 amous Historical Deaths for July 23:
0945 Richarius, bishop of Luik (922-45), dies
1373 Birgitta van Sweden, Swedish saint, dies
1403 Henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], killed in battle at 39
1562 Gottfried/G”tz von Berlichingen, German Knight of kingdom, dies
1568 Don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II, dies at about 23
1581 Georges Lalaing, viceroy of Friesland, dies
1645 Michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia (1613-45)/1st Romanov, dies
1685 Pietro Reggio, composer, dies at 53
1690 Richard Gibson, minature painter, dies
1757 Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer (La Silvia), dies at 71
1793 Thomas Mckean, US attorney/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 72
1803 Arthur Wolfe, 1st viscount Kilwarden/Chief Justice of Ireld, murdered
1816 Elizabeth Hamilton, author (Cats: A Celebration), dies at 68
1829 Wojciech Boguslawski, composer, dies at 72
1840 Frantisek Max Knize, composer, dies at 55
1844 Christian Gobrecht, 4th US chief engraver (1840-44), dies in office
1866 Thomas Forbes Walmisley, composer, dies at 83
1875 Isaac Merritt Singer, inventor (sewing machine), dies at 63
1878 Miguel Hilarion Eslava y Elizondo, composer, dies at 70
1885 Ulysses S Grant, 18th US pres, dies in Mount McGregor NY, at 63
1904 John Simon, public health pioneer, dies
1905 Jean-Jacques, painter, dies
1909 Ernest F Cambier, Bel colonial pioneer (1st Congo railway), dies at 65
1909 Zygmunt Noskowski, composer, dies at 63
1916 William Ramsey, chemist, dies
1927 Saad Zaghlul, Egyptian parliament chairman, dies at 74
1930 Glenn Hammond Curtiss, aviation pioneer/airplane builder, dies at 52
1933 Max Schillings, German composer/conductor (Mona Lisa), dies at 65
1942 Andrew Ducat, cricketer (England 1921), dies whilst batting at 56
1942 Nikola J Vaptsarov, Bulgaria poet/communist, executed at 32
1943 Emanuel Querido, publisher (Sobibor), dies
1943 Meijer de Hond, [Emanuel Querido], rabbi (Sobibor), dies
1944 Bernard M Cohen, attorney, killed at Belsen concentration camp
1944 Helmuth J von Moltke, German earl (July 20th plotter), executed
1944 Max HHR Nettlau, Austrian historian (Der Anarchismus), dies at 79
1946 James Maxton, politician, dies
1948 D[avid] W[ark] Griffith, US director/producer, dies
1951 Henri Philippe P‚tain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime), dies
1951 Robert Joseph Flaherty, documentary film maker, dies
1955 Betsy van Es, Flemish actress (Un soir de joie), dies at 55
1955 Cordell Hull, statesman, dies
1955 Harry Haden, actor (Harry-Stu Erwin Show), dies at 73
1957 G Tomasi di Lampedusa, writer, dies at 61
1961 Esther Dale, actress (Birdie-Ma & Pa Kettle), dies after surgery at 75
1964 Jan PML de Vries, Dutch germanist/folklorist, dies at 74
1966 Donald Novis, singer/actor (Pajama Game), dies at 60
1966 Douglass Montgomery, actor (Forbidden, Daybreak), dies at 56
1966 [Edward] Montgomery Clift, actor (From Here to Eternity), dies at 45
1968 Don Lillis, NFL president (NY Jets)
1968 Henry Hallett Dale, physiologist, dies
1969 Deli Floyd, writer, dies
1971 Van Heflin, actor (Great Adventure), dies at 60
1973 Eddie Rickenbacker, WW I fighter pilot, dies at 82
1973 Marius-Fran‡ois Gaillard, composer, dies at 72
1974 Mary Forbes, actress (Nun-Les Miserables, Ivy), dies at 90
1976 Wilhelmina Von Bremen, 4X100 relay sprinter (Oly-gold-32), dies at 64
1977 Ren‚ de Vos, Dutch actor/composer (Jij Bent Mijn Leven), dies at 79
1979 Keith Godchaux, rocker (Grateful Dead), dies in a car accident at 31
1982 Vic Morrow, actor (Cimmaron), killed during "Twilight Zone" at 53
1983 Georges Auric, French composer (It Always Rains on Sunday), dies at 84
1984 Lloyd Gough, actor (Black Bart, Tolsa), dies of aortic aneurism at 77
1985 Kay Kyser, bandleader (Kay Kyser's Kollege), dies at 79
1986 Jouko Paavo Kalervo Tolonen, composer, dies at 73
1988 Jahangir Khan, cricketer (4 Tests for India 1932-36), dies
1990 Georges Flamant, actor (La Chienne), dies in Paris at 86
1990 Joe Turner, jazz pianist, dies of cardiac arrest at 82
1990 Robert Sommer, singer, dies of liver failure at 42
1991 Billie Carlyle
1992 Arletty, French actress (Hotel, Longest Day), dies at 94
1992 Maxine Audley, Brit actress (Vikings, Our Man in Havana), dies at 69
1993 Jordan, father of Michael Jordan, murdered
1994 Aad Ivens, Dutch checkers player, dies at 80
1994 Hans J Salter, Aust/US composer (Deanna-Durbin musicals), dies at 98
1994 Henry William Collins, artist, dies at 84
1995 Bob Rundick, poet/DJ, dies at 52
1995 Floyd McDaniel, blues singer/guitarist, dies at 80
1996 Aliki Vougiouklaki, actress (Madalena), dies at 63
1996 Jessica Lucy Mitford, author, dies at 78
1996 John Corner, scientist, dies at 80
1997 Andrew Cunanan, serial killer (Gianni Versage), commits suicide
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