Welcome to Today In History for Sunday, March 14, 2010.

On this day in history ..

• 1558 - Ferdinand I appointed Holy Roman emperor
• 1559 - Storm floods ravage Gorinchem, Dordrecht & Woudrichem, Neth
• 1590 - Battle at Ivry: French King Henri IV beats Catholic League
• 1629 - England granted a royal charter to Massachusetts Bay Colony
• 1644 - England grants patent for Providence Plantations (now Rhode Island)
• 1653 - Johan van Galen beats English fleet at Livorno
• 1689 - Scotland dismisses Willem III & Mary Stuart as king & queen
• 1734 - Prince Willem KHF van Orange marries George II's daughter Mary Anne
• 1743 - 1st American town meeting (Boston's Faneuil Hall)
• 1794 - Eli Whitney patents cotton gin
• 1800 - Luigi Chiaramonti crowned Pope Pius VII
• 1812 - Congress authorizes war bonds to finance War of 1812
• 1821 - African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded (NY)
• 1826 - General Congress of South American States assembles at Panam 
• 1836 - HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leaves Australia
• 1840 - Jos‚ Zorilla's "El Zapatero y el Rey," premieres in Madrid
• 1843 - Boston conducts its 1st town meeting (Faneuil Hall)
• 1845 - -5.3řF (-20.7řC) in Groningen
• 1862 - Battle of New Bern NC: General Burnside conquers New Bern
• 1864 - Rossini's "Petite Messe Solennelle," premieres in Paris
• 1864 - Union troops occupy Fort de Russy, Louisiana
• 1870 - Calif legislature approves act making Golden Gate Park possible
• 1875 - Smetana's "Vysehrad," premieres
• 1885 - "Mikado" opera premieres in London
• 1885 - Gilbert & Sullivan's "Mikado," premieres in London
• 1888 - 2nd largest snowfall in NYC history (21")
• 1889 - August Strindberg's "Froken Julie," premieres in Copenhagen
• 1896 - Sutro Baths (SF) opens by Cliff House (closed Sept 1, 1952)
• 1899 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Shamrocks beat Winnipeg Victorias, 6-2
• 1900 - Hugo de Vries rediscovers Mendel's laws of genetics
• 1900 - US currency goes on gold standard
• 1901 - 1st performance of Anton Bruckner's 6th Symphony in A
• 1903 - 1st national bird reservation established in Sebastian, FL
• 1903 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Rat Portage Thisles in 2 games
• 1903 - WB Yeats & Lady Gregory's "Hour-glass," premieres in Dublin
• 1906 - Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club forms
• 1908 - Stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers beat Toronto Trolley Leaguers, 6-4
• 1909 - Amsterdam Social-Democratic Party (SDP) forms
• 1912 - King Vittorio Emanuel III of Rome injured during assassination attempt
• 1913 - John D Rockefeller gives $100 million to Rockefeller Foundation
• 1914 - Serbia & Turkey sign peace treaty
• 1915 - German cruiser Dresden blows itself up near coast of Chile
• 1916 - Battle of Verdun - German attack on Mort-Homme ridge, West of Verdun
• 1918 - 1st concrete ship to cross the Atlantic (Faith) is launched, SF
• 1922 - KGU-AM in Honolulu HI begins radio transmissions
• 1922 - KSD-AM in Saint Louis MO begins radio transmissions
• 1922 - WGR-AM in Buffalo NY begins radio transmissions
• 1923 - Allies accepts Vilnus taking East-Galici‰ in Poland
• 1923 - German Supreme Court prohibits NSDAP
• 1923 - Pres Warren G Harding becomes 1st pres to pay taxes
• 1931 - 1st theater built for rear movie projection (NYC)
• 1933 - Civilian Conservation Corp, begins tree conservation
• 1933 - Winston Churchill wants to boost air defense
• 1935 - 36-Folsom becomes 1st line to use 1-man streetcars
• 1936 - Federal Register, 1st magazine of the US govt, publishes 1st issue
• 1937 - Battle of the Century: Fred Allen & Jack Benny meet on radio
• 1937 - Pope Pius XI publishes anti-nazi-encyclical Mit brennender Sorge
• 1939 - England draw with South Africa at Durban on the 10th day
• 1939 - Nazi Germany dissolves Republic of Czechoslovakia
• 1940 - 27 killed, 15 injured when truck full of migrant workers collides with a train outside McAllen, Texas
• 1941 - Nazi occupiers of Holland forbid Jewish owned companies
• 1941 - Xavier Cugat & Orch record "Babalu"
• 1945 - RAF bomb cuts railway link Hannover-Hamm
• 1946 - Belgian govt of Spaak, forms
• 1948 - Freedom Train arrives in SF
• 1950 - FBI's "10 Most Wanted Fugitives" program begins
• 1951 - During Korean War, US/UN forces recapture Seoul
• 1951 - Earthquake at Euskirchen, Germany
• 1953 - KOLR TV channel 10 in Springfield, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1953 - Nikita Khrushchev succeeds Malenkov as secretary Comm Party
• 1954 - Braves Henry Aaron homers in his 1st exhibition game
• 1954 - KDAL (now KDLH) TV channel 3 in Duluth-Superior, MN (CBS) begins
• 1954 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
• 1954 - NBA Baltimore Bullets end a 32 game road losing streak
• 1955 - Prince Mahemdra becomes king of Nepal
• 1956 - Satchel Paige signs with the Birmingham Black Barons (Negro League)
• 1957 - Indonesian govt of Sastroamidjojo resigns
• 1958 - RIAA certifies 1st gold record (Perry Como's Catch A Falling Star)
• 1958 - Recording Industry Association of American created
• 1958 - South Africa government disallows ANC
• 1958 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 1958 - USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
• 1960 - 14 die in a train crash in Bakersfield Calif
• 1960 - Wilt Chamberlain (Phila) sets NBA playoff record of 53 points
• 1961 - George Weiss becomes pres of NY Mets
• 1962 - Disarmament conference opens in Geneva without France
• 1962 - Gordie Howe (Det Red Wings) is 2nd NHLer to score 500 goals
• 1963 - SF Guy Rogers ties NBA record with 28 assists
• 1964 - "Girl Who Came to Supper" closes at Broadway NYC after 112 perfs
• 1964 - Dallas jury sentences Jack Ruby to death in Lee Harvey Oswald murder
• 1965 - Israeli cabinet approves diplomatic relations with West Germany
• 1967 - 1st NFL-AFL common draft, Balt Colts pick Bubba Smith
• 1967 - JFK's body moved from temporary grave to a permanent memorial
• 1968 - POM performs atmospheric nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
• 1968 - CBS TV suspends Radio Free Europe free advertising because RFE doesn't make it clear it is sponsored by the CIA
• 1969 - Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st woman jockey to win at Aqueduct
• 1969 - Seymour Nurse scores 258 in his last Test Cricket innings, WI v NZ
• 1971 - Barbra Streisand appears on "The Burt Bacharach Special" on CBS TV
• 1971 - Rolling Stones left England for France to escape taxes
• 1971 - South Vietnamese troops flee Laos
• 1971 - The Rolling Stones leave England for France to escape taxes
• 1972 - NBA's Cincinnati Royals announce they are moving to KC
• 1973 - Liam Cosgrave appointed president of Ireland
• 1976 - Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 7,000th race
• 1976 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 1978 - Marines terminate Molukse action in Province house (1 dead)
• 1978 - NFL permanently adds 7th official (side judge)
• 1980 - 3rd Emmy Sports Award presentation
• 1980 - Ice Dance Championship at Dortmund W Germany won by Regoczy & Sallay
• 1980 - Ice Pairs Championship at Dortmund won by Cherkasova & Shakhrai (USSR)
• 1980 - Polish airliner crash kills all 87 aboard (22 are US amateur boxers)
• 1980 - Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Dortmund won by Anett Potzsch
• 1982 - Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic
• 1982 - Sidath Wettimuny scores Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket century
• 1983 - OPEC cut oil prices for 1st time in 23 years
• 1984 - Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41-C mission
• 1985 - 11th People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby wins 4 awards
• 1985 - Michael Secrest (US) completes 24-hr ride of 516 miles, 427 yards
• 1986 - European Space Agency's Giotto flies by Halley's Comet (605 km)
• 1987 - Providence, with Billy Donovan's 25 points, beats Austin Peay 90-87
• 1987 - Skier Piotr Fijas jumps record 194m
• 1987 - Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Cincinnati won by Katarina Witt
• 1987 - NY Met Darryl Strawberry charges Red Sox pitcher Al Nipper during spring training exhibition game, causes bench clearing brawl
• 1990 - 4th Soul Train Music Awards: Soul II Soul, Janet Jackson
• 1990 - Mikhail S Gorbachev becomes president of the Soviet Congress
• 1991 - Emir of Kuwait returns to Kuwait City, after the Iraqis leave
• 1991 - Ice Dance Championship at Munich won by Isabel & Phil Duchesnay (FRA)
• 1991 - Ice Pairs Championship at Munich won by N Mishkutenok & A Dmitriev
• 1991 - Men's Figure Skating Championship in Munich won by Kurt Browning (CAN)
• 1991 - British Court of Appeal frees "Birmingham 6" who had been unjustly sentenced in August 1975 to life imprisonment
• 1992 - Farm Aid V
• 1992 - NY Met Daryl Boston, Vince Coleman & Dwight Gooden accused of rape
• 1992 - Soviet newspaper "Pravda" suspends publication
• 1993 - "Conversations with My Father" closes at Royale NYC after 462 perfs
• 1993 - "Face Value" closes at Cort Theater NYC after * performances
• 1993 - "Saint Joan" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 49 performances
• 1993 - 3,000th performance of "Nunsense"
• 1993 - Johan Koss skates world record 5km (6:36.57)
• 1993 - Meg Mallon wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship
• 1993 - Ricky Ponting hits twin tons for Tasmania aged 18 years 84 days
• 1993 - Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Prague won by Oksana Baiul (UKR)
• 1994 - Mexican banker/billionaire Alfredo Harp Helu kidnapped
• 1994 - Soyuz TM-21 launches with V Dezyurov, G Strekalov & N Thagard
• 1995 - 1st time 13 people in space
• 1996 - Australia beat West Indies by 5 runs in amazing cricket World Cup semi
• 1996 - Crufts show at NEC Birmingham, (1995 winner, Joshua, an Irish setter)
• 1997 - 68 year old Gordie Howe signs AHL contract with Syracuse Crunch
• 1997 - Iranian military plane crashes, killing 80
• 1997 - Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson wins 67th James E Sullivan Award
• 1997 - Pres Clinton trips & tears up his knee requiring surgery

Famous birthdays for this day ..

• 1623 - Adam-Nicolas Gascon, composer
• 1681 - Georg Philipp Telemann, Magdeburg Germany, late baroque composer
• 1692 - Peter Musschenbroek, Dutch physician/physicist (Leyden jar)
• 1726 - Josef Antonin Stepan, composer
• 1727 - Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer
• 1755 - Pierre-Louis Couperin, composer
• 1782 - Thomas Hart Benton, (rep), "Old Bullion"
• 1795 - Rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer
• 1800 - James Bogardus, US inventor/builder (made cast-iron buildings)
• 1803 - F G Klopstock, writer
• 1804 - Johann Strauss, the Elder, Viennese violinist/comp (Radetzky March)
• 1808 - Catharinus Putnam Buckingham, Brig General (Union volunteers)
• 1815 - Josephine Lang, composer
• 1816 - Montgomery Dent Corse, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1895
• 1820 - Victor Emmanuel II, King of Sardinia (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78)
• 1821 - Jens Worsaae, Denmark, archaeologist
• 1823 - Roswell Sabine Ripley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887
• 1826 - William Fisk Sherwin, composer
• 1829 - Charles Charlesworth, England, (dies at 7 of old age)
• 1831 - Leon Leopold Lewandoski, composer
• 1833 - John Sappington Marmaduke, Major General (Confederate Army)
• 1833 - Lucy Hobbs Taylor, 1st US woman dentist (1866)
• 1835 - Giovanni V Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (Mars) [or March 4]
• 1835 - Manuel Fernandez Caballero, composer
• 1837 - Charles Ammi Cutter, US librarian (Expansive classification)
• 1844 - King Umberto I, of Italy (1878-1900)
• 1847 - Antonio de Castro Alves, Brazilian poet (Espumas Flutuantes)
• 1854 - Paul Ehrlich, Germany, bacteriologist (Nobel-1908)
• 1854 - Thomas Riley Marshall, (D) 28th VP (1913-21)
• 1862 - Vilhelm FK Bjerknes, Norwegian/US physicist/meteorology
• 1864 - [John] Casey Jones, RR engineer (Ballad of Casey Jones)
• 1873 - Joannes DJ Aengenent, sociologist/bishop of Haarlem (1928-35)
• 1874 - Anton F Philips, president-director of Philips
• 1874 - Mary Carr, Phila, actress (Forbidden Trail, Pack Up Your Troubles)
• 1875 - Isadore Gilbert Mudge, US, librarian/author (Thackeray Dictionary)
• 1875 - Norman Houstoun O'Neill, composer
• 1878 - Carel T Scharten, Dutch poet/writer (Forces of the Future)
• 1879 - Albert Einstein, Ulm Germany, physicist E=mcý (Nobel 1921)
• 1880 - Oscar (Bachigaloupi) Tourniaire, actor/director (Pink Kate)
• 1883 - Juan Manen, composer
• 1884 - Albert Egges van Giffen, Dutch archaeologist
• 1884 - Winter Haynes Watts, composer
• 1887 - George Creten, Belgian sculptor/painter
• 1887 - Lawrence Collingwood, composer
• 1891 - John P Strijbos, Dutch writer (Wandering through South-Africa)
• 1892 - Olive Netta Parsons, co-founder (Collet's Bookshop)
• 1894 - Josef Schelb, composer
• 1895 - Frans Ganshof, Belgian historian
• 1903 - Molla Mustafa Barzani, Iran, Kurd leader (KDP)
• 1905 - Raymond Aron, French sociologist/political scientist
• 1906 - Ulvi Cemal Erkin, composer
• 1907 - Bj”rn-Erik H”ijer, Swedish writer (Nu dansar Sara)
• 1908 - Maurice (Jean Jacques) Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher
• 1908 - Nikolay Petrovich Rakov, composer
• 1909 - Andr‚ Pieyre de Mandiargues, French writer (Margin)
• 1911 - Pete Piute, [Morris Kaufman], NYC, comedian (Village Barn)
• 1912 - Les Brown, Reinerton Pa, orch leader (& his band of renown)
• 1913 - Witold Rudzinski, composer
• 1914 - Fiorenzo Marini, Italy, ‚p‚e (Olympic-gold-1960)
• 1914 - Henry Ralph Carr, soldier
• 1914 - Jiri Reinberger, composer
• 1915 - Alexander Brott, composer
• 1915 - Carlos Surinach, Barcelona Spain, composer (Monte Carlo) [NS]
• 1915 - Kenneth Rowntree, painter
• 1917 - Macha Louis Rosenthal, critic/poet
• 1918 - Dennis Patrick, Phila, actor (Dear Dead Delilah, Dallas, Rituals)
• 1919 - Luther Henderson Jr, KC Mo, orch leader (Polly Bergen Show)
• 1919 - Max Shulman, novelist (Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Tender Trap)
• 1920 - Dorothy Tyler-Odam, Great Britain, high jumper (Oly-silver-36, 48)
• 1920 - Hank Ketcham, cartoonist (Dennis the Menace)
• 1921 - Lis Hartel, Denmark, equestrian dressage (Olympic-silver-1952, 56)
• 1922 - Colin Fletcher, author (Walking Through Time)
• 1922 - Les Baxter, US, singer/orchestra leader/composer (Born Again)
• 1923 - Diane Arbus, photographer/innovator
• 1925 - John Barrington Wain, England, novelist/poet (Hurry on Down)
• 1926 - Fran‡ois d'Assise Morel, composer
• 1927 - Bill Rexford, auto racer
• 1927 - Joop F Wolff, Dutch editor (Truth)/Dutch politician (CPN)
• 1928 - Frank Borman, Gary Ind, astronaut (Gem 7, Ap 8)/CEO (Eastern Airline)
• 1929 - Thomas Bell Jr, race horse trainer
• 1930 - Dieter Schnebel, German vicar/composer
• 1930 - Ray Flockton, cricketer (prolific NSW batsman of 50's)
• 1931 - Bob Goalby, golfer (British Open-1968, Canadian Open-1968, NZ-1970)
• 1931 - Phil Phillips [Baptiste], rock vocalist (Sea Of Love)
• 1933 - Michael Caine, [Maurice J Micklewhite], London, actor (Alfie)
• 1933 - Quincy Jones Jr, Chicago Ill, composer/singer (We Are The World)
• 1934 - Eugene A Cernan, Chicago, Capt USN/astronaut (Gemini 9, Apollo 10 17)
• 1934 - Shirley Scott, swing/blues organist (with Stanley Turrentine)
• 1935 - Jo van den Booren, composer
• 1936 - Bob Charles, Carterton NZ, PGA golfer (1963 Houston Open)
• 1937 - Peter van der Merwe, cricketer (South African captain of mid-1960's)
• 1938 - Johnny Gleeson, cricketer (mystery spinner for Australia 1966-72)
• 1939 - Bertrand Blier, Paris France, novelist/director (Going Places)
• 1939 - William Benjamin Lenoir, Miami Florida, astronaut (STS 5)
• 1940 - Eleanor Fount, English actress (Women in Love, Bedazzled)
• 1940 - Rita Tushingham, Liverpool England, actress (Green Eyes, Dr Zhivago)
• 1941 - Wolfgang Petersen, Emden Germany, actor (Shattered, Enemy Mine)
• 1942 - Jerry Jeff Walker, Oneonta NY, country singer (Mr Bojangles)
• 1942 - John Whittaker, English real estate developer (Peel Holdings)
• 1943 - Jim Pons, Santa Monica CA, bassist (Turtles-Happy Together)
• 1944 - Clyde Lee, NBAer
• 1944 - Peter Paul Zahl, writer
• 1945 - Herman[us J] van Veen, Neth, cabaretier/singer/composer/writer
• 1945 - Michael Martin Murphey, Dallas Tx, country singer (Wildfire)
• 1945 - Walt Parazaider, Chicago Ill, rock saxophonist (Chicago)
• 1946 - Jasper Carrott, English comedian (Jane & the Lost City, Detectives)
• 1946 - Steve Kanaly, Burbank Calif, actor (Fleshburn, Ray Krebbs-Dallas)
• 1946 - Wes Unseld, NBA all-star (Baltimore Bullets, MVP 1969)
• 1947 - Billy Crystal, Long Beach NY, comedian (Soap, SNL, City Slickers)
• 1947 - Jan [AJ] te Veldhuis, Dutch MP (VVD)
• 1947 - Janis Schmitt, St Louis Mo, playmate (February, 1978)
• 1947 - Jimmy O'Rourke, rocker
• 1947 - William Jefferson, (Rep-D-Louisiana)
• 1950 - Michael Ford, son of pres Gerald & Betty Ford
• 1951 - Rick Dees, radio disc jock (KIIS LA)
• 1952 - David Byrne, guitarist/vocalist (Talking Heads-Burning Down the House)
• 1952 - J Fred Muggs, chimp (Today show)
• 1953 - Tim McKee, US, 400m medley swimmer (Olympic-silver-1972)
• 1954 - Adrian Zmed, Chicago Ill, actor (TJ Hooker, Dance Fever)
• 1954 - David La Croix, race horse trainer
• 1954 - Jann Browne, country singer (Mexican Wind)
• 1955 - Boon Gould, rock guitarist (Level 42-Hot Water)
• 1956 - Natalya Dmitriyevna Kuleshova, Russia, cosmonaut
• 1956 - Tessa Sanderson, Kingston Jamaica, Brit javelin thrower (Oly-gold-84)
• 1958 - Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre, Prince of Monaco/bobsledder (Oly-1988)
• 1959 - Patrick Dupond, Paris, dancer (La Bayadere)
• 1960 - George Horvath, Sweden, pentathlete (Olympic-1980)
• 1960 - Helen Hopkins, Donneybrook Australia, golfer (Australian Intl 1983)
• 1961 - Gary Dell'Abate, producer (Howard Stern Show)
• 1961 - Grigoriy Kornev, Russian speed walker (world record 5 km)
• 1961 - Russell Todd, actor (Jamie Frame-Another World)
• 1962 - Kirby Puckett, centerfielder (Minn Twins)
• 1963 - Bruce Reid, cricketer (brilliant left-arm Aust pace bowler 1985-92)
• 1963 - Pedro Duque, Madrid Spain, engineer/astronaut (STS 78 alt, sk:95)
• 1964 - Donald Evans, NFL defensive end/tackle (NY Jets)
• 1964 - Richard Migliore, jockey
• 1965 - John Stephenson, cricketer (Engld opening bat in one Test v Aust 1989)
• 1965 - Kevin Brown, Mcintyre GA, pitcher (Florida Marlins)
• 1966 - Darcy Wakaluk, Pincher Creek, NHL goalie (Dallas Stars)
• 1966 - Tertius Bosch, cricketer (South African pace bowler 1992)
• 1967 - Edward M Fincke, Pitts PA, Capt USAF/astronaut
• 1967 - Melissa Brennan Reeves, Eatontown NJ, actress (Jen-Days of our Lives)
• 1967 - Vijay Yadav, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper between More & Mongia)
• 1968 - Megan Follows, actress (Chase, Anne of Green Gables)
• 1969 - Greg Biekert, NFL linebacker (Oakland Raiders)
• 1969 - Larry Johnson, NBA forward (Charlotte Hornets, NY Knicks)
• 1969 - Laura Leighton, actress (Sydney-Melrose Place, Other Woman)
• 1969 - Ty[rel] Bennion, Seattle Wash, rower (Olympics-1996)
• 1970 - Meredith Salenger, actress (Dream a Little Dream, The Kiss)
• 1970 - Thomas McLemore, NFL tight end (Indianapolis Colts)
• 1971 - Ernie Brown, CFL defensive tackle (Calgary Stampeders)
• 1972 - Antowain Smith, running back (Buffalo Bills)
• 1972 - Aris Brimanis, Cleveland, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers)
• 1972 - Clover Maitland, Australian field hockey goal keeper (Olympics-96)
• 1972 - Tom Barndt, NFL/WLAF guard (KC Chiefs, Scottish Claymores)
• 1973 - Chris Sullivan, defensive end (New England Patriots)
• 1974 - Justine Joyce, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
• 1976 - Sarah Elizabeth Ulmer, Auckland NZ, 3k ind pursuit cyclist (Oly-96)
• 1982 - Kate Maberly, actress (Secret Garden)
• 1983 - Jordan Taylor Hanson, Tulsa OK, singer (Hansons-MMMMbop)
• 1989 - Oliver Bernsen, son of Corbin Bernsen & Amanda Pays

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0840 - Eginhard, French nobleman/biographer (Vita Karoli Magni), dies at 69
• 1272 - Re Enzo, Italian poet/son of Emp Frederik II von Hohenstaufen, dies
• 1298 - Petrus Johannis Olivi, South France theologist, dies
• 1490 - Charles I, Duke of Savoy, dies at 21
• 1559 - Jacques d'Auchy, Walloon baptist merchant, executed
• 1573 - Claude II, of Lotharingen, duke of Aumale/murdered adm Coligny, dies
• 1590 - Philip van Egmont, general/prince of Gavere, dies in battle at 30
• 1612 - Philip Galle, Flemish engraver, dies at about 74
• 1647 - Frederik Hendrik, count of Nassau/prince of Orange, dies at 63
• 1682 - Jacob I van Ruysdael, physician/landscape painter, dies at about 53
• 1757 - John Byng, English admiral (Minorca), executed at 52
• 1760 - Anton Filtz, composer, dies at 26
• 1768 - Vigilio Blasio Faitello, composer, dies at 58
• 1801 - Christian Friedrich Penzel, composer, dies at 63
• 1803 - Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet, dies at 78
• 1811 - August Henry Fitzroy, English premier (1768-70), dies at 75
• 1861 - Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58
• 1883 - Karl Marx, German philosopher (Communist Manifesto), dies at 64
• 1899 - Emile Erckmann, French writer (Waterloo), dies at 76
• 1903 - Johannes H Weissenbruch, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 88
• 1925 - Walter Camp, father of American football, dies at 65
• 1932 - George Eastman, US industrialist (Kodak-camera), suicide at 77
• 1944 - Pavel Grigor'yevich, composer, dies at 66
• 1953 - Klement Gottwald, premier/president of Czechoslovakia, dies at 56
• 1954 - Ludomir Michal Rogowski, composer, dies at 72
• 1958 - Eugeen Van de Velde, Flemish musicologist/critic/composer, dies at 64
• 1961 - Akiba Rubinstein, Polish chess player (opening theorist), dies at 78
• 1968 - Erwin Panofsky, German/US art historian/iconologist, dies
• 1969 - Ben Shahn, US painter, dies at 70
• 1973 - Murat B "Chic" Young, US comic strip artist (Blondie), dies at 72
• 1975 - Susan Hayward, actress (Young & Willing), dies at 56
• 1976 - Alberta Franklin, silent screen actress, dies at 79
• 1976 - Busby Berkeley, US choreographer/dir (Strike Up the Band), dies at 80
• 1976 - Martha Saalfeldt, writer, dies
• 1981 - Ken Barrington, cricketer (82 Tests for England, 6806 runs), dies
• 1981 - Ren‚ Clair, French director (It Happened Tomorrow), dies at 82?
• 1982 - Kirill Vladimirovich Molchanov, composer, dies at 59
• 1983 - Maurice Ronet, actor (Circle of Love, Frantic, Sphinx), dies at 55
• 1984 - Aurelio Peccei, Italian businessman/CEO (Club Rome), dies at 75
• 1986 - Benno Ammann, composer, dies at 81
• 1986 - Edith Atwater, actress (Phyllis-Love on a Rooftop), dies at 74
• 1986 - Jozef Kresanek, composer, dies at 73
• 1986 - Marlin Perkins, TV host (Wild Kingdom) at 80
• 1989 - Edward Abbey (environmental author), dies after surgery at 62
• 1989 - Zita, Empress of Austria/Queen of Hungary, dies at 96
• 1991 - Howard Ashman, song writer (Under the Sea), dies of AIDs at 40
• 1991 - Jef Houthuys, Belgian union leader (ACV, 1968-87), dies at 68
• 1991 - Jerome "Doc" Pomus, lyricist (Save Last Dance for Me), dies at 65
• 1991 - Robert Maroff, dies at 57
• 1992 - C V Wood Jr, theme park developer (Disneyland), dies of cancer at 71
• 1992 - Jean Poiret, French actor/writer (La Cage aux Folles), dies at 65
• 1992 - Ralph James, actor (Orson-Mork & Mindy), dies at 67
• 1992 - Steven Brian Pennell, 1st execution in Delaware in 45 years at 34
• 1994 - Abdelkader Alloula, Algerian playwright, murdered
• 1994 - Sally Mary Caroline Belfrage, writer, dies at 57
• 1995 - Gerard Thomas Victory, composer, dies at 73
• 1995 - Johan W "Jo" van Marle, CEO (KNVB, 1980-93), dies at 70
• 1995 - William A Fowler, US nuclear/astro physicist (Nobel 1983), dies at 83
• 1996 - Dewi Lorwerth Ellis Bebb, rugby international/journalist, dies at 57
• 1996 - Nico Kiasashvii, professor of English Literature, dies at 69
• 1996 - Vic Marshall, chemist, dies at 74
• 1997 - Fred Zinnemann (director), dies of heart attack at 89
• 1997 - John Curtis Jr, pres/CEO (Luby's Cafe), commits suicide at 58