make 1st around-the-world flight without refueling |
| 1984 | Viv Richards scores 208 in Test Cricket at MCG |
| 1983 | Journal Science publishes 1st report on nuclear winter |
| 1981 | Boycott becomes leading run-scorer in Test Crickets with 8033 |
| 1980 | Sam Shepard's "True West," premieres in New York City |
| 1979 | New York Islanders greatest shutout lose (8-0) vs Chicago Black Hawks |
| 1979 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
| 1978 | Islanders scored 7 goals in 1 period against New York Rangers, Trottier scores 8 points vs Rangers, 5 goals-NHL record 6 pts in 1 period |
| 1975 | Congress passes Metric Conversion Act |
| 1975 | Peter Seitz makes Andy Messersmith and Dave McNally free agents |
| 1974 | Good News opens at St. James Theater New York City for 16 performances |
| 1974 | Leningrad: premier of Dmitri Sjotakovitsj' Michelangelo-liederen |
| 1973 | Young and Restless premieres on TV |
| 1973 | 6 Persian Gulf nations double their oil prices |
| 1973 | French Caravelle crashes in Morocco, 106 killed |
| 1972 | 16 plane crash survivors rescued after 70d, survived by cannabalism |
| 1972 | 6.25 Earthquake destroys central Managua Nicaragua, 10,000 die |
| 1972 | Chandrasekhar takes 8-79 India vs. England at Delhi |
| 1972 | Islanders end 15 games winless streak |
| 1972 | Immaculate Reception Steelers turns around a 7-6 defeat with a last second touchdown reception against Raiders to win 13-7 |
| 1970 | 7,511th performance of Agatha Christie's "Mousetrap" (record) |
| 1970 | French author Regis Debray freed in Bolivia |
| 1970 | NY World Trade Center reaches highest point (411 m) |
| 1970 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test |
| 1968 | 1st U.S. case of space motion sickness |
| 1968 | 82 members of U.S. intelligence ship 'Pueblo' released by North Korea |
| 1968 | Borman, Lovell and Anders become 1st men to orbit Moon |
| 1968 | North Korea releases Pueblo crew |
| 1967 | Brussels: NATO-Council accept "Flexible Response"-strategy |
| 1966 | Britains rock TV show, "Ready Steady Go," last program |
| 1964 | India and Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed |
| 1963 | Beach Boys 1st appearance on "Shindig" |
| 1963 | Fire on Greek ship Laconia, 128 die |
| 1962 | Cuba starts returning U.S. prisoners from Bay of Pigs invasion |
| 1962 | Dallas Texans beat Houston Oilers 20-17 in AFL championship game |
| 1961 | KICU TV channel 43 in Visalia-Fresno, California (IND) begins broadcasting |
| 1961 | Train accident in Italy, 70 die |
| 1961 | Fidel Castro announces Cuba will release 1,113 prisoners from failed 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion for $62M worth of food and medical supplies |
| 1960 | De Quay's Dutch government falls |
| 1960 | King Saudi of Saudi-Arabia takes power |
| 1958 | Party with Comden and Green opens at John Golden New York City for 38 performances |
| 1958 | Abdallah Ibrahim forms government of Morocco |
| 1957 | Test Cricket debut for Wally Grout and Bobby Simpson vs. South Africa |
| 1953 | Dodgers 2nd baseman Jim "Junior" Gilliam wins NL Rookie of Year |
| 1951 | Last Belgian communities get electricity |
| 1951 | 1st coast-to-coast televised football game (Dumont paid $75,000) Los Angeles Rams beat Cleveland Browns 24-17 in NFL championship game |
| 1947 | Transistor invented by Bardeen, Brattain and Shockley in Bell Labs |
| 1946 | Belgian Council of State forms |
| 1946 | Highest ridership in New York City subway history (8.8 million passengers) |
| 1946 | University of Tennessee refuses to play Duquesne U, because they may use a black player in their basketball game |
| 1945 | Frederick Astons "Cinderella" premieres in London |
| 1945 | Pope Pius XII encyclical Orientals omnes, about Rutheense church |
| 1944 | Beginning of harsh winter |
| 1943 | 1st telecast of a complete opera (Hansel and Gretel), Schenectady, New York |
| 1943 | General Montgomery told he is appointed commandant for D-day |
| 1942 | Allies air attack on Den Helder |
| 1941 | American forces on Wake Island surrender to Japanese |
| 1941 | British troops overrun Benghazi Libya |
| 1941 | Japan begins assault on Rangoon Burma |
| 1940 | John Van Druten's "Old Acquaintance," premieres in New York City |
| 1939 | Finnish counter offensive at Summa |
| 1939 | South Australia score 7-821 against Queensland |
| 1938 | Margaret Hamilton's costume catches fire in filming of "Wizard of Oz" |
| 1933 | Howie Morenz takes over NHL career goal lead at 251 |
| 1933 | Marinus van der Lubbe sentenced to death |
| 1933 | Train crash in Eastern Paris; 230 die |
| 1930 | Bette Davis arrives in Hollywood under contract to Universal Studios |
| 1930 | Police Bureau of Criminal Alien Investigation started in New York City |
| 1928 | NBC sets up a permanent, coast-to-coast radio network |
| 1926 | KEX-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions |
| 1925 | Sultan Ibn Saud of Nedzjed conquers Djeddah |
| 1923 | Yankees pitcher Carl Mays sold to Reds for $85,000 |
| 1922 | BBC Radio began daily newscasts |
| 1922 | Pope Pius XI pleas for peace: encyclical Ubi arcano |
| 1920 | Ireland divided into 2 parts, each with its own parliament |
| 1920 | King George V signs Home Rule Act |
| 1919 | 1st hospital ship built to move wounded naval personnel launched |
| 1919 | Alice H Parker patents gas heating furnace |
| 1917 | 3 British warships come close to Holland |
| 1915 | J Kern/S Greene's musical "Very Good Eddie," premieres in New York City |
| 1913 | President Woodrow Wilson signs Federal Reserve Act into law |
| 1912 | 1st "Keystone Kops" film, titled "Hoffmeyer's Legacy" |
| 1912 | Aswan Dam in Nile begins operation |
| 1911 | Frank Wedekind's "Oaha, die Satire der Satire," premieres in Munich |
| 1911 | Opera "I Giojelli Della Madonna" is produced (Berlin) |
| 1909 | Albert becomes king of Belgians |
| 1907 | 1st all-steel passengar railroad coach completed, Altoona, Pa |
| 1899 | Field Marshal Lord Roberts departs Southampton to South Africa |
| 1899 | Southampton: field marshal lord Roberts departures to South Africa |
| 1899 | Tentative Turkish and German treaty on construction of Baghdad railway |
| 1894 | Debussy's ballet "L'apres-midi d'un faune," premieres in Paris |
| 1893 | Opera "Hansel und Gretel" is produced (Weimar) |
| 1888 | Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh cuts off his left ear |
| 1876 | Turkey's 1st constitution proclaimed |
| 1867 | 1st self-made millionairess (Sarah Breedlove-hair straightner) |
| 1862 | Union General Ben "Beast" Butler is proclaimed a "felon, outlaw and common enemy of mankind" by Jefferson Davis |
| 1852 | 1st Chinese theater in U.S., Celestial John, opens in San Francisco |
| 1834 | Joseph Hansom of London receives patent for Hansom cabs |
| 1832 | Dutch troops in Antwerp surrender |
| 1823 | Visit from St. Nicholas by C Moore published in Troy (NY) Sentinel |
| 1788 | Maryland votes to cede a 10 mile area for District of Columbia |
| 1783 | Washington resigns as U.S. Army's commander-in-chief |
| 1779 | Benedict Arnold court-martialed for improper conduct |
| 1776 | Continental Congress negotiates a war loan of $181,500 from France |
| 1776 | Thomas Paine writes "These are the times that try men's souls" |
| 1751 | France sets plan to tax clergymen |
| 1728 | Prussian Emperor Karel VI sign Treaty of Berlin |
| 1724 | Emperor Charles VI names Maria Elisabeth land guardian of Austria / Netherlands |
| 1715 | Russian/Prussian troops occupy Stralsund |
| 1690 | John Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered |
| 1688 | English king Jacob II flees to France |
| 1672 | Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn |
| 1620 | French huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII |
| 1569 | St. Philip of Moscow martyred by Ivan the Terrible |
| 1482 | Peace of Atrecht |
| 619 | Boniface V begins his reign as Catholic Pope |
December 23rd Birthdays in History | |
| 1979 | Summer Altice, American Model |
| 1978 | Estella Warren, Canadian Model |
| 1977 | Becky Ruehl, Lakeside Park, Kentucky, diver, Olympics-4th-1996 |
| 1977 | Helen Mahmastol, Miss Universe-Estonia 1996 |
| 1973 | Tony Graziani, quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons |
| 1971 | Corey Haim, Toronto, actor, Silver Bullet, Lucas, License to Drive |
| 1971 | Pete Bercich, NFL linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings |
| 1971 | Steve Stenstrom, quarterback for the Chicago Bears |
| 1970 | Kimberly Ann Cooley, Grand Forks ND, Miss America-ND 1996 |
| 1970 | Martha Byrne, actress, Lily Grimaldi-As the World Turns |
| 1970 | Raymont Harris, NFL running back for the Chicago Bears |
| 1970 | Shannon Noelle DePuy, Lynchburg, Virginia, Miss Virg-America, 1991-top 10 |
| 1969 | Rodney Culver, NFL running back for the San Diego Chargers |
| 1969 | Stephen Grant, NFL linebacker for the Indianapolis Colts |
| 1967 | Lamar Lathon, NFL linebacker for the Carolina Panthers |
| 1966 | Hans van Arum, Dutch soccer player, Vitesse, Willem II |
| 1965 | Eddie Vedder, heavy metal singer, Pearl Jam-Justine |
| 1965 | Slash, born in Stoke-on-Trent, England, born Saul Hudson, musician, played lead guitar for Guns N' Roses. 1985 - 1006, founded band Slash's Snakepit and Velvet Revolver |
| 1964 | Andy Gabel, born in Chicago, Illinois, short track skater 1994 Olympics |
| 1964 | Petr Klima, born in Chaomutov, Czechoslovakia, NHL right wing, Tampa Bay Lightning |
| 1963 | Carol Peterka, Little Falls, Minnesota, team handball back court, 1992, 1996 Olympics |
| 1963 | Jim Harbaugh, NFL quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts |
| 1963 | Keiji Muto, wrestler, NWA/WWC/NJPW |
| 1962 | Jerry Reynolds, NBA guard and forward for the Milwaukee Bucks |
| 1960 | William Sinnot, Scottish pop musician, Shamen-Move Any Mountain |
| 1960 | Zindzi Mandela, daughter of Nelson and Winnie Mandela |
| 1958 | Dave Murray, English pop guitarist, Iron Maiden-Powerslave |
| 1958 | Denise McConnell, Weisbaden Germany, playmate, March, 1979 |
| 1958 | Joan Severance, born in Houston, Texas, actress, Hear No Evil, See No Evil |
| 1956 | Michele Alboretto, formula-1 racer, Ferrari |
| 1955 | Dave Murray, English pop guitarist, Iron Maiden-Number of the Beast |
| 1954 | Brian Teacher, San Diego Cal, tennis star |
| 1953 | John Callahan, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Craig-Santa Barbara, Falcon Crest |
| 1953 | Tatsumi Fujinami, wrestler, WWF/NWA |
| 1952 | Hans Abrahamsen, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, composer, musician, played French horn, studied at Royal Danish Academy of Music, compositions employ New Simplicity style |
| 1952 | Bill Kristol, American Politician |
| 1951 | Johnny Contardo, singer, Sha Na Na |
| 1949 | Luther Grosvenor, rocker, Spooky Tooth |
| 1949 | Wally Edwards, cricketer, three Tests Australia vs. England 1974 |
| 1948 | Jack Ham, NFL linebacker, Steelers |
| 1948 | Les Moonves, American Businessman |
| 1948 | David Davis, British Politician |
| 1947 | Bill Rodgers, marathon runner, Boston, New York |
| 1947 | Susan Lucci, born in Scarsdale, New York, actress, All My Children, Mafia Princess |
| 1946 | Tony Craig, Kulasa, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, That Boy Next Door |
| 1945 | Georges Aperghis, composer |
| 1945 | Richard C Wohlhuter, 800m runner 1976 Olympics bronze |
| 1945 | Ronald Bushy, rocker, Iron Butterfly-Ina gada davida |
| 1944 | D J D Dees, pharmacist/Dutch minister of WVC, VVD |
| 1944 | Enneus Heerma, Dutch minister of Housing, CDA |
| 1944 | Hans Tentije, Johann Kramer, Dutch poet, Nachtwit |
| 1944 | U C Joshi, cricketer, Sussex off-spinner 1970-74 from India |
| 1944 | Wesley Clark, American Soldier |
| 1943 | Derek Small, rocker, Spinal Tap |
| 1943 | Harry Shearer, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, SNL, Simpsons, Pure Luck |
| 1943 | Peter Quaife, Devon England, rock bassist, Kinks-Long Tall Sally |
| 1943 | Roelof den Ambtman, Dutch actor and director, One Evening at Eva |
| 1943 | Silvia Sommerlath, German wife of King Carl XVI of Sweden, 1973- |
| 1943 | Stephen Wallace, director, For Love Affair, Hunger, Mail Order Bride |
| 1942 | Friedrich Schenker, composer |
| 1942 | Jerry Koosman, pitcher for the New York Mets |
| 1941 | Elizabeth Hartman, Youngstown Ohio, actress, Walking Tall, Beguilled |
| 1941 | Tim Hardin, Oregon, singer, If I Were a Carpenter, Bird on a Wire |
| 1940 | Eugene Record, U.S. singer, Chi Lites-Give it Away |
| 1940 | Jorma Kaukonen, Washington D.C., rock guitarist, Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna |
| 1939 | Johnny Kidd, Frederick Heath, London, rocker, Johnny Kidd and Pirates |
| 1937 | Karol Joseph Bobko, New York City, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-6, STS-51D, STS-51J |
| 1936 | Bobby Ross, NFL coach for the San Diego Chargers |
| 1936 | Claude Albert Coppens, composer |
| 1936 | Frederic Forrest, Waxahachie, Texas, actor, Music Box, Lonesone Dove |
| 1936 | James Stacy, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Fred-Adv of Ozzie and Harriet |
| 1935 | Esther Phillips, EM Jones, U.S. singer, When a Woman Loves a Man |
| 1935 | Paul Hornung, Green Bay Packer, the Golden Boy |
| 1933 | Akihito, emperor of Japan, 1989- |
| 1932 | Revjames Cleveland, rocker |
| 1932 | Tertius Metcalf, businessman |
| 1931 | Ronnie Schell, Richmond Cal, comedian, Gomer Pyle, Good Morning World |
| 1930 | Barbara Ruick, born in Pasadena, California, actress, Apache War Smoke, Tu Para Mi |
| 1929 | Dick Weber, pro bowler, 16, 300 games |
| 1927 | Joseph Castaldo, composer |
| 1926 | Dusan Kostic, composer |
| 1926 | James Dewar, journalist/documentary film-maker |
| 1926 | Robert Bly, U.S., poet/editor/translator, Loving a Woman in 2 Worlds |
| 1925 | Harry Guardino, New York City, actor, Monty Nash, Perry Mason, Hill St. Blues |
| 1925 | Pierre Beregovoy, French premier, 1992-93 |
| 1924 | Floyd Kalber, born in Omaha, Nebraska, newscaster, NBC Weekend News Anchor-1973 |
| 1923 | Bob Barker, Darrington Wash, TV host, Price is Right |
| 1923 | James Stockdale, Admiral, Vietnam, Ross Perot's 1992 running mate |
| 1923 | Kenneth Henry Lowry Lamb, broadcaster |
| 1923 | Leonard Stern, New York City, producer/TV writer, Phil Silvers Show, Get Smart |
| 1923 | Lucas M Mangope, 1st president of Bophuthatswana, 1977-94 |
| 1923 | Milt Okun, born in Brooklyn, New York, orchestra leader, Starland Vocal Band Show |
| 1923 | Ruth Roman, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Sylvia-Knots Landing, Dallas |
| 1922 | Ian Powell Bancroft, civil servant |
| 1922 | Micheline Ostermeyer, France, shot-put/discus thrower, 2 Gold Medals 1948 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1948 Olympics |
| 1921 | Gerald S O'Loughlin, New York City, actor, Storefront Lawyer, Rookies, Wheels |
| 1918 | Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor of Germany, SPD, 1974- |
| 1918 | Jose Greco, Italy, flamenco dancer, Holiday for Lovers |
| 1914 | Dezider Kardos, composer |
| 1913 | Hans Henkemans, composer |
| 1913 | Leo A. Ketelaars, Dutch oratorio vocalist |
| 1911 | James Gregory, Bronx New York City, actor, My Favorite Martian, Barney Miller |
| 1911 | Niels Jerne, immunologist |
| 1909 | Barney Ross, New York City, Welterweight Boxing Champ, 1934 |
| 1909 | Don Cleverley, cricketer, two Tests for New Zealand 1932 and 1946, took 0-130 |
| 1909 | Maurice Denham, Beckenham England, actor, Mr Love, Damn the Defiant |
| 1908 | Yousuf Karsh, portrait photographer, Life Magazine |
| 1907 | Don McNeill, Galena, Illinois, host, Don McNeill TV Club |
| 1907 | James Roosevelt, American Politician |
| 1906 | Ross Lee Finney, Wells Minnesota, composer, Landscapes Remembered |
| 1905 | Arn Bjornsson, composer |
| 1903 | Fredi [Fredericka] Carolyn Washington, actress, Black and Tan |
| 1903 | Michael Kalatozov, Russian producer, When the Cranes Fly |
| 1901 | Gene Sarazen, golfer, PGA 1922, 23, 33 |
| 1900 | Marc Allegret, French director, Voyage ouch Congo |
| 1897 | Julien Carette, Paris, France, actor, Sylvia and the Phantom |
| 1896 | Alberto Hemsi, composer |
| 1896 | G Tomasi di Lampedusa, writer |
| 1896 | Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Sicilian writer, Der Leopard |
| 1894 | Arthur Gilligan, cricketer, England captain in 1920's |
| 1893 | Ann O'Neal, Missouri, actress, Nana-Professional Father |
| 1888 | Eric Blore, English/US actor, Great Gatsby, Bowery to Baghdad |
| 1888 | Friedrich Wolf, writer |
| 1887 | Eric Blore, born in London, England, actor, Great Gatsby, Bowery to Baghdad |
| 1887 | John Cromwell, born in Toledo, Ohio, actor and director, Spitfire, Of Human Bondage |
| 1886 | Albert Ehrenstein, Austria writer, Message from the Madhouse |
| 1883 | Hubert M E Pierlot, Belgian advocate/premier, 1939-45 |
| 1867 | Madame C J Walker, Louisiana, cosmetic mogul |
| 1865 | Albrecht MAPJ, duke of Wurttemberg/general-Field Marshal |
| 1862 | Henri Pirenne, Belgian historian, History of Belgium |
| 1860 | Harriet Monroe, Chicago, poet/editor of Poetry magazine, You and I |
| 1858 | Vladimir Nemirovitch-Dantshenko, playwright, Life in Russian Theater |
| 1855 | Alan Gray, born in York, England, composer, organist, known for descants, hymn tunes, works include, 'Common Praise' |
| 1853 | Giacomo Puccini, Italy, composer |
| 1853 | Maria Teresa Carreno, composer |
| 1853 | William Henry Moody, American Politician |
| 1845 | Emmanuel-Persillier Lachapelle, dr, found Notre Dame Hosp Montreal |
| 1845 | Gustave Ador, union president of Austria, 1919 |
| 1834 | Thomas R Malthus, English vicar/economist, moral restraint |
| 1830 | Adam Minchejmer, composer |
| 1828 | Mathilde Wesendonk, German writer/poet, Tagebuchblatter |
| 1827 | Wilhelm Freiherr von Tegetthoff, Austrian Admiral, Helgoland/Lissa |
| 1823 | Alexandru Flechtenmacher, composer |
| 1818 | David Addison Weisiger, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1815 | Henry Highland Garnet, Maryland, minister/abolitionist/diplomat |
| 1812 | Samuel Smiles, born in Scotland, author, Self-Help, Character, Duty |
| 1812 | William Hauser, composer |
| 1808 | Thomas Turner, Commander Union Navy |
| 1805 | Joseph Smith, Jr., Sharon Vt, founder, Mormon Church |
| 1804 | Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French critic/writer, Informal Talk |
| 1795 | Philippe Vandermaelen, Flemish cartographer, Atlas Universel |
| 1790 | Jean-Francois Champollion, deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics |
| 1780 | Charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher |
| 1777 | Aleksandr I P Romanov, tsar of Russia, 1801-25 |
| 1750 | Frederik Augustus I, the Righteous, king of Saxony, 1806-27 |
| 1749 | Johann Lukas Schubaur, composer |
| 1734 | Filinto Elisio, Francisco M do Nascimento, Portuguese poet |
| 1732 | Richard Arkwright, inventor, spinning frame |
| 1716 | Johann Heinrich Rolle, composer |
| 1714 | Johann Siebenkas, composer |
| 1709 | Jean-Noel Hamal, composer |
| 1699 | Joseph Gibbs, composer |
| 1689 | Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer |
| 1644 | Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer |
| 1597 | Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry" |
| 1582 | Severo Bonini, composer |
| 1548 | Pieter C Bockenberg, historian, Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae |
| 1544 | Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange, 1561-71 |
| 1174 | Louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach |
December 23rd Deaths in History | |
| 2007 | Oscar Peterson, dies in Ontario, Canada, of renal failure, at 82 |
| 2001 | Jan Kott, Polish Critic |
| 2000 | Billy Barty, actor, UHF, dies at 76 |
| 2000 | Victor Borge, comedian/pianist, Victor Borge in London, dies at 91 |
| 1997 | Austin Whitaker, schoolmaster classical scholar/archivist, dies at 90 |
| 1997 | Brian Malzard Foss, psychologist, dies at 76 |
| 1997 | Donald Gunn MacRae, sociologist, dies at 76 |
| 1997 | Keith Bentley, international racing cyclist, dies at 72 |
| 1997 | Stanley Cortez, cinematographer (Magnificent Ambersons), dies at 92 |
| 1996 | Rina Ketty, singer, dies at 85 |
| 1996 | Ronnie Scott, musician/club-owner, dies at 69 |
| 1995 | David Land, impressario, dies at 77 |
| 1995 | Gabrielle Keiller, collector/golfer, dies at 87 |
| 1995 | Patric Reginald Lawrence Knowles, actor (Chisum, Mutiny), dies at 84 |
| 1994 | Charles Shirley, jazz arranger, dies at 74 |
| 1994 | Didier Rocher, son of French cosmetic maker Yves Rocher, dies at 41 |
| 1994 | Nora Dunfree, U.S. actress (Grass Harp), dies at 78 |
| 1994 | Sebastian Lewis Shaw, actor (High Season, Ace of Spades), dies at 89 |
| 1993 | Gertrude "Trudi" Duby Blom, actress, shot to death at about 92 |
| 1992 | Eddie Hazel, U.S. pop guitarist (Funkadelic-Knee Deep), dies at 42 |
| 1991 | Byron Q Griffith, producer/actor, dies at 73 |
| 1989 | Josef Alexander, composer, dies at 82 |
| 1985 | James Vance (20) and Raymond Belknap (18), commit suicide, sparking their families to sue rock group Judas Priest for subliminal messages |
| 1982 | Jack Webb, actor (Joe Friday-Dragnet), dies of a heart attack at 62 |
| 1982 | Norman Dinnerstein, composer, dies at 45 |
| 1976 | Frank Forest, actor (Big Broadcast of 1937, Champagne Waltz), dies |
| 1976 | Paul M Frank Forest, dies at 80 |
| 1976 | Walter Bauer, writer, dies at 72 |
| 1975 | Richard S Welch, CIA station chief in Athens, shot dead |
| 1972 | Andrej N Tupolev, Russian aircraft builder, dies at 84 |
| 1972 | Charles Atlas, Angelo Siciliano, body builder, dies at 79 |
| 1972 | Abraham Joshua Heschel, Polish Educator |
| 1971 | Carlo Jachino, composer, dies at 84 |
| 1970 | Charlie Ruggles, actor (Ruggles, Aesop-Bullwinkle Show), dies at 84 |
| 1969 | Donald Foster, actor (Scaramouche), dies after long illness at 80 |
| 1967 | Karen Verne, actress (Ships of Fools, Underground), dies at 49 |
| 1967 | Richard Flury, composer, dies at 71 |
| 1967 | Ruth Fuller Sasaki, head of 1st Zen Institute of America, dies at 75 |
| 1966 | Hv Doderer, writer, dies at 70 |
| 1966 | Robert Keith, actor (Battle Circus, Men in War), dies at 68 |
| 1964 | Arrigo Pedrollo, composer, dies at 86 |
| 1962 | George Saiko, writer, dies at 70 |
| 1962 | Luis Alberni, actor (Topaze), dies at 76 |
| 1959 | Edward FLW Halifax, English viscount/viceroy of India, dies at 78 |
| 1959 | Lester Lonergan, Jr., actor (Growing Paynes), dies at 65 |
| 1959 | Lord Irwin, ambassador to U.S. (1940-46), dies at 78 |
| 1953 | Lavrenti P Beria, soviet minister of internal security, executed |
| 1951 | Alfreds Kalnins, composer, dies at 72 |
| 1951 | Benito Lynch, Irish/Argentine writer (Palo Verde), dies at 66 |
| 1950 | Vincenzo Tommasini, composer, dies at 72 |
| 1948 | Hideki Tojo, Japan Prime Minister 1941 - 1944 and 6 Japs, hanged for war crimes at 64 |
| 1945 | Mogens Klitgaard, Danish author (Brunkul), dies at 39 |
| 1943 | Theo[dorus J] Thijssen, Dutch writer (Kees de Jongen), dies at 64 |
| 1939 | Anthony H G Fokker, Dutch airplane builder (Spider), dies at 49 |
| 1938 | Robert Herrick, U.S. writer (Chimes), dies at 70 |
| 1930 | Johannes H Been, Brielle archivist, dies at 71 |
| 1925 | A S C Wallis, Adele von Antal-Opzoomer, writer (Vorstengunst), dies |
| 1915 | Roland Leighton, dies at 20 |
| 1911 | Karl L Hoschna, composer, dies at 34 |
| 1908 | Eduard Wachmann, composer, dies at 72 |
| 1908 | Francois A Gevaert, Belg/Dutch composer (Diable au Moulin), dies at 68 |
| 1891 | Holger Simon Paulli, composer, dies at 81 |
| 1818 | Philip Francis, English Politician |
| 1812 | Michel Delalande, composer, dies at 73 |
| 1789 | Charles-Michel abbe de l'Epee, (school for the deaf), dies at 77 |
| 1696 | Johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60 |
| 1688 | Jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21 |
| 1652 | John Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68 |
| 1619 | Johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47 |
| 1588 | Hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37 |
| 1569 | St. Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible |
| 1502 | Margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57 |
| 1236 | Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies |
| 1116 | Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies |
| 918 | Conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies |
| 679 | Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered |
| 558 | Childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62 |
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