Today in History

On June 7 in history ..

0421 - Eudocia A Athenais marries Oostromeins emperor Theodosius II
0555 - Vigilius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1099 - 1st Crusaders arrive in Jerusalem
1340 - Rotterdam Netherlands founded
1413 - King Ladislaw of Naples occupies Rome
1494 - Treaty of Tordesillas, Spain & Portugal divide America
1527 - Pope Clement VII surrenders to emperor Charles V's armies
1546 - England signs Peace of Andres with Scotland/Ireland
1557 - England declares war on France
1601 - Louis Gunther of Nassau weds countess Anna Margaretha of Manderscheid
1614 - 2nd parliament of King James I, dissolves passing no legislation
1628 - English king Charles I accepts Petition of Rights
1654 - Louis XIV crowned King of France
1672 - Battle by Solebay: Dutch adm M de Ruyter beats French/English fleet
1692 - Earthquake in Porte Royale, Jamaica, kills 3,000
1694 - English invasion army under Thomas Talmash reaches Brest
1769 - Daniel Boone begins exploring Bluegrass State of Kentucky
1775 - United Colonies change name to United States
1776 - Richard Lee (VA) moves Decl of Independence in Continental Congress
1780 - Anti-Catholic riot in London, 100s die
1788 - Masses stone French govt army at Grenoble
1798 - Jews of Pesaro Italy fast commemorating murder of Jews
1839 - Hawaiian Declaration of Rights is signed
1860 - 1st US "dime novel" published: "Malaseka, The Indian Wife of the White Hunter," by Mrs Ann Stevens
1860 - Workmen start laying track for Market Street Railroad, SF
1862 - Gen B Butler orders William Mumford hanged after he removed & destroyed US flag on display over New Orleans Mint
1862 - Skirmish at Union Church, VA (Peninsular)
1863 - Battle of Milliken's Bend, LA-Jefferson Davis' home burnt
1863 - Mexico City captured by French troops
1864 - Abe Lincoln renominated for Pres by Republican Party
1866 - Irish Fenians raid Pigeon Hill, Québec
1873 - 7th Belmont: James Roe aboard Springbok wins in 3:01.75
1881 - 15th Belmont: T Costello aboard Saunterer wins in 2:47
1887 - Monotype type-casting machine patented by Tolbert Lanston, Wash DC
1892 - John J Doyle of Clev Spiders is 1st to pinch hit in a baseball game
1892 - Republican convention in Minneapolis begins
1896 - G Harpo & F Samuelson leave NY to row the Atlantic (takes 54 days)
1898 - Social Democracy of America party holds 1st national convention, Chic
1900 - Boer general Christian de Law occupiers British train depot Roodewal
1905 - Norway dissolves union with Sweden (in effect since 1814)
1906 - Chicago Cubs score 11 in 1st inning, beating NY Giants 19-0
1906 - Famous Cunard passenger liner Lusitania launches
1909 - Cleveland Industrial Exposition opens
1912 - St Pius X encyclical "On Indians of South America"
1912 - US army tests 1st machine gun mounted on a plane
1916 - Germany troop march into Fort Faux, Verdun
1924 - 56th Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Mad Play wins in 2:18.8
1924 - George Leigh-Mallory disappears 775' from Everest's summit
1926 - Swedish govt of Ekman forms
1929 - Margaret Bondfield becomes 1st Dutch female minister (of Labor)
1929 - Vatican City becomes a sovereign state
1930 - 62nd Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Gallant Fox wins in 2:31.6
1930 - NY Times agrees to capitalize the n in "Negro"
1932 - Pitcher John Quinn, 47, is oldest player to have an extra-base hit (a double) & bat in a run, as the Dodgers beat the Cubs 9-2
1933 - Balanchine/Weills "7 Deadly Sins," premiers in Paris
1936 - Yanks beat Indians 5-4 in 16; longest game without a strikeout
1938 - 1st play telecast with original Broadway cast, "Susan & God"
1938 - Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat 1st flown (Eddie Allen)
1939 - 1st king & queen of England to visit US, George VI & Elizabeth
1939 - Cleve Indians sets AL record of 16 inning game without striking out, however lose game 5-4 to NY Yankees
1940 - British/French troops evacuate Narvik
1941 - 45th US Golf Open: Craig Wood shoots a 284 at Colonial Club Ft Worth
1941 - 73rd Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard Whirlaway win in 2:31 (triple crown)
1942 - Battle of Midway ends: Adm Nimitz wins 1st WW II naval defeat of Japan
1942 - Germany Armys march into Sebastopol
1942 - Japanese troops lands on Attu, Aleutian Islands
1944 - Achilles Veen soccer team forms in Veen
1944 - Canadian 50th division occupies Bayeux
1944 - Claus von Stauffenberg meets Hitler
1946 - Pirates players vote 20-16 to walkout rather than play the Giants
1946 - US Supreme Court bans discrimination in interstate travel
1948 - Communist complete takeover of Czechoslovakia; Pres Bernes resigns
1948 - KVP wins Dutch Second-Parliamentary election
1952 - "3 Wishes after Jamie" closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 94 perfs
1952 - 7th Curtis Cup: British Isles, 5-4
1952 - 84th Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard One Count wins in 2:30.2
1953 - 1st color network telecast in compatible color, (Boston Mass)
1953 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open
1953 - Mary Terrell wins struggle to end segregation in Wash DC restaurants
1953 - WDAU (now WYOU) TV chan 22 in Scranton Wilkes-Barre, PA (CBS) begins
1954 - 1st microbiology laboratory dedicated (New Brunswick NJ)
1955 - "$64,000 Question" premieres on CBS TV
1955 - 1st President to appear on color TV (Eisenhower)
1955 - India premier Nehru visit USSR
1956 - Singapore govt of Marshall resigns
1957 - Mickey Stewart holds 7 cricket catches for Surrey v Northants
1958 - 90th Belmont: Pete Anderson aboard Cavan wins in 2:30.2
1958 - Battles between Turkish & Greeks Cypriots break out
1959 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
1959 - KLX-AM in Oakland Calif changes call letters to KEWB (now KNEW)
1962 - NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 31,580 m
1963 - 1st Rolling Stones TV appearance (Thank Your Lucky Stars) & release 1st single, "Come on"
1964 - Beatles travel canals of Amsterdam
1965 - Gemini 4 completes 62 orbits
1965 - Morocco King Hassan suspends constitution, grabs power
1965 - Sony Corp introduced its home video tape recorder, priced at $995
1965 - Supreme Court rules 1879 Ct law ban of contraceptives unconstitutional
1966 - NY Mets pass up Reggie Jackson to draft Steve Chilcott #1
1967 - 2 Moby Grape members arrested for contributing to deliquency of minors
1967 - Israel captures Wailing Wall in East Jerusalem, Jericho & Bethlehem
1967 - NY Yankees draft Ron Blomberg #1
1968 - Sirhan Sirhan indicted for Bobby Kennedy assassination
1969 - "Johnny Cash Show," debuts on ABC-TV
1969 - 101st Belmont: Braulio Baeza aboard Arts & Letters wins in 2:28.8
1969 - Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash combine on a Grand Ole Opry TV special
1969 - Tommy James & Shondells release "Crystal Blue Persuasion"
1969 - Wash Senators draft Jeff Burroughs #1
1970 - 22nd Emmy Awards: Marcus Welby, Robert Young & Susan Hampshire
1970 - Jockey Willie Shoemaker passes Johnny Longden with his 6,033 win
1970 - Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
1970 - The Who's "Tommy" is performed at NY's Lincoln Center
1971 - Soviet Soyuz 11 crew completes 1st transfer to orbiting Salyut
1972 - "Grease" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 3,388 performances
1972 - German Chancellor Willy Brandt visits Israel
1972 - Hsan Hua, Zen teacher, conducted 1st ordination ceremony in America
1972 - Pirate's Gene Alley bases-loaded walk, beats Padres 1-0 in 18th
1973 - Rangers draft Texas high school pitcher David Clyde #1
1974 - Padres draft Brown University shortstop Bill Almon #1
1975 - "Thank God I'm a Country Boy," by John Denver hits #1
1975 - Dennis Lillee takes 1st one-day 5WI, 5-34 v Pakistan World Cup
1975 - Spain's Manuel Orantes wins US Open, beating Jimmy Connors in 3 sets
1975 - Sri Lanka's 1st one-day international, v WI Cricket World Cup
1976 - NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor & David Brinkley, premieres
1977 - Anita Bryant leads successful crusade against Miami gay rights law
1977 - White Sox draft Harold Baines #1
1978 - 32nd NBA Championship: Wash Bullets beat Sea Supersonics, 4 games to 3
1978 - Emmy 5th Daytime Award presentation
1979 - 52nd National Spelling Bee: Katie Kerwin wins spelling maculature
1979 - Bhaskara 1, Indian Earth resources/meteorology satellite, launched
1979 - Portugal govt of Mota Pinto resigns
1979 - Rocker Chuck Berry is charged with tax evasion
1980 - "Billy Bishop Goes to War" closes at Morosco NYC after 12 perfs
1980 - "Cars," by Gary Numan hits #9
1980 - 112th Belmont: Eddie Maple aboard Temperence Hill wins in 2:29.8
1980 - 50th French Mens Tennis: Björn Börg beats Vitas Gerulaitis (64 61 62)
1980 - Jeff Norman runs world record 50k (2:48:06)
1980 - John McEnroe beats Björn Börg for US Open
1980 - Tommy John wins his 200th, 3-0 on a 2-hitter
1981 - 35th Tony Awards: Amadeus & 42nd Street win
1981 - 51st French Mens Tennis: Björn Börg beats I. Lendl (61 46 62 36 61)
1981 - Israeli F-15/F-16 destroys alleged Iraqi plutonium production facility
1981 - Sandra Post wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Classic
1982 - 16th Music City News Country Awards: Barbara Mandrell
1982 - Habrés rebel army occupies capital of Chad, N'djamena
1982 - LA Dodger Steve Garvey is 5th to play in 1,000 consecutive games
1982 - NY Mets draft Dwight Gooden, Roger McDowell & Randy Myers
1982 - Pres Reagan meets Pope John Paul II & Queen Elizabeth
1982 - Steve Garvey plays in his 1,000th consecutive game & goes 0-for-4
1983 - Steve Carlton temporarily passes Nolan Ryan with his 3,552 strike out
1986 - 118th Belmont: Chris McCarron aboard Danzig Connect wins in 2:29.8
1986 - 56th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats M Navratilova (26 63 63)
1986 - Air Supply guitarist Graham Russell weds Jodi Varble
1986 - Madonna's "Live to Tell," single goes #1
1986 - Pirates draft 3rd baseman Jeff King #1
1987 - 41st Tony Awards: Fences & Les Miserables win
1987 - 57th French Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Mats Wilander (75 62 36 76)
1987 - Andy Van Slyke HRs off R McDowell in both ends of double header
1987 - Betsy King wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship
1988 - Aluminum contaminates Cornish England's water supply
1989 - 1st Baseball game to start outdoors & end indoors, as Toronto Blue Jays stadium closes roof during game at 8:48, & beat Brewers 4-2
1989 - 23 year old olympic barefoot South African runner Zola Budd retires
1989 - Atlanta Fulton County Comm approves $210M stadium for the Falcons
1989 - For one second this morning, the time is 01:23:45, 6-7-89
1989 - Suriname SLM-173 (DC-8) crashes near Paramaribo Airport killing 173
1989 - Wayne Gretzky wins his 9th NHL Hart (MVP) Trophy in 10 years
1990 - Michael Jackson hospitalized for chest pains
1990 - S Afr Pres F W de Klerk lifts 4 year olf state of emergency
1991 - Singer Jimmy Osmond weds Michelle Larson
1992 - "Small Family Business" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 48 perfs
1992 - 62nd French Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats Petr Korda (75 62 61)
1992 - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship
1992 - EUVE Launch
1993 - 27th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & Vince Gill
1993 - Cleveland breaks ground for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
1993 - Crickets Graham Gooch dismissed handled the ball v Aust, Old Trafford
1993 - Prince celebrated his birthday by changing his name to a symbol
1994 - A's outfielder Rickey Henderson steals his 1,100th career base
1996 - Julia & Noah wed on "All My Children"
1997 - 129th Belmont: Chris McCarron aboard Touch Gold wins in 2:28.8
1997 - 67th French Womens Tennis: Iva Majoli beats Martina Hingis (64 62)
1997 - Cosmos 2344 Proton-K Launch (Russia), Failed
1997 - Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings sweep the Phila Flyers
1998 - 68th French Mens Tennis:
1998 - wins Michelob Light Golf Classic

Famous birthdays on June 7 ..

1502 - Gregory XIII, Pope, introduced Gregorian calendar in 1582
1619 - Paulus Voet, Dutch jurist/historian
1730 - Georg von Pasterwiz, composer
1736 - Karl Frieberth, composer
1770 - Earl of Liverpool, (C) British PM (1812-27)
1778 - George Bryan "Beau" Brummel, London England, English dandy
1811 - James Young Simpson, Scotland, obsterician (used chloroform)
1812 - Theophilus Toulmin Garrard, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1902
1825 - Richard D Blackmore, England, author (Norie, Lorna Doone)
1829 - Eduard F W Pflüger, German physiologist (Breathing Quotient)
1833 - Alexander Ritter, composer
1840 - Charlotte MAAVCL, princess of Belgium/Emperor of Mexico (1864-67)
1843 - Susan Elizabeth Blow, US, pioneered kindergarten education
1845 - Leopold von Auer, Hungarians/US violinist
1846 - Wladyslaw Gorski, composer
1848 - Paul Gaugin, [Eugene Henri], French post-impressionist painter
1865 - Guido Gasperini, composer
1867 - Luigi Maurizio Tedeschi, composer
1873 - Landon Ronald, composer
1874 - Theodor Streicher, composer
1879 - Knud J V Rasmussen, Danish pole explorer (Thule)
1884 - Julius P Hoste, Belgium minister/daily newspaper publisher (Last News)
1885 - Percy Brier, composer
1887 - William Walraven, Dutch journalist/writer (Indian Daily)
1891 - Athos Palma, composer
1891 - Koos [Jacobus J] Vorrink, Dutch politician (SDAP/AJC/PvdA)
1896 - Robert Mulliken, US, chemist/physicist (Nobel 1966)
1896 - Vivien Kellems, TV hostess (Power of Women)
1897 - George Szell, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Metropolitan 1942-45)
1899 - Elizabeth Bowen, Dublin, novelist (Death of the Heart, Encounters)
1900 - Jan [Johannes A A] Engelman, poet/translator/critic (Garden of Eros)
1903 - Marguerite Yourcenar, France/US writer (Mémoires d'Hadrien)
1909 - Jessica Tandy, London, actress (Birds, Cocoon, Batteries Not Included)
1909 - Peter W Rodino, (Rep-D-NJ, 1949- )/chaired Watergate council
1911 - Franz Reizenstein, composer
1911 - Silas Roy Crain, singer/arranger/songwriter
1912 - Mascha Kaléko, writer
1913 - Anthony David Machell Cox, medievalist
1917 - Gwendolyn Brooks, US poet (Bean Eaters, Annie Allen, Pulitzer 1950)
1918 - Irene Vorrink, Dutch minister (health & environment)
1920 - Georges Marchais, political leader (French Communist Party)
1922 - Hubert Du Plessis, composer
1922 - Rocky Graziano, boxer/entertainer (Pantomime Quiz) [or Dec 31]
1923 - Giorgio Belladonna, bridge champion
1924 - Dolores Gray, Chic Ill, singer/actress (Designing Woman, Kismet)
1925 - Camille Flammarion, French astronomer/writer (Thunder & Lightning)
1925 - Pieternella "Nel" van Arem, Dutch actress (Sea Gull)
1926 - Dick Williams, Wall Lake Iowa, choral director (Andy Williams Show)
1927 - Martin Carter, poet/critic
1928 - Anthony Nicholas Maria Wahl, historian
1928 - Charles Louis Strouse, composer
1928 - Dave Bowen, footballer
1928 - David Malcolm Lewis, expert in Greek Epigraphy
1928 - James Ivory, producer/director (Howard's End, Remains of the Day)
1929 - John Turner, Richmond England, (L) 17th Canadian PM (1984)
1930 - Ian Leggat, cricketer (1 Test v S Africa 1953-54 without distinction)
1931 - Henry Weinberg, composer
1931 - Lang Jeffries, Ontario Canada, actor (Skip-Rescue 8)
1931 - Virginia McKenna, actress (Born Free, Chosen, Lions are Free, Simba)
1933 - Henk E Koning, Dutch sect of Finances (VVD)
1933 - Herb Score, pitcher (Cleveland Indians)
1934 - Philippe Entremont, Rheims France, concert pianist
1934 - Samuel Lipman, music critic
1937 - Neeme Järvi, Tallinn Estonia, conductor (Estonia Opera 1971)
1938 - Judy Ann Scott-Fox, agent
1940 - Tom Jones, [Woodward], Pontypridd Wales, singer (What's New Pussycat)
1941 - Jaime Laredo, Bolivia, violinist (Qn Elisabeth of Belgium prize 1959)
1941 - Michael Pennington, British? actor/author (Return of Sherlock Holmes)
1942 - Anneke Grönloh, Indonesian/Dutch singer (Burning Sand)
1943 - Ken Osmond, actor (Eddie Haskel-Leave it To Beaver)
1943 - Mel Levine, (Rep-D-CA, 1983- )
1943 - Nikki Giovanni, poet (LHJ Woman of the Year 1973)
1944 - Bill Rafferty, Queens NY, comedian (Laugh-In, Real People)
1944 - Clarence White, guitarist (Byrds-Turn! Turn! Turn!)
1944 - Townes Van Zandt, Texas, singer/songwriter (Kathleen, Loretta)
1946 - Bill Kreutzmann Jr, Palo Alto CA, drummer (Grateful Dead)
1946 - Jenny Jones, [Janina Stronski], Canada, comedienne (Jenny Jones Show)
1946 - Terry Gale, Wyalkatchem WA, Australasia golfer
1947 - Thurman Munson, baseball catcher/captain (NY Yankees)
1949 - Jack Ryland, rock vocalist (Three Dog Night)
1951 - Anne Twomey, Boston Ma, actress (Secret, Deadly Friend, Imagemaker)
1952 - Liam Neeson, N Ireland, actor (Schindler's List, Les Miserables)
1953 - Johnny Clegg, rocker
1954 - Lui Passaglia, Vancouver BC, CFL place kicker (BC Lions)
1955 - Joey Scarbury, Ontario Calif, singer (Greatest American Hero)
1955 - William Koch, US skier (World Cup 1982)
1956 - Robert Dover, equestrian dressage (Olympics-bronze-96)
1957 - Neal Radford, cricketer (Zambia Engld pace bowler in 3 Tests 1986-88)
1958 - Christopher Marcantel, Smithtown NY, actor (Chip-Nurse, Loving)
1958 - Francesca Thyssen, lugano Switz, baroness
1958 - O+> (Prince), [Rogers Nelson], Minn, rocker/actor (1999, Purple Rain)
1958 - Phillipe Boccara, Le Mans France, US sprint kayak (Olympics-96)
1962 - Janice Lawrence Braxton, WNBA center (Cleve Rockers, Olym-gold-1984)
1962 - Paddy McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good)
1963 - Steven David Rintoul, Bowral Australia, PGA golfer (1994 Buick-2nd)
1964 - Caroline Anne Hare, Lower hutt NZ, 5k/10k (Olympics-96)
1964 - Graeme Labrooy, cricketer (Sri Lankan pace bowler in 9 Tests 1986-91)
1966 - Dan Payne, CFL tackle (Toronto Argonauts)
1966 - Heathcliff Slocumb, Jamaica NY, pitcher (Boston Red Sox)
1966 - Stephane Richer, Ripon, NHL right wing (NJ Devils)
1967 - Sarah Malin, Greenwich Ct, actress (Stephane Prescott-Another World)
1967 - Terance Mathis, NFL wide receiver (Atlanta Falcons)
1968 - Adam Walker, NFL running back (SF 49ers)
1968 - Melissa Coombes, San Gabriel CA, female pitcher (Colo Silver Bullets)
1969 - Lachlan Elmer, Australian field hockey halfback (Oly-silver-92, 96)
1969 - Mark Sohn, Arlington Heights Ill, gymnast (Olympics-96)
1970 - Andrei Kovalenko, Gorky Rus, NHL right wing (Mont Canadiens, Edmonton)
1970 - Chad Fann, NFL tight end (Arizona Cardinals, SF 49ers)
1970 - Mike Modano, Livonia MI, NHL forward (Team USA, Dallas Stars)
1971 - Terrell Buckley, NFL cornerback (Miami Dolphins)
1972 - Jeff Burris, NFL cornerback/punt returner (Buffalo Bills)
1973 - Napoleon Kaufman, NFL running back (Oakland Raiders)
1973 - Robert Barr, NFL tackle (Seattle Seahawks)
1974 - Jason Caswell, Winnipeg Manitoba, Skeet shooter (Olympics-96)
1974 - Mahesh Bhupathi, India, tennis pro
1975 - Allen Iverson, NBA guard (Phila 76ers)
1976 - Cassidy Rae, Clarmont Fla, actress (Sarah-Models Inc, Clarissa)
1976 - David Diaz, Chicago Ill, light welterweight boxer (Olympics-96)
1978 - Adrienne Frantz, Mt Clemens Mich, (Tiffany Thorne-Sunset Beach)
1989 - Michael Joseph Tamboli, Eldesburg Md, born 01:23:45 PM on 6-7-89

Famous deaths on June 7 ..

0555 - Vigilius, Italian Pope (537-55), dies
1329 - Robert Bruce, King of Scotland (1306-29), dies at 53
1337 - Willem III the Good, earl of Holland/Zealand, dies at about 49
1492 - Kazimierz IV, King of Poland (1447-92), dies at 64
1549 - Eelke Fouckens, Frisian anabaptist, beheaded
1555 - Maarten van Rossum, Dutch army leader, dies at about 76
1571 - Pier Francesco Corteccia, composer, dies at 68
1572 - August I [Sigismund II August], king of Poland (1548-72), dies at 42
1624 - Anne of Saint Bartolomaeus, Flemish nun/monk/saint, dies at 74
1631 - Mumtax Mahal, wife of Shah Jahan of India, her tomb (Taj Mahal)
1654 - Giambattista Andreini, Italian playwright/actor, dies at 76
1667 - Thomas de Keyser, Amsterdam master builder/painter, buried
1672 - Willem J van Gendt, admiral/governor of Breda, dies at about 37
1701 - Ferdinand W, Prince of Württemberg-Neustadt, dies at 41
1754 - Nikolaj Eigtved, Danish, architect (Amalienborg Square), dies at 52
1778 - Johann Georg Zechner, composer, dies at 62
1784 - Jean-Baptiste Canavas, composer, dies at 71
1789 - Vaclav Jan Kopriva, composer, dies at 81
1800 - Willem A Alting, governor-genl of Neth-Indies (1780-97), dies at 75
1814 - Robert Jasper van der de Capellen, mister of Marsch, dies at 71
1838 - Laure S-MP duchess d'abrantès, French marshal Junot, dies
1840 - Frederik Willem III, King of Prussia (1797-1840), dies at 69
1843 - F Hölderlin, writer, dies at 73
1843 - Johann C F Hölderlin, German poet, dies at 73
1862 - William B Mumford, 1st US citizen hanged for treason, at 42
1863 - Franz Xavier Gruber, composer, dies at 75
1876 - George Sand, writer, dies at 71
1877 - Winand C H Staring, geologist (Bottom of Netherlands), dies at 68
1893 - Johann Schrammel, composer, dies at 43
1906 - Johan P Van de Kellen, stamp cutter/lithographer, dies at 74
1915 - Benjamin Lambord, composer, dies at 35
1924 - ? Wayne, fictional Batman's parents killed
1926 - Henry Charles Tonking, composer, dies at 63
1927 - Voikov, Soviet ambassador to Warsaw, murdered
1928 - Chiang Tsolin, Chinese warlord of North-China, murdered
1929 - J E P McMaster, cricketer (Eng v S Af Test 1889 (out for 0), dies
1932 - Emil Pauer, composer, dies at 76
1935 - Ivan V Mitsjoerin, Russian botanist, dies
1938 - Norbert Fonteyne, Flemish writer (How Flemings Came Late), dies
1940 - James Hall, writer/actor (Millie, Hell's Angels), dies at 39
1945 - Nishida Kitaro, scholar/philosopher/Zen practitioner, dies at 74
1945 - Ruben Marcos Campos, composer, dies at 69
1948 - Georges Adolphe Hue, composer, dies at 90
1951 - Bobel, Braune, Naumann, Ohlendorf, Pohl, Schallenmair & Otto Schmidt, Nazi war criminals, hanged
1956 - Julien Benda, Fren philosopher/writer (La trahison des clercs), dies
1957 - Elizabeth S Kingsley, double-Crostic puzzle creator, dies
1958 - Roger Hartigan, cricketer (2 Tests for Aust in 1908), dies
1961 - Robert Griffith, producer of Pajama Game, dies
1963 - Zasu Pitts, actress (Wedding March, Life With Father), dies at 65
1964 - Charlie Llewellyn, cricketer (544 runs in 15 Tests for S Africa), dies
1965 - Judy Holliday, comedienne (Born Yesterday, Adam's Rib), dies at 42
1965 - Pierre Cardevielle, Fren composer/conductor (L'ile Rouge), dies at 59
1965 - Richard Billinger, Austria poet/writer (Bauernpassion), dies
1966 - Hans/Jean Arp, French/Swiss painter/poet/sculptor, dies at 78
1967 - Dorothy Parker, US writer (Enough Rope), dies at 73
1967 - Pauline Brooks, actress (Make a Million), dies of cancer at 54
1968 - Dan Duryea, actor (Pride of the Yankees), dies of cancer at at 60
1969 - Leo Gorcey, actor (Bowery Boys), dies at 53
1970 - Edward M Forster, Brit writer (Maurice, passage to India), dies at 91
1973 - Lane Bradford, actor (Dead Man's Gold, Gun Hawk), dies at 50
1976 - Bobby Hackett, jazz cornetist/orch leader (Air time '57), dies at 61
1980 - Henry [Valentine] Miller, US writer (Tropic of Capricorn), dies at 88
1980 - Richard Bonnelli, actor (Enter Madame), dies
1983 - Charles von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, Belgium prince, buried
1983 - Daniele Amfiteatrov, composer, dies at 81
1984 - George Givot, actor (Versatile Vaudeville), dies at 81
1987 - John Blofeld, writer/translator/Zen practitioner, dies at 73
1988 - Joe Partridge, cricketer (S Afr pace bowler 1963-65), commits suicide
1989 - Milton van Embricqs, Suriname/Dutch publicist, dies
1989 - Percy Stuart, Suriname/Dutch sports journalist, dies
1990 - Barbara Baxley, actress (Norma Rae), dies at 63 of a heart attack
1991 - Eric Francis, actor (Shillingbury Blowers), dies
1992 - Bob Sweeney, director/actor (Toby Tyler), dies of cancer at 73
1992 - William France, founder (Daytona 500), dies at 82
1993 - Drazen Petrovic, NBA player (NJ Nets), dies in auto-accident at 28
1994 - Barry Sullivan, actor (Streets of SF, Oh, God!), dies at 81
1994 - Dennis Potter, British TV writer (Pennies from Heaven), dies at 59
1994 - Joseph Ruzindana, Rwandian bishop of Bjumba, murdered
1994 - Stuart Havelock Hollingdale, anthropologist, dies at 42
1994 - Thaddé Nsengijumva, chairman of Rwandan bishop's conference, murdered
1994 - Vincent Nsengijumva, Rwandan archbishop of Kigali, murdered
1995 - Joseph Tomelty, actor/playwright (Bedevilled, Moby Dick), dies at 84
1996 - Jose Maria Valverde, philosopher poet/translator, dies at 70
1996 - Noel Walton Bott, engineer, dies at 88
1996 - [Francis] Max Factor Jr, makeup inventor, dies at 91