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Deaths on January 21

1118 : Paschalis II, [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies
1596 : John Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66
1609 : Joseph Justus Scaliger, French inventor of "Julian Period", dies at 68
1626 : John Dowland, English composer (In Darkness We Dwell), dies at 62
1665 : Domenico Mazzocchi, composer, dies at 72
1665 : Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat therorem), dies at 63
1670 : Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright, dies at 80
1683 : Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury, dies at 61
1686 : Nicolas-Fran‡ois Blondel, French architect, dies
1704 : Willem B Schepers, Dutch merchant/ship owner, dies at about 83
1746 : Gottfried Kirkhoff, composer, dies at 60
1774 : Mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56
1793 : Louis XVI, French king (1774-93), beheaded by revolutionaries at 38
1815 : M Claudius, writer, dies at 74
1831 : Achim v Arnim, writer, dies at 49
1851 : Gustav Albert Lortzing, composer, dies at 49
1862 : Bozena Nemcov , [Barnora Panklov ], Czech author, dies at 41
1871 : John J Rochussen, gov-general of Neth-Indies (1845-51), dies at 73
1872 : Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81
1882 : Anton Emil Titl, composer, dies at 72
1883 : Jacopo Tomadini, composer, dies at 62
1884 : Auguste Franchomme, composer, dies at 75
1888 : Stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh, composer, dies at 83
1891 : Calixa Lavallee, composer, dies at 48
1892 : John Couch Adams, English co-discoverer of Neptune, dies
1894 : Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer, dies at 24
1903 : Hermanus J A M Schaepman, Dutch clergyman/politician, dies at 58
1924 : Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin, Russian leader, dies of a stroke at 53
1926 : Camillo Golgi, Ital medical research (malaria, Nobel 1906), dies at 81
1927 : Floris H Verster, Dutch painter/cartoonist/etcher, dies at 65
1931 : Felix Blumenfeld, composer, dies at 67
1932 : [Giles] Lytton Strachey, British biographer/critic, dies at 51
1942 : Henryk Opienski, Polish composer/musicologist/conductor, dies at 72
1943 : Otakar Sini, composer, dies at 61
1944 : Gustaaf DFL Schamelhout, Flemish physician/writer, dies at 74
1944 : Heinrich zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, German major/pilot, shot down
1948 : Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, composer, dies at 72
1950 : George Orwell, author (Animal Farm, 1984), dies in London at 46
1954 : Billy Jenkins, dies at 69
1955 : Maarten P Vrij, Dutch lawyer/criminologist/High Council, dies at 59
1957 : Arthur L Bowley, English statistician/economist, dies at 87
1959 : Cecil B[lount] de Mille, producer (10 Commandments), dies at 77
1959 : Lamar Stringfield, composer, dies at 61
1961 : Blaise Cendrars, Swiss/French poet (J'ai tu‚), dies at 73
1961 : John Joseph Becker, composer, dies a day before 75th birthday
1962 : Andr‚ Lhote, French painter/art historian, dies at 76
1963 : Al St John, actor (Law & Order, Devil Riders), dies at 70
1963 : Franz Jung, writer, dies at 74
1964 : Joseph Schildkraut, actor (Cleopatra, Diary of Anne Frank), dies at 68
1965 : Harvey Zorbaugh, doctor/TV host (Play the Game), dies at 68
1967 : Ann Sheridan, actress (Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies of cancer at 51
1971 : Richard B Russell, (Sen-D-Ga), dies at 73
1974 : Jan Arends, Dutch poet/author, dies at 48
1974 : Ken Viljoen, cricketer (played 27 Tests for S Africa 1930-47), dies
1974 : Lewis L Strauss, head US Atomic Energy Comm (1953-58), dies at 78
1975 : Marie Lohr, actress (Pygmalion, Small Hotel, Escapade), dies at 84
1977 : John Vincent, composer, dies at 74
1977 : Zoltan Vasarhelyi, composer, dies at 76
1981 : Allyn Joslyn, actor (They Won't Forget, Cafe Society), dies at 79
1984 : Jackie Wilson, US singer (I Get the Sweetest Feeling), dies at 49
1985 : Barbara Cowsill, rocker (Cowsills), dies of emphysema
1987 : Pieter G Buckinx, Flemish writer (7th Day), dies at 83
1988 : Abraham Sofaer, actor (Naked Jungle, Elephant Walk), dies
1991 : Frank Mitchell, actor (Music is Magic, Prairie Gunsmoke), dies
1991 : Howard "Red" Grange, football's galloping ghost, dies at 87
1991 : Richard Bolling, (Rep-D-Mo)/US civil-rights leader, dies at 74
1992 : William T "Champion Jack" Dupree, US boxer/pianist, dies at 81
1994 : Basel al-Assad, Syrian pres Assad son, dies in car accident at 31
1995 : Flavio "Negao" Pires da Conceicao, drug Trafficker, dies at 25
1995 : John Halas, animator, dies at 82
1995 : Philippe Casado, Moroccan/French cyclist, dies at 30
1996 : Roman Ciesiewicz, artist/graphic designer, dies at 65
1996 : Sam Green, industrialist/inventor, dies at 88
1997 : Colonel Tom Parker, manager (Elvis Presley), dies at 87
1997 : Dennis Main Wilson, TV/radio producer, dies at 72
1997 : Michael Duane, educationalist, dies at 81

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