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Deaths on November 06

1406 : Innocent VII, [Cosma de' Migliorati], Italian Pope (1404-06), dies
1632 : Gustavus II Adolphus, king of Sweden, dies in battle at 37
1650 : Willem II, earl of Nassau/prince of Orange, dies at 24
1656 : Johan IV, duke of Bragan‡a/king of Portugal (1640-56), dies at 52
1669 : Laurentius Erhard, composer, dies at 71
1672 : Heinrich Schtz, German composer (Weihnachtsoratorium), dies at 87
1712 : Johann Bernhard Staudt, composer, dies at 58
1730 : Hans Hermann von Katte, Prussian lieutenant, beheaded
1771 : Hermanus Noordkerk, Dutch jurist, dies at 69
1795 : Jiri Antonin Benda, composer, dies at 73
1801 : Christian Friedrich Gregor, composer, dies at 78
1822 : Hendrik van Stralen, Secretary of Interior, dies at 71
1835 : Ignaz Schuster, composer, dies at 56
1836 : Charles X, King of France (1824-30), dies at 79
1839 : Hayim Rapoport, Rabbi of Ostrowiec/author (Maxim Chayyim), dies
1862 : Charles Davis Jameson, US Union brig-gen (Fair Oaks), dies at 35
1865 : Atale Therese Annette Wartel, composer, dies at 51
1875 : John Baptist van Son, Dutch Catholic politician, dies at 71
1876 : Giacomo Antonelli, secretary of state of Pius IX, dies at 70
1893 : Piotr Ilyich Tchaikofsky, Rus composer (Nutcracker), dies at 53
1897 : Edouard Deldevez, composer, dies at 80
1900 : PWJ Le Gallais, British lt-colonel, dies in battle at Bothaville
1901 : Bohdan Borkowski, composer, dies at 48
1901 : Kate Greenaway, English children book illustrater, dies at 55
1912 : Mykola Vytal'yevich Lysenko, composer, dies at 70
1914 : Allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist (Dante), dies at 79
1922 : William Baines, composer, dies at 23
1929 : Max von Bathe, German prince/Chancellor (1910-11, 18), dies at 62
1939 : Adolphe Max, Belgian liberal MP, dies at 69
1944 : Hannah Senesh, Jewish poetess, executed by Nazis in Budapest
1944 : Lord Moyne, British prefect (Middle-East), murdered
1944 : Segundo "Boy" Ecury, Aruba, WW II resistance fighter, executed at 22
1946 : Zygmunt Denis Antoni Stojowski, composer, dies at 76
1947 : Kristian Elster, Norwegian author (Paradisets Have), dies at 66
1953 : John Parsons Beach, composer, dies at 76
1955 : Charley Toorop, [Annie CP Fernhout-Toorop], Dutch painter, dies at 64
1955 : Cornelis GN de Vooys, translator, dies at 82
1958 : Francis George Scott, composer, dies at 78
1963 : Djuanda Kartawidjaja, premier (Indonesia), dies at 52
1965 : Clarence Williams, composer, dies at 67
1965 : Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varese, composer, dies at 81
1968 : Charles Mnch, French/US conductor (Boston Symphony Orch), dies at 77
1968 : Guillaume Landre, composer, dies at 63
1969 : Augustin Lara, composer, dies at 69
1972 : Billy Murcia, rocker (New York Dolls), chokes to death at 21
1972 : Tod Andrews, actor (Gray Ghost, Counterthrust), dies at 52
1978 : Flora Campbell, actress (Faraway Hill, Date With Judy), dies at 67
1980 : Mary Michael, actress (Biridie-Wonderful John Acton), dies at 77
1983 : Robert Gross, composer, dies at 69
1985 : Joel Crothers, actor (Edge of Night), dies of a heart attack at 44
1987 : Ross R Barnett, lawyer/(Gov-D-Miss), dies at 89
1987 : William C Pahlmann, interior decorator (4 Seasons NYC), dies at 80
1990 : Will Kuluva, actor (To Trap a Spy, Go Naked in World), dies at 73
1991 : Andr‚ Vandernoot, Flemish fluitist/conductor, dies at 64
1991 : Gene Tierney, actress (Laura, Whirlpool), dies of emphysema at 70
1995 : Norman Waterhouse Lees, jazz fan, dies at 90
1995 : Philip Rawson, artist/teacher, dies at 71
1995 : Stanley Oliphant Stewart, librarian, dies at 82
1996 : Mario Savio, activist, dies of heart attack at 53
1996 : Patience Edney, nurse/communist, dies at 85
1996 : Tommy Lawton, footballer, dies at 80
1997 : Phillipo Seed, social work academic, dies at 67

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