Welcome to Today In History for Tuesday, May 13, 2008.

On this day in history ..

1965 - Diplomatic relations between west Germany and Israel established
0535 - St Agapitus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0609 - Pope Boniface I turns Pantheon into Catholic church
0641 - Eligius (Saint Eloy) becomes bishop of Doornik-Noyon
1106 - Henry I of Limburg becomes duke of Neth-Lutherans
1110 - Crusaders march into Beirut causing a bloodbath
1364 - Peter Coutherel banished from Leuven
1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola
1559 - Excavated corpse of heretic David Jorisz burned in Basel
1568 - Mary Queen of Scots is defeated by English at battle of Langside
1588 - King Henri III flees Paris
1607 - English colonists (John Smith) lands near James River in VA
1624 - Admiral Hermites fleet blockade Lima Peru
1637 - Cardinal Richelieu of France creates the table knife
1643 - Battle at Grantham: English parliamentary armies beat royalists
1643 - Heavy earthquake strikes Santiago Chile; kills 1/3 of population
1652 - Ingen Ryuki invited to become the abbot of Sofokuji temple in Nagasaki
1654 - Venetian fleet under Adm Adeler beats Turkish
1767 - Mozart's opera "Apollo et Hyacinthus," premieres in Salzburg
1777 - University library at Vienna opens
1779 - War of Bavarian Succession ends
1787 - Arthur Phillip sets sails with 11 ships of criminals to Botany Bay
1820 - Opera "Die J„garsbraut" is completed
1828 - US passes Tariff of Abominations
1830 - Republic of Ecuador is founded, with Juan Jose Flores as president
1835 - 1st foreign embassy in Hawaii forms
1846 - US declares war on M‚xico, 2 months after fighting begins
1861 - Queen Victoria announces England's position of neutrality
1864 - -16] Atlanta Campaign-Battle of Resaca Georgia
1865 - S Brownsville, TX (Palmito Ranch) Final engagement of Civil War PVT John J Williams of 34th Indiana is last man killed
1874 - Pope Pius IX encyclical "On Greek-Ruthenian rite"
1876 - Amersfoort-Zutphen railway opens
1877 - C‚sar Franck's "Lesson Eolides," premieres
1882 - Toba-indians killed 20 members of French expedition
1884 - Institute for Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) forms
1887 - 15th Preakness: William Donohue aboard Dunboyne wins in 2:39«
1888 - DeWolf Hooper 1st recited "Casey at Bat"
1888 - Princess Isabel of Brazil signs "Lei Aur‚a" abolishing slavery
1890 - 18th Preakness: W Martin aboard Montague wins in 2:36.75
1890 - Lord Salisbury offers Germany Helgoland in exchange for Zanzibar, Uganda & Equatoria
1891 - 17th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Kingman wins in 2:52¬
1905 - James J Jeffries retires as boxing champ
1906 - Bezalel Art School opens in Jerusalem
1909 - Christian National Labor Workers (CNV) party begins in Netherlands
1911 - 37th Kentucky Derby: George Archibald aboard Meridian wins in 2:05
1911 - NY Giant Fred Merkle is 1st to get 6 RBIs in an inning (1st)
1912 - Royal Flying Corps forms in England
1913 - 1st 4 engine aircraft built & flown (Igor Sikorsky-Russia)
1916 - 1st observance of Indian (Native American) Day
1916 - 42nd Kentucky Derby: Johnny Loftus aboard George Smith wins in 2:04
1916 - Native American Day is 1st observed
1917 - 1st appearance of Mary to 3 shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal
1917 - Ernest Bloch's "Schelomo," premieres
1918 - 1st US airmail stamps issued (24›)
1922 - 48th Kentucky Derby: Albert Johnson aboard Morvich wins in 2:04.6
1922 - 48th Preakness: L Morris aboard Pillory wins in 1:51.6
1923 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Willa Carter (One of Ours)
1926 - German govt of Luther falls
1927 - "Black Friday" on Berlin Stock Exchange
1927 - VVOG soccer team forms in Harderwijk
1930 - Farmer killed by hail in Lubbock, Texas
1930 - Only known fatality due to hail
1931 - Paul Doumer elected president of France
1932 - Russian composer Dmitri Sjostakovitch marries Nina Varsar
1933 - 59th Preakness: Charley Kurtsinger aboard Head Play wins in 2:02
1934 - Great dustbowl storm
1936 - Quiroga govt takes office in Spain
1939 - 65th Preakness: George Seabo aboard Challedon wins in 1:59.8
1939 - SS St Louis departs Hamburg with 937 Jews fugitives
1940 - British bomb factory at Breda
1940 - Churchill says I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears & sweat
1940 - Dutch Queen Wilhelmina flees to England
1940 - German breakthrough at Grebbelinie
1941 - Martin Bormann is named head of Nazi Party Chancellery in Germany
1941 - Trial against resistance fighter comte d'Estienne d'Orves begins
1941 - Willy Lewis' US jazz band performs in Switzerland
1942 - Helicopter makes its 1st cross-country flight
1942 - Pitcher Jim Tobin belts 3 HRs in a game
1943 - German & Italian forces in Africa surrender
1943 - German occupiers confiscate all radios
1944 - 70th Preakness: Conn McCreary aboard Pensive wins in 1:59.2
1945 - US troops conquer Dakeshi Okinawa
1946 - Sarwate & Banerjee add 249 for 10th wkt for Indians v Surrey
1946 - US convicts 58 camp guard of Mauthausen concentration camp to death
1946 - Winston Churchill welcomed in Rotterdam
1947 - Senate approved the Taft-Hartley Act limiting the power of unions
1949 - 1st British-produced jet bomber, Canberra, makes its 1st test flight
1950 - Diner's Club issues its 1st credit cards
1952 - Minor-league Bristol pitcher Ron Necciai strikes out 27 in 9-innings
1952 - Pandit Nehru becomes premier of India
1953 - NY Giants Willie Mays & Darryl Spencer each hit 2 HRs & a triple
1954 - "Pajama Game" opens at St James Theater NYC for 1063 performances
1954 - Labour Party wins British municipal elections
1954 - Robin Roberts gives up a HR then retires next 27 men in a row
1954 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
1955 - Mickey Mantle hits 3 consecutive HRs of at least 463'
1956 - Pachyderm Building at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens
1958 - French settlers riot against French army in Algeria
1958 - Jordan & Iraq form Arab Federation
1958 - Pierre Pflimlin forms French govt
1958 - Rioters attack US VP Nixon in Venezuela
1958 - Stan Musial, is 8th to get 3,000 hits
1959 - Kraft Music Hall with Milton Berle, last airs on NBC-TV
1960 - 1st launch of Delta satellite launching vehicle; it failed
1960 - Phillies lose 3rd consecutive 1-0 game
1960 - WOLE TV channel 12 in Aguadillo, PR
1962 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Western Golf Open
1965 - Rolling Stones record "Satisfaction"
1965 - Several Arab nations break ties with West Germany after it established diplomatic relations with Israel
1966 - Rolling Stones release "Paint it Black"
1966 - Federal education funding is denied to 12 school districts in the South because of violations of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
1967 - NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits career HR #500 off Stu Miller
1967 - Octagonal boxing ring is tested to avoid corner injuries
1968 - 1,000,000 French demonstrate against De Gaulle & Pompidou
1970 - Beatles movie "Let it Be" premieres
1971 - Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane seriously injured in a car accident
1972 - 115 die in nightclub atop 7-story Sennichi dept store (Osaka Japan)
1972 - Milwaukee Brewers beat Minn Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (started 5/12)
1973 - "Cyrano" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 49 performances
1973 - Bobby Riggs beat Margaret Smith Court in Mother's Day match in Calif
1973 - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
1975 - "Rodgers & Hart" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 108 performances
1975 - Flyers 4-Isles 1-Semifinals-Flyers win semifinals 4-3
1975 - Hail stones as large as tennis balls hit Wernerville Tenn
1976 - 9th & final ABA championship: NY Nets beat Denv Nuggets, 4 games to 2
1977 - Howard Stern begins broadcasting at WRNW, Briarcliff Manor NY
1978 - "Angel" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 5 performances
1978 - "Runaways" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 199 performances
1978 - Henry Rono of Kenya sets record for 3,000 m steeplechase (8:05.4)
1978 - Joie Chitwood drives a Chevette 5.6 miles on just 2 wheels
1978 - Musical "Runaways" with Elizabeth Swados premieres in NYC
1979 - "Utter Glory... Morrissey Hall" opens & closes at Mark Hellinger NYC
1979 - Sandra Post wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament
1979 - Shah & family sentenced to death in Teheran
1980 - Cincinnati Red Ray Knight hits 2 HRs in 5th inning vs NY Mets
1981 - Dinamo Tbilisi wins 21st Europe Cup II
1981 - Pope John Paul II shot, wounded by assailant in St Peter's Square
1982 - Braniff Airlines files for bankruptcy
1982 - Canucks 0-Isles 3-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 3-0 lead
1982 - Chicago Cubs win their 8,000th (beat Astros)
1982 - Soyuz T-5 is launched-Berezovoi & Lebedev for 211 days in space
1982 - Terri Lea Utley, 20, (Arkansas), crowned 31st Miss USA
1983 - Reggie Jackson is 1st major leaguer to strike out 2,000 times
1984 - "Oliver!" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 17 performances
1984 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
1984 - Johan Cruyffs last competitive match
1985 - Carlton Fisk becomes 5th catcher to steal 100 bases
1985 - Laura Elena Martinez-Herring, 21, (Texas), crowned 34th Miss USA
1985 - Phila Police bomb a house held by group "Move," kills 11
1987 - Ajax wins 27th Europe Cup II
1989 - Approx 2,000 students begin hunger strike in Tiananmen Square, China
1989 - Minn Twin Kirby Puckett becomes 35th to hit 4 doubles in a game
1989 - Trinidad & Tobago ties US 1-1, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1990 - "Change in the Heir" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 16 perfs
1990 - Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA Crestar Golf Classic
1991 - "Michael Jackson: Magic & Madness" goes on sale
1991 - Apple releases Macintosh System 7.0
1991 - South African activist Winnie Mandela convicted of abducting 4 blacks
1991 - Yankee Stadium fans sing "Like a Virgin" to Jose Canseco
1992 - 3 astronauts simultaneous walked in space for the 1st time
1992 - Ajax wins 21st UEFA Cup
1992 - Concrete foundation for ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field) is poured
1992 - Final episode of "Night Court" airs on NBC-TV
1992 - Frank Stallone beats Geraldo Rivera in boxing on Howard Stern Show
1993 - 6th annual business person run held in Wall Street
1993 - Arsenio Hall's 1,000th show retrospective seen in Netherlands
1993 - CBS' Knots Landing ends 14 year run with 334th show in Netherlands
1993 - KC Royal George Brett hits his 300th HR
1993 - Methane gas explosion in Secunda coal mine South-Africa, kills 50
1994 - Indians, begin a 18 home game hoome win streak at Jacobs Field
1995 - 6.5 earthquake hits Greece
1995 - New Zealand beats US for the America's Cup
1995 - Chelsi Smith, 21, of USA, crowned 44th Miss Universe Shanna Lynn Moakler, (19-NY), replaces Chelsi Smith as Miss USA
1996 - OJ Simpson appears on British TV discussing his not guilty verdict
1997 - Eddie Murray is 6th baseball player to play in 3,000 games

Famous birthdays for this day ..

1314 - Sergius of Radonesh, Russian saint
1592 - John Cloppenburg, vicar/theologist
1655 - Innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Italy, 244th Pope (1721-24)
1717 - Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria (Wife of emperor Franz I)
1729 - Henry William (Baron) Stiegel, early American glassmaker
1730 - Charles Watson-Wentworth 2nd marquis of Rockingham, Engl PM (1765-76)
1730 - Marquess of Rockingham, (Whig), British PM (1765-66, 1782)
1735 - Horace Coignet, composer
1746 - Oliver Brownson, composer
1756 - Wojciech Zywny, composer
1761 - Adrian Loosjes Pzn, publisher/writer (Mauritius Lijnslager)
1769 - Joƒo VI M L J, King of Portugal (1816-26)
1776 - Charles Ots, composer
1776 - Rodrigo Ferreira da Costa, composer
1792 - Pius IX "Pio Nono", [Giovanni-Maria Mastai-Ferretti], Pope (1846-78)
1795 - Joshua Ratoon Sands, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1883
1828 - Josephine Elizabeth Butler, social reformer
1830 - Zebulon Baird Vance, Governor (Confederacy), died in 1894
1831 - Willem baron of Goltstein of Oldenaller, Dutch minister of Colonies
1840 - Alphonse Daudet, writer
1840 - L-M Alphonse Daudet, French writer (Tartarin of Tarascon)
1842 - Arthur Seymour Sullivan, London England, composer (Gilbert & Sullivan)
1843 - Count Paul J Smet de Naeyer, Belgian politician
1847 - Johannes Haarklou, composer
1854 - Louis H Chrispijn, Dutch director (Lost & Found, Silvia Silombra)
1854 - Paul Klengel, composer
1856 - Peter Henry Emerson, 1st to promote photography as an independent art
1857 - Ronald Ross, England, pathologist (Nobel 1902)
1859 - Eugust Enna, composer
1866 - Ottokar Eugen Novacek, composer
1867 - Frank Brangwyn, Wales, painter/muralist/cartoonist (Willam Morris)
1868 - Paolo Gallico, composer
1874 - Henry Clough-Leiter, composer
1876 - Raoul Laparra, composer
1881 - Ilona Durigo, Hungarian singer
1882 - Georges F Broque, French cubist painter (Bike)
1883 - Henk JFM Sneevliet, leader RSAP/editor Spartacus (Dutch-Indies)
1886 - Joseph Achron, Latvia/US violinist/composer (Golem suite)
1891 - Fritz Rasp, Bayreuth Germany, actor (Diary of a Lost Girl)
1896 - Charles F Pahud de Mortanges, Dutch equestrian (Olympic-gold-1928, 32)
1900 - Jos Panhuysen, author (Pornographer)
1903 - Alfred Pugsley, civil engineer
1903 - Paul Page, Birmingham AL, actor (Girl From Havana, Moth)
1904 - Alfred Earle Birney, poet
1904 - Tim Wall, cricketer (18 Tests for Australia 1928-34)
1906 - Thomas Mitchell, architect/engineer
1907 - Austin Whitaker, schoolmaster classical scholar/archivist
1907 - Daphne du Maurier, English writer (Rebecca, Parasites)
1907 - Laurence Kirwan, archaeologist
1908 - Michael Richardson, commandant (Home for Disabled Sailors)
1911 - Maxine Sullivan, [Marietta Williams], US singer/actress (Going Places)
1911 - Robert Middleman, Cin Oh, actor (Barney-Monroes)
1912 - Helen Craig, San Antonio TX, actress (Snake Pit, They Live by Night)
1913 - Sanjiva Reddy, president (India)
1913 - William R Tolbert, president Liberia (1971-80)
1914 - Joe Louis, world heavyweight boxing champion (1937-49)
1915 - John Habakkuk, principal (Jesus College in Oxford)
1917 - Paul Osmond, British senior civil servant
1917 - Wilhelmus C Wijen, [Broeder Pius], social worker (Cura‡ao)
1918 - John Johnston, British diplomat (Rhodesia, Malaysia)
1920 - Ratu Kasmisere Mara, PM of Fiji (1960-70, 70- )/pres (1994- )
1921 - Syd[ney G] Vincent, British mine workers leader
1926 - Beatrice Arthur, [Frankel], NY, actress (Maude, Dorothy-Golden Girls)
1927 - Clive Barnes, drama critic (NY Times, NY Post)
1927 - Herbert Ross, director/choreographer (Footloose)
1930 - Mike Gravel, (Sen-R-Alaska)
1931 - Eileen Diss, theatrical designer (August, Secret Places, Betrayal)
1931 - Jim Jones, reverend, poisoned over 100 in Guyana (Jonestown Massacre)
1931 - Sydney Lipworth, CEO (Monopolies & Mergers Commission)
1931 - William Utting, chief inspector (British Social Services)
1933 - Alden Ashforth, composer
1933 - Sid Morrison, (Rep-R-WA, 1981- )
1933 - Stig Gustav Schonberg, composer
1934 - Adolf Muschg, writer
1935 - Nigel Butterley, composer
1935 - Yizhak Sadai, composer
1936 - Alan Rayfield, governor (Long Latin Prison)
1936 - Rafael Campos, Santiago Dominican Republic, actor (Tonka)
1937 - John Cope, MP/Paymaster General
1937 - Judith Somogi, NYC, conductor (Frankfurt Opera-1982)
1937 - Roger [Joseph] Zelazny, sci-fi author (6 Hugos, Chronicles of Amber)
1937 - Zohra Lampert, NYC, actress (Doctor's Hospital)
1938 - Buck Taylor, Hollywood Calif, actor (Monroes, Gunsmoke)
1939 - Anthony Hide, racehorse trainer
1939 - Harvey Keitel, actor (Taxi Driver, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs)
1939 - Terry Dill, Forth Worth TX, PGA golfer (1992 Bank One Senior Classic)
1939 - William W Cobey Jr, (Rep-R-NC, 1985-87)
1940 - Bruce Chatwin, England, writer (On the Black Hill)
1940 - Richard Brooks, singer (Impressions)
1941 - Imca Marina, [Bijl], singer (Viva Espa¤a, Bella Italia, Oh Brazil)
1941 - Joe Brown, singer/guitarist
1941 - Ritchie Valens, singer (Donna, La Bamba)
1941 - Senta Berger, Vienna Austria, actress (Cast a Giant Shadow)
1942 - Jim Douglas, jazz guitarist
1942 - Vladimir A Dzhanibekov, USSR, cosmo (Soyuz 27, 39, T-6, T-12, T-13)
1943 - Mary Wells, Detroit, singer (My Guy)
1944 - Betsy Finley Ashton, broadcast journalist/author/lecturer
1944 - Carolyn Franklin, US singer/songwriter (Baby Baby Baby, Angel)
1944 - Clive Radley, cricketer (England batsman in 8 Tests 1978)
1944 - Crispin Agnew of Lochnaw, British explorer/genealogist
1945 - Magic Dick, [Richard Salwitz], harmonicaist (J Geils Band-Centerfold)
1946 - Danny Klein, NYC, rock bassist (J Geils Band-Centerfold)
1946 - Tim Pigott-Smith, actor (Sweet William, Jewel in Crown)
1947 - David Hughes, cricketer
1947 - Pete "Overend" Watts, rock bassist (Mott The Hoople-All Young Dudes)
1947 - Stephen R Donaldson, US, sci-fi author (Lord Foul's Bane)
1949 - Franklin Ajaye, BKln NY, comedian/actor (Jazz Singer, Car Wash)
1949 - John Glover, conductor
1949 - Overend Watts, rock bassist (Mott the Hoople-All the Young Dudes)
1949 - Zoe Wanamaker, actress (Raggedy Rawney)
1950 - Danny Kirwan, rocker (Fleetwood Mac)
1950 - John "Jocko" Marcellino, rocker/actor (Tagget, Hot to Trot, Rain Man)
1950 - Peter Gabriel, rocker (Genesis-Against All Odds)
1950 - Stevie Wonder, singer/songwriter (You are the Sunshine of My Love)
1951 - Paul Thompson, rock drummer (Roxy Music)
1951 - Selina Scott, TV newscaster (West 57th)
1952 - John R Kasich, (Rep-R-OH, 1983- )
1952 - Manfred Langer, Austrian/Dutch disco builder
1952 - Sew Shivnarine, cricketer (3 Tests for WI 1978, later USA captain)
1956 - Aleksandr Yuriyevich Kaleri, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-14)
1956 - Darius Rucker, lead vocalist (Hootie & the Blowfish-Let Her Cry)
1957 - Claudie Andr‚-Deshays, France, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-24)
1957 - Eloise Broady, Houston Tx, playmate (Apr, 1988)
1958 - Frances Barber, Wolverhampton England, actress (Castaway)
1959 - Robert Earnshaw, racehorse trainer
1960 - Richard M "Dick" van de Toorn, actor (Pastorale)
1960 - Shannon Vessup-Millen, LA Calif, WPVA volleyballer (National-9th-1991)
1961 - Dennis Rodman, NBA forward (Chicago Bulls)
1963 - Julian Brookhouse, rocker (Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Your Distance)
1963 - Wally Masur, England, tennis star
1964 - Sam Randolph, Santa Barbara CA, Nike golfer (1993 New England-2nd)
1964 - Sara Gomer, England, tennis star
1965 - Chris Washburn, NBAer
1968 - Annette DeLuca, North Bergen NJ, LPGA golfer
1968 - James Harris, NFL defensive end (Minn Vikings)
1969 - Lyle Mouton, Lafayette Louisiana, outfielder (Chic White Sox)
1970 - Doug Evans, NFL defensive back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1970 - Giuseppe Busillo, hockey forward (Team Italy 1998)
1970 - Mark Beaufait, Royal Oak Mich, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994)
1970 - Mitch Lyons, NFL tight end (Atlanta Falcons, Pittsburgh Steelers)
1970 - Selwyn Jones, NFL defensive back (Seahawks, Den Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1971 - Hamish Pepper, Auckland NZ, laser single handed yachter (Olympics-96)
1971 - Michael Sirotka, Chicago IL, pitcher (Chic White Sox)
1971 - Rob Fredrickson, NFL linebacker (Oakland Raiders)
1971 - Tom Nalen, NFL center (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1972 - Darryl Sydor, Edmonton, NHL defenseman (Dallas Stars)
1972 - Josh Heinrich, NFL/WLAF defensive end (Lions, Barcelona Dragons)
1973 - Brooke Jennifer Gambrell, Boise Idaho, Miss America-Idaho (1996)
1973 - Michelle Mouser, Miss USA-Ohio (1997)
1974 - Albert Connell, wide receiver (Washington Redskins)
1974 - Lisa Jacob, 800m freestyle relay (Olympics-96)
1975 - Chris Crawford, NBA forward (Atlanta Hawks)
1977 - Diane Halber, Torrance Calif, fig skater (1996 Natl Collegiate champ)
1977 - Sara DeCosta, ice hockey goalie (USA, Oly-98)

Famous deaths for this day ..

0384 - Servatius/Aravatius, bishop of Tongeren, dies at 65+
1381 - John of Chatillon, governor/viceroy of Holland, dies
1390 - Robert II the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90), dies
1619 - Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, lands advocate, beheaded
1732 - Theodor Schwartzkopff, composer, dies at 72
1776 - Anton de Haen, medical Ratio medendi, dies at 71
1787 - Johann Michael Malzat, composer, dies at 38
1793 - Martin Gerbert, composer, dies at 72
1812 - Johann Matthias Sperger, composer, dies at 62
1831 - Christian G K”rner, German lawyer, dies at 74
1832 - Georges Cuvier, French zoologist (La RŠgne Animal), dies at 62
1835 - John Nash, British town planner/architect (Regent's Park), dies
1839 - Israel Ashkenazi of Shklov, found Ashkenazic community (1815), dies
1839 - Joseph Fesch, French cardinal/war commission/earl/senator, dies
1864 - Junius Daniel, Confederate brig-general, dies at 35
1873 - Kaspar Masek, composer, dies at 79
1882 - Jules-Nicolas Crevaux, French explorer, murdered at 35
1884 - Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor, dies
1885 - Juliana Horatia [Gatty] Ewing, author (Lob Lie-by-the-Fire), dies
1892 - Jean Alexander Ferdinand Poise, composer, dies at 63
1896 - Nora Perry, writer, dies
1904 - Jan Boissevain, ship owner/politician, dies
1914 - R E Foster, only dual England captain at cricket & soccer, dies
1916 - Sholem Aleichem, yiddish writer (Fiddler on the Roof), dies
1925 - Boris V Savinkov, Russian writer/terrorist, dies
1930 - Fridtjof Nansen, diplomat (Nobel 1922), dies
1930 - Helena Lange, German feminist, dies
1931 - Josif Marinkovic, composer, dies at 79
1933 - Paul Ernst, writer, dies at 67
1942 - Hyam Greenbaum, composer, dies at 41
1951 - Marianne [Goudeket-]Philips, author (Issue Beukennoot), dies at 65
1956 - Aleksandr A Fadejev, Russ author (Young Guard), commits suicide at 54
1961 - Gary Cooper, 2 time Acad award winning actor (High Noon), dies at 60
1962 - Frank Jenks, actor (Colonel Flack), dies of cancer at 60
1962 - Franz Jozef Kline, US expressionist painter, dies at 51
1962 - H Trendley Dean, doctor (introduced fluoridation into water)
1966 - Henk [Hendrik M] of Randwijk, poet/editor in chief (illegal), dies
1967 - Frank McGrath, actor (Wagon Train), dies at 64
1971 - Valerian Mikhaylovich Bogdanov-Berezovsky, composer, dies 67
1972 - Dan Blocker, actor (Hoss-Bonanza), dies at 41
1975 - Bob Wills, actor (Lone Prairie), dies at 69
1978 - Albert Roberts, cricketer (5 Tests for NZ, 7 wickets), dies
1979 - Nelly Aenders, actress (In Pyama), dies at 65
1981 - Carl Weinrich, composer, dies at 76
1982 - Irmgard Keun, W-German writer (Blhende Neurosen), dies at 72
1982 - Kara Abulfazogli Karayev, composer, dies at 64
1982 - Renzo Rossellini, Italian composer, dies at 74
1985 - Leatrice Joy, silent screen star, dies in Riverdale (Bronx) NYC at 91
1985 - Selma Diamond, comedienne (Selma-Night Court), dies of cancer at 64
1988 - Chet Baker, jazz trumpeter, fell to death out of a hotel window at 59
1990 - Venedikt Jerofejev, Russian writer, dies
1991 - Jimmy McPartland, jazz cornetist, dies of cancer at 83
1992 - Floyd Arceneaux, trumpeter, dies at 58
1992 - Gisela Elsner, writer, dies at 55
1993 - Borolas, [Joaquin Garcia], Mexican comedian (Santa Sangre), dies at 71
1993 - Evert "Eef" Dolman, Dutch cyclist (Olympic-gold-1964), dies at 47
1993 - Joaquin Garcia, Mexican comic actor, dies of heart attack at 71
1994 - Arthur Basil Cotle, medievalist, dies at 77
1994 - Duncan Hamilton, driver, dies at 74
1994 - Ruth Gillette, actress (Wild Gold), dies of cancer at 88
1995 - Cecil Marley, cricketer (WICBC pres 1971-74, Jamaican capt 1946), dies
1996 - John "Jack" Baines, mountaineering publisher, dies at 57