1260 : Boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies
1401 : William Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London
1414 : Thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies
1545 : Pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death
1553 : Erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41
1568 : Miles Coverdale, translator (1st complete English Bible), dies at 80
1605 : Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer, dies at 54
1620 : Roemer P Visscher, poet, buried in Amsterdam
1653 : Luigi Rossi, composer, dies
1785 : Johann Christoph Richter, composer, dies at 84
1790 : Jean-Baptiste Krumphultz, composer, dies at 47
1815 : Leonhard von Call, composer, dies at 47
1822 : Jeronymo Francisco de Lima, composer, dies at 78
1837 : Georg B�chner, German playwright (Leonce und Lena), dies at 23
1858 : Alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer, dies at 78
1864 : William Edwin Baldwin, US Confederate brig-general, dies
1875 : Jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas), dies at 76
1878 : Charles F Daubigny, French restaurateur/painter, dies at 61
1887 : Eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66
1892 : Monty Bowden, cricket Capt (England v S Africa 1889), dies at 26
1894 : Ernesto Camillo Sivori, composer, dies at 78
1897 : Karl T Weierstrass, German mathematician, dies at 81
1915 : Gopal Krishna Gokhale, India's social reformer/politician, dies
1916 : Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist/philosopher/psychologist, dies at 78
1923 : Jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer, dies at 68
1927 : Georg Brandes, [Cohen], Danish literary-historian/critic, dies at 85
1927 : Robert Fuchs, composer, dies at 80
1933 : Arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn, composer, dies at 77
1941 : Alexander Josiah Webbe, English cricket keeper (v Aus 1879), dies
1941 : Hamilton Hamilton Harty, composer/conductor, dies at 61
1944 : Siegfried Garibaldi Kallenberg, composer, dies at 76
1945 : Wim Speelman, Dutch resistance fighter, executed at 26
1949 : Auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx, composer, dies at 83
1950 : Edyth Walker, US singer, dies at 82
1951 : Andre[-Paul-Guillaume] Gide, French writer (Nobel 1947), dies at 82
1952 : Knut Hamsun, writer, dies at 92
1952 : Lawrence Grant, actor (Bulldog Drummond), dies at 82
1962 : Albert Israel Elkus, composer, dies at 77
1965 : Forrest Taylor, actor (This is Life, Man Without a Gun), dies at 81
1965 : Gheorge Gheorghiu Dej, Romanian president, dies at 63
1967 : Wilmer King, 1st casuality on Tappan Zee Bridge NY, dies
1968 : Ralph Dunn, actor (Mr Rudge-Norby), dies at 65
1970 : Ralph Edward Flanders, (Sen-VT), dies at 89
1975 : Luigi Dallapiccola, Italian 12-tone composer, dies at 71
1980 : Bon Scott, Aust rock vocalist (AC/DC-Whole Lotta Rosie), dies at 33
1981 : Frank Merrik, composer, dies at 94
1983 : Alice White, actress (Employees' Entrance), dies at 78 of a stroke
1984 : Ina Ray Hutton, orch leader (Ina Ray Hutton Show), dies at 66
1985 : Elizabeth Julesberg, author (Dick & Jane), dies
1985 : George Holmes, actor (Man in the Trunk), dies at 66
1986 : Adolfo Celi, actor (Thunderball), dies at 63
1986 : James O Eastland, (Sen-D-Miss), dies at 81
1986 : Paul Stewart, actor (Top Secret USA, Deadline), dies at 77
1989 : Jaap van de Merwe, Dutch journalist/cabareter (Hadjememaar), dies
1989 : Merwe, journalist/cabaret performer (Hadjememaar), dies
1990 : Michael Powell, Engl director (Life & Death of Col Blimp), dies at 84
1991 : Peggy Mondo, actress (Who's Minding the Store), dies at 50
1992 : Chet Leaming, dies after brief illness at 66
1993 : Gerhard Gesell, judge (Pentagon Papers), dies of liver cancer at 82
1993 : Michael Morrison, actor (Caleb-As the World Turns), dies at 33
1994 : Derek Jarman, actor/director (Tempest), dies of AIDS at 52
1994 : Georges Watin, Algerian/French officer (OAS), dies at 71
1994 : Renske Vellinga, Dutch speed-skater, dies in auto-accident at 19
1995 : Calder Willingham, novelist/Scriptwriter, dies at 72
1995 : Ian Ball, photographer, dies at 80
1995 : Shlomo Averbach, Israeli ultra-orthodox rabbi, dies at 84
1996 : Brenda Bruce, actress (December Bride, Nightmare), dies at 77
1996 : Charles O Finley, baseball owner (Oakland A's), dies at 76
1996 : Grant Sawyer, US politician, dies at 76
1996 : Madhaviah Krishnan, naturalist, dies at 83
1997 : Deng Xiaoping, head (Chinese Communist Party), dies at 92
1997 : Leo Rosten, writer/humourist (Joys of Yiddish), dies at 88
1997 : Stanley Pearson, footballer, dies at 76
1998 : Grandpa Jones, country comic/banjo wizard (Hee Haw), dies at 84
1260 : Boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies
1401 : William Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London
1414 : Thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies
1545 : Pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death
1553 : Erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41
1568 : Miles Coverdale, translator (1st complete English Bible), dies at 80
1605 : Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer, dies at 54
1620 : Roemer P Visscher, poet, buried in Amsterdam
1653 : Luigi Rossi, composer, dies
1785 : Johann Christoph Richter, composer, dies at 84
1790 : Jean-Baptiste Krumphultz, composer, dies at 47
1815 : Leonhard von Call, composer, dies at 47
1822 : Jeronymo Francisco de Lima, composer, dies at 78
1837 : Georg B�chner, German playwright (Leonce und Lena), dies at 23
1858 : Alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer, dies at 78
1864 : William Edwin Baldwin, US Confederate brig-general, dies
1875 : Jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas), dies at 76
1878 : Charles F Daubigny, French restaurateur/painter, dies at 61
1887 : Eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66
1892 : Monty Bowden, cricket Capt (England v S Africa 1889), dies at 26
1894 : Ernesto Camillo Sivori, composer, dies at 78
1897 : Karl T Weierstrass, German mathematician, dies at 81
1915 : Gopal Krishna Gokhale, India's social reformer/politician, dies
1916 : Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist/philosopher/psychologist, dies at 78
1923 : Jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer, dies at 68
1927 : Georg Brandes, [Cohen], Danish literary-historian/critic, dies at 85
1927 : Robert Fuchs, composer, dies at 80
1933 : Arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn, composer, dies at 77
1941 : Alexander Josiah Webbe, English cricket keeper (v Aus 1879), dies
1941 : Hamilton Hamilton Harty, composer/conductor, dies at 61
1944 : Siegfried Garibaldi Kallenberg, composer, dies at 76
1945 : Wim Speelman, Dutch resistance fighter, executed at 26
1949 : Auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx, composer, dies at 83
1950 : Edyth Walker, US singer, dies at 82
1951 : Andre[-Paul-Guillaume] Gide, French writer (Nobel 1947), dies at 82
1952 : Knut Hamsun, writer, dies at 92
1952 : Lawrence Grant, actor (Bulldog Drummond), dies at 82
1962 : Albert Israel Elkus, composer, dies at 77
1965 : Forrest Taylor, actor (This is Life, Man Without a Gun), dies at 81
1965 : Gheorge Gheorghiu Dej, Romanian president, dies at 63
1967 : Wilmer King, 1st casuality on Tappan Zee Bridge NY, dies
1968 : Ralph Dunn, actor (Mr Rudge-Norby), dies at 65
1970 : Ralph Edward Flanders, (Sen-VT), dies at 89
1975 : Luigi Dallapiccola, Italian 12-tone composer, dies at 71
1980 : Bon Scott, Aust rock vocalist (AC/DC-Whole Lotta Rosie), dies at 33
1981 : Frank Merrik, composer, dies at 94
1983 : Alice White, actress (Employees' Entrance), dies at 78 of a stroke
1984 : Ina Ray Hutton, orch leader (Ina Ray Hutton Show), dies at 66
1985 : Elizabeth Julesberg, author (Dick & Jane), dies
1985 : George Holmes, actor (Man in the Trunk), dies at 66
1986 : Adolfo Celi, actor (Thunderball), dies at 63
1986 : James O Eastland, (Sen-D-Miss), dies at 81
1986 : Paul Stewart, actor (Top Secret USA, Deadline), dies at 77
1989 : Jaap van de Merwe, Dutch journalist/cabareter (Hadjememaar), dies
1989 : Merwe, journalist/cabaret performer (Hadjememaar), dies
1990 : Michael Powell, Engl director (Life & Death of Col Blimp), dies at 84
1991 : Peggy Mondo, actress (Who's Minding the Store), dies at 50
1992 : Chet Leaming, dies after brief illness at 66
1993 : Gerhard Gesell, judge (Pentagon Papers), dies of liver cancer at 82
1993 : Michael Morrison, actor (Caleb-As the World Turns), dies at 33
1994 : Derek Jarman, actor/director (Tempest), dies of AIDS at 52
1994 : Georges Watin, Algerian/French officer (OAS), dies at 71
1994 : Renske Vellinga, Dutch speed-skater, dies in auto-accident at 19
1995 : Calder Willingham, novelist/Scriptwriter, dies at 72
1995 : Ian Ball, photographer, dies at 80
1995 : Shlomo Averbach, Israeli ultra-orthodox rabbi, dies at 84
1996 : Brenda Bruce, actress (December Bride, Nightmare), dies at 77
1996 : Charles O Finley, baseball owner (Oakland A's), dies at 76
1996 : Grant Sawyer, US politician, dies at 76
1996 : Madhaviah Krishnan, naturalist, dies at 83
1997 : Deng Xiaoping, head (Chinese Communist Party), dies at 92
1997 : Leo Rosten, writer/humourist (Joys of Yiddish), dies at 88
1997 : Stanley Pearson, footballer, dies at 76
1998 : Grandpa Jones, country comic/banjo wizard (Hee Haw), dies at 84

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