Welcome to Today In History for Saturday, January 2, 2016.
On this day in history ..
- 0069 - Roman Lower Rhine army proclaims its commander, Vitellius, emperor
- 0533 - John II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
- 1235 - Emperor Joseph II orders Jews of Galicia Austria to adopt family names
- 1492 - Spain recaptures Granada from the Moors (Granada Day)
- 1570 - Tsar Ivan the Terrible march to Novgorod begins
- 1585 - Spain & Catholic France sign Saint League of Joinville
- 1602 - Battle at Kinsale, Ireland: English army beats Spanish
- 1602 - Spanish force in Ireland surrender to the English at Kinsdale
- 1678 - Staatsoper Hamburg opens with Theiles "Adam und Eva"
- 1757 - British troops occupy Calcutta India
- 1776 - 1st revolutionary flag displayed
- 1776 - Austria ends interregation torture
- 1788 - Georgia is 4th state to ratify US constitution
- 1790 - Mozart's opera "Cos fan tutti" premieres, Vienna
- 1800 - Free black community of Phila petitions Congress to abolish slave
- 1811 - US Sen Thomas Pickering is 1st senator censured (revealed confidential documents communicated by the president of the US)
- 1814 - Lord Byron completes "The Corsair"
- 1818 - Lord Byron completes "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" (4th canto)
- 1831 - Liberator, abolitionist newspaper, begins publishing in Boston
- 1832 - 1st Curling club in US (Orchard Lake Curling Club) opens
- 1839 - 1st photo of the Moon (French photographer Louis Daguerre)
- 1842 - 1st US wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Penn
- 1843 - Wagner's opera "Der Fliegende Holl„nder" premieres, Dresden
- 1861 - SC seizes inactive Ft Johnson in Charleston Harbor
- 1861 - Colonel Charles Stone is put in charge of organizing DC militia
- 1863 - Battle of Murfreesboro (Stone's River) ends
- 1870 - Construction of Brooklyn Bridge begins
- 1871 - King Amadeus I of Spain inaugurated at 25
- 1879 - 1st Test match hat-trick, Fred Spofforth at the MCG
- 1879 - British battleship Thunder explodes in Gulf of Ismid, 9 die
- 1879 - Dr Benjamin E Mays, named president of Atlanta Board of Education
- 1879 - Northwestern League (minor baseball league) organized, Rockford, Ill
- 1881 - Camille Saint-Sa‰ns' 3rd Concerto in B, premieres
- 1882 - Because of anti-monopoly laws, Standard Oil is organized as a trust
- 1885 - Gen Wolseley receives last distress signal of Gen Gordon in Khartoum
- 1890 - Alice Sanger becomes 1st female White House staffer
- 1890 - Record 19'2" alligator shot in Louisiana by E A McIlhenny
- 1893 - 1st US commemoratives & 1st US stamp to picture a woman issued
- 1893 - World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago [or 0501]
- 1896 - Battle at Doornkop, South Africa (Boers beat Dr Jamesons troops)
- 1900 - E Verlinger begins manufacturing 7" single-sided records (Montreal)
- 1900 - Gustave Charpentiers opera "Louise," premieres in Paris
- 1903 - Pres T Roosevelt shuts down post office in Indianola Miss, for refusing to accept its appointed postmistress because she was black
- 1905 - Elara, a satellite of Jupiter, discovered by Perrine
- 1905 - Japanese troops capture Port Arthur
- 1908 - Canadian branch of the Royal Mint opens in Ottawa
- 1909 - 1st official Dutch 11 city skate (Minne Hoekstra in 13:50)
- 1910 - 1st junior high schools in US opens (Berkeley Calif)
- 1911 - Bkln Dodgers pres Charles Ebbets announces purchase of grounds to build a new concrete-and-steel stadium to seat 30,000
- 1913 - National Woman's Party forms
- 1914 - Philips installs research dept in Eindhoven
- 1917 - Royal Bank of Canada takes over Qu‚bec Bank
- 1918 - Dodgers trade Casey Stengel & Cutshaw to Pitts for Grimes & Mamaux
- 1918 - NHL Montreal Wanderers disband after Westmount arena burns down
- 1919 - Anti-British uprising in Ireland
- 1919 - Lithuania gains independence
- 1920 - 10,000 US union & socialist organizers arrested (Palmer Raids)
- 1921 - 1st religious service radio broadcast in US, KDKA-Pittsburgh
- 1921 - DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park opens
- 1923 - Ku Klux Klan surprise attack on black residential area Rosewood Fla, 8 killed (compensation awarded in 1995)
- 1925 - Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region established (now in Tadzhik SSR)
- 1929 - US & Canada agree to preserve Niagara Falls
- 1932 - Young gang shoot dead 6 police in Springfield Missouri
- 1933 - Bradman scores 103* against the Bodyline attack in the 2nd Test
- 1933 - Bruins beat Rangers in NY 13-3
- 1933 - Ijmuider fishing strike begins (till July 11th)
- 1933 - US troops leave Nicaragua
- 1934 - 1st state liquor stores open, in Pennsylvania
- 1934 - Bradman scores 253 NSW v Queensland, 204 mins, 29 fours 4 sixes
- 1935 - Bruno R Hauptmann trial begins for kidnap-murder of Lindbergh baby
- 1936 - 1st electron tube to enable night vision described, St Louis, Mo
- 1936 - Bradman scores 357 for SA v Vic, 424 minutes, 40 fours
- 1938 - Book publisher Simon and Schuster founded
- 1939 - Bradman scores 107 SA v Victoria, his 4th consecutive century
- 1942 - 28 nations, at war with Axis, pledge no separate peace
- 1942 - German troops in Bardia surrender
- 1942 - Japanese troops occupy Manila Philippines
- 1944 - 1st use of helicopters during warfare (British Atlantic patrol)
- 1945 - Allied air raid on Neurenberg
- 1945 - George Bush (pres 1989) & Barbara Pierce wed [or January 6]
- 1945 - Kentucky begins 130 home basketball game win streak, ends in 1955
- 1945 - Radio Orange ends cooperation at Liese-Aktion
- 1947 - Mahatma Gandhi begins march for peace in East-Bengali
- 1948 - WNDT (now WNET) TV channel 13 in New York-Newark, NY (PBS) begins
- 1949 - KDKA TV channel 2 in Pittsburgh, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1951 - Philip Barry's "Second Threshold," premieres in NYC
- 1952 - "Pal Joey" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 542 performances
- 1953 - NBA Baltimore Bullets begin a 32 game road losing streak
- 1954 - Herman Wouks "Caine Mutiny," premieres in NYC
- 1955 - 1st "Bob Cummings Show" premieres on NBC (later on CBS)
- 1956 - Poujadists/communists win French parliamentary elections
- 1958 - Dmitri Shostakovitch' 2nd Piano concert, premieres in NY
- 1959 - Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista flees
- 1959 - USSR launches Mechta (Luna 1) for 1st lunar fly-by, 1st solar orbit
- 1960 - 1st redshank old world shore bird reported in N America (Halifax)
- 1960 - John F Kennedy announces run for US Presidency
- 1960 - John Reynolds sets age of solar system at 4,950,000,000 years
- 1960 - Roger Sessions' 4th Symphony, premieres
- 1960 - Senator John F Kennedy, announces his candidacy for president
- 1961 - 1st AFL Championship Game, Houston Oilers beat LA Chargers 24-16
- 1961 - Hawaii's, then all time low temperature, 14øF recorded atop Haleakale
- 1962 - Nighttime version of "Password" with Allen Ludden premieres on CBS
- 1964 - Ayub Khan elected president of Pakistan
- 1964 - Failed assassination attempt on president Nkrumah of Ghana
- 1965 - Martin Luther King Jr begins a drive to register black voters
- 1965 - NY Jets sign quarterback Joe Namath
- 1965 - Obverse design of all Canadian coins is changed to depict present-day
- 1966 - 1st Jewish child born in Spain since 1492 expulsion
- 1966 - Green Bay Packers beat Cleve Browns 23-12 in NFL championship game
- 1968 - "Zizi" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 49 performances
- 1968 - Christian Barnard performs 2nd heart transplant
- 1968 - KBHK TV channel 44 in San Francisco, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
- 1969 - "Fig Leaves Are Falling" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 4 perfs
- 1969 - "Soviet Sport" calls Emile Zatopek a public enemy
- 1969 - Lorraine Hansberry's "To be Young, Gifted & Black," premieres in NYC
- 1970 - Dutch premiere of musical "Hair" in Amsterdam
- 1970 - US population is 293,200,000; Black population: 22,600,000 (11.1%)
- 1971 - A barrier collapses at Ibrox Park football ground at end of a soccer match in Glasgow Scotland, killing 66
- 1972 - "Rothschilds" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 505 perfs
- 1972 - Dallas Cowboys beat SF '49ers 14-3 in NFC championship game
- 1972 - Mariner 9 begins mapping Mars
- 1972 - Miami Dolphins beat Balt Colts 21-0 in AFC championship game
- 1974 - 55 MPH speed limit imposed by Richard Nixon
- 1974 - Worst fire in Argentine history destroys 1.2 million acres
- 1975 - US Dept of Interior designates grizzly bear a threatened species
- 1977 - Bowie Kuhn suspends Braves owner Ted Turner for one year due to tampering charges in Gary Matthews free-agency signing
- 1978 - Blent Ecevit forms govt in Turkey
- 1978 - Rhino Records releases their 1st album "Wildmania"
- 1979 - 30th Islander shut-out opponent-Glenn Resch 9-0 vs Vancouver
- 1979 - Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (v WI)
- 1979 - Sid Vicious' trial for murder of girlfriend Nancy Spungen begins
- 1980 - 68th Australian Men Tennis: Guillermo Vilas beat John Sadri (76 63 62)
- 1981 - Mary Terstegge Meagher swims female record 200 m butterfly (2:05.65)
- 1981 - Sylvester Clarke knocks out spectator with brick, WI v Pakistan
- 1982 - "Camelot" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 48 performances
- 1982 - 70th Australian Mens Tennis: Johan Kriek beats S Denton (62 76 67 64)
- 1982 - Islanders start 23 undefeated home streak (21-0-2) 14 straight wins
- 1982 - SD Chargers beat Miami Dolphins, 41-38 in 13:52 of OT
- 1983 - "Annie" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 2,377 performances
- 1983 - "Sophisticated Ladies" closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 767 perfs
- 1983 - Don Muraco beats Pedro Morales to become WWF Intercontinental Champ
- 1983 - Gary Trudeau takes a 20-month break from writing "Doonesbury"
- 1983 - Ken Anderson of Cincinnati completes record 20 consecutive passes
- 1984 - Darryl Cullinan, 16, scores his 1st first-class cricket century
- 1984 - Miami beats Nebraska in Orange Bowl for college football championship
- 1984 - Riot in Tunis kills over 100
- 1984 - Wilson Goode, sworn-in as Phila's 1st black mayor
- 1985 - 90th hat trick in Islander history-Brent Sutter
- 1985 - Australia beat WI by innings at SCG, Bob Holland 10 match wkts
- 1985 - Egyptian Pres Mubarak reappoints Coptic pope Shenuda III
- 1985 - Nevada-Las Vegas beats Utah 142-140, highest college basketball score
- 1985 - Undefeated BYU becomes college football champions
- 1986 - 191.66 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
- 1986 - NY Islander, Mike Bossy, scores his 500th goal
- 1987 - Penn State upsets Miami in Fiesta Bowl for college football champ
- 1987 - Troops of Chad Pres Habr‚ conquer Fada oasis
- 1988 - Ashland Oil storage tank spills 3.8 million gallons, Penn
- 1988 - Mulroney & Reagan sign Canada-US free trade agreement
- 1989 - Notre Dame beats West Virginia for college football championship
- 1989 - UCLA wins a record 7th consecutive bowl game
- 1990 - Dow Jones hits record 2,800 (2,810.15)
- 1990 - Sting joins wrestlings 4 Horsemen (Flair, Arn Anderson, Ole Anderson)
- 1991 - Colorado wins its 1st AP national title poll
- 1992 - Test debut of Shane Warne, v India at Sydney
- 1993 - "Gypsy Passion" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 55 performances
- 1994 - "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" closes at Beaumont NYC after 40 perfs
- 1994 - "Shakespeare after My Father" closes at Helen Hayes NYC after 266 perf
- 1994 - Battles between army & rebellious indians in South Mexico, kill 57
- 1995 - Bus crashes in Luzon Philippines, 29 killed
- 1995 - Carquest Bowl 5: South Carolina beats West Virginia, 24-21
- 1995 - Most distant galaxy yet discovered found by scientists using Keck telescope in Hawaii (est 15 billion light years away)
- 1997 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Columbus OH on WBZX 99.7 FM
- 1998 - Autopsy of Chris Farley shows he overdosed of opiates & cocaine
Famous birthdays for this day ..
- 1642 - Mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey)
- 1647 - Nathaniel Bacon, leader of Bacon's Rebellion, Va (1676)
- 1699 - Osman III, sultan (Turkey)
- 1727 - James Wolfe, commanded British Army (captured Qu‚bec)
- 1728 - Louis Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian count/diplomat in Belgium
- 1732 - Franz Xaver Brixi, composer
- 1752 - Philip Freneau, poet of American Revolution (The American Village)
- 1777 - Christian D Rauch, German sculptor
- 1803 - Gugliemo Libri, [della Somaia], Ital/Fren mathematician/book collector
- 1807 - Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki, composer
- 1809 - Friedrich Wilhelm Jahns, composer
- 1822 - Rudolph J E Clausius, Germany, physicist (thermodynamics)
- 1830 - Henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer
- 1831 - Justin Winston, historian/librarian (Harvard)
- 1835 - Charles Russell Lowell Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers)
- 1837 - Mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, composer (Tamara)
- 1842 - Amy G C A Bonet-Maury, French reformed theologist
- 1846 - Sandor Erkel, composer
- 1857 - Frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston)
- 1857 - Martha Carey Thomas, educator/president (Bryn Mawr College)
- 1860 - William C Mills, museum curator (excavated Ohio Indian mounds)
- 1861 - Helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12)
- 1861 - Wilhelm B”lsche, writer
- 1863 - Lucia Zarate, became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17)
- 1870 - Ernst Barlach, writer
- 1873 - Anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist (Communist Tactics)
- 1879 - Johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Grimaces)
- 1879 - Pieter Tesch, Dutch geologist (Pedestal of Nederlands)
- 1880 - Louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer
- 1884 - Jacques Chardonne, [Boutelleau], French writer (l'Epithalame)
- 1885 - Johannes Ringers, Dutch water engineer (dikes)
- 1886 - Moyshe Leyb Halpern, Galican/US poet (In New-York)
- 1889 - Tito Schipa, Italy, tenor/composer (La Rondine)
- 1889 - Walter Baldwin, Ohio, actor (Gay Amigo)
- 1892 - Lura Anson, Nebraska, entertainer
- 1894 - Robert Nathan, NYC, poet, novelist (Portrait of Jennie)
- 1895 - Count Folke Bernadotte, Sweden, statesman (Red Cross, UN)
- 1896 - Dziga Vertiv, [Denis A Kaufman], Russian director (Sjagai, Soviet!)
- 1896 - Ernst-Lothar von Knorr, composer
- 1899 - Alexander Tcherepnin, St Petersburg Russia, composer
- 1899 - Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgium, premier/sec-gen of NATO (1957-61)
- 1901 - Rex O'Malley, London England, actor (Camille, Zara, Midnight)
- 1901 - Robert Marshall, founder (Wilderness Society)
- 1901 - Torsten Ralf, Swedish tenor (Daphne)
- 1903 - Anton van Duinkerken, [Willem JMA Asselbergs], literary
- 1904 - James Melton, Moultrie Ga, opera tenor (Ford Festival)
- 1904 - Sally Rand, Hickory County MO, stripper (fan dance)
- 1905 - Michael Kemp Tippett, English composer/conductor (Child of our Time)
- 1907 - Edward Albert Radice, economist
- 1907 - Salvador Ley, composer
- 1908 - Ben Grauer, NYC, newscaster (Big Story)
- 1908 - Janis Kepitis, composer
- 1909 - Rene Etiemble, French literature historian (Parlez-vous Franglais)
- 1910 - Ulrich Becher, writer
- 1912 - Andre Ameller, composer
- 1912 - Anna Lee, Ightham England, actress (Scruples, Lila-General Hospital)
- 1912 - Barbara Pentland, Winnipeg Canada, composer
- 1912 - Renato Guttuso, Italian painter (Flight from Etna, Crucifixion)
- 1913 - Ernest Sidey, British air marshal
- 1913 - Gardner Read, Evanston, Illinois, composer
- 1913 - Juanita E Jackson Mitchell, US head (NAACP)
- 1913 - L‚on P Teisserenc de Bort, France, meteorologist
- 1915 - John Hope Franklin, historian
- 1920 - Duke of Devonshire, English large landowner/art collector
- 1920 - Isaac Asimov, Russia, scientist/writer (I Robot, Foundation Trilogy)
- 1920 - Penelope Jessel, politcal activist
- 1920 - Peter Harrison Swan, bomber pilot/stockbroker
- 1922 - Jason Evers, NYC, actor (Wrangler, Channing)
- 1922 - Nico Schuyt, composer
- 1922 - Renata Tebaldi, Pesaro Italy, lyric soprano
- 1925 - Andry Maryanovich Nikodemovich, composer
- 1925 - William J Crowe Jr, Kentucky, chairman joint chief of staff
- 1927 - David Herbert, publisher
- 1927 - Gino Marchetti, NFL defensive end (Dallas Texans, Baltimore Colts)
- 1927 - Richard Belmont Ray, (Rep-D-Ga) [or Feb 2]
- 1928 - Dan Rostenkowski, (Rep-D-Il, -94)
- 1928 - Gerhard Amanshauser, writer
- 1928 - Harry Hyams, English immovable goods owner (Center Point)
- 1928 - Howard Caine, Nashville TN, actor (Brushfire)
- 1928 - Tiberiu Olah, composer
- 1928 - Vaughn Beals, Cambridge Mass, CEO (Harley Davidson motorcycle)
- 1929 - Art Prysock, jazz musician
- 1930 - Julius LaRosa, Bkln NY, singer (fired by Arthur Godfrey on the air)
- 1931 - Toshiki Kaifu, premier of Japan (1989-91)
- 1932 - Dabney Coleman, Austin Texas, (That Girl, Mary Hartman, Buffalo Bill)
- 1936 - Roger Miller, Ft Worth Tx, country singer (King of the Road, Dang Me)
- 1937 - Marianne McDonald, classicist/philanthropist
- 1938 - John Considine, actor (Reginald Love-Another World)
- 1939 - Jim Bakker, televangelist (PTL Club)/rapist (Jessica Hahn)
- 1944 - Peter Eotvos, composer
- 1947 - Aleksandr Tikhonova, USSR, biathalon relay (Oly-gold-1968, 72, 76, 80)
- 1947 - Calvin Hill, NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys)
- 1947 - Lanny Bassham, US, rifle-3 position (Olympic-gold-1976)
- 1949 - Chick Churchill, Wales, keyboardist (Ten Years After-I'm Going Home)
- 1949 - Christopher Durang, Montclair NJ, playwright/actor (Sister Mary)
- 1950 - Lou Gramm, rocker
- 1951 - Nadia Cassini, [Gianna Lou Muller], Woodstock NY, model (Oui)
- 1952 - Ricky Van Shelton, Grit Va, country singer (Wild-Eyed Dream)
- 1952 - Wendy Phillips, Bkln NY, actress (Executive Suite, Promised Land)
- 1954 - Ludmila Borozna, USSR, volleyball player (Olympic-gold-1972)
- 1957 - Joanna Pacula, Tomszowaubelski Poland, actress (Gorky Park, Kiss)
- 1959 - Kirti Azad, cricketer (Indian off-spin all-rounder in 7 Tests 1981-83)
- 1960 - Raman Lamba, cricketer (Indian opening batsman 1986-87)
- 1963 - David Cone, KC Mo, baseball pitcher (NY Mets/Tor Blue Jays/NY Yankees)
- 1963 - Edgar Martinez, NYC, baseball 1st baseman (Seattle Mariners)
- 1964 - Christopher John Gray, priest
- 1964 - Pernell Whitaker, boxer (Olympic-gold)
- 1964 - Rumesh Ratnayake, cricketer (Sri Lankan pacer in 23 Tests 1983-92)
- 1965 - Diane Lane, NYC, actress (Streets of Fire, Lady Beware, Lonesome Dove)
- 1965 - Greg Swindell, Fort Worth TX, pitcher (Houston Astros, Cleve Indians)
- 1965 - Russ Courtnall, Duncan, NHL right wing (Vancouver Canucks)
- 1966 - Tia Carrere, [Althea Janairo], Honolulu, actress (Wayne's World)
- 1967 - Harlon Barnett, NFL safety (Minn Vikings)
- 1968 - Cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men)
- 1968 - Scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions)
- 1969 - Christy Turlington, SF Calif, model (Calvin Klein Eternity)
- 1969 - Rick Tabaracci, Toronto, NHL goalie (Calgary Flames)
- 1969 - Robert Svehla, Martin Cze, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers, Slovakia)
- 1969 - Stephen Davies, Aust field hockey forward/vice capt (Oly-sil-92, 96)
- 1970 - Aleksandr Shimin, hockey goaltender (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
- 1970 - Anthony Stuart, cricketer (Australian ODI pace bowler, hat trick 1997)
- 1970 - Glenn Cadrez, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
- 1970 - Royce Clayton, Burbank CA, infielder (SF Giants, St Louis Cardinals)
- 1971 - Aamer Nazir, cricketer (Pakistani pace bowler 1993- )
- 1971 - Aaron Williams, NBA center (Seattle Supersonics)
- 1971 - Brad Parpan, WLAF quarterback (Rhein Fire)
- 1971 - Horace Copeland, NFL wide receiver (Tampa Bay Bucs)
- 1971 - Robert O' Neal, WLAF DB (Amsterdam Admirals)
- 1972 - Jeff Jackson, US baseball outfielder (Phila Phillies)
- 1972 - Lake Dawson, NFL wide receiver (KC Chiefs)
- 1972 - Mattias Norstrom, Mora SWE, NHL defenseman (Team Sweden, LA Kings)
- 1973 - Abu Wilson, running back (Indianapolis Colts)
- 1973 - Chris Woodruff, Knoxville Tenn, tennis star (1993 NCAA Division I)
- 1973 - Fredric Ford, WLAF CB (Scotland Claymores)/NFL cornerback (Eagles)
- 1973 - Sarah Schwald, Bellingham Wash, 1.5k runner
- 1974 - Juha Lind, NHL forward (Team Finland Oly-Bronze-1998, Dallas)
- 1978 - Devin Doherty, actor (Jimmy Clayton-Swan's Crossing)
- 1980 - Stephanie Stiegler, Santa Monica Calif, pairs skater (& Zimmerman)
Famous deaths for this day ..
- 0017 - Publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet, dies
- 1726 - Domenico Zipoli, composer, dies at 37
- 1740 - Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63
- 1763 - John Casteret earl Granville, English premier, dies at 72
- 1780 - Johann Ludwig Krebs, composer, dies at 66
- 1789 - Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee, composer, dies at 68
- 1790 - Joseph A Feuchtmayer (Feichtmayer), German rococo sculptor, dies
- 1801 - Johann C Lavater, Swiss vicar/philosopher, dies at 59
- 1803 - Ignaz Franz von Beecke, composer, dies at 69
- 1861 - Frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65
- 1863 - Roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 35
- 1892 - George B Airy, English astronomer/writer, dies at 90
- 1904 - James Longstreet, Confederate general, dies at 82
- 1908 - Dom Joƒo G da Cƒmara, Portuguese journalist/playwright, dies at 55
- 1913 - L‚on P Teisserenc de Bort, Fr meteorologist (stratosphere), dies at 57
- 1915 - Karl Goldmark, Austria-Hungarian composer (Queen of Saba), dies at 84
- 1917 - Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84
- 1918 - Sijbe K Bakker, vicar/theologist (Christian-Socialism), dies at 42
- 1921 - Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Ger chancellor/PM (Prussia), dies at 64
- 1923 - Sam Carter, black resident of Rosewood Florida, lynched by KKK
- 1929 - Erich Wichman[n], Dutch fascist painter/sculptor, dies at 38
- 1937 - Ross Alexander, actor (Capt Blood, Boulder Dam), dies at 29
- 1941 - Mischa Levitzki, composer, dies at 42
- 1945 - Betram Home Ramsay, Engl adm/Cmdr Naval Forces (Normandy), dies at 61
- 1946 - Joe Darling, cricketer (Aussie captain 21 Tests, won 7 lost 4), dies
- 1950 - Emil Jannings, actor (The Way of All Flesh), dies at 65
- 1955 - Jos‚ Antonio Remon, president of Panam (1952-55), assassinated
- 1960 - Cees [Cornelis J] Laseur, Dutch actor/dir (Hague Comedy), dies at 60
- 1960 - Chris van Abkoude, author (Pietje Bell, Kruimeltje), dies at about 79
- 1960 - Fausto Coppi, Italian, ran world record 45,798 km, dies at 40
- 1960 - Friedrich Adler, Austria soc-dem, murdered PM Strgkh, dies at 80
- 1961 - Bob Catterall, cricketer (1555 runs/24 Tests for S Afr 1922-31), dies
- 1963 - Dick Powell, actor/director (Dick Powell Theater), dies at 58
- 1963 - Jack Carson, actor (Star is Born, Mildred Pierce), dies at 52
- 1965 - Staf Gustaf Frans Nees, composer, dies at 63
- 1968 - Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies
- 1969 - Georges Renevant, actor (Cornered), dies after long illness at 74
- 1970 - Piotr Rytel, composer, dies at 85
- 1974 - Tex Ritter, country singer (5 Star Jubilee), dies at 67
- 1977 - Erroll Garner, jazz pianist (Misty), dies at 53
- 1980 - Larry Williams, rocker, dies at 44
- 1981 - David Lynch, singer (Platters-My Prayer), dies at 51
- 1983 - Bernard George Stevens, composer, dies at 66
- 1983 - Dick Emery, actor (Yellow Submarine, Loot, Baby Love), dies at 65
- 1983 - Harriet Parsons, producer (Susan Slept Here), dies at 76 of cancer
- 1986 - Una Merkel, US actress (Abraham Lincoln), dies at 82
- 1990 - Alan Hale Jr, Skipper on Gilligan's Island, dies of cancer at 71
- 1990 - Belcampo, [Herman Sch”nfeld Wichers], Dutch lawyer/writer, dies at 87
- 1990 - Vladimir Alexis Ussachevsky, Manchuria composer (Creation), dies at 78
- 1991 - Edmond Jab‚s, writer, dies
- 1991 - Renato Rascel, actor (7 Hills of Rome), dies of heart failure at 78
- 1992 - Virginia Field, actress (Dream Girl), dies of cancer at 74
- 1994 - Caesar Romero, actor (Joker-Batman), dies at 86
- 1994 - Dixy Lee Ray, chairwoman (US Atomic Energy Comm), dies at 79
- 1994 - Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, French director of IMF (1963-73), dies at 81
- 1994 - Sammy Taft, Canadian businessman (coined term "hat trick"), dies at 81
- 1995 - Graham Sharp, ice skater, dies at 77
- 1995 - Manuel Rivera, Spanish painter/co-founder (El Paso), dies at 67
- 1995 - Mohammed Siyad Barre, president of Somalia (1969-91), dies
- 1995 - Nancy Kelly, US actress (Bad Seed, Submarine Patrol), dies at 73
- 1995 - Siad Barre, general/president of Somalia (1969-91), dies at 84
- 1996 - Sydney Thompson, rock Climber, dies at 81
- 1996 - Thornton Page, astrophysicist, dies at 82
- 1997 - Jim Rodger, sports writer, dies at 75
- 1997 - Randy California, [Wolfe], rock guitarist, dies at 45
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