Today in History

On April 9 in history ..

0715 - Constantine ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1241 - Battle of Liegnitz - Mongol armies defeat Poles & Germans
1388 - Battle of Näfels; Glarius Swiss defeat Habsburg (Austrian) army
1454 - Milan/Venice signs peace of Lodi
1474 - Breisach land guardian Peter von Hagenbach throws out Walloon/Italians
1483 - Edward I (12) succeeds Edward IV as king of England
1538 - Danish king Christian III enters Schmalkaldische Union
1555 - Marcello Cervini elected Pope Marcellus II
1609 - Spain & Netherlands sign 12 Year Resistant Pact
1621 - Spain & Netherlands 12 Year Resistant Pact ends
1667 - 1st public art exhibition (Palais-Royale, Paris)
1682 - Robert La Salle claims lower Mississippi (Louisiana) for France
1691 - French troops occupy Mons
1724 - 1st Easter [NS=April 16]
1770 - Capt James Cook discovers Botany Bay (Australia)
1783 - Tippu Sahib drives out English from Bednore India
1808 - Mayor Wolters offers French king Louis Napoleon townhall as a palace
1814 - Elias Canneman (L) resigns as minister of Finance
1816 - African Methodist Episcopal Church organizes (Phila)
1829 - Danzig (Gdansk) dike break flood kills 1,200
1831 - Robert Jenkins loses an ear, starts war between Britain & Spain
1833 - 1st tax-supported public library (Peterborough, NH)
1838 - National Galley opens in London
1864 - Battle of Pleasant Hill LA, 2870 casualities
1865 - Federals capture Ft Blakely, Alabama
1865 - Robert E Lee & 26,765 troops, surrender to US Grant at Appomattox
1866 - Civil Rights Bill passes over Pres Andrew Johnson's veto
1869 - Hudson Bay Company cedes it's territory to Canada
1870 - American Anti-Slavery Society dissolves
1872 - Samuel R Percy patents dried milk
1878 - 1st Lady Lucy Hayes begins egg rolling contest on White House lawn
1894 - 1st performance of Anton Bruckner's 5th Symphony in B in Graz
1906 - 3½th modern Olympic games opens in Athens (4/22 NS)
1912 - 1st exhibition baseball game at Fenway Park (Red Sox vs Harvard)
1912 - Titanic leaves Queenstown Ireland for NY
1913 - Brooklyn Dodger's Ebbets Field opens, Phillies win 1-0
1914 - "World, the Flesh & the Devil," 1st color film, shown in London
1914 - 1st full color film shown "World, Flesh & Devil" (London)
1914 - Tampico incident - US ship crew arrested in Mexico
1917 - Battle of Arras begins
1917 - Vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops
1918 - Latvia proclaims independence
1923 - Sean O'Casey's "Shadow of a Gunman," premieres in Dublin
1925 - Babe Ruth rushed to hospital
1927 - Italy & US anarchists Sacco & Vanzetti given death sentences
1928 - Eugene O'Neill's "Lazarus Laughed," premieres in Pasadena
1928 - Mae West's NYC debut in a daring new play "Diamond Lil"
1928 - Top-Oss soccer team forms in Oss
1928 - Turkey passes separation of church & state
1931 - Chicago Cy Wentworth beats Mont Canadiens at 13:50 of 6th period
1932 - Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs sweep NY Rangers in 3 games
1935 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Maroons sweep Toronto Maple Leafs in 3 games
1939 - Marian Anderson sings before 75,000 at Lincoln Memorial
1940 - German cruiser Blücher torpedoed/capsizes in Oslofjord, 1,000 die
1940 - Germany invades Norway & Denmark during WW II (Denmark surrenders)
1941 - PGA establishes Golf Hall of Fame
1942 - Battle of Bataan-US-Filipino forces overwhelmed by Japs at Bataan
1944 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientals Ecclesiae
1945 - Battleship Admiral Scheer sinks British aircraft carrier
1945 - Liberty ship at Bari Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes, kills 360
1945 - NFL requires players to wear long stockings
1946 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1
1947 - Atomic Energy Commission confirmed
1947 - Baseball suspends Bkln Dodger Leo Durocher for 1 year
1947 - Tornadoes striking West Texas & Oklahoma kill 169, injuring 1,300
1949 - UN Intl Court of Justice held Albania responsible for incidents in Corfu Channel & awards Britain damages
1950 - 14th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 283
1950 - 4th Tony Awards: Cocktail Party & South Pacific win
1950 - Bob Hope's 1st TV appearance
1952 - Popular uprising in Bolivia
1953 - "TV Guide" publishes 1st issue
1953 - Jomo Kenyatta sentenced to 7 years in Kenya
1954 - WECT TV channel 6 in Wilmington, NC (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1955 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1957 - Howard Hanson's "Song of Democracy," premieres in Wash DC
1957 - Suez Canal cleared for all shipping
1959 - 13th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics sweep Minn Lakers in 4 games Boston Celtics wins 8th straight title
1959 - Balt Orioles pull their 2nd triple play (3-6-3 vs Wash Senators)
1959 - Bill Sharman hits a NBA record 56 consecutive foul shot
1959 - NASA names 1st 7 astronauts for Project Mercury
1960 - 14th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics beat St Louis Hawks, 4 games to 3
1960 - South African premier Verwoerd wounded in battle
1962 - 26th Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 280
1962 - 34th Academy Awards - "West Side Story," Sophia Loren & Max Schell win
1962 - JFK throws out 1st ball at Washington's new DC Stadium
1963 - Winston Churchill becomes 1st honorary US citizen (posthumously)
1965 - 1st game at Astrodome, Houston beats Yankees 2-1 in exhibition as Mickey Mantle hits 1st indoor homerun
1965 - Beatles "Ticket to Ride" is released in UK
1965 - India & Pakistan engage in border fight
1966 - Anaheim Stadium for Calif Angels opens
1966 - Sophia Loren marries married Carlo Ponti in Paris
1967 - "At the Drop of Another Hat" closes at Booth NYC after 105 perfs
1967 - 1st Boeing 737 rolls out
1967 - 31st Golf Masters Championship: Gay Brewer Jr wins, shooting a 280
1967 - Shortwave broadcaster Radio NY Worldwide's transmitter burns down
1968 - German DR adopts constitution
1968 - Martin Luther King Jr, buried in Atlanta
1968 - Minn's Wayne Connelly is 1st to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot
1968 - Ralph Aberbathy elected to head So Christian Leadership Conference
1969 - 1st flight of Concorde 002 (Filton-Bristol)
1969 - Chic Cub Billy Williams hits 4 consecutive doubles beat Phillies 11-3
1970 - Paul McCartney announces official split of Beatles
1971 - Ringo releases "It Don't Come Easy" in UK
1972 - "Sugar" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 506 performances
1972 - 36th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 286
1972 - Glenn Turner (259) & Terry Jarvis make 387 opening cricket stand v WI
1972 - USSR & Iraq sign friendship treaty
1973 - 37th Golf Masters Championship: Tommy Aaron wins, shooting a 283
1973 - Netherlands recognizes North Vietnam
1973 - Otto Kerner, former governor of Illinois, convicted for his role in an illegal racetrack scheme
1974 - Padres owner Ray Kroc, addresses fans "Ladies & gentlemen, I suffer with you I've never seen such stupid baseball playing in my life"
1976 - US & Russia agreed on size of nuclear tests for peaceful use
1977 - Communist party in Spain allowed legally after 40 years
1978 - 42nd Golf Masters Championship: Gary Player wins, shooting a 277
1978 - Brewers sweep Orioles 11-3, 16-3, & 13-5 (each with a grand slam)
1978 - David Thompson scores ties 3rd highest total in the NBA - 73
1978 - Denver's David Thompson scores 73 points & San Antonio's George Gervin scores 63 points in separate NBA games (33 in 1 quarter)
1979 - 51st Academy Awards - "Deer Hunter," Jon Voight & Jane Fonda win
1979 - Longest doubles ping-pong match of 101 hrs, begins
1980 - Belgium's Marten's govt resigns
1980 - Kings tie NHL rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs Isles
1980 - Soyuz 35 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6
1981 - LA Dodgers Fernando Valenzuela's 1st start, beats Astros 2-0
1981 - US sub George Washington rams Japanese freighter Nisso Maru
1982 - LA Lakers block 21 Denver shots setting NBA regulation game record
1983 - 6th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 1 returns to Earth
1983 - Caps 2-Isles 6 -Patrick Semis-Denis Potvin fails on penalty shot
1984 - 56th Academy Awards - "Terms of Endearment," R Duvall & S Maclaine win
1985 - White Sox pitcher Tom Seaver starts a record 15th opening day game
1986 - "Dallas" announces it will revive killed Bobby Ewing character
1987 - For 3rd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 goals in a Stanley Cup game Wayne Gretzky passes Jean Beliveau as all time playoff scoring champ
1988 - "Les Miserables," opens at Umeda-Koma Theatre, Osaka
1988 - Devils 3-0 over Islanders-Devils lead 2-1 in 1st round
1988 - US imposes economic sanctions on Panama
1989 - 53rd Golf Masters Championship: Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 283
1989 - Mike Tyson strikes a parking attendant when asked to move his car
1989 - Patti Rizzo wins LPGA Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
1989 - Rickey Henderson steals his 800th career base in NY's 4-3 loss to Clev
1989 - Scott Hoch chokes on 18 inch putt & loses Masters golf tournament
1989 - Wash DC march supporting 1973 Roe vs Wade decision (allow abortions)
1990 - "Capital News" starring Lloyd Bridges premieres on ABC-TV
1990 - Don Mattingly signs a $19.7 million 5-year contract with Yankees
1990 - NY Islanders beat NY Rangers 4-3 in double overtime-Rangers lead 2-1
1990 - World's largest bunny hop at Radio City Music Hall (NYC)
1991 - Date of Microsoft MS DOS 5.0
1991 - Georgia SSR votes to secede from USSR
1992 - "Redwood Curtain" opens at Neiderlander theater on Broadway
1992 - Florida drops rape charges against NY Mets Gooden, Boston & Coleman
1992 - John Majors, (C) elected PM of England
1992 - Noriega convicted on 8 of 10 drug & racketeering charges
1992 - Record 18 golfers shoot in 60s in Masters round 1 (old record 12)
1992 - US Fed court finds Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drugs
1992 - William O Studeman, becomes deputy director of CIA
1993 - Colorado Rockies 1st home game & 1st victory, 11-4 over Mont Expos
1994 - BPAA US Open by Justin Hromek
1994 - Singer Wayne Newton (52) weds attorney Kathleen McCrone (30)
1994 - STS-59 (Endeavour) launches into orbit
1995 - "Translations" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 25 performances
1995 - 59th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Crenshaw wins, shooting a 274
1997 - Cleve Indians closer Jose Mesa found guilty of rape
1997 - Major League Soccer announces Miami & Chicago expansion
1997 - NFL announces it will give $3M to CFL & possible "World Classic Bowl"
2000 - 64th Golf Masters Championship:

Famous birthdays on April 9 ..

1598 - Johann Crüger, German organist/composer/music theorist
1611 - Giacomo Maria Predieri, composer
1627 - Johann Kaspar Kerll, composer
1634 - Albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau
1649 - James Scott, duke of Monmouth, bastard son of English king Charles II
1716 - Johann Georg Zechner, composer
1717 - Georg Matthias Monn, composer
1751 - Emanuel Schikaneder, [Johann Schickeneder], German playwright [or 9/1]
1754 - Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, composer
1754 - Pieter Paulus, Dutch lawyer/CEO (National Convention)
1757 - Wojciech Boguslawski, composer
1785 - Sibrand Acker Stratingh, Dutch physician/chemist (electric car 1835)
1794 - Theobald Böhm, flautist/composer
1798 - Giuditta Pasta, [Negri], soprano
1802 - Elias Lönrot, folklorist
1806 - Isambard Kingdom Brunel, designer of 1st transatlantic steamer
1806 - Louis count of Barrthyányi, premier of Hungary
1812 - Randolph Barnes Marcy, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1887
1821 - Charles-Pierre Baudelaire, France, symbolist poet (Flowers of Evil)
1826 - Thomas Hewson Neill, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1885
1830 - Eadweard Muybridge, England, pioneered study of motion, photography
1835 - Leopold II, King of Belgians (1865-1909)
1847 - Francesco Paolo Tosti, composer
1847 - Francis William Davenport, composer
1848 - F A MacKinnon, cricketer (later the 35th Mackinnon of Mackinnon)
1848 - Helena Lange, German feminist
1850 - Herman Zumpe, composer
1851 - C E Arthur Wichmann, German/Dutch geologist (Neth Indies)
1854 - Seaborn M Denson, composer
1855 - Gyula Reviczky, Hungarian author/poet
1861 - Charles Holroyd, painter/etcher
1865 - Charles Proteus Steinmetz, Germany, experiment with AC electricity
1865 - Erich Ludendorff, general (Germany)
1871 - Arthur Fickenscher, composer
1872 - Léon Blum, French premier (People's front govt)
1874 - Julius Bittner, Austrian composer (Little Violet)
1879 - Gerald Festus Kelly, artist
1883 - Renzo Bossi, composer
1884 - Franco Vittadini, composer
1888 - Florence Smith Price, US composer (Wanamaker Prize 1932)
1888 - Sol Hurok, theatrical impresario
1889 - Efrem Zimbalist, Rostov on Don Russia, composer/violinist
1891 - John Gobau, Flemish/Dutch actor (Electricity, Hostage Rights)
1894 - Ernest Kanitz, composer
1895 - Mance Lipscomb, Texas, blues musician (Texas Sharecropper)
1895 - Michel Simon, [Francois], Geneva Switzerland
1895 - Rudolf Kattnigg, composer
1898 - Earl "Curly" Lambeau, NFL coach (GB Packers)
1898 - Julius Patzak, Austrian tenor singer
1898 - Paul Robeson, Philadelphia, singer (Old Man River)/actor/footballer
1900 - Allen Jenkins, Staten Island, actor (Hey Jeannie, Top Cop, Girl Habit)
1902 - Frantisek Suchy, composer [or April 21, 1891]
1903 - Gregory Pincus, inventor (birth control pill) [or Nov 9]
1903 - Ward Bond, Denver Colo, actor (Seth-Wagon Trains)
1903 - Willem Pée, Belgian linguist
1904 - Lyle Latell, IA, actor (Not of the Earth, Sky Dragon)
1905 - J William Fulbright, (Sen-D-Ark)
1906 - Antal Dorati, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Dresden Opera 1928-29
1906 - Todd Naylor "Hugh" Gaitskell, MP (Labour)
1908 - Fred Lohse, composer
1908 - Victor Vasarely, Hungarian/French painter/author (Op Art)
1909 - Domenico Enrici, Apostolic Nuncio
1909 - Ivan Ivonovich Dzerzhinsky, composer
1909 - Robert Helpmann, Mt Gambier Australia, actor (Second Time Lucky)
1909 - Robert Murray Halpmann, dancer
1910 - Abraham A Ribicoff, (Sen-D-Ct)
1910 - Sharon Lynn, Weatherford TX, actress (Way Out West, Big Broadcast)
1911 - Albert Remy, Sevres France, actor (Grand Prix, Gigot, Train)
1911 - Lord Deramore, architect
1914 - Richard Young, CEO (Boosey & Hawkes)
1917 - Johannes Bobrowski, writer
1917 - Vincent O'Brien, racehorse trainer
1918 - Jörn Utzon, Danish architect (Sydney Opera House)
1919 - John Presper Eckert, co-inventor (1st electronic computer-ENIAC)
1920 - Alexander Moulton, English bicycle designer (folding bicycle)
1920 - Art Van Damme, Norway Mich, jazz accordionist (Chicago Jazz)
1920 - David Walker, Professor of Law (Glasgow University)
1920 - F Don Miller, Racine Wisc, Boxing coach (Olympic-1956)
1921 - Frankie Thomas, NYC, actor (Tom Corbett Space Cadet)
1922 - Carl Amery, writer
1922 - Gerald Moverley, Roman Catholic bishop (Hallam)
1922 - Michael Palliser, head of British diplomatic service
1923 - Bruno Kiefer, composer
1924 - Harald Heilmann, composer
1925 - Michael Richardson, vice CEO (N M Rotschild)
1925 - Tom Jackson, British union leader (Post Office)
1926 - Graham Hills, principal (Strathclyde University, England)
1926 - Harris Wofford, (Sen-R-Pennsylvania)
1926 - Hugh Hefner, [Marston], Chicagp, magazine publisher (Playboy)
1926 - Lord Fitt, MP (Belfast Ireland)
1926 - Michael Ogden, QC
1928 - Brian Cubbon, British senior civil servant
1928 - Floyd D Spence, (Rep-R-SC, 1971- )
1928 - Tom Lehrer, parody/folk singer (That Was The Week That Was)
1929 - Harvey Lichtenstein, pres (Bkln Academy of Music)
1931 - Bill Gilbert, Wash DC, sports author (They Also Served, Big E)
1931 - Martin Rogers, director (Farmington Institute for Christian Studies)
1932 - Carl Perkins, Jackson Tn, singer/songwriter (Blue Suede Shoes)
1932 - Jim Fowler, Albany Ga, naturalist (Wild Kingdom)
1932 - Paul Krassner, comic strip cartoonist (MAD Magazine)/founder (Yippies)
1932 - Peter Moores, director (Littlewoods)
1932 - Vladimir Aleksandrovich Degtyaryov, cosmonaut
1933 - Gian Maria Volontè, [John Welles], Milan Italy, actor (Fistful of $)
1933 - Jacques Molicard, translator/navigator
1933 - Jean-Paul Belmondo, Paris France, actor (Casino Royale, Magnifique)
1933 - Richard Rose, Professor of Public Policy (Strathclyde University)
1935 - Aulis Sallinen, composer
1935 - Avery Schreiber, Chicago Ill, comedian (My Mother the Car)
1936 - Jerzy Maksymiuk, composer
1936 - Michael Somare, British foreign affairs minister (Paupa & New Guinea)
1937 - Barrington J[ohn] Bayley, UK, sci-fi author (Collision Course)
1937 - Valerie Singleton, British broadcaster
1939 - Michael Learned, Wash DC, actress (Olivia-Waltons, Nurse)
1940 - Vasily Dmiotriyevich Shcheglov, Russian cosmonaut
1941 - Hannah Gordon, actress (Oh Alfie)
1942 - Brandon De Wilde, Bkln NY, actor (Jamie, Wild in the Sky)
1942 - Earl F Hillard, (Rep-D-Alabama)
1942 - Galina A Kulakova, USSR, nordic skier (Olympic-3 golds-1972)
1943 - Terry Knight, rock vocalist (Gloria, Terry Knight & the Pack)
1944 - Gene Parsons, rock drummer (Byrds, Gene Clark Group)
1945 - Gus Hardin, [Carol Ann Blankenship], Tulsa Okla, country singer
1946 - Alan Knott, great English cricket wicketkeeper (1967-81)
1946 - Les Gray, vocalist (Mud-Cat Crept In)
1946 - Philip Wright, rocker (Paper Lace)
1949 - Chico Ryan, rock vocalist (Sha Na Na)
1949 - Steve Gadd, jazz drummer (Triplet Hop, Complex Jazz)
1950 - Ehtesham-ud-din, cricketer (Pakistani pace bowler in 5 Tests 1980-82)
1950 - Kenneth D Cockrell, Austin Texas, Astronaut (STS 56, 69, 80)
1950 - Nathan Cook, Phila Pa, actor (Milton-White Shadow, Billy-Hotel)
1952 - Magnar Am, composer
1953 - Hal Ketchum, Greenwich NY, country singer (Small Town Saturday Night)
1954 - Dennis Quaid, Houston TX, actor (Big Easy, Dreamscape, Right Stuff)
1957 - Ednita Nazario, Ponce PR, spanish singer
1957 - Sevérlano Ballesteros, Spain, golfer (British Open 1979, 84, 88)
1958 - Tony Sibson, boxer
1959 - Dave Innis, Bartlesville Okla, country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels)
1961 - Kirk McCaskill, Kapuskasing Ont, pitcher (Chic White Sox)
1961 - Mark Kelly, Dublin Ireland, keyboardist (Marillion-Real to Reel)
1962 - Freddie Joe Nunn, NFL defensive end (Indianapolis Colts)
1962 - Jeff Turner, NBA forward (Vancouver Grizzlies)
1964 - Shane Robinson, Adelaide SA, Australasia golfer
1965 - Hal Morris, Fort Rucker Alabama, infielder (Cin Reds)
1965 - Helen Alfredsson, Goteborg Sweden, LPGA golfer (1993 Dinah Shore)
1965 - Paolo Cane, Itaty, tennis star
1965 - Paulina Porizkova, Prostejov Czech, model (Playboy-Aug 87)
1966 - Cynthia Nixon, NYC, actress (Addams Family Values, Pelican Brief)
1966 - Oliver Barnett, NFL defensive end (SF 49ers)
1967 - Graeme Lloyd, Australia, pitcher (NY Yankees, Milwaukee Brewers)
1968 - Janne Ojanen, Tampere FIN, hockey forward (Team Finland)
1968 - Terry Brands, Omaha NB, 125½ lbs/57 kg freestyle wrestler (Olymp-96)
1968 - Tom Brands, Omaha NB, 136½ lbs/62 kg freestyle wrestler (Oly-gold-96)
1969 - Amy Feng, Tianjin China, US table tennis player (Olympics-96)
1969 - Karl Krikken, cricketer (Derbyshire 1989-, wicketkeeper)
1969 - Timothy Young, Phila, rower (Olympics-silver-1996)
1970 - Chuck Bradley, CFL/WLAF tackle (BC Lions, Barcelona Dragons)
1970 - Neal Caloia, Torrance Calif, free pistol (Olympics-1996)
1970 - Olaf Kolzig, Johannesburg SAF, NHL goalie (Team Germany, Washington)
1971 - Anthony Redmon, NFL guard (Arizona Cardinals)
1971 - Austin Peck, Hawaii, actor (Austin Reed-Days of Our Lives)
1971 - Derwin Gray, NFL center (Indianapolis Colts)
1971 - James Hundon, wide receiver (Cincinnati Bengals)
1971 - Mujaahid Maynard, Bkln, 105½ lbs/48 kg greco-roman wrestler (Oly-96)
1971 - Wang Yang, youngest Olympic record breaker at age 17 (Oly-1988)
1972 - Brian DeMarco, NFL tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1972 - Craig Jones, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1972 - Jeff Wilkins, kicker (St Louis Rams)
1972 - Jeffrey van As, soccer player (MVV)
1972 - Karen Clark, Calgary Alberta, synchro swimmer (Olympics-silver-96)
1974 - Ben Bordelon, tackle (San Diego Chargers)
1974 - Kevin Mathis, cornerback (Dallas Cowboys)
1974 - Sharon Pelletier, Madawaska Maine, Miss America-Maine (1996)
1979 - Keshia Knight Pulliam, Newark NJ, actress (Rudy-Crosby)
1980 - Kristin Lee, Bethesda Md, rhythmic gymnast (US team-96)
1990 - Marston Glenn Hefner, son of Hugh Hefner & Kimberley Conrad

Famous deaths on April 9 ..

0715 - Constantine I, Greek/Syrian Pope (708-15), dies
1024 - Benedict VIII, [Theophylactus van Tusculum], Pope (1012-24), dies
1483 - Edward IV, King of England (1461-70, 71-83) dies at 38
1492 - Lorenzo de' Medici, Florentine statesman, dies
1553 - François Rabelais, French author (Gargantua/Pantagruel), dies at 49
1557 - Michael Agricola, Finnish theologist/church reformer/bishop, dies
1626 - Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans, statesman, dies
1681 - Alfonso Marsh, composer, dies at 54
1747 - Lord Lovat, English jacobiet, dies
1747 - Simon Fraser, 12th baron Lovat Jacobite, last man beheaded in England
1754 - Christian von Wolff, German philosopher, dies at 75
1761 - William Law, theologian, dies
1765 - Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel, princess of Orange-Nassau, dies at 77
1793 - Ernestus Weinrauch, composer, dies at 62
1804 - Jacques Necker, fiancier/statesman, dies
1806 - Willem V Batavus, prince of Orange-Nassau, dies at 58
1807 - John Opie, Engl painter/illustrator: Shakespeare gallery, dies at 45
1821 - Felix Maximo Lopez, composer, dies at 78
1850 - William Prout, physician/chemist, dies
1851 - Antoine-Charles Glachant, composer, dies at 80
1852 - John Howard Payne, actor/playwright (Fair Warning), dies
1862 - George W Johnson, US planter/Confederate (gov-Ky), dies at about 50
1865 - Thomas Alfred Smyth, Irish/US Union general-major, dies at 32
1879 - Ernst Friedrich Richter, composer, dies at 70
1882 - D G Rossetti, writer, dies at 53
1882 - Gabriel Dante Rossetti, English poet/painter, dies at 53
1882 - Jules Quicherat, French historian/archaeologist (Mélanges), dies at 66
1886 - Joseph V von Scheffel, German writer (Ekkehard), dies at 60
1893 - Disma Fumagalli, composer, dies at 66
1904 - Isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833-68), dies at 73
1909 - Charles Conder, artist, dies
1916 - Vicente Goicoechea Errasti, composer, dies at 62
1917 - Edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I
1923 - Mauritius H Binger, director/producer (Living Ladder), dies
1931 - Paul Antonin Vidal, composer, dies at 67
1933 - Sigfrid Karg-Elert, composer, dies at 55
1939 - Emilio Serrano y Ruiz, composer, dies at 89
1940 - Mrs Patrick Campbell, English actress (Outcast Lady, Riptide), dies
1944 - Boleslaw Wallek-Walewski, composer, dies at 59
1945 - Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologist/antifascist, hanged
1945 - Hans Oster, German major-general/spy, "July 20th plot", hanged
1945 - Hans von Dohnanyi, "July 20th plotter", hanged
1945 - Theodor Haecker, German cultural philosopher (Mensch?), dies at 65
1945 - Wilhelm Canaris, Admiral/headed Germany Abwehr, hanged
1947 - Konrad Friedrich Noetel, composer, dies at 43
1948 - Jorge Elecier Gaitán, Colombian politician, murdered
1951 - Sadiq Hidajat, Persian writer (Hadji Aga), dies
1951 - Vilhelm F K Bjerknes, Norwegian/US physicist/meteorology, dies at 89
1954 - Philip Greeley Clapp, composer, dies at 65
1959 - Frank Lloyd Wright, US architect (Guggenheim Museum NY), dies at 89
1961 - Zog I, [Ahmed Zogu], King of Albania (1925-39), dies at 65
1962 - Juan Belmonte, famed bullfighter, dies at 70
1966 - Sutan Sjahrir, premier of Indonesia (1945-47), dies at 57
1976 - Akio Yashiro, composer, dies at 46
1976 - Phil Ochs, singer (Draft Dodger Rag), commits suicide at 35
1979 - Staats Cotsworth, dies at 71
1980 - Kathleen Burke, dies
1982 - Robert H G Havemann, German chemist/dissident, dies
1982 - Wilfred Pelletier, symph conductor (Voice of Firestone), dies at 85
1984 - Basil Henry Blackwell, British publisher, dies
1986 - Jean Mogin, Belgian poet, dies at 64
1988 - Brook Benton, singer (Just a Matter of Time), dies at 56 of meningitis
1988 - Dave Prater, rocker (Sam & Dave), dies in a car crash at 50
1991 - Maurice Binder, title designer (James Bond Movies), dies at 73
1992 - Gale McGee, senator (Wyoming, 1959-77), dies at 77
1992 - Ruth Hammond, dies in her sleep at 96
1993 - Wouter Perquin, journalist/Dutch MP (KVP), dies at 74
1994 - Cornelis N "Cor" van Dis Jr, Dutch MP (1971-94), dies at 71
1994 - Keith Watson, British comic strip artist (Dan Dare), dies at 59
1994 - Marcel Ichac, French alpinist/director (Karakoram), dies at 87
1994 - Raouf Khayrat, Egyptian general-major, murdered
1995 - James Bullock, colliery manager, dies at 92
1996 - James William Rouse, US builder (shopping malls), dies at 81
1996 - Maisie Fitter, editor/conservationist, dies at 83
1996 - Richard Thomas Condon, author, dies at 81
1996 - Sandy Becker, NYC Kiddie TV Show host (Sandy Becker Show), dies at 74
1997 - Helene Hanff, author (84 Charing Cross Road), dies at 80