1974 - Sergei Yerkovich, hockey defenseman (Team Belarus 1998)
1975 - Ava Lovell, Miss Universe-Belize (1996)
1975 - Christobal Huet, hockey goalie (Team France 1998)
1977 - Tami Tyler, Santa Clara Calif, dance skater (& Jonathan Nichols)
Famous deaths for this day ..
1189 - Jacob of Orleans, Rabbi, killed in anti Jewish riot in London England
1205 - Petrus van Poitiers, French theologist (Sententiarum libri V), dies
1402 - Gian Galeazzo Visconti, duke/tyrant of Milan (1395-1402), dies at 51
1634 - Edward Coke, English Chief Justice/politician, dies
1642 - Elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I/Charlotte, dies at 65
1653 - Claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguistic, dies at 65
1655 - Jan W van Brederode, Dutch governor/field marshal, dies at 56
1658 - James I, king of England (1603-25), dies at 92
1658 - Oliver Cromwell, British general (1653-58)/Lord Protector, dies at 59
1667 - Alonso Cano, Spanish painter/sculptor/architect, dies at 66
1675 - Pieter Boel, Flemish painter/etcher, dies
1708 - Christian Liebe, composer, dies at 53
1739 - George Lillo, English dramatist (Fatal Curiosity), dies at 46
1790 - Thomas Norris, composer, dies at 49
1811 - Ignaz Franzl, composer, dies at 75
1843 - Cornelis PJ Elout, military/pres of West Sumatra, dies at 47
1849 - Earnest Freiherr von Feuchtersleben, Austria writer/physician, dies
1857 - M Heinrich C Lichtenstein, German zoologist/explorer, dies at 77
1871 - Vaclav Horak, composer, dies at 71
1876 - Felix, cricketer (legendary All-England player), dies
1877 - Adolphe Thiers, 1st president of 3rd French Rep (1871-77), dies at 80
1883 - Iwan Turgenjew, writer, dies at 64
1890 - Charles-A Chatrian, French writer (Waterloo), dies at 63
1890 - Willem Linnig Jr, Flemish painter/graphic artist, dies
1908 - Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk, gov-gen (Dutch East-Indies), dies
1914 - Albric Magnard, French composer, killed in action at 49
1914 - Ferdinand AR Cabrera, Spanish/German of emperor Wilhelm II, dies at 58
1914 - Lucien-Denis-Gabriel-Alberic Magnard, composer, dies at 49
1917 - Fanya Kaplan, Russian who shot at Lenin on Aug 30th, executed
1935 - Joannes DJ Aengenent, bishop of Haarlem (1928-35), dies at 62
1938 - Bart de Ligt, anti military theologist, dies at 77
1940 - Otto V Ekelund, Swedish poet/writer (Hafvets Stjrna), dies at 59
1944 - Frantisek Alois Drdla, composer, dies at 75
1946 - Carl Emil Paul Lincke, composer, dies at 79
1948 - Eduard Benesj, president Czechoslovakia (1921-22, 35-48), dies
1951 - Arnold Warren, cricketer (only Test for England), dies
1951 - Robert Franz Richard Hernried, composer, dies at 67
1954 - Eugene Pallette, actor (It's a Date, My Man Godfrey), dies at 65
1960 - Joseph Lamb, composer, dies at 72
1962 - Anton Mauve, Dutch painter, dies at 63
1962 - e[dward] e cummings, US poet (Tulips & Chimneys), dies at 67
1963 - Cruys Voorbergh, actor/director (Vliegende Hollander), dies at 64
1963 - Frico Kafenda, composer, dies at 79
1964 - Joseph Marx, Austrian composer, dies at 82
1965 - Otto Lederer, actor (Jazz Singer), dies at 79
1967 - David Cohen, historian/chairman (Jewish Council), dies at 84
1967 - James Dunn, actor (Tree Grows in Brooklyn, 6 Gun Law), dies at 61
1967 - Woody Guthrie, rocker, dies of Huntington's Chorea at 55
1969 - Ho Chi Minh, [Nguyen Ta't-Tanh], N Vietnamese president, dies at 79
1970 - Al Wilson, "Blind Owl", guitarist/vocalist (Canned Heat), dies at 27
1970 - Jochen Rindt, German race car driver, dies at 28
1970 - Vince Lombardi, football coach (Packers), dies in Washington DC at 57
1971 - Percy Holmes, cricketer (Yorks opener, 7 Tests for Eng 1921-32), dies
1971 - Veronica Turleigh, actress (Promoter), dies at 68
1976 - Harry Partch, US composer (Oedipus), dies at 75
1980 - Barbara O'Neil, actress (Tower of London, Stella Dallas)
1980 - Duncan Renaldo, actor (Cisco Kid, Guns of Fury), dies at 76
1980 - Fabian von Schlabendorff, German resistance fighter/judge, dies at 73
1982 - Della Chiesa, Italian general/mafia fighter, murdered
1982 - Michael Thoma, actor (8 is Enough, Fame), dies at 55
1984 - Arthur Schwartz, producer (Inside USA with Chevrolet), dies at 83
1984 - Duncan Renaldo, actor (Cisco Kid), dies at 80
1985 - Joe Jones, drummer, dies at 73
1985 - John Herbert McDowell, composer, dies at 58
1987 - Morton Feldman, US composer, dies at 61
1987 - Viktor P Nekrasov, Ukraine architect/author (Soldiers), dies at 76
1987 - Vokopach Stalingrada/Kira Georgijevna, dies at 76
1990 - David Acer, Florida dentist, dies of AIDs after infecting 5 patients
1991 - Frank Capra, director (It's a Wonderful Life), dies at 94
1991 - Henri de Lubac, French theologist/antifascist, dies
1992 - Johannes van Capel, oldest man in Netherlands (Born 4/22/1884), dies
1993 - Leon Liebgold, Pol/US actor/chairman (Hebrew Actors Union), dies at 83
1994 - Billy Wright, English soccer player (World Champion 1950), dies at 70
1994 - James Aubrey, actor (Riders of the Storm), dies of heart attack at 75
1994 - Major Lance, soul singer, dies at 55
1994 - Marijke Vetter, Dutch journalist, dies at 82
1994 - Nikos Ghika, artist, dies at 88
1994 - Roswell Gilbert, who mercy killed his ailing wife, dies at 85
1994 - William Ambrose Right, footballer, dies at 70
1995 - Alex Brown, snooker player, dies at 87
1995 - Alfred Earle Birney, poet, dies at 91
1995 - Donald Cuthbert Coleman, economic historian, dies at 75
1995 - Mary Adshead, muralist/painter, dies at 91
1995 - Peter Michalke, journalist, dies at 40
1995 - Roye England, modeller/museum curator, dies at 88
1996 - John Cheek, Falkland Islands advocate, dies at 56
1996 - Julian Amery, politician, dies at 77
1996 - Robert Croften Brown, politician, dies at 75
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