Welcome to Today In History for Friday, November 20, 2009.

On this day in history ..

• 1168 - Giovanni di Struma elected anti-Pope
• 1272 - Edward I proclaimed King of England
• 1342 - Pope Clemens VI names John IV of Arkel as bishop of Utrecht
• 1347 - Roman tribunal Coke di Rienzo beats nobles
• 1431 - 1st meeting of Order of Guilder Flies
• 1520 - Friesland hit by heavy hail storm
• 1521 - Arabs attribute shortage of water in Jerusalem to Jews making wine
• 1583 - Duke of Parma conquerors Aalst
• 1616 - Bishop Richelieu becomes French minister of Foreign affairs/War
• 1637 - Peter Minuit & 1st Swedish immigrants to Delaware sail from Sweden
• 1719 - Sweden & Hannover sign peace Treaty of Stockholm
• 1755 - English minister William Pitt Sr resigns
• 1759 - -22] Battle in Bay of Quiberon, British beat French
• 1780 - Britain declares war on Holland
• 1789 - New Jersey is 1st state to ratify Bill of Rights
• 1795 - Curaáao govt forbids slave work on Sunday
• 1805 - Beethoven's "Fidelio," premieres in Vienna
• 1815 - 2nd Peace of Paris: France & allies
• 1815 - Russia, Prussia, Austria & England signs Great Alliance
• 1817 - 1st Seminole War begins in Florida
• 1829 - Jews expelled from Nikolayev & Sevastopol Russia
• 1833 - Charles Darwin reaches Punta Gorda, sees Rio Uruguay
• 1852 - Charles Reade/Tom Taylor's "Masks & Faces," premieres in London
• 1862 - Armies of Mississippi/Kentucky merge as Army of Tennessee
• 1862 - Confederate army of Tennessee, organizes under Gen Braxton Bragg
• 1865 - Howard University forms in Washington DC
• 1866 - 1st natl convention of Grand Army of Republic (veterans' org)
• 1866 - Howard University founded (Wash, DC)
• 1866 - Pierre Lalemont patents rotary crank bicycle
• 1873 - Rival cities of Buda & Pest unite to form the capital of Hungary
• 1888 - William Bundy patents timecard clock
• 1889 - Gustav Mahlers 1st Symphony
• 1890 - Pope Leo XIII encyclical On slavery in missions
• 1894 - US intervenes in Bluefields, Nicaragua
• 1901 - Opera "GrisÇlidis" is produced (Paris)
• 1902 - Geo Lefevre & Henri Desgrange create Tour de France bicycle race
• 1906 - George Bernard Shaws "Doctor's Dilemma," premieres in London
• 1909 - Jack Williams of Ottawa Rough Riders kicks 9 singles in a game
• 1910 - Revolution broke out in Mexico, led by Francisco I Madero
• 1911 - Gustav Mahlers "Tie Song of the Erde" premieres in Munich
• 1914 - US State Department starts requiring photographs for passports
• 1915 - 7th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Toronto Rowing, 13-7
• 1917 - 1st tank battle (Britain breaks through German lines)
• 1917 - Ukrainian Republic declared
• 1919 - 1st municipally owned airport in US opens (Tucson Az)
• 1920 - Nobel Peace Prize awarded to US president W Wilson
• 1922 - Zoâ Akins' "Texas Nightingale," premieres in NYC
• 1923 - Garrett Morgan invents & patents traffic signal
• 1928 - Boston Gardens opens, Mont Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 1-0
• 1928 - WGH-AM in Newport News VA begins radio transmissions
• 1929 - 1st broadcast of "Goldbergs" on US radio
• 1929 - Salvador Dali's 1st one-man show
• 1931 - Commercial teletype service begins (AT&T)
• 1932 - Earthquake at Uden Netherlands
• 1934 - Eiji Sawamura, 17, gives up 1 hit, Lou Gehrig's HR, Japan beats US 1-0
• 1934 - Lillian Hellman's "Children's Hour," premieres in NYC
• 1934 - New Belgian govt of Theunis, Francqui & Gutt (3 bankers)
• 1934 - Tornoto Maple Leaf Harvey Jackson is 1st to score 4 goals in 1 period
• 1938 - 1st documented anti-semitic remarks over US radio (by Father Coughlin)
• 1940 - German air raid on Birmingham fails
• 1940 - Hungary joins 3 Power pact
• 1941 - Adm Nomura & Kurusu hands over Japanese last diplomatic note
• 1941 - German Q/pirate ship Kormoran sinks near Australia
• 1942 - 26th Russian Armoured Corps recaptures Perelazovski
• 1942 - British 8th Army recaptures Benghazi, Libya
• 1942 - Hitler names fieldmarshal Erich von Manstein becomes commanding
• 1942 - NHL abolishes regular season OT until WW II is over
• 1942 - Soviet army offensive, 1 million Russians breach German lines
• 1943 - U-538 sinks in Atlantic Ocean
• 1943 - US forces land on Tarawa & Makin Atoll in Gilbert Island
• 1944 - 1st Japanse suicide submarine attack (Ulithi Atol, Carolines)
• 1944 - Amsterdam: Vondelpark closed because of kappen of trees
• 1944 - Prince Bernhard establishes staff in Breda
• 1945 - 24 Nazi leaders put on trial at Nuremberg, Germany
• 1945 - Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 9th Symphony under J Mravinski premieres
• 1945 - Queen Wilhelmina opens parliament in Hague
• 1946 - Lillian Hellman's "Another Part of the Forest," premieres in NYC
• 1947 - "Meet the Press" makes network TV debut on NBC
• 1947 - 1st permanent TV installed on seagoing vessel (New Jersey)
• 1947 - Britain's Princess Elizabeth, marries Duke Philip Mountbatten
• 1947 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Mediator Dei
• 1947 - UN General assembly begins debate on printing their own stamps
• 1948 - US balloon reaches height of 42.7 km (record)
• 1949 - Jewish population of Israel reaches 1,000,000
• 1951 - Snowdonia becomes a National Park
• 1952 - Cubs slugger Hank Sauer wins NL MVP
• 1952 - George Axelrods "7 Year Itch," premieres in NYC
• 1952 - Prague show trial against 14 communists (9 Jewish) begin
• 1953 - Scott Crossfield in Douglas Skyrocket, 1st to break Mach 2 (1,300 MPH)
• 1954 - KTRK TV channel 13 in Houston, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
• 1955 - Kripal Singh scores 100 on Test Cricket debut, India v NZ
• 1955 - Polly Umrigar scores India's 1st Test Cricket double century, 223 v NZ
• 1957 - Morton Wishengrad's "Rope Dancers," premieres in NYC
• 1959 - UN adopts Universal Declaration of Children's Rights
• 1959 - WABC fires Alan Freed over payola scandal
• 1961 - WPLG TV channel 10 in Miami, FL (ABC) begins broadcasting
• 1962 - Mickey Mantle wins AL MVP
• 1962 - USSR agrees to remove bombers from Cuba, & US lifts blockade
• 1964 - Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 9th/10th String Quartet premiers in Moscow
• 1965 - "Pickwick" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 56 performances
• 1965 - UN Security council calls for boycott of Rhodesia
• 1965 - WCNY TV channel 24 in Syracuse, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 1966 - "Cabaret" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 1166 performances
• 1966 - Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Success Golf Open
• 1966 - Dallas sacks Pittsburgh QBs an NFL record 12 times
• 1966 - Men in Zurich vote against female suffrage
• 1967 - At 11 AM, Census Clock at Dept of Commerce ticks past 200 million
• 1967 - Mets pitcher Tom Seaver (16-12) is named NL Rookie of Year
• 1968 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 1969 - Alcatraz Island off SF, is seized by militant Native Americans
• 1969 - Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut v Australia Kanpur
• 1969 - Pele scores his 1,000th soccer goal
• 1969 - SF Giant Willie McCovey edges Tom Seaver as NL MVP
• 1970 - UN General Assembly accepts membership of China PR
• 1971 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 1974 - Rangers' Jeff Burroughs wins AL MVP
• 1974 - The US files antitrust suit to break-up AT&T
• 1975 - Ronald Reagan announced candidacy for Rep nomination for president
• 1976 - George Harrison appears on Saturday Night Live
• 1976 - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Colgate-Hong Kong Golf Open
• 1977 - Egyptian Pres Sadat became 1st Arab leader to address Israeli Knesset
• 1977 - Steve Largent begins NFL streak of 177 consecutive game receptions
• 1977 - Walter Payton (Bears) rushes for NFL-record 275 yards
• 1979 - Sji'ieten occupies great mosque of Mecca, 100s killed
• 1979 - US's 1st artificial blood transfusion occurs at U of Minn Hospital
• 1980 - Billy Martin named AL Manager of Year (Oakland A's)
• 1980 - Steve Ptacek in Solar Challenger makes 1st solar-powered flight
• 1980 - UA withdraws $44 million movie "Heaven's Gate" for reediting
• 1981 - Anatoly Karpov, USSR retains world chess championship
• 1981 - Burundia adopts its constitution
• 1981 - El Salvador guerrilla group FMLN opens "limited offensive"
• 1981 - Ringo releases "Stop & Smell Roses" album
• 1982 - Drew Barrymore at age 7 hosts Saturday Night Live
• 1983 - "Marilyn: An American Fable" opens at Minskoff NYC for 16 perfs
• 1983 - 100 million watch ABC-TV movie "Day After," about nuclear war
• 1983 - Cleveland Browns shutout Patriots 30-0
• 1983 - NY Giants Butch Woolfolk ties NFL record of 43 attempts rushing
• 1984 - McDonald's made its 50 billionth hamburger
• 1984 - Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden wins NL Rookie of Year
• 1985 - NY Yankee Don Mattingly easily wins AL MVP
• 1986 - Afghanistan President Babrak Karmal flees
• 1986 - UN's WHO announces 1st global effort to combat AIDS
• 1988 - "Les Miserables," opens a Bus & Truck tour in Tampa
• 1989 - Milwaukee Brewers center fielder Robin Yount wins AL MVP
• 1990 - Oakland's Rickey Henderson wins AL MVP
• 1990 - Sacramento Kings last NBA win on the road for over a year
• 1990 - Thatcher fails to defeat Heseltine's bid for party leadership
• 1990 - US 68th manned space mission STS 38 (Atlantis 7) returns from space
• 1991 - Atlanta Braves Terry Pendleton wins NL MVP
• 1992 - "Malcolm X" premieres
• 1992 - Queen Elizabeth's home Windsor Castle catches fire
• 1993 - Jakovlev-42 crashes into mountain at Ohrid Macedonia, 116 killed
• 1993 - Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Robin Romeo
• 1993 - Winnie Mandela's driver/bodyguard murdered in Johannesburg
• 1994 - "Flying Karamzov Brothers..." opens at Helen Hayes NYC for 50 perfs
• 1994 - "Shadow Box" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 49 performances
• 1994 - Kosmos 2294/2295/2296 launches
• 1994 - Patti Davis weds Paul Hayeland
• 1995 - "Beatles' Anthology, Vol 1" released
• 1995 - "Racing Demon" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC for 48 perfs
• 1995 - FDA approves new therapy for use as an initial AIDS treatment, 3TC
• 1995 - Princess Di admits she cheated on Prince Charles in a TV interview
• 1995 - STS 74 (Atlantis 15), lands
• 1997 - "Ivanov," opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC for 51 performances
• 1997 - Flyers Eric Lindros tries to bite San Jose defenseman Marty McSorley
• 1997 - Last original Florida Marlin, Jeff Conine, traded to KC Royals
• 1997 - Mavericks' A C Green sets NBA record of 907 consecutive games played
• 1997 - NY Islanders lose, beginning a 10 game losing streak

Famous birthdays for this day ..

• 1327 - Bassui Tokusho, Zen founder (Kogakuji monastery in Nakamura Japan)
• 1602 - Otto von Guericke, inventor (air pump)
• 1606 - Abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat/historian
• 1620 - Peregrine White, son of Wm & Susanna White, born aboard Mayflower
• 1625 - Artus II Quellinus "the Young", Flemish sculptor, baptised
• 1652 - Romanus Weichlein, composer
• 1726 - Oliver Wolcott, (Ct-Gov)/signed Decl of Independence [NS=Dec 1]
• 1752 - Thomas Chatterton, English poet (Christabel)
• 1757 - Giovanni Battista Gaiani, composer
• 1759 - Nikolaus Paul Zmeskall, composer
• 1761 - Pius VIII, [Francesco S Castiglioni], Italy, 253rd Pope (1829-30)
• 1765 - Friedrich Heinrich Himmel, composer
• 1766 - John Wall Calcott, composer
• 1781 - Karl F Eichhorn, German law historian
• 1802 - James Lawrence Lardner, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1881
• 1819 - êdouard Joseph Stevens, Belgian animal painter/graphic artist
• 1830 - Patrick Henry Jones, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1900
• 1834 - Franjo Zaver Kuhac, composer
• 1836 - John Thomas Croxton, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1874
• 1841 - Wilfrid Laurier, (L) 7th Canadian PM (1896-1911)
• 1850 - Arthor Goring Thomas, composer
• 1858 - Selma Lagerlîf, Sweden, novelist (Tales of a Manor-Nobel 1909)
• 1862 - Willem H Vliegen, Dutch typographer/co-founder/chairman (SDAP)
• 1863 - Maria H "Mina" Beersmans, Flemish actress (Black Griet)
• 1864 - Gerard W Kernkamp, Dutch historian/editor (Groene Amsterdammer)
• 1866 - Kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge/1st commissioner of baseball
• 1867 - Vicente Ripolles, composer
• 1869 - Clark Griffith, Mo, baseball player/manager (NY Yankees)
• 1871 - William H Kilpatrick, US mathematician/philosopher/educator
• 1873 - Daniel Gregory Mason, Brookline Mass, composer (Chanticker)
• 1873 - Willem Roâll, Dutch general/founder (Ordedienst)
• 1879 - Franz Pfemfert, writer
• 1884 - Norman Thomas, Marion Ohio, socialist (Pres Candidate 1928-48)
• 1886 - Karl von Frisch, zoologist/bee expert (Nobel 1973)
• 1889 - Edwin Hubble, astronomer (discoverer of galaxies, red shift)
• 1890 - Jean-Jacques Gailliard, Belgian painter
• 1890 - Robert Armstrong, Saginaw MI, actor (Mighty Joe Young, King Kong)
• 1891 - Leon Cadore, pitcher (pitched all of 26 inning game)
• 1891 - Reginald Denny Richmond England, actor (Rebecca, Cat Ballou, Batman)
• 1892 - James B Collip, Canadian biochemist/physiologist (insulin)
• 1894 - Carl Mayer, Graz, actor (Dreaming Lips, Ariane, Sunrise)
• 1896 - Mykhaylo Verikivsky, composer
• 1897 - Lores Bonney, aviator
• 1897 - Margaret Sutherland, composer
• 1899 - Juan Vicente Lecuna, composer
• 1900 - Chester Gould, cartoonist (Dick Tracy)
• 1902 - Wolfgang Kunkel, German law historian
• 1904 - Alexandra Danilova, ballet great
• 1907 - Fran Allison, LaPorte City Iowa, actress (Kukla, Fran & Ollie)
• 1907 - Henri-Georges Clouzot, France, director (Le salaire de la peur)
• 1908 - Alistair Cooke, Manchester England, TV host (Masterpiece Theatre)
• 1909 - Alan Bible, (Sen-D-Nev, 1954-74)
• 1910 - Pauli Murray, famous African
• 1911 - Jean Shiley, US, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1932)
• 1914 - Emilio Pucci, Naples, fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1954)
• 1915 - Kon Ichikawa, Japan, director (Matatabi, Money Talks)
• 1916 - Ferdinand AM van der Ham, Dutch WW II resistance fighter
• 1916 - Judy Canova, Jacksonville Fla, comedienne/actress (Cannonball)
• 1916 - Robert A Bruce, MD, pioneer (exercise cardiology)
• 1916 - William John Elwyn Davies, painter
• 1917 - Max Georg Baumann, composer
• 1917 - Pam Henningen, [Cornelia CP Ingenegeren], Indonesian/Dutch dancer
• 1917 - Ram Gopal, Indies/English dancer (Blue Peter, Purple Plain)
• 1917 - Robert C Byrd, (Sen-D-WV, 1959- )/majority leader
• 1918 - Dora Ratjen, Germany, man possing as woman high jumper (Oly-4th-1936)
• 1919 - Dulcie Gray, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, actress (Mine Own Executioner)
• 1919 - Evelyn Keyes, Port Arthur TX, actress (Adventure of Martin Eden)
• 1919 - Halka Grossman, resistance fighter/politician
• 1919 - John McCarthy, composer
• 1920 - Armin Schibler, composer
• 1920 - Douglas Dick, Charlestown WV, actor (Carl-Waterfront)
• 1920 - Gene Tierney, Bkln, actress (Laura, Razor's Edge, Ghost & Mrs Muir)
• 1921 - Phyllis Thaxter, Portland Maine, actress (Nora, Ft Worth)
• 1923 - Beryl Sprinkel, Missouri, economist (Council of Economic Advisers)
• 1923 - Nadine Gordimer, South African author (July's people, Nobel 1991)
• 1924 - Benoit Mandelbrot, Warsaw Poland, mathematician (proved Zipf's law)
• 1925 - Judy Woodruff, news analyst & commentator
• 1925 - June [Shirley L] Christy, US, jazz singer (Tampico)
• 1925 - Maya Plisetskaya, prima ballerina (Bolshoi Ballet)
• 1925 - Robert Francis Kennedy, Brookline, Mass (D-Sen-NY) AG; assassinated
• 1926 - Kaye Ballard, Cleve Ohio, actress/comedienne (Kaye-Mothers-in-Law)
• 1927 - Estelle Parsons, Lynn Mass, actress (Rachel Rachel, Bonnie & Clyde)
• 1928 - Franklin Cover, Cleve, actor (Tom-The Jeffersons)
• 1928 - Rex Reason, Berlin Germany, actor (Man Without a Gun, Roaring 20s)
• 1929 - Dick Clark, Mt Vernon NY, TV host (American Bandstand)
• 1929 - Donald Ray January, Plainview TX, PGA golfer (1960 Tucson Open)
• 1929 - Kenneth DeWitt Schermerhorn, Schenectady NY, conductor (Amer Ballet)
• 1932 - John Barnes Chance, composer
• 1932 - Richard Dawson, Hampshire Engld, actor (Hogan's Heroes, Family Feud)
• 1934 - Valentine J Peter, Omaha Neb, priest (Boy's Town 1985- )
• 1937 - Eero MÑntyranta, Finland, nordic ski relay (Olympic-gold-1960)
• 1937 - Jack Linkletter, SF Calif, TV host (Haggis Baggis, Hootenanny)
• 1937 - Ruth Laredo (nÇe Meckler), Detroit, Mich, concert pianist
• 1938 - Tony White, cricketer (2 Tests WI v Australia 1965)
• 1939 - Dick Smothers, NYC, comedian (Smother Brothers' Show)
• 1940 - Bob Einstein, LA Calif, comedian (Officer Judy, Super Dave Osborne)
• 1940 - Helma Sanders-Brahms, Emden Germany, director (Apple Trees, Manoever)
• 1941 - Gary Karr, LA Calif, double-bassist (Oslo Philharmonic)
• 1942 - Joseph R Biden Jr, (Sen-D-DE, 1973- )
• 1942 - Meredith Monk, Lima Peru, choreographer-composer-performing artist
• 1942 - Norman Greenbaum, Mass, folk singer (Spirit in the Sky)
• 1943 - Lindsay Thomas, (Rep-D-GA, 1983- )
• 1943 - Meredith Monk, composer
• 1943 - Veronica Hamel, Phila, actress (Joyce-Hill St Blues, 79 Park Ave)
• 1944 - Anthea Stewart, Zimbabwe, field hockey coach/player (Olympic-1980)
• 1945 - Dan McBride, rocker (Sha Na Na)
• 1945 - Rachid Mimouni, author
• 1946 - Duane Allman, Nashville Tn, rock guitarist (Allman Brothers)
• 1946 - John "Blackfoot" Colbert, US singer (Soul Children, Taxi)
• 1946 - Judy Woodruff, newscaster (McNeil Lehrer Report)
• 1946 - Ray Stiles, rocker
• 1947 - George Grantham, OK, rock drummer/vocalist (Poco)
• 1947 - Joe Walsh, Wichita Ks, guitarist/rocker (Eagles-Take it Easy)
• 1947 - Mardell Wilkins, LPGA golfer
• 1948 - Richard Masur, NYC, actor (David-One Day at a Time)
• 1948 - Samuel E Wright, Camden SC, actor (Enos, Ball Four)
• 1949 - Juha Mieto, Finland, 15KM skier (Olympic-silver-1980)
• 1949 - Ray Vitte, NYC, actor (Doc, Cody-Quest)
• 1950 - Gary Green, rocker (Gentle Giant)
• 1953 - Greg Gibson, Stafford Va, Greco-Roman wrestler (Olympic-silver-1984)
• 1954 - Steve Dahl, Calif, Chicago's anti-disco DJ (WLS-FM)
• 1955 - Bo Derek, [Mary Collins], Long Beach Ca, actr (10, Tarzan the Ape Man)
• 1955 - Thea Vidale, actress (Family Matters)
• 1955 - Timothy Kristian Charles Mace, Great Britain, cosmonaut
• 1956 - Dan Powers, rock guitarist (Michael Stanley Band)
• 1956 - Mark Gastineau, NFL end (NY Jets, Pro Bowl 1981-85)
• 1956 - Sergei Gayevich Severin, Russian cosmonaut
• 1957 - James Brown, British reggae singer/drummer (UB40-Red Red Wine)
• 1959 - Sean Young, Louisville Ky, actress (Dune, Young Doctor in Love)
• 1962 - Steve Alexander, rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret)
• 1964 - John Maclean, Oshawa, NHL right wing (NJ Devils)
• 1964 - Ned Vaughn, actor (The Rescuer)
• 1965 - Andrew Stewart, CFL defensive tackle (Toronto Argonauts)
• 1965 - Mike D[iamond], NYC, rap vocalist (Beastie Boys-You Gotta Fight)
• 1967 - Alex Arias, NYC, infielder (Florida Marlins)
• 1967 - Chris Childs, NBA guard (NJ Nets, NY Knicks)
• 1967 - Chris Patton, Fountain Inn SC, Nike golfer (1993 NM Charity Classic)
• 1967 - Jeff Cotler, Long Beach Calif, actor (Brian-Struck by Lightning)
• 1968 - Jeff Tarango, Calif, tennis star (defaulted 1995 Wimbledon)
• 1968 - Keith Rucker, NFL defensive tackle (Cin Bengals)
• 1968 - Ming Na-Wen, actress (ER, One Night Stand, Lien-As the World Turns)
• 1968 - Richard Clarke, Toronto Ontario, Yachter Finn (Olympics-96)
• 1969 - Chris Harris, cricketer (son of Zin NZ all-rounder in ODI's)
• 1969 - Konstantin Semyonov, Israel, Men's pole vaulter (Oly-11th-1996)
• 1969 - Malvin Hunter, CFL defensive end (Edmonton Eskimos)
• 1969 - Richard Dickson Reid, NZ, road race cyclist (Olympics-96)
• 1969 - Silvia Sommaggio, Italian 5k runner
• 1970 - Sabrina Lloyd, actress (Sliders)
• 1970 - Trevor Cobb, WLAF running back (Amsterdam Admirals)
• 1971 - Dion Nash, cricketer (NZ right-arm medium-pacer 1992- )
• 1971 - Joey Galloway, NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks)
• 1971 - Robert Wijnands, Dutch soccer player (FC Utrecht)
• 1972 - Riddick Parker, WLAF defensive tackle (Rhein Fire, Seattle Seahawks)
• 1972 - Trent Pollard, NFL guard (Cin Bengals)
• 1972 - Yanick Dupre, Montreal, NHL left wing (Phila Flyers)
• 1973 - Brad Keeney, WLAF defensive tackle (Scotland Claymores)
• 1973 - Matthew Smith, Australian field hockey forward (Olympics-96)
• 1974 - Brad Williams, cricketer (Victoria & Young Australia fast bowler)
• 1974 - Drew Ginn, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
• 1974 - Jerald Moore, running back (St Louis Rams)
• 1974 - Kirk Reynolds, Outlook Saskatchwan, trap shooter (Olympics-96)
• 1974 - Marissa Ryan, actress (Elizabeth MacGillis-Major Dad)
• 1976 - Dominique Dawes, Silver Spring Md, gymnast (Olympics-gold/brz-92, 96)
• 1976 - Elisa Blair, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
• 1981 - Jilen Siroky, 200m breaststroke (Olympics-96)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0967 - Aboe al-Faradj al-Isfahani, Arabic author (Book of liederen), dies
• 1347 - Stefano Colonna, Roman senator, dies in battle
• 1480 - Eleonora van Austrian, translator, dies
• 1518 - Pierre de la Rue/Peter van Straten, Flemish composer, dies
• 1527 - Wendelmoet "Weyntjen" Claesdochter, 1st Dutch woman burned as heretic
• 1669 - Arnold Geulincx, South Neth philosopher (Cholera), dies at 45
• 1675 - Francisco de Moura y Cortereal, Span land guardian of Neth (1664-68)
• 1678 - Charles Dujardin, painter/etcher (Learned Dog), dies at about 56
• 1713 - Thomas Tompion, English clock maker (cylinder tunnel), dies
• 1737 - Caroline of Ansbach, queen of Great-Britain, dies
• 1741 - Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/clergyman, dies
• 1750 - Wilhelmus Schortinghuis, theologist (Christian religion), dies at 50
• 1758 - Johan Helmich Roman, Finnish composer/violist, dies at 64
• 1764 - Christian Goldbach, German mathematician, dies
• 1827 - Alexey Nikolayevich Titov, composer, dies at 58
• 1851 - Wenzel Sedlak, composer, dies at 75
• 1856 - Farkas/Wolfgang Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician, dies at 81
• 1863 - James Bruce, Count of Elgin & Kincardine, governor Jamaica, dies at 52
• 1882 - Bela Albrecht Pal Keler, composer, dies at 62
• 1887 - Louis Gallait, Belgian painter (Egmont & Receiver), dies at 77
• 1894 - Anton Rubinstein, Russian composer (Dmitri Donskoi), dies at 64
• 1898 - John Fowler, English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway), dies
• 1899 - Carl A E Ahlqvist, [A Oksanen], Finnish translator, dies at 63
• 1900 - Peter S KÌyer, Danish painter/sculptor/graphic artist, dies at 49
• 1910 - Leo Tolstoy, Russian author (Anna Karenina), dies at 82 [NS]
• 1925 - Alexandra, Danish princess/Queen of Great Britain, dies at 80
• 1927 - Karl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammer, composer, dies at 56
• 1936 - JosÇ A Primo de Rivera y SaÇnz de Heredia, Spanish Falange, executed
• 1939 - Marie Joseph Leon Desire Paque, composer, dies at 72
• 1944 - Sekio Nishina, Japanese inventor (kaiten-suicide submarine), dies
• 1947 - Wolfgang Borchert, German author (Draussen vor of the TÅr), dies at 26
• 1950 - Francesco Cilea, composer, dies at 84
• 1952 - Benedetto Croce, Italian philosopher (La Critica), dies at 86
• 1957 - Weldon Hart, composer, dies at 46
• 1960 - Jacob Cohen, Hebrew poet/writer, dies
• 1962 - Jasper McLevy, socialist mayor of Bridgeport Ct, dies
• 1964 - John Tasker Howard, composer, dies at 73
• 1965 - Gabriâlla VM Elisabeth, queen of the Belgians, dies at 89
• 1968 - Cathy Lewis, actress (Deidre-Hazel), dies of cancer at 50
• 1968 - Helen Gardner, silent film actress (Sandra), dies
• 1973 - Allan Sherman, parodist (Camp Granada, Harvey & Sheila), dies at 48
• 1975 - Francisco Franco, [y Bahamonde], Span dictator (1936-75), dies at 82
• 1977 - Maxie Wander, writer, dies
• 1983 - Marcel Dalio, actor (Casablanca), dies at 83
• 1983 - Richard Loo, actor, (China Sky), dies of cardio-pulmonary arrest
• 1984 - Alexander Moyzes, composer, dies at 78
• 1985 - Bill Scott, cartoon voice (Mr Peabody, Bullwinkle), dies at 65
• 1989 - Lynn Bari, actress (Shock, Nocturne, 6 Gun Law), dies at 71
• 1991 - Gina Petrushka, actress (Exorcist, Sybil), dies
• 1992 - John Foreman, producer (Prizzi's Honor), dies at 67 of heart attack
• 1993 - Christopher Frank, French writer, dies at 51
• 1993 - Emile Ardolino, director (Dirty Dancing), dies at 50 of AIDs
• 1993 - Heather Farr, golfer, dies of cancer at 28
• 1994 - John Lucarotti, scriptwriter, dies at 68
• 1994 - Saeedi Sirjani, poet, dies at 64
• 1995 - Ahmed Abel-Wadoud Karadawi, academic/activist, dies at 50
• 1995 - Sergei Grinkov, figure skater (Oly-gold), dies of heart attack at 28
• 1996 - Bert Geoffrey Achong, electron microscopist, dies at 67
• 1997 - Gary Burris, murderer (Kenneth Chambers), executed in Indiana
• 1997 - Robert Palmer, rock critic, dies at 52