Welcome to Today In History for Saturday, November 7, 2009. | On this day in history .. |
- 0680 - 3rd Council of Constantinople (6th ecumenical council) opens
- 0921 - Treaty of Bonn: East France & West France recognize each other
- 1512 - Medici's discharge Niccolï Machiavelli from Florence
- 1519 - University of Leuven convicts teaching of Luther
- 1558 - French king Henri II occupies Calais
- 1581 - Queen Elizabeth I & Franáois of Anjou wed
- 1597 - Emilia of Nassau weds Dom Emanuel of Portugal
- 1631 - Pierre Gassendi observes transit of Mercury predicted by Kepler
- 1637 - Anne Hutchinson banished from Mass bay colony as a heretic
- 1651 - King Louis XIV of France (13) declarer of full age
- 1659 - Peace of Pyreneeen: French king Louis XIV & Spanish king Philip IV
- 1665 - 1st edition of "London Gazette"
- 1667 - Jean Racines "Andromaque," premieres in Paris
- 1722 - Richard Steele's "Conscious Lovers," premieres in London
- 1733 - France & Spain sign Escoriaal Treaty
- 1747 - Organgist in Netherlands revolt under Daniel Raap
- 1775 - Lord Dunmore, promises freedom to male slaves who join British army
- 1794 - French troops conquer Nijmegen
- 1805 - Lewis & Clark 1st sights Pacific Ocean
- 1811 - Battle of Tippecanoe, gave Harrison a presidential slogan
- 1814 - 1st sitting of States-general in Hague
- 1820 - James Monroe elected 5th US president
- 1824 - St Petersburg flood
- 1831 - State Gran Colombia disbands
- 1848 - General Zachary Taylor elected as president of US
- 1861 - Battle of Belmont, MO
- 1861 - Battle of Port Royal Bay, SC (Ft Walker, Ft Beauregard)
- 1863 - Battle of Rappahannock Station & Kelly's Ford, VA
- 1864 - 2nd session of congress of Confederate States of America reconvenes
- 1865 - London Gazette, oldest surviving journal, is founded
- 1872 - Mary Celeste sails from NY to Genoa; found abandoned 4 weeks later
- 1872 - US cargo ship Mary Celeste set sail from NY on a journey which ended when it is found mysteriously abandoned the following month
- 1874 - 1st cartoon depicting elephant as Republican Party symbol, by T Nast
- 1875 - Verney Cameron is 1st European to cross equitorial Africa
- 1876 - Edward Bouchet, is 1st black to recieve a PhD in US college (Yale)
- 1876 - Meharry Medical College forms at Central Tennesse College
- 1876 - Pres Rutherford B Hayes & Samuel J Tilden claim presidential victory Tilden (D) wins election but Electoral college selects Hayes (R)
- 1885 - Canadian Pacific Railway completed at Craigellachie
- 1893 - State Colorado accept female suffrage
- 1907 - Dynamite explodes on locomotive kills engineer Jesus Garcia in Mexico
- 1907 - Test tokens are struck in 1st production of Canadian coins
- 1908 - Dutch capture Venezuelan navy
- 1909 - Knights & Ladies of St Peter Claver organizes in Mobile Alabama
- 1914 - Japan attack German concession on Chinese peninsula of Shanghai
- 1915 - Austrian submarine torpedoes Italian passenger ship (272 kill)
- 1916 - Grand duke Nikolai Nikolayevich warns czar of uprising
- 1916 - Jeannette Rankin (Rep-R-Mont) elected 1st woman Representative
- 1916 - Woodrow Wilson (D) re-elected president
- 1917 - British capture Gaza Palestine from Turks
- 1917 - October Revolution (Oct 26 OS) in Russia, Lenin seizes power
- 1918 - Goddard demonstrates tube-launched solid propellant rockets
- 1918 - United Press erroneously reports WW I armistice had been signed
- 1918 - Vladimir Mayakovsky's "Misteriya Buff," premieres in Petrograd
- 1919 - US police raid offices of Union of Russian Workers
- 1921 - Ed Wynn's musical "Perfect Fool," premieres in NYC
- 1925 - Italians liberal-national party joins fascist
- 1928 - Herbert Hoover (R) elected president
- 1929 - Museum of Modern Art opens (NYC)
- 1931 - Chinese People's Republic proclaimed by Mao Tse Tung
- 1932 - 1st broadcast of "Buck Rogers in the 25th century" on CBS-radio
- 1932 - Bradman scores 238 NSW v Victoria, 200 mins, 32 fours
- 1933 - Pennsylvania voters overturn blue law, by permitting Sunday sports
- 1934 - Arthur L Mitchell, becomes 1st black Democratic congressman (Ill)
- 1935 - 23rd CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg Winnipegs defeats Hamilton Tigers, 18-12
- 1936 - Battle of Madrid begins
- 1940 - Stravinsky's Symfonie in C premieres in Chicago
- 1940 - Tacoma Narrows (Galloping Gertie) Bridge collapses, Wash
- 1941 - British air attack on Berlin, Mannheim & Ruhrgebied
- 1942 - 1st US president to broadcast in a foreign language-FDR in French
- 1942 - Bicyclist Fausto Coppi establishes world record (45,848 km)
- 1943 - Detroit Lions 0, NY Giants 0; last scoreless tie in NFL
- 1944 - FDR wins 4th term in office, defeating Thomas E Dewey (R)
- 1944 - Train crashes in tunnel of Aguadilla Spain; about 500 die
- 1946 - "Bal Negre" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 54 performances
- 1949 - King Faruk disbands Egyptian parliament
- 1950 - Carlo Terron's "Processo Agli Innocenti," premieres in Milan
- 1950 - French women & children leaves Hanoi/Tonkin-delta
- 1951 - Constitution of Jordan passes
- 1953 - WIS TV channel 10 in Columbia, SC (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1954 - US spy plane shot down North of Japan
- 1954 - Cleveland Browns' Chet Hanulak sets club record with 7 punt returns & win by their largest margin of victory (59) beating Wash 62-3
- 1955 - Supreme Court of Balt bans segregation in public recreational areas
- 1957 - Phillies pitcher Jack Sanford wins NL Rookie of Year
- 1957 - WEEQ (now WWTO) TV channel 35 in La Salle, IL (IND) 1st broadcast
- 1959 - 13th Ryder Cup: US wins 8´-3´ at Eldorado CC Calif
- 1960 - KNRR TV channel 12 in Pembina, ND (IND) begins broadcsting
- 1961 - France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
- 1962 - Glenn Hall set NHL record of 503 consecutive games as goalie
- 1962 - Richard Nixon quits politics-You won't have Nixon to kick around
- 1963 - Carole Joan Crawford, 20,, of Jamaica, crowned 13th Miss World
- 1963 - NY Yankee Elston Howard is 1st black ever voted AL MVP
- 1964 - NL keeps Braves in Milwaukee in 1965, may move to Atlanta in 1966
- 1965 - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open
- 1966 - Jean-Claude van Itallie's "America Hurrah," premieres in NYC
- 1966 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
- 1966 - Lunar Orbiter 2 launched by US
- 1967 - Carl B Stokes elected 1st black mayor of a major city-Cleveland, Ohio
- 1967 - LBJ signs a bill establishing Corporation for Public Broadcasting
- 1967 - Richard G Hatcher elected mayor of Gary Indiana
- 1967 - St Louis Cards Orlando Cepeda is 1st unanimous NL MVP
- 1967 - Surveyor 6 launched for soft landing on Moon
- 1968 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
- 1969 - John & Yoko release their 2nd album "Wedding Album" in UK
- 1970 - "Purlie" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 689 performances
- 1970 - Race riots in Daytona Beach Florida
- 1972 - Pres Nixon (R) re-elected defeating George McGovern (D)
- 1973 - NJ becomes 1st state to allow girls into little league
- 1973 - US & Egypt announce restoration of full diplomatic links
- 1974 - 63rd Davis Cup: South Africa beats India in (w/o)
- 1975 - Kidnapped AKZO director Herrema freed in Ireland
- 1976 - "Gone With the Wind" televised
- 1978 - Boston Red Sox Jim Rice wins AL MVP
- 1978 - CDA-chairman W Aantjes resigns due to his war past
- 1979 - Cub reliever Bruce Sutter wins NL Cy Young Award
- 1981 - France performs nuclear test
- 1982 - "Your Arms are Too Short to Box" closes at Alvin NYC after 69 perfs
- 1982 - Liz Taylor's 7th divorce (John Warner)
- 1982 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
- 1982 - Turkey adopts constitution
- 1983 - Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks his 2nd NY Giant record 56 yard field goal
- 1983 - Bomb explodes in US Capitol, causing heavy damage but no injuries
- 1984 - STS 51-A launch scrubbed because of high shear winds
- 1985 - Colombian troops end 27-hr siege of BogotÝ's Palace of Justice
- 1987 - Tunisian premier Zine al-Abidine fires president Habib Bourguiba
- 1988 - MLB all stars beats Japan 16-8 (Game 3 of 7)
- 1988 - Sugar Ray Leonard KO's Donnie LaLonde
- 1989 - Balt's Gregg Olson is 1st relief pitcher to win AL Rookie of Year
- 1989 - Douglas Wilder elected 1st US black governor (D-Va)
- 1989 - NYC elects it's 1st black mayor (Dinkins) & female comp (Holtzman)
- 1990 - "Little Night Music" closes at New York State NYC after 11 perfs
- 1990 - "Those Were The Days" opens at Edison Theater NYC for 126 performances
- 1990 - Cleve Indian Sandy Alomar Jr wins AL Rookie of Year, unanimously
- 1990 - Mary Robinson elected as 1st female president of Ireland
- 1991 - "Brigadoon" opens at New York State Theater NYC for 12 performances
- 1991 - "Park Your Car in Harvard Yard" opens at Music Box NYC
- 1991 - 1st NBA game in Delta City, Utah Jazz beats Seattle 103-95
- 1991 - Magic Johnson announces he has HIV virus & retires from LA Lakers
- 1992 - 1st NBA game at America West Arena, Phoenix Suns beat Clippers 111-105
- 1993 - Betsy King wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup Golf Tournament
- 1995 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Pittsburgh PA on WXDX 105.9 FM
- 1995 - Howard Stern's 2nd book "Miss America" released (fastest selling ever)
- 1996 - "3 Sisters" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC
- 1996 - NFL/Heisman Trophy Winner Mike Rozier, is shot several times
- 1996 - Wasim Jaffer gets 314* in 2nd cricket FC game for Mumbai v Saurashtra
- 1997 - "Bean" opens in US
| Famous birthdays for this day .. |
- 0994 - Muhammad ibn Hazm, historian/jurist/author of Islamic Spain
- 1598 - Francisco de ZurbarÝn, Spain, Baroque painter (baptized)
- 1656 - Walraad the Younger, earl of Nassau-Ottweiler/gov of Nimegen
- 1692 - Johannes G Schnabel, German author/surgeon (Insel Felsenburg)
- 1706 - Carlo Cecere, composer
- 1758 - Edouard viscount de Walckiers, South Netherland banker/politician
- 1786 - Francisco Andrevi y Castellar, composer
- 1797 - Silas Horton Stringham, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1876
- 1806 - August Friedrich Pott, composer
- 1810 - Ferenc Erkel, Hungary, composer/conductor (Hunaydi LÝszl¢)
- 1810 - Fritz Reuter, writer
- 1811 - Karel J Erben, Czech poet (Bouquet)
- 1822 - Edouard Gregoir, composer
- 1828 - Ludwig Deppe, composer
- 1828 - Paul-Jacques-AimÇ Baudry, French painter
- 1832 - Andrew Dickson White, educator/1st president of Cornell
- 1839 - Henry Holmes, composer
- 1846 - Ignaz Brull, composer
- 1852 - Bohdan Borkowski, composer
- 1855 - Edwin H Hall, US physicist (Hall effect)
- 1856 - Semyon Zonovyevich Alapin, Vilna, tied for chess 1st place (1878)
- 1859 - Hendrik G Kleyn, church historian (Facts of verzinsels?)
- 1866 - Carl Emil Paul Lincke, composer
- 1866 - Paul Lincke, German composer/conductor/publisher (Frau Luna)
- 1867 - Madame Marie Sklodowska Curie, discovered radium (Nobel 1903, 1911)
- 1874 - Joseph Willoughby, cricketer (2 Tests for South Africa 1895-96)
- 1876 - Culbert Olson, Fillmore Utah, (Gov-D-Cal)
- 1876 - Ted Arnold, cricketer (England all-rounder in 10 Tests 1903-05)
- 1877 - Henry Balfour Gardiner, composer
- 1878 - Lise Meitner, Austrian/Swedish physicist (Protactinium)
- 1879 - Eugeen Yoors, Flemish etcher/glass painter
- 1879 - Leon Davidovitsj Trotsky, [Leib Bronstein], Russ revolutionary [NS]
- 1883 - Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux, Newport New Va, TV preacher
- 1886 - Aaron Nimzowitsch, Latvian chess player (openings theorist)
- 1886 - Mark Aldanov, [Landau], Russian/French chemist/writer [OS=Oct 26]
- 1888 - Chandrasekhara Raman, India, physicist (Nobel 1930)
- 1889 - George Davis, Netherlands, actor (Devil May Care)
- 1889 - Lord Tennyson III, cricketer (England batsman & captain)
- 1895 - Jakob Kaplan, French head rabbi (1955-81)
- 1896 - Herbert R O'Connor, Balt Md, (Sen-Md)/TV narrator (Crime Syndicate)
- 1897 - Ruth Pitter, British(?) poet
- 1900 - Efrem Kurtz, St Petersburg Russia, conductor (Houston Symph 1948-54)
- 1900 - Heinrich Himmler, Nazi SS leader
- 1902 - Jes£s Mar°a SanromÝ, Carolina PR, pianist (Boston Symphony)
- 1902 - Rob van der de Bas, [Barend Robberts], troubadour (Klucht of the Cow)
- 1903 - Albert Helman, [Lou Lichtveld], Suriname politician/novelist
- 1903 - Dean Jagger, Lima Ohio, actor (Albert Vane-Mr Novak, Elmer Gantry)
- 1903 - Konrad Lorenz, zoologist/ethologist (Man & His Ideas, Nobel 1973)
- 1903 - Lodewijk AM "Lou" Lichtveld, [Albert Helman], Suriname author
- 1905 - William Alwyn, composer
- 1906 - Eugene Carson Blake, US sec-gen of World council of Churches (1966-72)
- 1906 - Jan Vercammen, Flemish author/chief inspector LO (Primary Education)
- 1906 - Margaret Barbara Lambert, British historian (Saar)
- 1907 - Maurits Mok, Dutch author/poet (Cheese & Bread Game)
- 1911 - Walter Shlomo Gross, journalist
- 1913 - Albert Camus, Algeria, novelist/director (The Just-Nobel 1957)
- 1914 - R[aphael] A[loysius] Lafferty, US, sci-fi author (Devil is Dead)
- 1916 - Joe Bushkin, NYC, jazz pianist (A Couple of Joes)
- 1917 - Andras Mihaly, composer
- 1918 - Billy Graham, Charlotte NC, Baptist evangelist (Crusades)
- 1922 - Al Hirt, New Orleans LA, jazz trumpeter (Greatest Horn in the World)
- 1923 - Matthew Coady, journalist
- 1924 - Wolf Mankowitz, British(?) playwright
- 1926 - Joan Sutherland, Sydney Australia, operatic soprano (Met Opera)
- 1927 - Hiroshi Yamauchi, Kyoto Japan, owner (Seattle Mariners)
- 1929 - Ruggero Mastroianni, film editor
- 1930 - Peter Woods, newsreader
- 1930 - Rudy Boschwitz, (Sen-R-Mn, 1978- )
- 1931 - Gerald Humel, composer
- 1932 - Harry Lammertink, [Yrrah], Dutch cartoonist (Vrij Netherland)
- 1933 - George Tibbits, composer
- 1934 - Stephen L Neal, (Rep-D-NC, 1975- )
- 1935 - Willibrordus S Rendra, Indonesia, poet (Ballad orang-orang tertjina)
- 1936 - Barry Newman, Boston Mass, actor (Amy, Deadline, Petrocelli)
- 1936 - Gwyneth Jones, Pontnewyndd Wales, soprano (Die WalkÅre)
- 1936 - Jaap Stobbe, Dutch actor (Dageraad)
- 1938 - Dee Clark, Arkansas, singer (Hambone, Nobody But You)
- 1938 - James Katt, pitcher/sportscaster (NY Yankees, Minn Twins)
- 1939 - Daniel Manneke, composer
- 1940 - Antonio SkÖrmeta, writer
- 1940 - Guido Provoost, Belgian historian
- 1942 - Jean Shrimpton, British model/actress (Privilege)
- 1942 - Johnny Rivers, [Ramistella], NYC, singer (Secret Agent Man)
- 1943 - Joni Mitchell, [Roberta J Anderson], Alberta Canada, singer (Clouds)
- 1943 - Judith Frost, British Columbia, artist (To Red, Dust Drawings)
- 1943 - Wensley Haydon-Baillie, English pharmaceutical manufacturer
- 1944 - James Hashow, composer
- 1944 - Jim Watkins, Phila, actor (Jerry-Magician)
- 1944 - Joe Niekro, baseball knuckler (NY Yankees)
- 1949 - Judy Tenuda, comedienne (Spotlight Cafe)
- 1950 - Alexa Canady, 1st black woman neuro-surgeon/educator
- 1950 - Augusto Gen'un Alcalde, Buenos Aires, 1st S Amer Zen teacher
- 1951 - Dan Duva, boxing promoter/producer (Howard Stern New Years Party)
- 1951 - Nick Gilder, London England, singer (Hot Child in the City)
- 1953 - Lucinda Green, English equestrian
- 1956 - Denise Jannah, [Zeefuik], Suriname jazz singer (Farmer's Market)
- 1957 - Christopher Knight, NYC, actor (Peter-Brady Bunch)
- 1957 - Jonathan Palmer, formula-1 racer
- 1957 - Kathy McMillan, long jumper (Olympic-silver-1976)
- 1958 - Jack Wyngaard, dancer
- 1961 - Mintcho Pachov, Bulgaria, 67.5kg weightlifer (Olympic-bronze-1980)
- 1962 - Arend Bouwmeester, Dutch saxophonist (Bob Color)
- 1962 - Wayne Norman Phillips, Vic opener cricketer (Test for Aust v Ind 1992)
- 1963 - John Barnes, British soccer player
- 1963 - Michael Heidt, Calgary Alberta, hockey defenseman (Team Germany)
- 1963 - Shelly Miller, Youngstown Oh, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-25th-1994)
- 1963 - Todd McKee, actor (Ted-Santa Barbara, Bold & Beautiful)
- 1964 - Dana Plato, Maywood Calif, actress (Kimberly-Diff'rent Strokes)
- 1964 - Liam O'Maonlai, Irish vocalist/pianist (Hothouse Flowers-I'm Sorry)
- 1966 - Andy Tomberlin, Monroe NC, outfielder (NY Mets)
- 1966 - Lisa Canning, Virgin Islands, hostess (Entertainment Tonight)
- 1966 - Murphy Logo Su'a, cricket pace bowler (NZ left-arm of Samoan parents)
- 1968 - Russ Springer, Alexandria VA, pitcher (Phila Phillies)
- 1969 - Michelle Morse, Ft Rucker Ala, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-13th-1995)
- 1969 - Tanya Dubnicoff, Winnipeg Manitoba, cyclist (Olympics-6th-92, 96)
- 1970 - Andre Hastings, NFL wide receiver (Pitts Steelers, NO Saints)
- 1970 - Kris[ten] Fillat, San Diego Calif, field hockey forward (Olympics-96)
- 1970 - Marc Rosset, Geneva Switz, tennis star (1992 French Doubles)
- 1972 - Christopher Daniel Barnes, ME, actor (Ross-Day by Day, As World Turns)
- 1972 - Clive B Barnes, Portland Me, actor (Scott Hayden-Starman)
- 1972 - Emily Porter Lesueur, Glendale Calif, synchro swimmer (Oly-gold-96)
- 1972 - Jane Taylor, Maitland NSW Aust, tennis star (1995 Futures-Wagga Waga)
- 1972 - Jeremy London, actor (I'll Fly Away, Party of Five)
- 1972 - Jimmy Gary, NFL running back (Seattle Seahawks)
- 1974 - Kris Benson, Konnesaw TX, baseball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
- 1974 - Tarek Saleh, linebacker (Carolina Panthers)
- 1975 - Suesan Rajabi, Miss Colorado USA (1996)
- 1976 - Mark Philippoussis, Australia, tennis star (140 MPH serve)
- 1976 - Zahir Raheem, Phila, bantamweight boxer (Olympics-96)
| Famous deaths for this day .. |
- 0739 - Willibrord, [Clemens], 1st bishop of Utrecht/saint 695-739, dies at 81
- 1225 - Engelbert I, the Saint, archbishop of Cologne, murdered at 40
- 1560 - Peter S Lotichius, [Peter Lotz], German poet (Opera omnia), dies
- 1573 - Solomon Luria (Maharshal), talmudic author (Yam Shel Shelomo), dies
- 1600 - Baki, Turkish royal poet (DåvÉn, GhazalijjÉt), dies at about 74
- 1608 - Adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen/cavalry commander, dies in battle
- 1633 - Cornelis Drebbel, physicist/chemist/inventor (submarine), dies
- 1639 - William Cobbold, composer, dies at 79
- 1678 - Erasmus Quellinus II [Quellien], Flemish painter/etcher, dies at 70
- 1708 - Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist, dies at 76
- 1723 - Godfrey Kneller, English painter (74-77), dies
- 1796 - Catharina II, "the Great", tsarina of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67
- 1802 - Johann Georg Joseph Spangler, composer, dies at 50
- 1817 - Francesco Pasquale Ricci, composer, dies at 85
- 1827 - Bartolomeo Campagnoli, Ital violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 76
- 1837 - Elijah P Lovejoy, publisher, murdered by pro-slavery mob at 34
- 1857 - Charles Heinrich Christoph Zeuner, composer, dies at 62
- 1859 - Carl Gottlieb Reissiger, composer, dies at 61
- 1876 - Albertus C van Raalte, Dutch/US vicar (Michigan), dies at 65
- 1880 - Carl Friedrich Weitzmann, composer, dies at 72
- 1893 - Constantly Lievens, Flemish missionaries in India, dies at 37
- 1901 - Li Hung-Tshang, Chinese rebel leader/viceroy of Tsheli, dies
- 1910 - Leo Tolstoi, Russian earl/writer (War & Peace), dies at 82 [OS]
- 1913 - Alfred R Wallace, British zoologist (Is Mars habitable?), dies
- 1919 - Hugo Haase, German MP (SPD), murdered at 56
- 1935 - Lidj Jasu, emperor of Ethiopia, dies at 39
- 1938 - Earnest von Rath, German antifascist/diplomat, murdered
- 1941 - Albin Zollinger, Swiss poet/author (Das Gewitter), dies at 46
- 1943 - Dwight Frye, actor (Vampire Bat, Dracula), dies at 44
- 1944 - Richard Sorge & Ozaki, spies, hanged in Tokyo
- 1945 - Alfred Dipper, cricketer (England batsman scored in only Test), dies
- 1956 - Una Mae Carlisle, US pianist/singer, dies at 40
- 1959 - Victor McLaglen, actor (Gunga Din), dies of heart attack at 72
- 1960 - Alvin Carter, vocalist (Carter Family), dies at 69
- 1961 - Antonius F "Anton" Coolen, author (Peelwerkers), dies at 64
- 1962 - Eleanor Roosevelt, 1st Lady (1933-1945), dies at 78 in NYC
- 1965 - Friedrich Wildgans, composer, dies at 52
- 1967 - John Nance Garner, (VP-D, 1933-41), dies at 98
- 1967 - Juan Tomas Perez, composer, dies at 71
- 1967 - Larry Kent, director (High Stakes), dies at 67
- 1968 - Willem A Wagenaar, Dutch journalist/author (3,000 meter), dies
- 1972 - Tod Andrews, actor (From Hell it Came, Outrage), dies at 51
- 1974 - Rodolfo Acosta, actor (Passion, Littlest Outlaw), dies at 54
- 1978 - Gene Tunney, former heavyweight boxing champ (1926-28), dies at 80
- 1978 - Janet Flanner, writer, dies at 86
- 1979 - Amedeo Nazzari, actor (Lure of Sila, Night of Cabiria), dies at 71
- 1979 - Paolo Carlini, Italian actor (It Started in Naples), dies at 53
- 1980 - Steve McQueen, actor (Tom Horn, Bullitt), dies at 50
- 1981 - Will Durant, US author (story of civilization), dies at 96
- 1983 - David Alexandrovich Toradze, composer, dies at 61
- 1983 - Germaine Tailleferre, Fren composer (Le Marin du Bolivar), dies at 91
- 1984 - George Matthews, actor (Chick-Glynis), dies at 73 of heart disease
- 1990 - Josephine Wilson, actress (We Dive at Dawn), dies at 86
- 1990 - Lawrence Durrell, Indian/English author (Mount Olive), dies at 78
- 1991 - Gene Tierney, US actress (Laura/Heaven can wait), dies at 70
- 1992 - Alexander Dubcek, premier Czechoslovakia (1968-69), dies at 70
- 1992 - Jack Kelly, US actor (Maverick, Vega$), dies following a stroke at 65
- 1993 - Adelaide Hall, US jazz singer (Cotton Club), dies at 92
- 1993 - Charles Aidman, actor (Kotch, Zoot Suit), dies of cancer at 68
- 1994 - Michael O'Donoghue, comedian (SNL), dies at about 54
- 1994 - Milton "Shorty" Rogers [Rajonsky], US jazz trumpeter, dies at 70
- 1995 - Jerry Daniels, singer/guitarist, dies at 79
- 1995 - John Patrick, screenwriter, dies at 90
- 1995 - Melvin "Slappy" White, comedian, dies of heart attack at 74
- 1996 - Brian Keith-Lucas, political scientist, dies at 84
- 1996 - Claude Ake, political scientist, dies at 57
- 1996 - Michael Fenton Haddon, mining engineer, dies at 81
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