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            29th April, on this day 1091 Battle at 
            Monte Levunium Emperor Alexius I beats Petshegenes 1429 Joan 
            of Arc leads Orleans France, to victory over English
 1540 Emperor Charles V declares all privileges of Gent ended
 1550 Emperor Charles V gives inquisiters additional authority
 1553 Flemish woman introduces practice of starching linen into England
 1623 11 Dutch ships depart for the conquest of Peru
 1628 Sweden and Denmark sign defense treaty against Duke of Wallenstein
 1636 Prince Frederik Henry occupies Schenkenschans
 1644 Farm leader Li Zicheng becomes emperor of China & flees Peking
 1661 Chinese Ming dynasty occupies Taiwan
 1670 Pope Clemens X elected
 1672 Franco-Dutch 
            War: Louis 
            XIV of France invades the Netherlands.
 1701 Drenthe Netherlands adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is May 
            12, 1701
 1706 Emperor Jozef I becomes monarch of Cologne/Bavaria
 1707 English/Scottish parliament accept Act of Union, form Great Britain
 1715 John Flamsteed observes Uranus for 6th time
 1770 James 
            Cook arrives at and names Botany Bay, Australia.
 1781 French fleet occupies Tobago
 1781 French fleet stops Britain from seizing the Cape of Good Hope
 1784 Premiere of Mozart's Sonata in B flat, K454 (Vienna)
 1813 Rubber is patented
 1834 Charles Darwin's expedition sees top of Andes from Patagonia
 1845 Macon B Allen and Robert Morris Jr, 1st blacks to open law practice
 1852 1st edition of Peter Roget's Thesaurus published
 1853 Comet C/1853 G1 (Schweizer) approaches within 0.0839 astronomical 
            units (AUs) of Earth
 1856 End of Crimean War
 1857 US Army, Pacific Division HQ is permanently established at Presidio 
            (San Francisco)
 1861 Maryland's House of Delegates votes against seceding from Union
 1862 100,000 federal troops prepare to march into Corinth MS
 1862 New Orleans falls to Union forces during Civil War
 1863 Battle of Chancellorville, VA (Fredericksburg, Wilderness Tavern)
 1864 Skirmish at Jenkins' Ferry, AR begins
 1882 The "Elektromote" 
            – forerunner of the trolleybus – trialed by Ernst Werner 
            von Siemens in Berlin.
 1885 Women are admitted to Oxford University examinations for the 
            first time
 1888 Old Kavallison, Congo Stanley meet Emin Pasha
 1894 Commonwealth of Christ (Coxey's Army) arrives in Washington DC 
            500 strong to protest unemployment; Coxey arrested for trespassing 
            at Capitol
 1901 Anti-semitic riot in Budapest
 1903 Limestone slides at Turtle Mountain kills 9 (Frank Alberta)
 1905 Pierre de Brazza lands in Libreville, Gabon
 1909 In a revolutionary budget, the British Chancellor David Lloyd 
            George introduces a new 'supertax' of sixpence in the pound for anyone 
            earning more than £5,000 a year. The new high level of supertax 
            is to pay for old age pensions and re-armament of the armed forces
 1913 Swedish engineer Gideon Sundback of Hoboken patents all-purpose 
            zipper
 1916 Irish nationalists set post office on fire in Dublin
 1916 The British 6th 
            Indian Division surrendered to Ottoman Forces at Kut. One of the 
            largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.
 1916 Easter 
            Rebellion: Martial law in Ireland is lifted and the rebellion 
            is officially over with the surrender of Irish nationalists to British 
            authorities in Dublin.
 1922 1st official International Weightlifting Federation Champion 
            (Tallinn Estonia)
 1926 France and US reach accord on repayment of WWI
 1927 Construction of the Spirit of St Louis is completed
 1930 North Sea floodgate at Ijmuiden (biggest in world) officially 
            opens
 1930 Telephone connection England-Australia goes into service
 1930 The Academy award-winning war film 'All Quiet On The Western 
            Front ' opens in America. 12 years later the star of the film, American 
            actor Lew Ayres, refuses to fight in World War II and declares himself 
            a conscientious objector.
 1940 Norwegian King Haakon and government flees to England
 1940 Robert Sherwood's "There Shall be No Night", premieres 
            in NYC
 1942 Japanese troops march into Lashio, cut off Burma Road
 1942 Jews forced to wear a Jewish Star in Netherlands and Vichy-France
 1943 Dietrich Bonhöffer arrested by Nazi's
 1943 Noël Coward's "Present Laughter", premieres in 
            London
 1943 US 34th Division occupies Hill 609, North Tunisia
 1944 Surprise attack by Van de Peat on General Landsdrukkerij in the 
            Hague
 1945 1st food drop by RAF above nazi-occupied Holland (operation Manna)
 1945 Adolf Hitler marries Eva 
            Braun
 1945 Japanese army evacuates Rangoon
 1945 Terms of surrender of German armies in Italy signed
 1945 US liberates 31,601 in Nazi concentration camp in Dachau, 
            Germany
 1945 Venice and Mestre are captured by the Allies
 1946 Former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki 
            Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders are indicted for war crimes
 1953 The first US experimental 3D-TV 
            broadcast showed an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC 
            affiliate KECA-TV.
 1955 Giovanni Gronchi elected President of Italy
 1957 1st military nuclear power plant dedicated, Fort Belvoir, VA
 1957 American singer Ricky Nelson releases his first record
 1964 Princess Irene marries Spanish Prince Carel Hugo de Bourbon Parma
 1964 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
 1965 Earthquake hits Seattle; 5 die
 1965 Pakistan Space 
            and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) successfully 
            launches seventh rocket in their Rehber series
 1965 Australian government announces it will send troops to Vietnam
 1965 Malta is 18th member of Council of Europe
 1967 Aretha Franklin releases "Respect"
 1967 World heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad 
            Ali is stripped of his title for refusing to be drafted into the 
            US Army
 1968 The controversial musical Hair opens on Broadway.
 1970 50,000 US and South Vietnamese troops invade Cambodia
 1971 Boeing receives contract for Mariner 10, Mercury exploration
 1971 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site Classic
 1974 President Richard 
            Nixon said he will release 
            edited tapes made in White House
 1975 US Forces pull out of Vietnam
 1975 Ethiopia nationalizes all ground/earth
 1976 Minister Irene Vorrink begins fluoridating Dutch drinking water
 1977 British Aerospace forms
 1981 Peter Sutcliffe admits he is the Yorkshire Ripper (murdered 13 
            women)
 1981 British pop star Elton John buys the original scripts for the 
            BBC radio programme 'The Goons' for £15,000
 1982 Alfredo Magana elected President of El Salvador
 1983 Harold Washington sworn in as Chicago's 1st black mayor
 1985 17th space shuttle mission (51-B)-Challenger 7 launched
 1986 800,000 books destroyed by fire in Los Angeles Central Library
 1987 Chicago Cub Andre Dawson hits for the cycle
 1987 Japan's premier Nakasone visits the US
 1988 Burt Reynolds and Loni Anderson marry
 1990 Scottish snooker player Stephen Hendry beats Jimmy White 18 frames 
            to 12 to become the youngest-ever world champion at the age of 21 
            years and 106 days
 1990 STS-31 (Discovery 10) lands
 1990 Wrecking cranes began tearing down Berlin Wall at Brandenburg 
            Gate
 1991 Croatia declares independence
 1991 An 
            estimated 100,000 people are killed by a 145 mile an hour cyclone 
            which hits the Bangladesh port of Chittagong
 1991 Earthquake in Georgia kills 100
 1992 Voting ends on choice of Elvis stamps
 1992 Country singer Doug Stone, 35, undergoes quadruple bypass surgery
 1992 1992 
            Los Angeles riots: Riots in Los Angeles, California, follow the 
            acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating 
            of Rodney King. Over the next three days 53 people are killed and 
            hundreds of buildings are destroyed.
 1992 Sheena Easton collapses on stage while performing in "Man 
            of LaMancha"
 1994 Ferry boat smashes into Mombasa Harbor Kenya, kills over 300
 1994 Israel and PLO sign economic accord
 1995 Longest sausage ever, at 2877 miles, made in Kitchener, Ontario 
            Canada
 1997 The Chemical 
            Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlaws the production, 
            stockpiling and use of chemical weapons among its signatories.
 1999 Avala TV 
            Tower near Belgrade destroyed in NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
 2002 The United States is re-elected to the United 
            Nations Commission on Human Rights, one year after losing the 
            seat it had held for 50 years.
 2004 Dick Cheney and George W. Bush testify before the 9/11 
            Commission in a closed, unrecorded hearing in the Oval Office.
 2004 Oldsmobile 
            builds its final car ending 107 years of production.
 2005 Syria completes withdrawal from Lebanon, ending 29 years of occupation.
 2005 New Zealand's first civil 
            union takes place.
 2007 Republic 
            Protests in Turkey
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        | Birthdates which 
            occurred on 29th April : 1584 Melchior Teschner 
            composer 1636 Esaias Reusner composer
 1642 Christian Weise German writer (Niederländische Bauer)
 1660 Matthias Henriksen Schacht composer
 1667 John Arbuthnot Scottish writer (Alexander Pope)
 1727 Jean-Georges Noverre French dancer/choreographer (ballet d'action)
 1745 Oliver Ellsworth 3rd Chief Justice Supreme Court (1796-1800)
 1771 Matthaus Stegmayer composer
 1780 Charles Nodier French writer (La fée aux miettes)
 1783 David Cox English painter (Treatise on landscape painting)
 1806 Earnest Freiherr von Feuchtersleben Austria, physician/philosopher
 1808 Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch German politician/reformer [or 1883]
 1815 Abram Duryee Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 
            1890
 1818 Alexander II [N Romanov] Tsar of Russia (1855-81)
 1830 Adolph Sutro San Francisco mayor, built Cliff House, railways, 
            tunnels
 1842 Karl Millöcker Austria conductor/composer (Beggar Student)
 1854 Henri Poincaré France, mathematician/astronomer/philosopher
 1855 Anatol K Liadov Russian composer (Bewitched Lake)
 1855 Edmund van der Straeten composer
 1857 Edouard Rod France/Swiss writer (Mishel' Tes'e)
 1857 Frantisek Ondricek composer
 1860 Lorado Taft US, sculptor (Black Hawk)
 1862 Vittorio Mario Vanzo composer
 1863 William Randolph Hearst publisher (San Francisco Examiner, Seattle 
            P-I)
 1871 Louis William Stern German/US philosopher (Intelligence of Children)
 1872 Eyvind Alnaes composer
 1873 Alida J M Tartaud-Klein actress/stage star (Rotterdam Stage)
 1879 Sir Thomas Beecham England, composer, founded London Philharmonic
 1882 Hendrik N Werkman painter/printer/resistance fighter (Hot printing)
 1885 Wallingford Riegger Albany GA, composer (Bacchangle)
 1885 Egon E Kisch Czechoslovakia, writer/journalist (Rasende Reporter)
 1893 Elisaveta Bagrjana [Beltsheva], Bulgaria, poet
 1893 Harold C Urey Walkerton IN, physicist (discovered Deuterium, 
            Nobel 1934)
 1894 Paul Hörbiger Budapest Hungary, actor (Liebelei)
 1895 Malcolm Sargent English conductor (Promenade Concerts)
 1896 Jacques Leon Wolfe composer
 1896 Walter Mehring writer
 1899 Duke [Edward Kennedy] Ellington Washington DC, bandleader (Take 
            the A Train, It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That 
            Swing))
 1899 Karl Yngve Skold composer
 1899 Natalie Talmadge actress (Our Hospitality)
 19-- Greg Christian rocker (Testament-Souls of Black)
 19-- Mark Kendall rocker (Great White-Twice Shy)
 19-- Richard Kline New York NY, actor (Larry-3's Company, Dr. Mark 
            Benson-Bold & the Beautiful)
 1901 Emperor Hirohito of Japan (1926-89)
 1901 George Osborne Sayles historian
 1902 Theodore Chanler composer
 1903 Frank Parker New York NY, singer (Arthur Godfrey Show, Masquerade 
            Party)
 1904 Russ Morgan Scranton PA, orchestra leader (Welcome Aboard)
 1904 Enrico Mattei Italian oil magnate
 1907 Fred Zinnemann Vienna Austria, movie director (From Here to Eternity, 
            Day of the Jackal, Julia)
 1907 Tino Rossi Ajaccio France, singer (Deux Amours, Marlene)
 1908 Jack [Stewart] Williamson US, sci-fi author (Firechild, Golden 
            Blood, Cometeers)
 1908 Philippe Brun jazz trumpeter
 1909 Daniel Raphael Mayer journalist/resistance leader
 1909 Tom Ewell [S Yewell Tompkins] Owensboro KY, actor (Tom Ewell 
            Show, 7 Year Itch, Adam's Rib)
 1910 John Beavan newspaper editor
 1912 Richard Carlson Albert Lea MN, actor (All I Desire, Flat Top, 
            Valley of Gwangi)
 1912 Italo Valenti Italian sculptor
 1912 Terence de Vere White novelist/critic
 1913 Jack Alexander Bently trombonist
 1913 Thomas Chalmers broadcaster
 1914 Ewan Roberts Edinburgh Scotland, actress (Pvt Benjamin)
 1915 Donald Mills singer (Mills Brothers)
 1918 Mervyn Roye Harvey cricketer (brother of Neil, Test for Australia)
 1919 Celeste Holm New York NY, actress (Gentleman's Agreement, All 
            About Eve)
 1920 Edward Blishen writer teacher/broadcaster
 1920 Harold Samuel Shapero Lynn MA, composer (9 Minute Opera)
 1921 Cornelis de Jager Dutch astronomer (Sun)
 1922 George Allen football coach (Los Angeles Rams, Washington Redskins)
 1922 Parren J Mitchell (Representative-Democrat-MD, 1971- )
 1922 Tommy Noonan Bellingham WA, actor (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 
            Promises Promises)
 1922 Toots [Jean] Thielemans Belgian/US jazz musician/composer
 1923 Irvin Kershner Philadelphia PA, director (Never Say Never Again)
 1923 Maxine Audley London, actress (Peeping Tom, Ricochet, House of 
            Cards)
 1924 Al Balding Toronto Ontario Canada, Canadian Tour golfer (Québec 
            Open-1952)
 1924 Renée Jeanmaire Paris France, dancer (Hans Christian Anderson)
 1925 Ab Abspoel Dutch actor/director (Surprise Attack, Elevator)
 1925 Danny Davis rocker (Nashville Brass
 1926 Carie Meek (Representative-Democrat-FL)
 1927 Dorothy Manley England, 100 meter sprint (Olympics-silver-1948)
 1927 Betsy Ancker-Johnson physicist/auto company exec
 1928 Big Jay McNeely rocker
 1928 Carl Gardner Tyler TX, rock vocalist (Coasters-Searchin)
 1929 [John] Jeremy Thorpe British MP (Liberal)
 1929 Peter Joshua Sculthorpe composer
 1929 Vaclav Kucera composer
 1929 Walter Kempowski German writer (Tadellöser & Wolff)
 1930 Alf[red Lewis] Valentine Jamaican cricket player (great West 
            Indian lefty spinner)
 1931 Aleksei Aleksandrovich Gubarev USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 17, 28)
 1931 Anthony "Lonnie" Donegan Glasgow Scotland, skiffle 
            vocalist/guitarist
 1931 William Ball actor (Suburban Commando)
 1932 Alexei A Gubarev cosmonaut (Soyuz 17, 28)
 1932 King Hu film director
 1932 Yevgeni Alekseyevich Zaikin Russian cosmonaut (Voshkod 2 backup)
 1933 Keith Baxter South Wales, actor (Barretts at Wimpole Street)
 1933 Darijan Bozic composer
 1933 Raymond Earl Hill saxophonist
 1933 Rod [Marvin] McKuen Oakland CA, singer/composer (Alone, Beatsville)
 1934 Pedro Pires premier (Cape Verde, 1975-91)
 1935 Len Weinrib New York NY, comedian (Spike Jones Show)
 1935 Otto M Zykan composer
 1936 April Stevens Niagara Falls NY, rock vocalist (Deep Purple)
 1936 Lane Smith Memphis TN, actor (Perry-Lois & Clark, Chiefs, 
            Nathan-V)
 1936 Richard Lynch actor (Xavier-Battlestar Galactica)
 1936 Zubin Mehta Bombay India, conductor (New York Philharmonic)
 1936 Jacob Rothschild English banker/multi-millionaire
 1940 Brian Taber cricket wicket-keeper (Australian between Grout & 
            Marsh)
 1941 Jonah Barrington British World champion squash player (1966-73)
 1942 Galina Kulakova USSR, skier (Olympics-3 golds-1972)
 1942 Klaus Voorman rock bassist (Manfred Mann-Mighty Quinn)
 1943 Duane Allen Taylortown TX, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira)
 1944 Jim Hart Evanston IL, NFL quarterback (St Louis Cardinals)
 1944 Benedikte Danish princess/daughter of Frederik IX
 1945 [Thomasina] Tammi Terrell [Montgomery] singer (Ain't No Mountain 
            High Enough)
 1945 Hugh Hopper rocker (Soft Machine)
 1945 Richard Warwick actor (Johnny Dangerously, Sebastine, If)
 1946 Franc Roddam director (K2, Bride, Aria, Quadrophenia)
 1946 John Waters Baltimore MD, director (Hairspray)
 1947 Jim Ryun US, 1500 meter runner/broke 4 minute mile (Olympics-silver-1968)
 1947 Tommy James singer (cri-im-son & clo-o-ver o-o-ver & 
            o-o-ver)
 1947 John[ny Laurence] Miller San Francisco CA, golfer (US Open 1973, 
            1974 PGA Player of the Year, British Open 1976)
 1948 Reb Brown Los Angeles CA, actor (Cage, Yor, Captain America, 
            Fast Break)
 1949 Anita Dobson England, actress (Annie Watts-EastEnders)
 1949 Eddie Hart US, 100 meter runner (Olympics-1972)
 1949 Susan Pratt actress (Barbara Montgomery-All My Children, Claire 
            Ramsey-Guiding Light)
 1951 [Ralph] Dale Earnhardt Kannapolis NC, NASCAR driver/"The 
            Intimidator"
 1952 Deborah Van Valkenburgh Schnectady, actress (Too Close for Comfort)
 1952 Nora Dunn Chicago IL, comedienne (Saturday Night Live, Miami 
            Blues, Working Girl)
 1953 Dale Earnhardt auto racer (6-time NASCAR national champion)
 1953 Nikolai Nikolayevich Budarin Kirya Russia, cosmonaut (STS 71, 
            TM-27)
 1954 Bill Paxon (Representative-Republican-NY)
 1954 Deborah Iyall rocker (Romeo Void)
 1955 Kate Mulgrew Dubuque IA, actress (Captain Janeway-Star Trek Voyager, 
            Heartbeat, Kate Loves a Mystery)
 1955 Jerry Seinfeld comedian/actor (Seinfeld)
 1956 Ron Verlin rocker (Shooting Star)
 1957 Richie C Robertson rock bassist/vocalist (Fabulous Poodles)
 1958 Eve Plumb Burbank, actress (Jan-Brady Bunch, I'm Gonna Get You 
            Sucka)
 1958 Michelle Pfeiffer Santa Ana CA, actress (What Lies Beneath, Up 
            Close & Personal, Ladyhawke, Married to the Mob, Grease 2)
 1958 Simon Edwards rocker (Fairground Attraction-Find My Love)
 1958 Daniel Day-Lewis England, actor (Last of the Mohicans, My Left 
            Foot)
 1960 Joseph Guzaldo Chicago IL, actor (Stir Crazy)
 1960 Gerard Joling Dutch singer (Love is in Your Eyes)
 1960 William Lee Glasson Jr Fresno CA, PGA golfer (1985 Kemper Open)
 1962 Bruce Driver Toronto Ontario Canada, NHL defenseman (New York 
            Rangers)
 1962 Dieter Hegen Kaufbeuren Germany, hockey forward (Team Germany 
            1998)
 1962 Robert Druppers runner (world record 1 km indoor)
 1965 Reggie Miller NBA player (Indiana Pacers)
 1966 John VanderWal Grand Rapids MI, outfielder (Colorado Rockies)
 1966 Phil Tufnell cricketer (England slow lefty & slower fieldsman)
 1967 Curtis Joseph Keswick Ontario Canada, NHL goalie (Team Canada, 
            Edmonton Oilers)
 1967 Elizabeth "Betsy" McCagg Kirkland WA, rower/twin sister 
            of Mary (Olympics-4th-92, 96)
 1967 Mary McCagg Kirkland WA, rower/twin sister of Elizabeth (Olympics-4th-92, 
            96)
 1967 Rachel Williams Greenwich Village NY, model (Absolut Vodka, Elle)
 1968 Browning Nagle NFL quarterback (New York Jets, Atlanta Falcons)
 1968 Carnie Wilson Los Angeles CA, rock vocalist (Wilson Phillips-Hold 
            On)
 1969 Arthur Marshall NFL wide receiver (New York Giants)
 1970 Andre Agassi Las Vegas NV, tennis star (Olympics-gold-96, US 
            Open-1994 & 1999, Wimbledon-1992)
 1970 Arnaud Briand hockey forward (Team France 1998)
 1970 Derrick Frazier NFL cornerback (Philadelphia Eagles)
 1970 J R Phillips West Covina CA, infielder (Philadelphia Phillies)
 1970 Leuea Tagoai CFL defensive end (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
 1970 Mark McMillian NFL cornerback (Philadelphia Eagles, Kansas City 
            Chiefs)
 1970 Uma Thurman Boston MA, actress (Baron Munchausen, Pulp Fiction)
 1970 William Martin III Charleston SC, Finnish yachter (Olympics-23rd-1996)
 1971 Sterling Hitchcock Fayetteville NC, pitcher (New York Yankees, 
            Sea Mariners)
 1972 Gwendolyn Wentland Flint MI, high jumper
 1974 Alana Blahoski ice hockey forward (USA, Olympics-98)
 1975 John Macready Los Angeles CA, gymnast (Olympics-5th-96)
 1976 God Shammgod NBA guard (Washington Wizards)
 1976 Nayla Micherif Miss Brazil-Universe (1997)
 1978 Mike Bryan Oxnard CA, tennis star (USTA National 18 doubles)
 1993 Aurelia Clasina Lucia Wildeboer daughter of Pieter & Mirtle
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deaths which occurred 
            on April 29th:
 0852 Amalarius/Fortunatus/Symphosius of Metz/Lyon bishop, dies at 
            76
 1499 John IV Dutch army leader/earl of Egmond, dies
 1535 John Houghton English, executed
 1676 Michiel A de Ruyter Dutch Rear-Admiral, (Newport), killed at 
            69
 1699 Samuel Apostool vicar/theologist (Zonisten), dies at 50
 1712 Juan Bautista Jose Cabanilles composer, dies at 67
 1813 Christian Danner composer, dies at 55
 1841 A Bertrand writer, dies
 1864 Charles-Julien Brianchon math (Brianchon's theorem), dies at 
            80
 1871 John Gelinde van Blom Fries notary/author, dies at 75
 1905 Ignacio Cervantes composer, dies at 57
 1918 Gavrilo Princip Bosnian murderer of arch duke Ferdinand, dies 
            at 22
 1921 Arthur Mold British cricket bowler (1893, banished for throwing), 
            dies
 1928 Henrich Federer Switzerland, writer (I Switch Off The Light), 
            dies at 61
 1935 Leroy Carr blues singer/songwriter/pianist, dies=
 1936 Florentinus M Wibaut Amsterdam social alderman, dies at 76
 1943 Joseph Achron Latvian violinist/composer (Golem suite), dies 
            at 56
 1943 Karl Adrian Wohlfart composer, dies at 68
 1943 Sidney A K Keyes English poet (Foreign Gate), dies at 20
 1947 Irving Fisher US economist, dies at 80
 1951 Jules Verstraete [Julien G de Graef] actor (Boefje), dies at 
            67
 1951 Ludwig J J Wittgenstein Austria/English philosopher, dies at 
            62
 1953 Moïse Kisling Polish/French painter (La souris boiteuse), 
            dies at 62
 1954 Ernst Heldring Dutch merchant/ship owner/financier, dies at 82
 1956 Nemesio Otano y Eugenio composer, dies at 75
 1957 Otallo Morales composer, dies at 82
 1964 Albert Saverys Flemish painter, dies at 77
 1966 Eugene O'Brien actor (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at 85
 1967 Anthony Mann US director (El Cid, Last Frontier), dies at 60
 1968 Frankie Lymon rocker (& Teenagers), dies of a drug overdose 
            at 25
 1972 Ntare V deposed King of Burundi, killed in an abortive coup
 1973 Manfred Gurlitt composer, dies at 82
 1975 Charles McMahon Jr US USMC lance corporal, killed in Vietnam
 1975 Darwin Judge USMC-corporal, 1 of last US soldiers killed in Viet
 1975 Michael John Shea USMC-Lieutenant/pilot, 1 of last soldiers killed 
            in Vietnam
 1975 William Craig Nystul USMC Captain, 1 of last US soldiers killed 
            in Viet
 1976 Wilhelm Maler composer, dies at 73
 1979 Julia A Perry US composer/conductor (Soul Symphony), dies at 
            55
 1980 Alfred Joseph Hitchcock British director (Psycho, Birds), dies 
            at 80
 1984 Marvin Gaye rocker (Sexual Healing), shot dead by his father 
            at 45
 1986 Seamus McElwaine Irish IRA-terrorist, killed at 25
 1988 Andrew Cruickshank actor (Body in Library, Murder Most Foul), 
            dies
 1988 Jan Kapr composer, dies at 74
 1991 Claude Gallimard French publisher, dies
 1992 Mae Clarke actress (Public Enemy, Frankenstein), dies at 84
 1993 Cy Howard director (Lovers & Other Strangers), dies at 77
 1993 Michael Gordon actor/director (Pillow Talk), dies at 83
 1993 Mick Ronson English guitarist/producer (Mott the Hoople), dies 
            at 46
 1994 Bill Quinn US actor (Quinn Brothers, Birds, Lucky Stiff), dies 
            at 81
 1994 Erik Erikson anthropologist, dies at 53
 1994 Oscar Sheldon A Williams artist/critic, dies at 74
 1995 Robert Gibb zoo/theme park creator, dies at 57
 1996 David William Eric Davis broadcaster, dies at 87
 1996 Jaime Garcia Terre poet/essayist, dies at 71
 1996 Siti Hartinah Suharto wife of President Suharto of Indonesia, 
            dies at 72
 1996 Tony Hymphris political activist, dies at 45
 1997 Keith Ferguson blues (Fabulous Thunderbirds), dies of overdose 
            at 50
 1997 Mike Royko columnist, dies of stroke at 64
 1997 Peter Tali Coleman Governor of American Samoa (1956-61, 78-85, 
            89-93), dies
 
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