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            29th May, on this day 363 Roman Emperor 
            Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle 
            of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sassanid capital, but is 
            unable to take the city526 Antioch struck by Earthquake; about 250,000 die
 757 St Paul I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
 1138 Anti-Pope Victor IV (Gregorio) overthrows self for Innocentius 
            II
 1167 Lombard League defeat Frederick Barbarossa at Battle 
            of Legnano
 1176 Battle 
            at Legnano: Lombardi League beats Frederik Barbarossa
 1415 Council 
            of Konstanz
 1453 Mohammad 
            II, founder of the Ottoman Empire, captures the city of Constantinople 
            which is later declared the Empire's capital
 1453 French banker Jacques Coeurs possessions confiscated
 1500 Portuguese explorer Bartalomeu Diaz drowns during a voyage
 1576 Spanish army under Mondragón conquerors Zierik sea
 1630 Governor John 
            Winthrop begins "History of New England"
 1652 English Admiral Robert Blake drives out Dutch fleet under Lieutenant-Admiral 
            Tromp
 1660 Charles 
            II restored to English throne after Puritan Commonwealth
 1677 Treaty of Middle 
            Plantation establishes peace between the Virginia colonists and 
            the local Indians.
 1692 Battle 
            at La Hogue: English and Dutch fleet beat France
 1692 Royal Hospital Founders Day 1st celebrated
 1721 South Carolina formally incorporated as a royal colony
 1727 Peter 
            II Aleksei (11) becomes czar of Russia
 1733 Right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves upheld at Quebec City.
 1753 Joseph 
            Haydn's "Krumme Teufel" premieres
 1765 Patrick 
            Henry historic speech against the Stamp Act, answering a cry of 
            "Treason!" with, "If this be treason, make the most 
            of it!"
 1780 Waxhaw 
            massacre : Lieutenant Colonel Banastre 
            Tarleton brutally massacred Colonel Abraham Buford's continentals 
            even after the continentals surrendered. 113 Americans were killed.
 1787 "Virginia 
            Plan" proposed
 1790 Rhode Island becomes last of original 13 colonies ratifying Constitution
 1848 Battle at Curtazone: Austrians beat Sardinia-Piemonte
 1848 Wisconsin becomes 30th state
 1849 Lincoln says "You can fool some of the people all of the 
            time, & of people some of time, but you can't fool all of the 
            people all of time"
 1849 Patent for lifting vessels granted to Abraham Lincoln
 1861 Dorothea 
            Dix offers help in setting up hospitals for Union Army
 1864 Mexican Emperor Maximilian arrives at Vera Cruz. His first time 
            in Mexico
 1867 Austro-Hungarian agreement called Ausgleich 
            ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which established 
            the Austro-Hungarian Empire; on June 8 Emperor Franz Joseph was crowned 
            King of Hungary.
 1868 The assassination of Michael 
            Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia, in Belgrade.
 1871 Whit Monday becomes the first official Bank Holiday in Britain
 1874 Present constitution of Switzerland takes effect
 1884 1st steam cable trams start in highgate
 1886 Chemist John 
            Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, the ad 
            appearing in the Atlanta Journal.
 1889 August 
            Strindberg's "Hemsoborna" premieres in Copenhagen
 1900 Trademark "Escalator" registered by Otis Elevator Co
 1905 Pogrom against Jewish community in Brisk, Lithuania
 1910 Pope's encyclical on Editae Saepe, against church reformers
 1912 15 young women fired by Curtis Publishing for dancing the "Turkey 
            Trot" during their lunch break
 1914 Cruise liner Empress 
            of Ireland collides with a Norwegian freighter on the St Lawrence 
            River in Canada. More than 1000 are killed
 1916 Official flag of President of US adopted
 1916 US forces invade Dominican Republic, stay until 1924
 1919 Charles 
            Strite patents pop-up toaster
 1919 Einstein's light-bending prediction confirmed by Arthur 
            Eddington
 1919 Republic 
            of Prekmurje founded
 1922 Ecuador becomes independent
 1928 Fritz 
            von Opel reaches 200 kph in experimental rocket car
 1932 World War I Veterans begin to assemble in Washington, DC in the 
            Bonus 
            Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.
 1940 In WWII, Germans capture Ostend and Ypres in Belgium and Lille 
            in France
 1942 American singer Bing Crosby records the world's top selling record: 
            "White Christmas", for the soundtrack of the film Holiday 
            Inn
 1943 Confederacy of Algiers (Churchill-Marshall-Eisenhower)
 1943 Meat and cheese rationed in US
 1944 British troops occupy Apriliam, Italy
 1944 World War II: American aircraft carrier Block Island is sunk 
            by a German submarine in the Atlantic
 1945 US 1st Marine division conquerors Shuri-castle, Okinawa
 1950 In Britain, BBC radio broadcasts the first episode of the Archers
 1950 St. 
            Roch, first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, 
            Nova Scotia .
 1951 1st North Pole flight in single engine plane-CF Blair
 1953 New Zealand climber Sir Edmund Hillary and his sherpa Tenzing 
            Norgay, become the first men to reach the summit of Mount Everest 
            in the Himalayas. The news breaks in Britain on Queen Elizabeth II's 
            Coronation Day, June 2nd
 1954 Kirk and Anne Douglas married
 1954 Pope Pius X issues holy declaration
 1955 Jordan government of Tewfik Abdul Huda resigns
 1956 Arnold 
            Schönberg's "Modern Psalm" premieres
 1957 Algerian rebels kill 336 collaborators
 1957 Laos Government of prince Suvanna Phuma resigns
 1959 Charles de Gaulle forms French Government
 1960 Everly Brothers "Cathy's Clown" hits number 1
 1962 Barbra Streisand appears on "The Garry Moore Show"
 1967 Pope Paul VI names 27 new cardinals, including Karol Wojtyla, 
            archbishop of Krakow, who later became Pope John Paul II
 1968 Manchester United become the first English team to win European 
            Championship soccer tournament beating Benfica of Portugal 4-1 at 
            Wembley after an added 30 minutes
 1968 UN resolves sanctions on white-minority-ruled Rhodesia
 1969 Britain's Trans-Arctic expedition makes 1st crossing of Arctic 
            Sea ice
 1970 USSR performs nuclear test (underground)
 1972 26 people are killed and dozens more injured when three Japanese 
            gunmen opened fire on crowds at Lod International Airport in Tel Aviv, 
            Israel.
 1973 Columbia Records fires president Clive 
            Davis for misappropriating $100,000 in funds, Davis will start 
            Arista records
 1973 Thomas 
            Bradley elected 1st black mayor of Los Angeles, CA
 1974 Northern Ireland is brought under direct rule from Westminster
 1977 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk 
            USSR
 1978 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk 
            USSR
 1979 Bishop Abel 
            Muzorewa is sworn in as Zimbabwe's 1st black PM
 1981 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
 1982 In the first Papal visit to Britain since 1531, Pope Paul II 
            prays alongside the Archbishop of Canterbury, the head of the Church 
            of England, at Canterbury Cathedral
 1982 Pentagon plans 1st strategy to fight a nuclear war
 1985 39 football fans are killed and at least another 400 injured 
            when a wall collapses during crowd violence at the Heysel Stadium 
            in Brussels only minutes before the start of the European Cup Final 
            between Liverpool and Juventus
 1987 "Twilight Zone" director John 
            Landis found innocent in death of actor Vic 
            Morrow
 1987 Michael Jackson attempts to buy Elephant Man's remains
 1988 President 
            Zia ul-Haq fires government/disbands parliament in Pakistan
 1988 U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet 
            Union as he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with Soviet 
            leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
 1989 Student protesters in Tiananmen Square China construct a replica 
            of the Statue of Liberty
 1990 An earthquake hits Peru, killing 56
 1990 Boris Yeltsin is elected President of the Russian Republic
 1993 Nazis kill 5 Turkish women in Solingen, Germany
 1994 Great comet-iceball seen above North Sea
 1994 Hungary's Socialist Party wins parliamentary election
 1996 Space Shuttle STS 77 (Endeavour 11), lands
 1997 Jesse 
            Timmedequas, found guilty of rape/murder of Megan 
            Kanka, 7
 1999 US space shuttle Discovery becomes the first spacecraft to dock 
            with the International Space Station still under construction in space
 2004 The Al-Khobar 
            massacres in Saudi Arabia kill 22.
 2005 France, one of the founders of a united Europe, resoundingly 
            rejects the European 
            Constitution.
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        | Birthdates which 
            occurred on 29th May : 1627 Anne of Orléans 
            duchess of Montpensier (Grand Mademoiselle) 1630 Charles II king of England (1660-85)
 1673 Cornelis van Bijnkershoek lawyer/president of High Council
 1716 Louis J M Daubenton French zoologist
 1730 William Jackson composer
 1731 Orazio Mei composer
 1736 Patrick Henry US, patriot "Give me liberty or give me death"
 1741 Johann Gottfried Krebs composer
 1791 Pietro Romani composer
 1810 Erasmus Darwin Keyes Major General (Union volunteers), died in 
            1895
 1810 Juan B Alberdi [Figarillo] Argentina politician/writer
 1810 Solomon Meredith Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died 
            in 1875
 1824 Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox Major General (Confederate Army)
 1825 David Bell Birney Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
 1826 Ebenezer Butterick inventor (tissue paper dress pattern)
 1827 Reuben Lindsay Walker Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died 
            in 1890
 1837 Alexander F de Savornin Lohmann Dutch minister/party leader (CHU)
 1837 Luca Fumagalli composer
 1839 Ned Gregory cricketer (brother of Dave, father of Syd Played 
            1st Test)
 1840 Hans Makart Austrian painter (Plague in Florenz)
 1843 Emile Pessard composer
 1846 Albert György earl Apponyi Hungarian minister of Education
 1851 Léon Bourgeois French premier (1895-96, Nobel 1920)
 1852 Jindrich z Albestu Kaan composer
 1860 Isaac [Manuel F] Albéniz Spanish pianist/composer (Iberia)
 1864 A H Borgesius Dutch amateur astronomer
 1868 Fréderic baron d'Erlanger French composer/banker
 1874 Gilbert Keith Chesterton England, journalist/poet/critic/novelist 
            (Man Who Made Gold)
 1880 Oswald Spengler Germany, philosopher (Decline of the West)
 1881 Frederik Septimus Kelly composer
 1883 William Beatton Moonie composer
 1885 Erwin F Finlay-Freundlich British astronomer (theory of relativity)
 1890 Francis de Bourguignon composer
 1892 Alfonsina Storni Argentine poet (La inquietud del rosal)
 1894 Beatrice Lillie Toronto, comedian/actress (Around World in 80 
            Days)
 1894 Josef von Sternberg Austrian director (Der blaue Engel)
 1896 George L Funke botanist (Flower Physiology)
 1897 Erich Wolfgang Korngold Brno Austria, movie composer (Violanta)
 1897 Ignace Lilien composer
 19-- Donna Jean Young East McKeesport PA, comedienne (Laugh-in)
 19-- Roya Megnot Southfield MI, actress (Ava-Loving)
 19-- Sandy Helberg Frankfurt Germany, actor (Flatbush, 79 Park Ave)
 1903 Bob Hope [Leslie Townes] Kent England, entertainer/comedian (famous 
            profile)
 1904 Robert Knox bacteriologist
 1905 Fela Sowande composer
 1905 Jan [Johannes] Teulings Dutch actor/director (That Joyous Eve)
 1905 Sebastian Shaw Holt England, actor (Return of Jedi, Chimera, 
            High Season, Spy in Black)
 1906 Hans Joachim Schaeuble composer
 1906 Terence Hanbury White Bombay India, novelist (England Have My 
            Bones)
 1907 Desmond Shawe-Taylor critic
 1909 Neil R[onald] Jones US, sci-fi author (Space War, Twin Worlds)
 1910 Agnes Beatrice Read medical social worker
 1911 James Marjoribanks British ambassador
 1911 Louis Wain agricultural scientist
 1912 John Hanlo Dutch poet (Go to the Mosque)
 1913 Douglas Black physician
 1913 Iris Adrian Los Angeles CA, actress (Blue Hawaii, Bluebeard)
 1915 David Jenklins librarian (National Library of Wales)
 1915 Igor Buketoff Hartford CT, conductor (Iceland Symphony 1964-65)
 1915 Lord Huntingfield British agent to UN Secreteriat
 1916 Carl M Story fiddler
 1917 John Fitzgerald Kennedy Brookline MA, (Senator-D-MA), 35th President 
            (1961-1963)
 1918 Herb Shriner humorist/TV host (Herb Shriner Show)
 1918 Isabel Dean England, actress (5 Days one Summer, Virgin Island, 
            Ransom)
 1920 Robin Haydon British diplomat
 1921 Clifton James New York NY, actor (Buster & Billie, David 
            & Lisa)
 1921 George Terry chief constable (Sussex England)
 1921 James Clifton Spokane WA, actor (Live & Let Die)
 1922 Iannis Xenakis Braila Romania, composer/architect/mathematician
 1922 John Heerbecq Church commissioner
 1923 Earl of Morley Lord Lieutenant (Devon)
 1923 Richard Worsley quarter master General
 1925 Kenneth Couzens CEO (Coal Products)
 1926 Charles Denner Tarnow Poland, actor (And Now My Love)
 1926 Iannis Xenakis composer/architect/engineer
 1927 Carl Toms stage designer (1 Million BC, Moon Zero Two)
 1927 Dick Hillenius Dutch biologist/writer
 1927 Trevor Holdsworth CEO (National Power)
 1928 Felix Rohatyn Vienna Austria, investment banker (New York Big 
            MAC Bonds)
 1929 Anthony Grant British MP
 1929 Katie Boyle [Lady Sander Saunders] British broadcaster
 1929 Kennetgh Couzens CEO (Coal Products)
 1930 Eleanor Fazan opera/show choreographer (Lassiter, Ruling Class)
 1931 Carl Toms stage designer
 1932 Paul Erlich environmental scientist
 1935 André P Brink South African writer (Dry White Season)
 1935 Denis J Worrall South African politician/leader (DP)
 1935 Martin Garrod Commandant General (Royal Marines)
 1936 Arlene McQuade New York NY, actress (Rosalie-Goldbergs)
 1937 Alwin Schockemohle horse show jumper
 1937 Irmin Schmidt rocker (Can)
 1937 Peter Kolman composer
 1938 Francis Thomas (Fay) Vincent baseball commissioner
 1939 Al Unser auto racer (Indianapolis 500-1970, 71)
 1939 Martin Garrod Commandant General Royal Marines
 1939 Nanette Newman writer/actress (Endless Game, Of Human Bondage)
 1941 Douglas Scott mountaineer
 1941 Roy Crewsdon Manchester, rocker (Freddie & The Dreamers)
 1942 Kevin Conway New York NY, actor (Flash Point, Cage of Angels)
 1943 Bob Edgar (Representative-D-PA, 1975-87)
 1943 E Thomas Coleman (Representative-R-MO, 1976- )
 1943 Terry Pavey editor (TV Times)
 1944 Helmut Berger actor (Ash Wednesday, Damned, Picture of Dorian 
            Gray)
 1944 Quentin Davies MP (C)
 1945 Lord Fraser of Carmyllie Minister of State (Scotland)
 1945 Martin Pipe horse trainer
 1945 Mike Rossi rocker (Status Quo)
 1946 Robin Johnson Brooklyn NY, actress (Times Square)
 1947 Mark Nelson Brooklyn NY, crew member (Biosphere 2)
 1948 Anthony Geary Coalville UT, actor (Luke/Bill-General Hospital)
 1948 Linda Esther Gray opera singer
 1948 Michael Berkley composer/broadcaster
 1949 Francis Rossi London England, guitarist/vocalist (Status Quo-Down 
            Down, Picture of a Matchstick Man)
 1949 Gary Brooker Essex England, rock keyboardist (Procol Harum)
 1950 Rebbie [Maureen] Jackson Gary IN, singer (R U Tuff Enuff)
 1950 Talat Ali cricketer (Pakistan opening batsman in ten Tests 1972-80)
 1952 Louise Cooper UK, sci-fi author (Nemesis, Inferno, Infanta, Nocturne)
 1953 Danny Elfman Los Angeles CA, composer (Simspon Show Theme)
 1953 Ranji Nanan cricketer (Trinidad off-spinner, 1 Test vs Pakistan 
            1981)
 1953 Rick Henderson Beaumont TX, singer (Mason Dixon-Karen Comes Around)
 1955 Jerry Dengler Colorado Springs CO, singer (Mason Dixon-Karen 
            Comes Around)
 1955 John Hinckley Jr shot & wounded President Reagan in 1981
 1955 Mike Porcaro rock bassist (Toto-Roseanna, Africa)
 1956 Greg R rocker (Bad)
 1956 Larry Blackmon rocker (Cameo-Alligator Woman)
 1956 LaToya Yvette Jackson Gary IN, singer (posed in Playboy, Millipede)
 1958 Annette Bening Topeka KS, actress (American Beauty, Grifters, 
            Bugsy, Valmont)
 1958 Ivar Sisniega México, pentathlete (Olympics-1980)
 1958 Sam Clancy WLAF defensive assistant coach (Barcelona Dragons)
 1959 Mel Gaynor Glasgow Scotland, rock drummer (Simple Minds-Water 
            Front)
 1959 Rupert Everett Norfolk England, actor (My Best Friend's Wedding, 
            A Midsummer Night's Dream, Next Best Thing)
 1959 Tamayo Otsuki actress (Mrs Yamagami-Davis Rules)
 1960 Adrian Paul London England, actor (Dance to Win, Highlander)
 1961 David Palmer heavy metal drummer (ABC, AC/DC)
 1961 Melissa Etheridge US singer/songwriter/guitarist (Never Enough)
 1961 Todd Boonstra Minneapolis MN, cross country skier (Olympics-1994)
 1962 Eric Davis Los Angeles CA, outfielder (Cincinnati Reds)
 1962 Gerry Norquist Portland OR, Nike golfer (1990 Boise Open-5th)
 1963 Lisa Whelchel Fort Worth TX, actress (Blair-Facts of Life, Michey 
            Mouse Club)
 1963 Tracey E Bregman Recht Munich Germany, actress (Days of Our Life)
 1965 Charlie Hayes Hattisburg MS, 3rd baseman (Pittsburgh Pirates, 
            New York Yankees)
 1965 Emilio Sanchez Madrid Spain, Tennis player (Olympics-bronze-1988)
 1965 Jammo Myllys Savonlinna Finland, hockey goalie (Team Finland, 
            Olympics-bronze-98)
 1966 Floyd Turner NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts)
 1967 Bill Risley Chicago IL, pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays)
 1967 Karina Orum Denmark, golfer (Scandinavian champion 1989)
 1967 Mike Keane Winnipeg, NHL right wing (Colorado Avalanche)
 1967 Ray Bernard CFL linebacker (Montréal Alouettes)
 1968 Brian Roche NFL tight end (San Diego Chargers)
 1968 Duane Young NFL tight end (San Diego Chargers)
 1969 Toby Borland Quitman LA, pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies)
 1969 Wiltrud Probst Nuermberg Germany, tennis star (1992 Belgian Open)
 1972 Bill Curley NBA forward (Portland Trail Blazers, Minnesota Timberwolves)
 1972 David Hendrix NFL strong safety (San Diego Chargers)
 1972 Kenny McEntyre WLAF cornerback (London Monarchs)
 1972 Kevin McDougal CFL quarterback (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
 1973 Emma Johnson Sydney New South Wales Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
 1973 Etdrick Bohannon NBA forward (Indiana Pacers)
 1973 Jason Dawe North York, NHL left wing (Buffalo Sabres)
 1973 Malcolm Allen Wauchope New South Wales Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
 1973 Tiffany M Sloan Orange County CA, playmate (October 1992)
 1974 Barbara Mulej Kranj Slovenia, tennis star (1992 Futures Germany)
 1974 Kenny Bynum running back (San Diego Chargers)
 1974 Robyn Petroskey Minneapolis MN, figure skater (1996 Midwest champion)
 1975 Alexander Zhurik hockey defenseman (Belarus, Olympics-98)
 1975 Bianca Langham Australian field hockey fullback/halfback (Olympics-96)
 1975 Melanie Janine Brown "Scary Spice", Leeds, vocalist 
            (Spice Girls)
 1975 Shoshanna Lonstein New York NY, girlfriend (Jerry Seinfeld)
 1977 Brent Roberts Leesville LA, diver (Olympics-96)
 1977 Danny Gerard Mount Vernon NY, actor (Alan Silver-Brooklyn Bridge)
 1979 Luann Roberts Miss Alabama Teen USA (1996)
 1980 Valérie Hould-Marchand Riviere-Du-Loup QU, synchronized 
            swim (Olympics-silver-96)
 1983 Richard Jackson Redlands CA, actor (Ryan Meyers-Saved by the 
            Bell)
 1989 Danielle Riley Keough grand daughter of Elvis Presley
 1991 Coral Browne Australian actor (Ruling Class), dies of cancer 
            at 77
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deaths which occurred 
            on May 29th:
 1453 Constantine XI Dragases last Byzantine Emperor, dies at 49
 1500 Bartholomeu Diaz de Narvaez (Novaez) Portuguese sea explorer, 
            drowns
 1544 Jacobus Latomus [Jasques Masson] Belgian inquisitor, dies at 
            about 68
 1546 Cardinal Beaton English archbishop of St Andrews, murdered
 1593 John Penry English congressionalist, executed
 1629 Arnold Baert Flemish lawyer/member of Great Council, dies at 
            about 74
 1660 György Rákóczi II prince of Transsylvania, 
            dies in battle
 1660 Peter Scriverius lawyer/historian, dies at 44
 1680 Abraham Megerle composer, dies at 73
 1691 Cornelis Tromp Admiral-General/son of Maarten T, dies at 61
 1750 Giuseppe Porsile composer, dies at 70
 1788 Jacques Aliamet French etcher/engraver, dies at 61
 1814 Joséphine empress of France (1804-14), dies
 1815 Cornelis de Gijselaar politician/patriot, dies at 64
 1816 Madame L'Ouverture widow of Haiti's leader Toussaint L'O, dies
 1829 Humphry Davy scientist/inventor (Miner's safety lamp), dies at 
            84
 1833 William Marshall composer, dies at 84
 1862 Franciszek Wincenty Mirecki composer, dies at 71
 1869 Philippe Vandermaelen Flemish cartographer/publisher, dies at 
            73
 1877 John Lothrop Motley (History of United Netherlands), dies at 
            63
 1883 Albrecht of Prussia mistress of John van Rossum, dies at 73
 1883 WFLC Marianne princess of Orange-Nassau, dies
 1885 Alfred von Meissner Austrian physician/writer (Ziska), dies at 
            63
 1892 Baha'u'llah [Mirza HA Noeri] Persian founder (Bahá'í), 
            dies at 74
 1899 Frantz Jehin-Prume composer, dies at 60
 1905 Leon Francis Victor Caron composer, dies at 55
 1910 Mili Alexeyevich Balakirev Russian composer (Islamej), dies at 
            73
 1911 William Schwenck Gilbert England, writer (Gilbert & Sullivan), 
            dies at 74
 1922 Jevgeni B Vachtangov Armenian/Russian actor/director, dies at 
            39
 1923 Adolf Oberländer German painter, dies
 1924 Pierre-Paul Cambon French diplomat (Madrid/London), dies
 1933 Frank Sugg cricketer (batted in 2 Tests for England 1888), dies
 1934 Eugenie Besserer actress (Anna Christie, Madame X), dies at 65
 1934 Heihatjirô Tôjô Japanese Admiral (Russian-Japanese 
            War), dies
 1935 Josef Suk Czechoslovakia, violinist/composer, dies at 61
 1942 John Barrymore US actor (Beloved Rogue, Dinner at 8), dies at 
            60
 1943 Hermann Hans Wetzler composer, dies at 72
 1948 May Whitty actress (Gaslight, Mrs Miniver, Suspicion), dies at 
            82
 1951 Dimitrios Levidis composer, dies at 66
 1951 Fanny Brice Ziegfeld Girl (Baby Snooks Show), dies at 59
 1951 Josef Bohuslav Foerster composer, dies at 91
 1951 Robert Kahn composer, dies at 85
 1955 Daniël G van Beuningen art collector, dies at 78
 1956 Albert H Edelkoort theologist (Christusverwachting), dies at 
            65
 1956 Hermann Abendroth German conductor (Gewandhausorkest), dies at 
            73
 1957 George Bacovia [Vasiliu] Romanian poet/composer (Plumb), dies 
            at 75
 1958 Juan Ramón Jiménez Spanish poet (Nobel 1956), dies 
            at 76
 1961 Uuno Kalervo Klami composer, dies at 60
 1967 Geronimo Baqueiro Foster composer, dies at 69
 1970 John Gunther author/host (John Gunther's High Road), dies at 
            68
 1971 Max Trapp composer, dies at 83
 1973 Eric Applewhite entertainer, dies
 1977 Goddard Lieberson composer, dies at 66
 1978 Bob Crane actor (Donna Reed Show, Hogan-Hogan's Heroes), dies 
            at 49
 1979 Mary Pickford actress (Coquette, Suds, Secrets), dies at 86
 1982 Romy Schneider actress (Cardinal), dies of cardiac arrest at 
            43
 1984 Eric Morecambe comedian (Morecambe & Wise), dies at 58
 1985 39 die at Heysel Stadium in Liverpool in a riot prior to soccer 
            match
 1985 Madge West actress (Grandma-McLean Stevenson Show), dies at 93
 1987 Alain Vincx Belgian stuntman, dies in an accident at 40
 1991 Coral Browne Australian actress, (Dreamchild, Ruling Class), 
            dies of cancer at 77
 1992 Bill Beyers actor (Wally-Capitol), dies of AIDS at 37
 1992 Karl Carstens president of RFA (1979-84), dies
 1992 Peter John "Ollie" Halsall guitarist, dies of a heart 
            attack at 43
 1992 Pippa Steele actress (Vampire Lovers), dies of cancer at 44
 1993 Billy Conn boxer (fought Joe Louis 1951), dies of pneumonia at 
            75
 1993 Tiny Hofman Amsterdam activist (Nieuwmarkt), dies at 68
 1994 Erich Honecker President of German Democratic Republic (1971-89), 
            dies in Chile at 81
 1994 Ezra Taft Benson minister of Agriculture/leader of mormon (1985-94), 
            dies at 94
 1994 Harry Levin literary Scholar, dies at 81
 1994 Jose Bohr actor (El Traidor, Sueno de Amor), dies at 92
 1994 Joseph Janni producer, dies at 78
 1994 Oliver "Bops Junior" Jackson drummer, dies at 61
 1995 Margaret Chase Smith 1st woman Representative & Senator (R-ME), 
            dies at 97
 1996 James George "Jimmy" Rowles jazz pianist, dies at 77
 1996 Jeremy Sinden actor (Chariots of Fire, Ascendancy, Harem), dies 
            at 45
 1996 Tamara Toumanova dancer, dies at 77
 1997 George Fenneman announcer (You Bet Your Life), dies at 77
 1997 Jeff Buckley musician, drowns at 30
 1997 John Sengstacke publisher (Defender), dies at 84
 
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