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Deaths on May 31

1091 : Hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies
1198 : Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies
1504 : Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz, dies
1551 : Aristotele "Basiano" da Sangallo, Italian set designer, dies
1567 : P‚reguin de la Grange, French minister/martyr of Reform, dies
1594 : Tintoretto, Italian Mannerist painter, dies at 75
1620 : Willem Louis, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies at 59
1665 : Pieter J Saenredam, Dutch architectural painter, dies at 67
1696 : Heinrich Schwemmer, composer, dies at 75
1740 : Frederick-William I, King of Prussia (1713-1740), dies at 51
1806 : Micha‰l FB baron von Melas, Austrian general, dies at 77
1809 : Ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel, dies in battle at 33
1809 : Franz Josef Haydn, Austrian composer (Jahreszeiten), dies at 77
1832 : variste Galois, French revolutionary/mathematician, dies at 20
1837 : Joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57
1849 : L‚onard PJ du Bus de Gisignies, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 69
1854 : Vatroslav Lisinski, composer, dies at 34
1862 : Robert Hatton, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at about 34
1900 : James Loudon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1871-75), dies at 75
1900 : John Power, Irish baronet/whiskey manufacturer, dies in battle
1906 : Hermann Schell, German theologist (Gott und Geist), dies at 56
1906 : King Alfonso XIII, assassinated in Madrid
1906 : Victoria von Battenberg, assassinated in Madrid
1908 : C L "Boy" Johnson, cricketer (Test for S Africa 1895-96), dies
1910 : Elizabeth Blackwell, 1st woman physician, dies at 89
1916 : Horace Hood, British spy (Battle of Jutland), dies in battle
1928 : Ludwig Enneccerus, German leader, dies at 85
1928 : Manuel de Oliveira Lima, Brazilian historian, dies at 60
1942 : Reinhard Heydrich, German protector of Bohemia & Moravia, assassinated
1947 : Adrienne Ames, actress (Black Sheep, 24 Hours), dies at 39
1947 : Henri G Casadesus, Fr altviolist/composer (viola d'amour), dies at 66
1948 : Jose Vianna da Motta, composer, dies at 80
1952 : Walter Schellenberg, German lawyer/headed spy (Venlo), dies
1955 : "Wild Bill" Vukovich, killed in Indy 500
1955 : Raoul Gunsbourg, composer, dies at 95
1960 : Willem Elsschot, [Alfons de Ridder], Flemish writer (Kas), dies at 78
1961 : ? Trujillo, Dominican Republic president, assassinated at 69
1962 : Adolf Eichmann, war criminal, hanged at Ramie Prison in Israel at 56
1962 : Eduardo Toldra, composer, dies at 67
1962 : Nazi Adolf Eichmann hanged in Israel for crimes against Jews in WW II
1963 : Carel C van Essen, archaeologist (Art of Ancient Rome), dies at 63
1971 : Dainty Ironmonger, cricketer (74 wkts in 14 Tests after age 46), dies
1971 : Massimo Campigli, Italian painter/illustrator, dies at 75
1971 : Reinhold Niebuhr, US theologist, dies at 78
1973 : Albert Egges van Giffen, Dutch archaeologist, dies at 89
1974 : Adelle Davis, US nutrionalist (Let's stay healthy), dies at 70
1976 : Jacques Monod, French biochemist, dies
1976 : Martha Mitchell wife of former Att Gen John Mitchell, dies in NY at 57
1979 : Nigel Howard, cricketer (England captain 1951-52 tour of India), dies
1982 : Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight boxing champ/actor, dies at 86
1987 : Dorothy Patrick, actress (Torch Song, New Orleans, High Wall), dies
1989 : C L R James, cricket writer (distinguished Trinidadian), dies
1989 : Charles A Hufnagel, doc (artificial heart valve pioneer), dies at 72
1989 : Terry Drinkwater, CBS news correspondent, dies at 53 of cancer
1991 : Angus Wilson, [Johnstone-W], British writer (Wrong Set), dies
1991 : H N "Swanie" Swanson, literary agent, dies at 91 of a stroke
1992 : Lutz Stavenhagen, top aid to Chancellor Helmut Kohl, dies at 52
1993 : John Granger, actor (Advise & Consent), dies at 69
1994 : Doug Freeman, cricketer (2 Tests of leg-spin for NZ 1933), dies
1994 : Emmanuel "Manny" Klein, trumpeter, dies at 86
1994 : Herva Nelli, soprano, dies at 85
1994 : Sidney Gilliat, British screenwriter/director, dies at 86
1995 : Tim Mara, owner (NY Giants), dies at 59
1996 : Colin Morris, playwright/documentary filmmaker, dies at 80
1996 : Elsbeary Hobbs, singer, dies at 59
1996 : Neela Sanjiva Reddy, president of India (1977-82), dies
1996 : Paul Peter Piech, artist, dies at 76
1996 : Peter Gordon Dorrell, archaeologist/photographer, dies at 68
1996 : Timothy Francis Leary, Harvard prof/LSD guru, dues of cancer at 75
1997 : Rosie Will Monroe, WW II icon (Rosie the riveter), dies at 76

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