1404 :Boniface IX, [Pietro Tomacelli], Pope (1389-1404), dies
1574 :Maarten van Heemskerck, painter (Christ), dies
1578 :Don Juan d'Austria, Spanish land guardian of Netherlands, dies at 31
1602 :Hernando de Cabezon, composer, dies at 61
1633 :Filaret, [Fjodor N Romanov], patriarch of Moscow, dies
1684 :Pierre Corneille, Fr lawyer/dramatist (El Cid, Polyeucte), dies at 42
1704 :Cornelis Dusart, painter/engraver, dies at 44
1708 :John Blow, composer (Venus & Adonis), dies at 59
1768 :Robert Simson, Scotland mathematician, dies at 80
1770 :Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, composer, dies at 64
1795 :Robert Bakewell, English cattle breeder, dies at about 70
1807 :John M�hlenberg, Lutheran pastor, dies on his 61st birthday
1814 :Jakob I van Przysucha, Polish hassidic leader, dies
1864 :John Dunovant, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle
1868 :Rama IV, [Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua], king of Thai (1851-68), dies at 63
1876 :Henri-Jerome Bertini, composer, dies at 77
1881 :Frantisek Matej Hilmar, composer, dies at 78
1901 :Abdoer-Rahman, emir of Afghanistan, dies
1904 :William GGVV Harcourt, historian/English Sect of State, dies at 76
1911 :Pjotr A Stolypin, premier of Russia (1906-11), dies
1911 :Wilhelm Dilthey, Germ philosopher (Das Leben Schleiermans), dies at 77
1927 :Wilhelm Harteveld, composer, dies at 68
1930 :Ricardo Drigo, composer, dies at 84
1936 :Oscar DaCosta, cricketer (WI all-rounder in 5 Tests 30-35), dies at 28
1943 :Antoine T Broekman, resistance fighter, executed at 32
1943 :Anton JT Koreman, resistance fighter, executed at 27
1943 :Antoon Pleyte, resistance fighter, executed at 26
1943 :Dionysius Remiens, resistance fighter, executed at 24
1943 :Earnest Klijzing, resistance fighter, executed
1943 :Gideon Boissevain, resistance fighter, executed at 22
1943 :Hans Katan, resistance fighter, executed at 24
1943 :Henri H Geul, resistance fighter, executed at 27
1943 :Johan Kalshoven, resistance fighter, executed at 20
1943 :Johan Roemer, resistance fighter, executed at 22
1943 :Johan van Mierlo, resistance fighter, executed at 35
1943 :John Charles Boissevain, resistance fighter, executed at 23
1943 :Leo Frijda, resistance fighter, executed at 20
1943 :Louis Boissevain, resistance fighter, executed at 21
1943 :Maarten van/of Gilse, resistance fighter, executed at 27
1943 :Olaf T Thomsen, resistance fighter, executed at 23
1943 :Peter "Pam" Pooters, resistance fighter, executed at 32
1943 :Sape Kuiper, resistance fighter, executed at 19
1943 :Victor van Swieten, resistance fighter, executed at 36
1943 :Walter Brandligt, literature/resistance fighter, executed at 42
1945 :Walter B Cannon, US physiologist (Traumatic Shock), dies at 73
1956 :Stan Ockers, Belgian world champ cyclist (1955), dies at 36
1961 :Donald Cook, actor (Too Young To Go Steady), dies at 60
1964 :Ernst Toch, composer (Melodie Lehre), dies at 76
1965 :Edward E "Doc" Smith, US, sci-fi writer (Subspace encounter), dies
1965 :Gareth Hughes, actor (Midnight Girl), dies at 71
1966 :Albert P A A Besnard, poet/journalist (Doom & Thirst), dies
1968 :Marcel Duchamp, French painter (Descending an Escalator), dies
1970 :Hans Poser, composer, dies at 52
1970 :Petar Konjovic, composer, dies at 87
1972 :Kurt Hiller, writer, dies at 87
1972 :Louis Leakey, English anthropologist, dies at 68
1973 :Joe Devlin, actor (Sam-Dick Tracy), dies at 74
1975 :Al Jackson, rock drummer (Booker T & The MG's), dies at 39
1979 :Roy Harris, US composer, dies at 81
1980 :George Meany, union pres (AFL-CIO), dies at 86
1984 :Hansje Toussaint, [Hermina A Schenk), singer/cabaretiŠre, dies at 69
1984 :Walter Alston, Baseball manager (LA Dodgers), dies at 72
1985 :Charlotte White, US author (New Yorker, Charlotte's Web), dies at 86
1990 :Christine Forrest, actress (Martin), dies
1990 :Curtis E LeMay, USAF General/VP candidate, dies at 83
1991 :Jan van Tongeren, painter, dies
1992 :Bruce Vorhauer, inventor (Today contraceptive sponge), suicide at 50
1992 :Harry Milton Ray, singer/actor (Avanti!), dies of stroke at 45
1993 :Janine Darcey, French actress (Priez pour nous), dies at 75
1993 :Joseph Warren, actor (Gift of Love, Urban Warriors), dies at 77
1994 :Brad O'Hare, dies of complications due to AIDS at 43
1994 :Carlos Lleras Restrepo, president of Colombia (1966-70), dies at 86
1994 :Karoli Ruth Needles, painter, dies at 54
1994 :Scott Dunbar, bluse vocalist/guitarist, dies at 90
1995 :Aditya Biria, industrialist, dies at 50
1995 :Margaret Gorman Cahill, 1st Miss America (1921), dies at 90
1995 :Rene Mable Neighbour Cloke, illustrator, dies at 90
1995 :Russ Karel, director, dies at 45
1996 :Joonas Kokkonen, composer, dies at 74
1996 :Patrick McGeown, politician, dies at 40
1997 :Gul Mohammed, world's shortest man (22.1"/56.16 cm), dies at 36