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On February 13 in history ..

1130 - Gregorio de' Papareschi elected as Pope Innocent II
1349 - Jews are expelled from Burgsordf Switzerland
1510 - Charles of Gelre conquerors Oldenzaal
1545 - Willem of Nassau becomes prince of Orange
1566 - St Augustine, Florida founded
1601 - John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London
1633 - Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before Inquisition for professing belief that earth revolves around the Sun
1635 - Oldest US public institution, Boston Latin School founded
1651 - Flemish missionary Joris van Geel departs to Congo
1668 - Treaty of Lisbon: Spain recognizes Portugal
1678 - Tycho Brahe 1st sketches "Tychonic system" of solar system
1689 - British Parliament adopts Bill of Rights
1692 - MacDonald clan murdered on orders of King William III
1693 - College of William & Mary opens
1706 - Battle at Fraustadt: Swedish army beats Russia/Saksen
1741 - Andrew Bedford publishes 1st American magazine (American Magazine)
1755 - Rebel leader Mangkubuni signs Treaty of Gianti Java
1777 - de Sade arrested without charge, imprisoned in Vincennes fortress
1782 - French fleet occupies St Christopher
1786 - Abraham Baldwin selected president of University of Georgia
1795 - 1st state university in US opens, University of North Carolina
1799 - 1st US law regulating insurance passed, by Massachusetts
1809 - French take Saragossa, Spain after a long siege
1816 - -14] Teatro San Carlo in Naples destroyed by fire
1826 - American Temperance Society, forms in Boston
1832 - 1st appearance of cholera at London
1837 - Riot in NY over high price of flour
1858 - Sir Richard Burton & John Speake explore Lake Tanganyika, Africa
1860 - King Basse Kajuara departs Boni South-Celebes
1861 - 1st military action to result in Congressional Medal of Honor, AZ
1861 - Abraham Lincoln declared president
1861 - Col Bernard Irwin attacks & defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians
1862 - -Feb 16th) Siege of Ft Donelson TN
1864 - Miridian Campaign fighting at Chunky Creek & Wyatt, Mississippi
1866 - Jesse James holds up his 1st bank, Liberty, Missouri ($15,000)
1867 - Johann Strauss' "Blue Danube" waltz premieres in Vienna
1886 - Painter Thomas Eakins resigns from Philadelphia Academy of Art after controversial over use of male nudes in a coed art class
1895 - Moving picture projector patented
1899 - -16°F (-27°C), Minden Louisiana (state record)
1899 - -1°F (-18°C) New Orleans, La
1899 - -2°F (-19°C) Tallahassee, Florida (state record)
1905 - -29°F (-34°C) Pond, Arkansas (state record)
1905 - -40°F (-40°C) Lebanon, Kansas (state record)
1905 - -40°F (-40°C) Warsaw, Missouri (state record)
1907 - English suffragettes storm British Parliament & 60 women are arrested
1912 - England regains cricket's Ashes
1914 - American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers-ASCAP forms in NYC
1920 - National Negro Baseball League organizes
1920 - League of Nations recognizes perpetual neutrality of Switzerland
1920 - Switzerland rejoin League of Nations
1923 - 1st Black pro Basketball team, "Renaissance," organizes
1924 - King Tut's tomb opened
1925 - US Congress makes Surpreme Court appeal more difficult
1927 - Uprising against Portuguese regime of Gen Carmona defeated
1929 - Cruiser Act: OKs construction of 19 new cruisers & an aircraft carrier
1929 - Vladimir Mayakofsky's "Klop," premieres in Moscow
1932 - "Free Eats" introduces George "Spanky" McFarland to "Our Gang"
1934 - Austrian Dollfuss govt bans socialistic party
1935 - 1st US surgical operation for relief of angina pectoris, Cleveland
1935 - Bruno Hauptmann found guilty of kidnap & murder of Lindbergh's infant
1937 - "Prince Valiant" comic strip appears; known for historical detail
1937 - Bradman scores 123 SA v Queensland, 165 mins, 10-4s 1-6 in cricket
1937 - Maribel Vinson wins her 9th US figure skating championship
1937 - NFL Boston Redskins move to Wash DC
1937 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson
1937 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee
1940 - Bradman scores 209* in 161 minutes for South Aust at the WACA
1941 - Nazi leaders attack Dutch Jewish Council
1942 - Hitler's Operation Seelöwe (invasion of England) cancelled
1943 - German assault on Sidi Bou Zid Tunisia, Gen Eisenhower visits front
1943 - Women's Marine Corps created
1945 - Allied planes bomb Dresden Germany; 135,000 die
1945 - Gerbrandy British govt refuses Dutch Jewish right to buy
1945 - USSR captures Budapest, after 49-day battle with Germany; 159,000 die
1946 - "Duchess Misbehaves" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 5 performances
1948 - Andy Ganteaume scores 112 for W Indies in only Test Cricket innings
1948 - Ice Pairs Championship at Davos won by Lannoy & Baugniet of BEL
1948 - Men's Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Richard Button USA
1948 - Wright Flyer, 1st plane to fly, returns to US from England
1952 - Rocky Marciano defeated Lee Savold for his 39th straight win
1953 - A's change name of Shibe Park to Connie Mack Stadium
1954 - Frank Selvey scores 100 points for Furman beating Newberry 149-95
1955 - Israel acquires 4 of 7 Dead Sea scrolls
1955 - KRCG TV channel 13 in Jefferson City, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting
1955 - Patty Berg wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open
1956 - KYW-AM in Philadelphia Penn gives calls to WTAM (now WWWE) Cleveland
1957 - Southern Christian Leadership Conference organizes in New Orleans
1959 - Barbie doll goes on sale
1959 - Miro Cardon, premier of Cuba, resigns
1960 - "Beg, Borrow or Steal" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 5 perfs
1960 - "Saratoga" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 80 performances
1960 - France performs 1st nuclear test at Reggane Proving Grounds Algeria
1961 - Frank Sinatra launches Reprise label under Warner Bros Records
1961 - Soviet Union fires a rocket from Sputnik V to Venus
1965 - Peggy Fleming, 16, wins ladies senior figure skating title
1965 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming
1965 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Gary Visconti
1966 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1968 - US sends 10,500 additional soldiers to Vietnam
1969 - Mary Hopkin's Postcard album on Apple is released
1969 - Suriname govt of Pengel resigns
1970 - Man-eating tiger is reported to have killed 48, 80 km from New Delhi
1970 - NL offices begins move from Cin to SF (completed Feb 23)
1971 - 12,000 South Vietnamese troops cross into Laos
1971 - Golfing VP Spiro Agnew hits 2 tee shots into crowd, injuring 2
1972 - "1776" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 1,217 performances
1972 - "Grease" opens on Broadway
1972 - 11th Winter Olympic games close at Sapporo, Japan
1973 - Musical "El Grande de Coca-Cola," premieres in NYC
1973 - US dollar devalues 10%
1974 - "Rainbow Jones" opens & closes at Music Box Theater NYC
1974 - Dissident Nobel writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn expelled from USSR
1974 - James "Cool Papa" Bell is named to baseball's Hall of Fame
1975 - Cyprus premier Denktash procliams Turkish-Cypriot Federation
1976 - Dorothy Hamill wins Olympic figure-skating gold, Innsbruck, Austria
1976 - Peter Casserly of NZ hand-sheers record 353 lambs in 9 holes
1977 - "Guys & Dolls" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 239 performances
1977 - "Ipi Tombi" closes at Harkness Theater NYC after 39 performances
1977 - "Robber Bridegroom" closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 145 perfs
1977 - Eric Heiden is 1st American to win world speed skating championship
1977 - Pam Higgins wins LPGA American Cancer Society Golf Classic
1978 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1979 - 2nd Emmy Sports Award presentation
1979 - Washington State's Hood Canal Bridge breaks up in windstorm
1980 - Apollo Computer Inc incorporated
1980 - NZ beats West Indies by one wicket in cricket at Dunedin
1981 - Longest sentence published by NY Times-1286 words
1982 - Dark Side of the Moon, is on charts for 402nd week
1982 - Islander's Bryan Trottier scores 5 goals against Flyers
1983 - "Merlin" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 199 performances
1983 - 33rd NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 132-123 at LA
1983 - Australia beats NZ 2-0 to win World Series Cup
1983 - Donna White wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
1983 - E Bernstein, Levinson & Link's musical "Merlin" premieres in NYC
1983 - World Boxing Council becomes 1st to cut boxing from 15 to 12 rounds
1984 - 6 year old Texan Stormie Jones gets 1st heart & liver transplant
1984 - Konstantin Chernenko succeeds Yuri Andropov as USSR leader
1985 - Dow Jones closes at 1297.92 (record high) after topping 1300 earlier
1985 - Polish police arrests 7 Solidarity leaders
1987 - Tigers' Jack Morris awarded $1.85 million salary by arbitrator
1988 - 15th Winter Olympic games open at Calgary, Canada
1988 - Christine Wachtel runs world record 800m indoor (1:56:40)
1988 - European Community plans removal of inner boundaries on Jan 1, 1992
1988 - Heike Dreschler long jumps world record indoor (7.37m)
1988 - Ronald Weigel runs unofficial world record speed walking (18:11.41)
1989 - Kidnapped Belgian Premier Vanden Boeynants freed
1989 - Salvadoran army attacks Encuentros hospital, rapes, kills patients
1989 - Oklahoma football player Charles Thompson is charged with selling cocaine; he is later sentenced to 2 years in prison
1990 - 50 killed at Inkatha-UDF battle in Natal, South Africa
1990 - Larry Bird (Celtics) ends NBA free throw streak of 71 games
1990 - US, England, France & England give Germany OK to reunify
1991 - Syria tells Germany they are ready to recognize Israel
1991 - US bombs Iraqi air raid shelter, killing 334
1992 - "Most Happy Fella" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 229 performances
1992 - Jose Canseco repeatedly rams his Porsche into wife Esther's BMW
1992 - West beats East 14 to 9 in Major Soccer League all star game
1993 - Ljubow Kremljowa runs world record 1000m indoor (2:34:84)
1993 - Merlene Ottey runs world record 200m indoor (21.87 sec)
1993 - Sergei Bubka pole vaults indoor record (6.14 m)
1994 - 44th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 127-118 at Minneapolis
1994 - Inna Lassovskaya jumps world record 14.9m
1994 - Johann Olav Koss skates world record 5000m 6:34,96
1994 - Ship disaster near Ranong Thailand, kills 200
1995 - Howard Stern radio show premieres in San Diego CA on KIOZ 105.3 FM
1995 - West Indies beat NZ by innings & 332, Courtney Walsh 13-55
1996 - Howard Stern announces he will be making the film "Private Parts"
1996 - Rock musical "Rent," by Jonathan Larson, opens off-Broadway
1997 - "Three Sisters," opens at Criterion Theater NYC
1997 - Discovery captures Hubble Space Telescope
2000 - US female Figure Skating championship
2000 - US male Figure Skating championship

Famous birthdays on February 13 ..

1440 - Hartmann Schedel, German physician/humanist/historian
1480 - Hieronymus Aleander, [Girólamo Aleandro], Italian diplomat/cardinal
1599 - Alexander VII, [Fabio Chigi], Siena Italy, pope (1655-67)
1610 - Jean de la Badie, French divine, founder of Lagardists
1622 - Adam Pijnacker, landscape painter/etcher, baptized
1658 - Jan B Wellekens, Dutch poet/painter
1660 - Johann Sigismund Kusser, composer
1682 - Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Venice, painter (Fortune Teller)
1713 - Domingo Miguel Bernaube Terradellas, composer
1721 - John Reid, composer
1754 - Charles-Maurice duke of Talleyrand-Périgord, Fr bishop/premier (1815)
1755 - François Alexander Sallantin, composer
1756 - Joannes van der Linden, lawyer/judge (Ware Pleiter)
1757 - John C Hespe, Dutch journalist/politician
1764 - Talleyrand, France/Napolean's foreign minster
1768 - Édouard Mortier, French general, duke, prime minister (1834-35)
1778 - Fernando Sor, composer
1787 - James P Carrell, composer
1805 - David Dudley Field, lawyer/law codifier
1805 - Peter G L Dirichlet, Germany, number theorist/analysist
1807 - Bartolommea Capitanio, Italian monastery founder (Liefdezusters)
1813 - Charles Pierre Schimpf, governor of Suriname (1855-59)
1820 - Bela Albrecht Pal Keler, composer
1822 - Lev A Mej, Russian nobleman/poet
1829 - Gerard Keller, writer (Netherlands Spectator)
1831 - John Aaron Rawlins, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1869
1833 - William Whedbee Kirkland, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1915
1837 - Valentin de Zubiaurre y Unionbarrenechea, composer
1840 - Georg Jacobi, composer
1849 - Lord Randolph Churchill, England, politician, Winston's father
1852 - Johan L E Dreyer, Danish astronomer (New gen catalogue of nebulae)
1859 - Frank van de Goes, Dutch writer/marxist theorist
1859 - William Strang, Scottish painter/engraver
1861 - Uchimura Kanzo, Tokyo, religious writer (How I Became a Christian)
1862 - Karel Weis, composer
1870 - Leopold Godowsky, Lithuania, virtuoso pianist/composer
1874 - Hendrik Spiekman, Dutch politician (social-democratic)
1875 - ? Kanouse, Watertown Wisc, 1st quintuplets in US, born to Edna Kanouse
1877 - Jazeps Medins, composer
1881 - Eleanor Farjeon, English writer (Martin Pippin)
1883 - Bainbridge Crist, composer
1883 - Harold "Hal" Chase, baseball player/manager
1885 - Elizabeth Virginia "Bess" Truman, 1st lady (1945-52)
1886 - Ricardo Güiraldes, Argentina, novelist/poet (Don Segundo Sombra)
1887 - Alvin York, famed US soldier with 25 kills in WW I
1888 - Georgios Papandreou, Greek prefect of Lesbos/minister/premier
1888 - Heintje Davids, [Hendrika], Dutch revue star
1892 - Grant Wood, US, painter (American Gothic)
1892 - Robert Houghwout Jackson, 84th Supreme Court justice (1941-54)
1893 - Ana Pauker-Rabensohn, Romania, communist/foreign minister (1945-52)
1895 - Fred Essler, Austria, actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown, Saratoga Trunk)
1898 - Neville Pearson, English publisher
1902 - Blair Moody, New Haven Ct, (Sen-Mich)
1902 - Karl Menger, Austria/US mathematician (theory of dimension)
1903 - Georges Simenon, Belgium, mystery writer (Snow Was Black)
1908 - Gerald Strang, Claresholm Canada, composer
1908 - Pauline Frederick, journalist/correspondent (UN, NBC TV)
1908 - Sulo Nurmela, Finland, 4 X 100K relay skier (Olympic-gold-1936)
1910 - William B Shockley, London, US physicist (Nobel 1956), racist
1911 - Jean Muir Fullarton, actress
1912 - French J Van den Brande, Flemish actor
1912 - Jose de Capriles, US, fencer (Olympic-1936, 48, 52)
1912 - Margaretta Scott, actress (Crescendo, Where's Charley, Counterblast)
1913 - Arthur Carleton Hetherington, public servant
1913 - Guiseppe Dossetti, politician/priest
1914 - Earl Cadogan, British large landowner (Military Cross)
1914 - George Kleinsinger, San Bernardino CA, composer (Tubby the Tuba)
1915 - Lyle Betther, Phila, actor (Harry-Grand Jury, Lone Ranger)
1916 - James Griffith, LA Calif, actor (Sheriff of Cochise)
1917 - Polly Rose, actress (Myrtle-Love That Jill)
1918 - Helen Stephens, Fulton Mo, 100m runner (Olympic-gold-1936)
1918 - Patty Berg, Minneapolis MN, LPGA golfer (1938 US Amateur)
1919 - Eddie Robinson, winningest college football coach (Grambling)
1919 - Joan Edwards, NYC, vocalist (Joan Edwards Show)
1919 - Tennessee Ernie Ford, Bristol Tn, country vocalist/actor (pea picker)
1920 - Bryant Boudleaux, Shellman Ga, rock writer (Bye Bye Love)
1920 - Eileen Farrell, Willimantic Conn, opera soprano (Interrupted Melody)
1921 - Henk van Galen Last, Dutch journalist
1921 - Zao-Wou-Ki, Chinese/French painter/graphic artist
1922 - Lord Pym of Sandy, British minister of foreign affairs
1923 - Chuck Yeagar, US test pilot (1st man to break sound barrier)
1924 - Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, French economist/politician
1925 - Gene Ames, singer
1925 - Jan Arends, Dutch poet/author
1926 - Barney Childs, composer
1927 - Harry Wich, Dutch set designer
1929 - Omar Torrijos Herrera, president Panama
1930 - Dotty McGuire, Middletown Oh, vocalist (McGuire Sisters)
1931 - Marjorie Jackson, Austria, 100m/200m dash (Oly-gold-1952) [or Sep 13]
1933 - Caroline Blakiston, actress (At Bertram's Hotel)
1933 - Emanuel Ungaro, France, fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1969)
1933 - Kim Novak, [Marilyn], Chicago Ill, actress (Vertigo, Of Human Bondage)
1933 - Paul Biya, president of Cameroon (1982- )
1934 - George Segal, actor/banjo player (Carbon Copy, Fun with Dick & Jane)
1935 - Tommy Jacobs, golfer
1936 - John Harris, British(?) cricket player
1936 - Leamon King, Tulare Calif, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-gold-1956)
1937 - Sigmund Jaehn, German DR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 31/29)
1937 - Susan Oliver, NYC, actress (Ann-Peyton Place, Star Trek-Cage)
1938 - Oliver Reed, London England, actor (Big Sleep)
1939 - Valery Illych Rozhdestvensky, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 23)
1941 - Bo Svenson, Goteborg Sweden, actor (North Dallas 40, Walking Tall)
1942 - Carol Lynley, NYC, actress (Night Stalker, Fantasy Island, Immortal)
1942 - Donald E Williams, Lafayette Ind, Capt USN/astro (STS 51D, STS 34)
1943 - F C Delius, writer
1943 - Leo Frankowski, US, sci-fi author (High Tech Knight, Flying Warlord)
1944 - Jerry Springer, London England, talk show host (Jerry Springer Show)
1944 - Peter Tork, Wash DC, singer/actor (Monkees-Last Train to Clarksville)
1944 - Sal Bando, baseball player (Oakland A's)
1944 - Stockard Channing, NYC, actress (Grease, Big Bus, Without a Trace)
1945 - Keith Nichols, jazz pianist
1945 - King Floyd, rocker
1945 - Roy Dyke, Liverpool, rock drummer (Ashton, Gardner & Dyke)
1946 - Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German director/actor (Ehe der Maria Braun)
1947 - Mike Krzyzewski, basketball coach
1947 - Tony Butler, rock bassist (Big Country-It's a Big Country, Wonderland)
1950 - Leonard Pascoe, cricketer (dynamic Aussie quick 1977-82)
1950 - Peter Gabriel, Surrey England, rock vocalist (Genesis, In Your Eyes)
1951 - David Naughton, Hartford Ct, actor (My Sister Sam, Separate Vacations)
1952 - David Puilum Choi, Hong Kong, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
1952 - Ed Gagliardi, NYC, rock bassist (Foreigner-Cold As Ice)
1953 - Sharon Wyatt, Lebanon Tenn, actress (Tiffany-General Hospital)
1953 - Suleiman Nyambui, Tanzanian runner (world record 5k indoor)
1955 - Jan de Ligt, Dutch saxophonist (I've Got the Bullets)
1955 - Scott Smith, rock bassist (Loverboy-Get Lucky)
1956 - Liam Brady, British soccer player
1956 - Peter Hook, English rock bassist (New Order-Round & Round, Run)
1956 - Richard Eden, actor (Brick-Santa Barbara, Solar Crisis, Robocop)
1957 - Doris King, Nashville Tenn, vocalist (Girls Next Door-Don't Be Cruel)
1957 - Thelston Payne, cricket wicket-keeper (WI 1986)
1958 - Mark Fox, congas/percussionist (Haircut 100-Nobody's Fool)
1960 - Kelly McCormick, Anaheim Calif, diver (Olympic-silver-1984)
1960 - Matt Salinger, Windsor VT, actor (Capt America, Deadly Deception)
1960 - Michael Craig, rock bassist (Culture Club-Do You Want to Hurt Me)
1961 - Henry Rollins, US vocalist/poet (Big Ugly Mouth, Talking From the Box)
1961 - Kyi Hla Han, Yangon, Australasia golfer
1961 - Les Warner, rocker (Cult-Fire Woman)
1962 - Jackie Silva, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, volleyballer (Pan Am-Bronze)
1963 - Penelope Ann Miller, actress (Awakenings, Chaplin, Freshman) [or 1/13]
1963 - Roberta Vasquez, LA Calif, playmate (November, 1984)
1964 - Evi Strasser, Bavaria German, equestrian (Olympics-96)
1965 - Kenny Harrison, Milwaukee Wisc, triple jumper
1965 - Stephen Manley, LA Calif, actor (Donny-Married the 1st Year)
1966 - Freedom Williams, rock vocalist (C&C Music Factory-Everbody Dance Now)
1966 - Tally Chanel, Tel Aviv Israel, actress (Warrior Queen)
1967 - Bas Roorda, soccer player (FC Groningen) [or Feb 21]
1967 - Eddie Pye, US baseball infielder (LA Dodgers)
1967 - Melanie Denise Bridges, Derry NH, Miss NH-America (1991)
1968 - Matt Mieske, US baseball outfielder (Milwaukee Brewers)
1969 - Subroto Banerjee, cricketer (Indian quickie & Dennis Lillee protégé)
1970 - Kevin Stocker, US baseball infielder (Phila Phillies)
1970 - Ruben Brown, NFL guard (Buffalo Bills)
1970 - Vernon Patao, 141 lbs (64 kg) US weightlifter (alt-Olympics-1996)
1971 - Jim Reid, NFL tackle (Houston Oilers)
1971 - Mats Sundin, Bromma SWE, NHL center (Team Sweden, Toronto Maple Leafs)
1971 - Shelly Hammonds, NFL safety (Minn Vikings)
1971 - Todd Williams, US baseball pitcher (LA Dodgers)
1972 - Charlie Garner, NFL running back (Phila Eagles)
1972 - Juha Ylonen, Helsinki FIN, NHL forward (Oly-Bronze-1998, Phoenix)
1973 - Willie Smith, NFL linebacker (Detroit Lions)
1974 - Anthony Mortas, hockey forward (Team France 1998)
1975 - Mark Gerald Keddell, Christchurch NZ, 200m (Olympics-96)
1979 - Julie Nagle, Miss North Dakota Teen USA (1997)
1980 - Kristy Powell, Fla, gymnast (Olympics-96)

Famous deaths on February 13 ..

1130 - Honorius II, [Lamberto], Pope (1124-30), dies
1199 - Stefanus Nemanja (Symeon), monk, dies
1237 - Jordanus of Saxon, 2nd general of Dominicans, drowns
1315 - Jean I of Chalon-Arlay, mayor of Neuchâtel, dies
1332 - Andronicus II Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1282-1328)/monk, dies
1542 - Catharine Howard, queen of England/5th wife of Henry VIII, beheaded
1602 - Alexander Nowell, English churchman, dean of St Paul's, dies
1629 - Girolamo Giacobbi, composer, dies at 61
1635 - Georg R Weckerlin, German poet, dies at 50
1660 - Charles X Gustaaf, king of Sweden (1654-60), dies at 37
1662 - Elisabeth Stuart, English daughter of James I, dies at 65
1693 - Johann Kaspar von Kerll, German composer, dies at 65
1724 - Francisco Jose Coutinho, composer, dies at 43
1741 - Johann Joseph Fux, Austrian composer/music theorist, dies at about 80
1784 - Charles Gravier, French earl of Vergennes/min of For affairs, dies
1798 - Wilhelm H Wackenroder, German writer (Fantasies of Art), dies at 24
1814 - Augustin Holler, composer, dies at 69
1841 - Thomas Ainsworth, English/Dutch industrialist, dies at 45
1849 - Christian Rummel, composer, dies at 61
1873 - Petrus AS van Limburg Brouwer, [Abraham van Luik], literary, dies
1882 - Henry Highland Garnet, diplomat, dies in Monrovia Liberia at 66
1883 - Pavel Melnikov, [Petsjerski], Russian historian, dies at 64
1883 - Richard Wagner, German composer (Die Walküre), dies at 69 in Venice
1883 - Wilhelm Richard Wagner, composer, dies at 69
1891 - David Dixon Porter, US rear admiral (Union), dies at 77
1893 - Ignacio M Altamirano, Mexican author (El Zarco), dies at 58
1894 - Franjo Racki, Croatian historian/politician, dies at 65
1896 - Karl Reinthaler, composer, dies at 73
1907 - Marcel Bertrand, French mine engineer, dies at 59
1917 - Joel Angel, Russian musicologist/composer, dies at 48
1921 - Willem P C Knuttel, Dutch bibliography/librarian, dies at 67
1927 - Brooks Adams, US philosopher (New Empire), dies at 78
1935 - Violet Paget, British author (Gospels of Anarchy), dies at 78
1937 - C A Bernoulli, writer, dies
1943 - William Walraven, journalist/writer (Neglected Grouser), dies at 55
1945 - George Studd, cricketer (4 Tests with brother v Aus 1882-83), dies
1952 - Alfred Einstein, German/US musicologist, dies at 71
1958 - Georges Rouault, French painter (Christ aux outrages), dies at 86
1959 - William L Axt, composer, dies at 70
1960 - Delmar G Roos, designer of jeep, dies at 79
1963 - Harry Steers, bowling hall of famer, dies
1965 - Jerry Burke, pianist (Lawrence Welk Show), dies
1965 - William H Kilpatrick, US mathematician/philosopher, dies at 93
1966 - Elio Vittorini, writer, dies
1968 - Ildebrando Pizzetti, Italian composer, dies at 87
1968 - Mae Marsh, actress (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance), dies at 72
1970 - Herbert Strudwick, cricketer (28 Tests for Engld, ct 60 stp 12), dies
1975 - Dagmar Godowsky, actress (Common Law, Red Lights), dies at 78
1975 - Eric Harding Thiman, composer, dies at 74
1975 - Henry P Van Dusen, US protestant theologist, dies at 77
1976 - General Murtala Mohammed, head of Nigeria, killed during a coup
1976 - Lily Pons, French/US soprano/opera diva (Met Opera), dies at 71
1977 - Jack Gardner, actor (Wild Bill Hickok, 3 Russian Girls), dies at 77
1979 - Jean Renoir, actor/director (Rules of the Game), dies at 84
1980 - David Janssen, [Meyer], actor (Fugitive, Harry O), dies at 49
1982 - Zeng Jinlian, Hunan China, grew to 8'1" (tallest woman), dies at 17
1983 - Marian Nixon, actress (Dr Bull, Sweepstakes), dies of cancer at 78
1987 - M L "Curly" Page, cricketer (NZ Test capt 1933), dies
1990 - Ken Lynch, actor (Paratroop Command, Legend of Tom Dooley), dies at 79
1991 - Bernard Sauer, Yiddish actor, dies of heart attack at 67
1991 - Eddie Bartell, actor (Every Night at Eight), dies at 83
1992 - Bob den Uyl, Dutch journalist/writer (Restless Travel), dies at 61
1993 - Agatha Hagtingius-Seger, Dutch author (Sparkles Chain), dies at 91
1994 - Jack Kirby, cartoonist (Marvel Comics), dies at 76
1994 - Michael Francis Morris Lindsay, orientalist, dies at 84
1994 - Theo Bitter, Dutch painter/set designer, dies at 79
1995 - Abdelhafid Said, Algerian student leader, murdered
1995 - Alberto Burri, Ital's physician/sculptor/painter), dies at 79
1995 - Azeddine Medjoubi, head Algerian nationally theater, murdered at 49
1995 - Joan A C Ramsey nee Hamilton, lady Ramsey of Canterbury, dies at 84
1995 - Wilton "Bogey" Gaynair, saxophonist, dies at 68
1996 - Daniel K Womack, singer/guitarist, dies at 91
1996 - Martin Balsam, actor (Archie's Place), dies at 76
1998 - Jo Clayton, author, Cancer Died, Drums of Chaos, dies at 58