1241 :Celestine IV, [Goffredo Castiglioni], Pope (1241, 16 days), dies
1285 :Pedro III, king of Aragon, dies
1299 :Jan I, count of Holland/Zeeland (1295-99), dies at 15
1444 :Wladyslaw III Warnenczyk, king of Poland/Hungary, dies in battle at 20
1549 :Paul III, [Alessandro Farnese], Italian Pope (1534-49), dies at 81
1665 :Samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer, dies at 36
1670 :Geory Horn, [Hornius], theologist/historian, dies at about 50
1673 :Michael Korybut Wisniowiecki, king of Poland (16..-73), dies
1690 :G‚d‚on Tallemant van de R‚aux, Fren author (Historiettes), dies at 71
1779 :Joseph Hewes, US merchant/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 49
1821 :Andreas J Romberg, German violinist/composer (Der Rabe), dies at 54
1865 :Henry Wards, Confederate prison supt, executed for excessive cruelty
1891 :JN Arthur Rimbaud, poet/arms merchant (Saison en Enfer), dies at 37
1909 :Ludvig Schytte, composer, dies at 61
1937 :Nikolai Batalov, actor (Mother), dies at 37
1938 :Kemal Atatrk, [Mustafa Kemal], general/president Turkey, dies at 57
1940 :Arthur Neville Chamberlain, British premier (1937-40), dies at 71
1948 :Julius Curtius, German foreign minister (1929- ), dies at 71
1954 :Hussein Fatemi, Iran Foreign minister, executed
1959 :Lupino Lane, actress (Deputy Drummer), dies at 67
1960 :Isadore Freed, composer, dies at 60
1963 :Otto Flake, writer, dies
1968 :Gerald Mohr, actor (Christopher-Foreign Intrigue), dies at 54
1970 :Charles DeGaulle, general/president France (Free French), dies at 79
1971 :Walter Van Tilburg Clark, US author (Ox-Bow Incident), dies at 62
1972 :Charlie Hallows, cricketer (1000 runs-May 1928, 2 Tests for Eng), dies
1973 :Stringbean, country singer/comedian/banjoist (Hee Haw), dies at 58
1978 :Linda Scott, actress (Escape from Hell Island), dies at 28
1978 :Theo Lingen, actor (Grosse Gluck), dies at 75
1979 :Friedrich Thorberg, writer, dies at 71
1981 :Abel Gance, french movie director (J'accuse), dies at 92
1982 :Elio Petri, Italian director (Workers Class), dies at 53
1982 :Leonid Ilich Brezhnev, Soviet 1st sect, dies of a heart attack at 77
1984 :Sudie Bond, actress (Tomorrow), dies at 56 of a respiratory ailment
1985 :Pelle Lindbergh, goalie (Phila Flyers), dies in drunk driving accident
1990 :Lisa Kirk, US Broadway-singer, dies
1990 :Ronnie Dyson, US singer (Salvation-I Don't Wanna Cry), dies at 40
1991 :Alessandro Lessona, Minister of Ital Colonies (1931-38), dies
1991 :Franco Malfatti, president of Commission of Europe (1970-1972), dies
1991 :Tutte Lemkow, dancer/dir (Capt Paradise, I am a Camera), dies at 73
1992 :Antoine C J Rottier, Dutch CEO (DSM), dies
1992 :Chuck Connors, US NBA/baseballer/actor (Boston Celtics), dies at 71
1993 :Wensley Pithey, actor (Oh What a Lovely War), dies at 79
1994 :Carmen McRae [Clark], US jazz singer/pianist, dies at about 73
1994 :Louis Nizer, lawyer, dies at 92
1995 :Boty Goodwin, artist, dies at 29
1995 :Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa, writer/environmentalist, dies at 54
1995 :Margaret Annie Nan Macdonald, broadcaster, dies at 87
1996 :Beecher Moore, sailor, dies at 88
1996 :Hugo Buchthal, art historian, dies at 87
1996 :Marjorie Proops, problem page editor, dies at 85
1997 :William Alland, actor (Citizen Kane), dies at 81