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1487 Nicholas van Flu, Swiss saint/patron of Switzerland, dies
1538 Hugo, earl of Leisnig, governor of Frisia, dies at about 79
1556 Thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury, burned at stake at 66
1652 Vredius, [Olivier de Wree], Flem historian/mayor (Brugge), dies at 55
1654 Johann Neukrantz, composer, dies at 51
1656 Armagh James Ussher, Archbishop (said world began 4004 BC), dies at 76
1729 John Law, Scottish financier, dies at about 57
1734 Gunther Jacob Wenceslaus, composer, dies at 48
1768 Jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-gen of Suriname (1742-51), dies at 75
1793 Johann Michael Schmidt, composer, dies at 51
1801 Andrea Lucchesi, composer, dies at 59
1810 Philippe-Joseph van den Berghe graaf Limmighe, Brabants ships, dies
1844 Leopold F J J J van Sassen Ysselt, Dutch politician, dies at 65
1857 Abraham J van der Aa, lexicographer (Biograph dictionary), dies at 64
1863 Edwin Vose Sumner, US Union-general-major (Fair Oaks), dies at 66
1894 Jacob Rosenhaim, composer, dies at 80
1916 Victor de Stuers, Dutch art expert, dies at 72
1920 Federigo Tozzi, Ital writer/journalist (Torre, Tre Croci), dies at 37
1921 "Big Jim" Colisimo, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone
1934 Franz Schreker, composer, dies at 55
1934 Lilyan Tashman, actor (Bulldog Drummond), dies at 34
1936 Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, composer (Chopiniana), dies at 70
1938 Oscar Apfel, actor (Inspiration), dies at 60
1939 Evald Aav, composer, dies at 39
1941 Robert Liefmann, German economist (Kartelle und Trusts), dies at 67
1942 Captain Morvec, Czech resistance fighter, commit suicide
1945 J Woortman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Bergen-Belsen at 39
1952 A J Pieters, SS-Untersturmfhrer, executed
1952 Wilhelm Albrecht, German SD-chief, executed
1954 Harry Lawrence Freeman, composer, dies at 84
1955 Muriel Aked, dies at 67
1958 Cyril M Kornbluth, US sci-fi writer (Space Merchants), dies at 34
1969 Gerhart Fritsch, writer, dies at 44
1970 Marlen Haushofer, writer, dies at 49
1973 Antoni Szalowski, composer, dies at 65
1974 Candy Darling, [James Slattery], female impersonator, dies
1975 Berend Giltay, composer, dies at 64
1975 Ralph Hawtrey, economist (multiplier), dies at 95
1980 Gideon Fagan, composer, dies at 75
1982 Harry H Corbett, Brits actor (Steptoe & Son, Jabberwacky), dies at 57
1985 Michael Redgrave, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Mr Arkadin), dies at 77
1985 Salvador Ley, composer, dies at 78
1986 August de Boodt, Belgian politician, dies at 90
1987 Dean Paul Martin, actor (Billy-Misfits of Science), dies at 35
1987 Robert Preston, actor (Harold Hill-Music Man), dies at 68
1989 Milton Frome, actor (Family Jewels), dies
1991 Leo Fender, inventor (Fender guitar), dies
1991 Rajiv Gandhi, former PM of India, killed by bomb at 46
1992 John Ireland, actor (Rawhide), dies of leukemia at 78
1994 Dack Rambo, actor (Jack Ewing-Dallas), dies from AIDs at 52
1994 Lili Damita, wife of Errol Flynn (Bridge of San Luis Rey), dies at 89
1994 Macdonald Carey, actor (Days of Our Lives), dies of cancer at 81
1995 Daan Wildschut, Dutch painter/author, dies at 81
1995 Etienne Martin, French sculptor, dies at 82
1995 Norman Schwartz, record Producer, dies at 66
1995 Robert Urquhart, actor (Dunkirk, Bulldog Breed), dies at 72
1996 Eric Brand, diplomat, dies at 73
1996 Frank Murray, police Officer, dies at 51
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