Saturday, December 26, 2009

December 26th : History of Events, Birthdays, Deaths




December 26th Events in History

2004
Earthquake, greatest in over 40 years, strikes the Pacific Ocean
near Sumatra, triggering a massive Indian Ocean tsunami, killing as many as
266,000 in coastal regions of Asia and Africa
2003
Earthquake kills more than 30,000 in Bam, Iran
1995
Muttiah Muralitharan no-balled for throwing (SL vs. Australia,
MCG)
1995
Paul Adams becomes South Africa's youngest Test Cricket player,
18 years 340 ds
1994
Actor Jason Hervey (22) weds Kelley Patricia O'Neill (27)
1994
French commando's terminate Air France hijacking in Marseille
1994
President brother Roger Clinton (37) weds 8-mo pregnant Molly
Nartin (25)
1993
Antonov-26 crashes at Gyumri, Armenia, 36 killed
1993
Comedian Rodney Dangerfield (72) weds Joan Child (41)
1993
Floyd, Nicklaus and Rodriguez wins Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge Golf
Tourn
1992
NY Jet announcer Marty Glickman retires at 75
1991
Chuck Knolls retires as NFL coach after 23 years
1991
Jack Ruby's gun sells for $220,000 in auction
1991
Militant Sikhs kill 55 and wound 70 in India
1991
New York Islander Derek King ties New Jersey Devils 5-5 with
second left
1990
Garry Kasparov beats Antatoly Karpov to retain chess
championship
1990
Reggie Williams becomes 1st General Manager of WLAF's NY-New
Jersey Knights
1990
Senior Professional Baseball Association folds
1989
ODI debut for Mark Taylor and Sanath Jayasuriya at cricket MCG
1988
Legs Diamond opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for
64 performances
1988
Anti African student rebellion in China PR
1987
Les Miserables opens at National Theatre of Iceland, Reykjavik
1986
Captured Iraqi Airways Boeing-737 in Saudi Arabia, about 60
killed
1986
Doug Jarvis, 31, sets NHL record of 916 consecutive games
1986
TV soap "Search for Tomorrow" ends 35 year run
1985
Test Cricket debut of Steve Waugh, vs. India at the MCG
1984
Belgian princess Astrid marries arch duke Otto L van
Austrian-Este
1983
Test Cricket debut of Gregory Richard John Matthews, vs.
Pakistan MCG
1983
U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern
Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1982
TIME's Man of the Year is a computer
1982
U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern
Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1981
One of the great day's Test Cricket at the MCG Australia vs. WI
1978
India's former Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, released from jail
1977
U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern
Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1976
Music Is closes at St. James Theater New York City after 8
performances
1975
1st supersonic transport service (U.S.S.R.-Tupolev-144)
1975
A crowd of 85661 attends the 1st day of the Aust-WI MCG Test
Cricket
1974
Washington Capitals 1st NHL sellout
1973
Exorcist, starring Linda Blair and rated X, premieres
1973
2 Skylab 3 astronauts walk in space for a record 7 hours
1973
Soyuz 13 returns to Earth
1968
Arab terrorists in Athens fire on El Al plane, kills 1
1968
Jay Allens "Forty Carats," premieres in New York City
1968
Led Zeppelin's concert debut in Boston as opener for Vanilla
Fudge
1968
Bruin Ted Green sets NHL penalty record of 3 minors, 2 majors
and 2 game misconducts in a game against New York Rangers in New York's MSG
1967
BBC broadcasts "Magical Mystery Tour"
1967
Dave Brubeck Quartet formally disbands
1966
Maulana Karenga establishes Kwanzaa (1st fruits of harvest)
holiday
1965
Funny Girl with Barbra Streisand closes on Broadway
1965
Buffalo Bills beat San Diego Chargers 23-0 in AFL championship
game
1964
Beatles' "I Feel Fine," single goes #1 and stays #1
for 3 weeks
1964
Buffalo Bills beat San Diego Chargers 20-7 in AFL championship
game
1963
Double Dublin opens at Little Theater New York City for 4
performances
1963
Beatles release "I Want To Hold Your Hand"/"I Saw
Her Standing There"
1963
U.S. furnishes cereal to U.S.S.R.
1960
Do Re Mi opens at St. James Theater New York City for 400
performances
1960
Musical "Do re mi" with Phil Silvers premieres in New
York City
1960
Philadelphia Eagles beat Green Bay Packers 17-13 in NFL
championship game
1957
Roger Sessions' 3rd Symphony premieres in London
1955
Cleveland Browns win NFL Championship, beating LA 38-14
1955
RKO is 1st to announce sale of its film library to TV
1954
The Shadow, airs for last time on radio
1954
Cleveland Browns win NFL Championship, beating Detroit 56-10
1950
Gillette and Mutual buy All Star and World Series rights ($6M
for 6 yrs)
1948
Hungarian cardinal Mindszenty arrested
1947
Cradle Will Ruck opens at Mansfield Theater New York City for 34
performances
1947
British transfer Heard and McDonald Is (Indian Ocean) to
Australia
1947
Heavy snow blankets Northeast, buries New York City under
25.8" of snow in 16 hours That same day, LA set a record high of 84
degrees F
1946
Beggar's Holiday opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 111
performances
1946
Toplitzky of Notre Dame opens at Century Theater New York City
for 60 performances
1946
35th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Melbourne (5-0)
1946
Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas opens (start of an era)
1944
Battle of Bastogne - U.S. General Patton's 4th Pantzers repulse
Germans
1944
Budapest surrounded by soviet army
1944
Tennessee Williams' play "Glass Menagerie," premieres
in Chicago
1943
British sink German battle cruiser Scharnhorst
1943
Chicago Bears win NFL championship
1943
Earl Claus von Stauffenberg vain with bomb to Hitlers
headquarter
1941
Winston Churchill becomes 1st British Prime Minister to address
a joint meeting of Congress, warning that Axis would "stop at
nothing"
1940
1st-class debut of Arthur Morris, who scores 148
1940
JA Fields/J Chodorov's "My Sister Eileen," premieres
in New York City
1939
Earthquake in East Anatolia Turkey
1939
Mine strikes in Borinage Brussels
1938
Bradman scores 225 South Australia vs. Qld before Christ gets
him out
1938
Tom Goddard takes a cricket hat-trick for England vs. South
Africa
1936
Israel Philarmonic Orchestra forms
1935
Stalin views Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' opera "Lady
Macbeth"
1934
Yomiuri Giants, Japan's 1st professional baseball team forms
1933
Bradman scores 187* NSW vs. Victoria, 294 minutes, 13 fours
1933
U.S. forswears armed intervention in Western Hemisphere
1932
Earthquake kills 70,000 in Kansu China
1931
George/Ira Gershwin's "Of Thee I Sing," premieres in
New York City
1931
Pulitzer Prize-winning musical play "Of Thee I Sing"
opens on Bdwy
1931
SS-Sturmbannfuhrer Reinhard Heydrich marries Lina von Osten
1928
Johnny Weissmuller announces his retirement from amateur
swimming
1928
World record 10th wicket stand 307 (Kippax / Hooker) NSW vs. Vic
1926
Prince-regent Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan
1925
1st East West football game at Ewing Park before 25,000 fans
1925
NHL record 141 shots as New York Americans (73) beat Pitt
Pirates (68) 3-1
1925
Turkey adopts Gregorian calendar
1925
New York's Jake Forbes makes 67 saves, Pitt's Ray Waters makes
70
1924
Judy Garland, 2, billed as Baby Frances, show business debut
1919
Yankees and Red Sox reach agreement on transfer of Babe Ruth
1918
1st day of 1st-class cricket in Australia after WW I (Vic vs.
NSW)
1917
1st NHL defensemen to score a goal: Toronto Maple Leaf Harry
Cameron
1917
Federal government took over operation of American RR for
duration of WW I
1916
Joseph Joffre becomes marshal of France
1908
Jack Johnson TKOs Tommy Burns in 14 for heavyweight boxing title
1902
Most knock downs in a fight, Oscar Nelson (5) and Christy
Williams (42)
1899
Mafeking: Bathe-Powells failed assault up fort Game Tree: 24
killed
1892
Opera "Cristoforo Colombo" is produced (La Scala)
1890
King Mwanga of Uganda signs contract with East Africa Company
1879
John Brahms' "Tragic Ouverture," premieres
1878
1st U.S. store to install electric lights, Philadelphia
1877
Socialist Labor Party of North America holds 1st national
convention
1872
4th largest snowfall in New York City history (18")
1865
James H Mason (Mass) patents 1st U.S. coffee percolator
1862
Battle of Dumfries, VA
1862
1st U.S. Navy hospital ship enters service
1862
38 Santee Sioux Indians hanged in Mankato Minn, due to their
uprising
1860
Maiden voyage of 1st steamship owned by 1 man (C Vanderbilt)
1860
Major Robert Anderson, under cover of darkness, concentrated his
small force at Ft. Sumter
1854
Wood-pulp paper 1st exhibited, Buffalo
1848
1st gold seekers arrive in Panama en route to SF
1848
William and Ellen Craft escape from slavery in Georgia
1831
Vincenzo Bellini's opera "Norma," premieres in Milan
1830
Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Anna Bolena," premieres in
Milan
1825
Erie Canal opens
1813
Zamose, Modlin, Torgau surrenders to allied armies
1809
English invasionary troop leaves Vlissingen
1805
France and Austria signs Peace of Pressburg
1805
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts established, Philadelphia
1799
George Washington is eulogized by Col Henry Lee as "1st in
war, 1st in peace and 1st in hearts of his countrymen"
1776
Battle of Trenton-major British defeat
1776
George Washington defeats Hessians at Trenton
1773
Expulsion of tea ships from Philadelphia
1748
France and Austria signs treaty about Southern Netherlands
1659
Long Parliament reforms in Westminster
1620
Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth, MA
1568
Uprising of Morisco's against suppression in Granada
1492
1st Spanish settlement in New World founded, by Columbus
1481
Battle at Westbroek: Dutch army beats Utrecht
1198
French bishop Odo van Sully condemns Zottenfeest
795
St. Leo III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
418
St. Zosimus ends his reign as Catholic Pope
268
St.
Dionysius ends his reign as Catholic Pope



December 26th Birthdays in History

1985
Steven Hartman, Westlake California, actor, Rick Forrester-Bold
and Beautiful
1980
Serena Phillips, Corvallis Ore, figure skater, 1997 Pruetten
champ
1977
Brandee Layne Loving, Miss Mississippi Teen USA 1996
1975
Marcelo Rios, Santiago Chile, tennis star, 1995 Amsterdam
1974
Tiffany Brissette, actress, Vicki-Small Wonder
1974
Tony Brackens, defensive end for the Jacksonville Jaguars
1973
Ryan Berube, U.S., 800m freestyle relay, 1996 Olympics gold
1972
Burnell Roques, NFL wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons
1972
Derrick Cullors, running back for the New England Patriots
1972
Jared Leto, born in Bossier City, Louisiana, actor, Jordan-My So
Called Life
1971
Mark Lathwell, cricketer, England opening batsman vs. Australia
1993
1970
Lisa Gathright, Moline, Illinois, WPVA volleyballer, U.S.
Open-17th-1993
1970
Radka Zrubakova, Bratislava Slovakia, tennis star, 1994
Futures-GER
1970
Willie Williams, NFL cornerback, Pittsburgh Steelers, Seahawks
1968
Darren Barber, Victoria BC, rower 1996 Olympics
1967
Tony Covington, NFL safety for the Seattle Seahawks
1966
Tim Legler, NBA guard, Washington Wizards/Bullets
1965
Ben Husaby, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, cross country skier 1994
Olympics
1964
Colleen Dion, Newburgh, New York, actress, Search for Tomorrow
1964
Jeff King, Marion, Indiana, infielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates
1963
Lars Ulrich, Danish/US heavy metal drummer, Metallica-Kill 'em
All
1961
Tahnee Welch, La Tahn Renee Welch, born in San Diego,
California, actress, Cocoon
1959
Lesley Tomlinson, Derbyshire England, cyclist 1996 Olympics
1956
Gail Tatterson, WBL center, New York Stars
1956
Karen Smith, WBL forward, New York Stars
1956
David Sedaris, American Writer
1955
Evan Bayh, American Politician
1954
Ozzie Smith, Mobile AL, infielder for the St. Louis Cardinals
1954
Peter Woods, rocker, Romeo Void-Girl in Trouble
1954
Susan H Butcher, dog sled driver, Idatarod
1954
Ullrich Diessner, born in East Germany, 4 man cox 1976 Olympics
gold
1954
Walter Diessner, born in East Germany, 4 man cox 1976 Olympics
gold
1953
Matthew Harding, businessman/soccer supporter
1953
Valeri Yuriyevich Sharov, Russian cosmonaut
1952
Andre-Michel Schub, Paris, France, pianist, Van Cliburn-1981
1951
Richard Skinner, born in Portsmouth, England, British DJ, radio
and television broadcaster, lead presenter on flagship programs 'Top of the
Pops', 'Top 40 Show', 'Whistle Test'
1950
Michael Jones, rocker, BT Express-Here Comes the Express
1950
Victoria Racimo, New York City, actress, Corene-Falcon Crest
1949
Ira Newborn, born in New York City, New York, orchestra leader,
Manhattan Transfer
1948
Chris Chambliss, 1st baseman, New York Yankee
1947
Carlton Fisk, born in Vermont, all star catcher, Red Sox, White
Sox
1947
Joyce Jillson, Cranston, Rhode Island, psychic/actress,
Superchick
1946
Lisette Hordijk, Dutch TV broadcaster
1945
John Walsh, activist/TV host, America's Most Wanted
1944
Jane Lapotaire, actress, Spirit of the Dead
1942
Barry Wood, cricketer, England opener in early 70's
1942
Earl Cate, Arkansas, country singers, Cate Bros-Fire on the
Tracks
1942
Ernie Cate, Arkansas, country singers, Cate Bros-Fire on the
Tracks
1942
Marco Vinicio Cerezo Arevalo, president of Guatemala, 1986-91
1942
Rob de Nijs, Dutch singer, Put a candle in your window
1942
Gray Davis, American Politician
1941
Daniel Schmid, actor and director, Paloma, Violanta, Hecate,
Amateurs
1940
Harmen Siezen, Dutch TV-journal host
1939
Lynn Martin, U.S. secretary of Labor, 1991 - 1993
1939
[Harvey] Phil Spector, record producer, Wall of Sound
1939
Phil Spector, American Businessman
1936
Kitty Dukakis, substance abuser/wife of Michael, Gov-Mass
1935
Abdul "Duke" Fakir, born in Detroit, Michigan, rock
vocalist, Four Tops
1935
Barbara J Jacket, U.S. athletic coach, Olympics 1972
1935
Rohan Kanhai, cricketer, one of West Indies' finest batsmen
1935
Gnassingbe Eyadema, Togolese Statesman
1932
Walter Leblanc, Belgian painter
1931
Thomas Eden Binkley, musician
1931
Thomas K "Tom" van Brook, actor/interpreter, Soldier
of Orange
1930
Donald Moffat, Plymouth England, actor, Kent-Logan's Run
1930
Sayed Mutawli imam ad-Darsh, scholar/broadcaster
1927
Alan King, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian/actor, Anderson
Tapes, Memories of Me
1927
Denis Quilley, born in London, England, actor, Masada
1926
Earle Brown, born in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, composer, known
for reviving interest in classical music with musical improvisation, creating
formal and notational systems, and open forum style of muscial construction
1926
Edgar D Ngoyi, South African ANC leader, 17 years in
Robbeneiland Jail
1926
Zlatko Pibernik, composer
1921
Steve Allen, New York City, comedian/TV host, Tonight Show,
Steve Allen Show
1917
Rosemary Woods, Nixon's secretary, keep her away from your tapes
1917
Rose Mary Woods, American Celebrity
1916
Helmut Eder, born in Linz, Austria, composer, studied and later
taught at the Linz Conservatory, conducted the Singakademie, founded
electronic music studio in Linz in 1959
1915
Hans [Henri A] Gomperts, Dutch literature, Duck on Attic
1915
Una Mae Carlisle, U.S. pianist/vocalist, Walkin' at the River
1914
Richard Widmark, born in Minnesota, American actor in films,
theater, radio, television
1910
Lucy Faithfull, children's campaigner
1908
Ralph Hill, U.S., 5K runner, Olympic-1932
1906
BVA Roling, Dutch lawyer
1904
Alentejo Carpentier, Cubans/French writer, Guerra del Tiempo
1904
Alejo Carpentier, Cuban Novelist
1902
Elisha Cook, Jr., born in San Francisco, California, actor,
Maltese Falcon, Shane, Magnum PI
1901
Georgy Mikhaylovich Rimsky-Korsakov, composer
1901
Victor Hely-Hutchinson, composer
1897
Willie Corsari, Wilhelmina A Schmidt, Dutch writer
1894
Antonio Molina, composer
1893
Evgeny Karlovich Tikotsky, composer
1893
Mao Tse-tung, of little red book fame, Prime Minister of China
PR, 1949 - 1976
1893
Yury Nikolayevich Tyulin, composer
1893
Mao Zedong, Chinese Leader
1891
Henry Miller, author, Tropic of Capricorn, Tropic of Cancer,
Sexus
1891
Jean Galtier-Boissiere, French writer/cartoonist/journalist
1888
Hiroshi "Can" Kikuchi, Japanese stagewriter, Tjitj
Kaeru
1886
Gyula Gombos von Jakfa, general/dictator of Hungary, 1932-35
1883
Carl Oscar Ahues, Germany, International Chess Master, 1950
1883
Frank Debenham, Australian geographer/geologist
1880
Elton Mayo, Australian Psychologist
1879
Armen Tigran Tigranyan, composer
1879
Julius Weismann, composer
1878
Isaiah Bowman, U.S., geography/co-founder, Geographical Review
1874
Norman Angell, Lane, English cowboy/journalist, Nobel 1933
1873
Hubert Cuypers, Dutch composer/choir conductor, Minstrels
1873
Karel Moor, composer
1869
Harry Redman, composer
1867
Julien Benda, French philosopher and writer, Dialogues Byzance
1862
Alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer
1861
Friedrich Engel, German mathematician, group theory
1859
Johan F van Bemmelen, Dutch zoologist
1855
Arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn, composer
1849
Samuel E "Sam" van Beem, actor, Fanfan la Tulipe
1845
Salvatore Auteri Manzocchi, composer
1837
Admiral George Dewey, American naval hero of Manila
1826
Franz Coenen, composer
1826
Martinus Nijhoff, founder Nijhoff's book/publisher, Van Dale
1824
Augustus Louis Chetlain, Major General Union volunteers
1822
Dion Boucicault, Irish/Us actor and playwright, Rip van Winkle
1820
Gustavus Adolphus Smith, Brigadier General Union volunteers
1815
Israel Bush Richardson, Major General Union volunteers
1812
Wilhelm Volkmar, composer
1809
William Nelson Pendleton, Brigadier General Confederate Army
1808
Albert Grisar, composer
1805
Joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer
1797
Hans Skramstad, composer
1793
Franz Hunten, composer
1792
Charles Babbage, English inventor, calculating machine
1778
Juan Lovera, Venezuela, artist
1771
Heinrich J von Collin, Austria dramatist/poet, Regulus
1770
Pierre earl de Cambronne, French general, Waterloo, Elba
1769
Ernst Moritz Arndt, German Poet
1762
Franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer
1751
Lord George Gordon, British Politician
1747
Cornelis Stevens, Belgium, RC foreman/polemist, Le sophisme
devoile
1738
Thomas Nelson, merchant, signer of Declaration of Independence
1731
Anthony Ziesenis, architect/sculptor, Town Hall of Westzaan
1716
Thomas Gray, English poet, Elegy Written in a Country Church
Yard
1687
Johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist and composer
1660
Peter Schenck, German/Netherlands engraver/publisher, baptised
1633
Charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised
1618
Elisabeth, Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess
1194
Frederick
II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor, 1212-1250, King of Sicily
December 26th Deaths in History
2005
Kerry Packer, Australian Businessman
2004
Reggie White, football player, dies at 43
2002
Herb Ritts, photographer, dies at 50
2001
Nigel Hawthorne, actor, The Madness of King George, dies at 72
2000
Jason Robards, actor, All the President's Men, dies at 78
2000
Leo Gordon, actor/writer, War and Remembrance, dies at 78
1999
Curtis Mayfield, composer/singer, People Get Ready, dies at 57
1997
John Hinde, photographer/circus promoter, dies at 81
1997
John Whitley, air-Marshal, dies at 92
1994
Asta ER Elstak, Suriname/Netherlands welfare worker, dies at 74
1994
Johannes J "Joop" Klant, Netherlands/South African
economist/author, dies
1994
Karl Schiller, minister of RFA Economics (1966-72), dies
1994
Robert Emhardt, actor (Mac Cory-Another World), dies at 80
1994
Sylvia Brandts Buys, actress (Hague's Post), dies at 85
1994
Sylvia Koscina, Croatian/Italian actress (Hercules), dies at 61
1993
Jeff Morrow, actor (Robe, Harbor Lights, Blood Legacy), dies at
80
1992
Bert [Lambertus H] Voeten, Dutch poet (Antipodes), dies at 74
1992
Constance Carpenter, actress (2 Worlds), dies of stroke at 87
1992
John G Kemeny, U.S. computer pioneer (BASIC), dies
1992
Nikita Magaloff, Russian/Swiss pianist, dies at 80
1991
Dehl Berti, actor (John Taylor-Guns of Paradise), dies at 70
1991
Sam Cresson, dies at 73
1989
Lennox Berkeley, composer, dies at 86
1989
Peggy Thorpe-Bates, actress (Alcatraz Island), dies
1988
John Loder, actor (Sabotage, Java Head), dies at 90
1986
Elsa Lanchester, actress (Bride of Frankenstein), dies at 84
1985
Dian Fossey, zoologist (Gorillas in the Mist), murdered at 53
1977
Howard Hawks, director (Rio Lobo, Hatari!), dies at 81
1977
Ivan Rezak, composer, dies at 53
1974
Jack Benny, comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 80
1974
Knudage Riisager, composer, dies at 77
1974
Robert Levine Sanders, composer, dies at 68
1973
Harold B Lee, U.S. head of Mormon Church, dies at 74
1973
Steven Geray, actor (French Line), dies at 69
1973
William Haines, actor (Little Annie Rooney), dies of cancer at
73
1972
Harry Truman, 33rd U.S. President (1945-53), dies in Kansas
City, Missouri at 88
1972
Harry S. Truman, American President
1971
Robert Lowery, actor (Circus Boy, Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies
at 57
1969
Louise L de Vilmorin, French poet/author (History d'aimer), dies
at 67
1968
Weegee, also known as Arthur Fellig, American Photographer
1968
Kenneth Scott Latourette, American Historian
1966
Ina Boudier-Baker, Dutch author (Poverty), dies at 88
1966
Klaziena "Ina" Boudier-Bakker, singer (Armoede,
Finale), dies at 91
1966
Noel Gallon, composer, dies at 75
1965
Anthonie Donker, Dutch, literary, dies at 63
1963
Gorgeous George Wagner, wrestler, dies
1960
Eduard Ludwig, German architect (Hansa quarter, Berlin), dies at
54
1958
Harry Redman, composer, dies on 89th birthday
1957
Artur Malawski, composer, dies at 53
1956
Holmes Herbert, actor (The Kiss), dies at 74
1952
Pietro Pancrazi, Italian critic (Pegaso), dies at 59
1950
Emile Enthoven, composer, dies at 47
1950
James Stephens, Irish poet (Crock of Gold), dies at 68
1942
Bosinier de la Chapelle, French murderer of Admiral Darlan,
executed at 24
1937
Ivor Gurney, composer, dies at 47
1933
Lunatscharski, writer, dies
1931
Melvil Dewey, American Inventor
1930
Kin Hubbard, American Journalist
1918
Bertram Luard-Selby, composer, dies at 65
1917
Louise J Gautier, French poet/daughter of Theophile G, dies at
71
1916
Bernhard Scholz, composer, dies at 81
1909
Frederic Remington, American Artist
1890
Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (Trojan War), dies at
86
1887
Jules Francois Blasini, Curaeaos pianist/composer, dies at 40
1886
John A. Logan, American Soldier
1879
Jean Leonard Marie Poiseuille, dies
1866
Samuel Ryan Curtis, Union general-major, dies at 49
1862
38 Santee Sioux indians, hanged in Mankato
1861
Philip St. George Cocke, Confederate Brigadier-General, commits
suicide at 52
1837
Martinus van Marum, chemist/physicist (giant salamander), dies
at 87
1836
Hans Georg Nageli, composer, dies at 63
1827
Jan David Holland, composer, dies at 81
1797
John Wilkes, English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies
at 72
1776
Johann Gottlieb Rall, Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle
1771
Claude A Helvetius, French encyclopedist (L'esprit), dies at 56
1740
Mauritius Louis II earl of Nassau, Lieutenant-general (12
children), dies
1736
Antonio Caldara, composer, dies
1679
John van de Cappelle, Amsterdam landscape painter, dies at 53
1676
Domenicus van Tol, Dutch painter, dies
1658
Simon Guillain, French sculptor (Castle of Blois/Sorbonne), dies
at 78
1627
Gonzaga, Italian monarch of Mantua/Monferrato, dies
1624
Simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54
1574
Charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50
1530
Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder Mogols-dynasty, dies
at 47
1476
Galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered
267
Dionysius, bishop
of Rome/saint, dies

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