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March
29th
0502
Bourgundy King Gundobar delegates royal
power
1461 Battle near Towton Field, 33,000 die
(War of the Roses)
1638 1st permanent white settlement in
Delaware (Swedish Lutherans)
1673 English King Charles II accepts Test
Act: Roman Catholic excluded of public
functions
1795 Beethoven (24) debuts as pianist in
Vienna
1798 Republic of Switzerland forms
1804 Thousands of Whites massacred in
Haiti
1814 Battle at Horseshoe Bend AL: Andrew
Jackson beats Creek-Indians
1827 20,000 attend Ludwig von Beethovens
burial in Vienna
1847 12,000 US troops capture Vera Cruz,
Mexico
1848 Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30
hours due to an ice jam
1849 Britain formally annexs Punjab after
defeat of Sikhs in India
1850 Ireland's SS Royal Adelaide sinks in
storm; 200 die
1852 Ohio makes it illegal for children
under 18 & women to work more than 10
hours a day
1860 Dion Boucicault's "Colleen Bawn"
premieres in New York NY
1864 Great Britain gives Isotope Islands
back to Greece
1864 Union General Steeles troops reach
Arkadelphia AR
1865 Appomattox campaign, Virginia, 7582
killed
1865 Battle of Quaker Road, Virginia
1867 British North America Act (Canadian
constitution) is passed
1867 Congress approves Lincoln Memorial
1871 Albert Hall is opened by Queen
Victoria in London
1879 Tsjaikovski's opera "Jevgeni
Onegin" premieres in Moscow
1882 Knights of Columbus chartered for
Catholic men
1886 Chemist John Pemberton begins to
advertise for Coca-Cola (with cocaine)
1897 Japan adopts Gold Standard
1906 Stanley Cup: Montréal Wanderers
sweep Kenora Thisles in 2 games
1912 Captain Robert Scott, blizzard-bound
in a tent 18 km from the South Pole, makes
last entry in his diary "the end
cannot be far"
1919 Stanley Cup: Montréal (NHL) &
Seattle (PCHA) win 2 games each with 1
tie; 1919 Stanley Cup not awarded due to
flu epidemic
1924 Bayern & Vatican reach accord
1927 Henry O D Segrave races his Sunbeam
to a record 203.79 mph at Daytona; 1st
auto to exceed 200 mph (322 kph)
1928 Yeshiva College (now University)
chartered (New York NY)
1929 Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep New
York Rangers in 2 games
1932 Jack Benny debuts on radio
1934 Bank of Travail in Belgium, socialist
worker's movement bankrupt
1935 French liner Normandie begins its
maiden voyage
1936 10,000 watch the 200" mirror
blank passing through Indianapolis
1936 Nazi propaganda claims 99% of Germans
voted for Nazi candidates
1940 Joe Louis KOs Johnny Paycheck in 2 to
retain heavyweight boxing title
1941 1st performance of Benjamin Britten's
"Symphony da Requiem"
1941 3rd NCAA Men's Basketball
Championship: Wisconsin beats Washington
State 39-34
1941 WPAT radio in New Jersey begins
broadcasting (country music format)
1942 British cruiser Trinidad torpedoes
itself in the Barents Sea
1942 British destroyer Campbeltown
explodes in St-Nazaire; 400 Germans die
1942 German submarine U-585 sinks
1943 Meat, butter & cheese rationed in
US during WWII (784 gram/week, 2 kilogram
for GI's)
1946 1st Test Cricket between Australia
& New Zealand
1946 Test Cricket debuts of Lindwall,
Miller & Tallon
1947 "Beggar's Holiday" closes
at Broadway Theater NYC after 111
performances
1948 Drachtster Boys soccer team forms in
Drachten
1948 Yankees & Red Sox tie at 2-2 in
17, spring training game
1949 Turkey recognizes Israel
1951 "King & I" opens at St
James Theater NYC for 1246 performances
1951 23rd Academy Awards: "All About
Eve", Jose Ferrer & Judy Holliday
win
1951 Julius & Ethel Rosenberg
convicted of espionage
1953 Patty Berg wins LPGA New Orleans
Women's Golf Open
1958 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship
won by Carol Heiss
1958 US Men's Figure Skating Championship
won by David Jenkins
1959 "Some Like it Hot" with
Marilyn Monroe & Jack Lemmon premieres
1959 Wes Hall takes Pakistani cricket
hat-trick at Lahore
1960 Darius Milhaud's 9th Symphony,
premieres
1961 23rd Amendment is ratified, allows
Washington DC residents to vote for
President
1961 After a 4˝ year trial Nelson Mandela
is acquitted on treason charge
1961 KCPT TV channel 19 in Kansas City MO
(PBS) begins broadcasting
1962 Argentine President Frondizi flees
from the army
1962 Jack Paar's final appearance on the
"Tonight Show"
1963 Final episode of soap opera
"Young Doctor Malone"
1964 1st true Pirate Radio station, Radio
Caroline (England)
1966 "It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's
Superman" opens at Alvin NYC for 129
performances
1966 Muhammad Ali beats George Chuvalo in
15 for heavyweight boxing title
1967 WCMU TV channel 14 in Mount Pleasant
MI (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 Students seize building at Bowie
State College
1969 Communist New People's Army found in
Philippines
1970 "Look to the Lilies" opens
at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 25
performances
1970 Manchester City wins 10th Europe Cup
II
1971 1st Lieutenant William L Calley Jr
found guilty in My Lai (Vietnam) massacre
1971 Chile President Allende nationalizes
banks/copper mines
1971 Conrad Van Emde Boas becomes West
Europe's 1st sexology professor
1971 Development of a serum hepatitis
vaccine for children announced
1971 WSVN (now WSBN) TV channel 47 in
Norton VA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1973 Dave Cowens wins NBA MVP
1973 Last US troops leave Vietnam, 9 years
after Tonkin Gulf Resolution
1974 Mariner 10's, 1st fly-by of Mercury,
returns photos
1975 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Karsten-Ping
Golf Open
1975 Only 2nd time Islanders beat Rangers
1976 38th NCAA Men's Basketball
Championship: Indiana beats Michigan 86-68
1976 8 Ohio National Guardsmen indicted
for shooting 4 Kent State students
1979 Andrew Hilditch given out handled the
ball vs Pakistan at WACA
1979 Caryl Churchill's "Cloud
Nine" premieres in London
1979 Delhi beat Karnataka by 399 runs to
win Cricket's Ranji Trophy
1979 Last day of Test cricket for Mushtaq
Mohammad
1981 "Woman of the Year" opens
at Palace Theater NYC for 770 performances
1981 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Women's Kemper
Golf Open
1981 Tiina Lehtola ski jumps female record
110 meter
1981 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern
Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
1982 2nd Golden Raspberry Awards: Mommie
Dearest wins
1982 44th NCAA Men's Basketball
Championship: North Carolina beats
Georgetown 63-62
1982 54th Academy Awards: "Chariots
of Fire", Henry Fonda & Katharine
Hepburn win
1982 Delhi 707 beat Karnataka 705 on 1st
innings to win Ranji Trophy
1984 NFL Baltimore Colts move to
Indianapolis under cover of night
1984 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern
Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
1985 Christos Sartzetakis elected
President of Greece
1985 Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season
record with 126th assist
1986 Beatle records officially go on sale
in Russia
1987 6th NCAA Women's Basketball
Championship: Tennessee beats Louisiana
Tech 67-44
1987 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Standard
Register Turquoise Golf Classic
1987 Wrestlemania III-93,173 watch Hulk
Hogan beat Andre the Giant
1987 Yitzhak Shamir re-elected chairman of
right wing Herut Party
1988 "Oba Oba" opens at
Ambassador Theater NYC for 46 performances
1988 US Congress discontinues aid to
Nicaraguan contras
1989 1st Soviet hockey players are
permitted to play for the NHL
1989 1st US private commercial rocket
takes suborbital test flight (New Mexico)
1989 61st Academy Awards: "Rainman",
Dustin Hoffman & Jodie Foster win
1989 9th Golden Raspberry Awards: Cocktail
wins
1989 I M Pei's pyramidal entrance to the
Louvre opens in Paris France
1989 Michael Milken, junk bond king,
indicted in New York for racketeering
1990 Houston's Akeen Olajuwan scores the
3rd NBA quadruple double 18 points, 16
rebounds, 10 assists & 11 blocks vs
Milwaukee
1990 NYC's Zodiac killer shoots 2nd
victim, Germaine Montenesdro
1992 "Conversations with My
Father" opens at Royale NYC for 462
performances
1992 12th Golden Raspberry Awards: Hudson
Hawk wins
1992 21st Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf
Championship won by Dottie Mochrie
1992 Herb Gardner's "Conversations
With My Father" premieres in New York
NY
1992 NCAA Basketball Women's Championship
at Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Stanford
beats Western Kentucky 78-62
1992 World Ice Dance Championship in
Oakland won by Klimova & Ponomarenko
(CIS)
1992 World Ice Pairs Figure Skating
Championship in Oakland won by
Mishuktienok & Dmitriev (CIS)
1992 World Ladies Figure Skating
Championship in Oakland won by Kristi
Yamaguchi (USA)
1992 World Men's Figure Skating
Championship in Oakland won by Viktor
Petrenko (CIS)
1993 65th Academy Awards: "Unforgiven",
Al Pacino & Emma Thompson win
1993 Queensland all out for 75 vs New
South Wales in Sheffield Shield Final
1994 Coach Jimmy Johnson quits Dallas
Cowboys
1994 Last day of Test cricket for Allan
Border
1994 Serbs & Croats signed a
cease-fire to end the war in Croatia
1995 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in
Chicago IL on WCKG 105.9 FM
1996 10th Soul Train Music Awards: Patti
Labelle, Boyz II Men win
1996 Cleveland Browns choose new name,
Baltimore Ravens
1996 New York Yankees beats New York Mets
7-3 in an exhibition game
1997 1st game at Turner Field Atlanta,
Braves beats Yankees 2-0 (exhibition)
1997 Actor Harry Hamlin weds actress Lisa
Rinna
1997 PBA National Championship Won by Rick
Steelsmith
1998 17th NCAA Women's Basketball
Championship: at Kemper Arena Kansas
City,Tennessee beats Louisiana Tech 93-75
1998 27th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf
Championship
1999 61st NCAA Men's Basketball
Championship: at ThunderDome St
Petersburg, UCONN beats Duke 77-74
Births
1484
Johann Spangenberg composer
1519 Carlo Caraffa Italian cardinal
1561 Santorio Sanctorius Trieste Italy,
physician/burned at stake/heretic
1602 John Lightfoot English theologist/literary
(Horae Hebraicae)
1616 Johann Erasmus Kindermann composer
1636 Esaias Reusner composer
1725 Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder
composer
1752 Edward Jones composer
1790 John Tyler Charles County VA, (D/W)
10th President (1841-1845)
1799 Edward Stanley Earl Derby (C),
British Prime Minister (1852, 1858-59,
1866-68)
1813 John Letcher Governor (Confederacy),
died in 1884
1816 James Gallant Spears Brigadier
General (Union volunteers), died in 1869
1817 Constantine S Aksakov Russian
historian/poet
1819 Edwin Drake drilled 1st productive US
oil well
1819 Isaac Mayer Wise rabbi, founded
American Hebrew Congregations
1821 Joshua Thomas Owen Brigadier General
(Union volunteers), died in 1887
1822 Joseph Quinaux Belgian painter
1826 Wilhelm Liebknecht German MP
(social-democratic)
1829 Ritta & Christina Siamese twins,
in Sardinia
1829 Robert Emmet Rodes Major General
(Confederate Army), died in 1864
1831 Amelia Barr writer
1848 Aleksei Kuropatkin Russian
General/minister of War
1867 Cy [Denton True] Young Gilmore OH,
winningest pitcher (511 wins, 1890-1911)
1869 Ales Hrdlicka US,
anthropologist/curator (US National
Museum)
1869 Edwin Lutyens architect, London
1871 Tom Hayward cricketer (great England
batsman of the Golden Age)
1875 Lou Henry Hoover 1st lady-Herbert
Hoover (1929-33)
1875 Paul Rubens composer
1876 Jan Ingenhoven composer
1876 Joseph Schmidlin German church
historian/antifascist
1883 Donald Dexter Van Slyke US chemist (Micromanometric
analysis)
1886 Gustaf Adolf Tiburtius Bengtsson
composer
1888 Adrianus M de Jong Dutch writer
(World Tour of Bulletje & Bonestaak)
1888 James E Casey founder (United Parcel
Service)
1889 Howard Lindsay Waterford NY,
playwright/actor/director (State of Union)
1889 Warner Baxter Columbus OH, actor (In
Old Arizona, Cisco Kid)
1891 Ivan Goll writer
1892 József Mindszenty [Joseph Prehm],
Hungarian cardinal
1895 Ernest Jünger German philosopher (Anschwellender
Bocksgesang)
1898 Cecil Lewis airman/writer
19-- Brenda Brock Beaumont TX, actress
(Brenda-One Life to Live)
1901 Frans U Kailas Finnish poet
1902 Marcel Aymé French writer (Jument
Verte)
1902 Onslow Stevens Los Angeles CA, actor
(Mr Fisher-This is the Life)
1902 Sir William Walton Oldham Lancashire
England, composer (Troilus & Cressida,
Wise Virgins)
1905 Annunzio Mantovani Venice Italy,
orchestra leader (Mantovani)
1906 E Power Biggs Westcliff-on-Sea
England, organist/composer (CBS)
1908 Arthur O'Connell New York NY, actor (Mr
Peepers, Second Hundred Years)
1908 Dennis O'Keefe Fort Madison IA,
actor/director (T-Men, Fighting Seabees)
1909 Moon Mullican hillbilly pianist (7
Nights of Rock)
1909 Yvonne Waegemans Flemish writer
(Gnome Patjoepelke)
1911 Philip Ahn Los Angeles CA, actor
(Master Kan-Kung Fu)
1913 Jack Jones British trade unionist
(CH)
1913 Niall MacGinnis Dublin Ireland, actor
(Curse of the Demon)
1913 Phil Foster Brooklyn NY, comedian
(Frank De Fazio-Laverne & Shirley)
1914 Chapman Pincher British
journalist/author (about secret service)
1915 George Chisholm Scottish jazz
trombonist
1916 Eugene J McCarthy Watkins MN,
(Senator-Democrat-MN, Presidential
candidate 1968)
1916 John Paul Governor-General (Bahamas)
1917 Arthur Knight CEO (Courtaulds)
1917 Man O'War racehorse (winner of 20 out
of 21 races & $249,465)
1918 John Read CEO (TSB Group)
1918 Pearl Bailey Newport News VA, singer
(Hello Dolly)
1918 Sam Walton billionaire CEO (Wal-Mart)
1919 Eileen Heckart Columbus OH, actress
(Doll's House, Trauma Center)
1921 Hugh Neill Lord-Lieutenant (South
Yorkshire)
1921 Sam Loxton cricketer (flamboyant
Australian batsman of late 40's)
1923 Julia Montgomery Walsh political
consultant/writer
1924 Jules de Corte blind Dutch ballad
singer
1925 Emlen Tunnell NFL safety (Giants,
Packers)
1925 Lord Justice Beldam
1927 Arthur Ravenel Jr
(Representative-Republican-SC)
1927 John McLaughlin TV commentator
(McLaughlin Group)
1927 John Vane FRS/pharmacologist
1927 Lord Ross
1928 Vaclav Felix composer
1929 Robert E Rodes led Jackson's flank at
Chancellorsville, Major General
1929 Ronald Clive Williams actor/comedian
1929 Sheila Kitzinger author,
anthropologist & child birth educator
1930 Donny Conn rocker (Playmates)
1930 G R Sunderam cricket pace bowler (2
Tests India vs New Zealand 1955-56)
1930 Hugh Edward Conway Seymour marquis of
Hertford
1930 Marquess of Hertford
1931 Evelyn de Rothschild English
banker/multi-millionaire
1931 James Weatherhead moderator (General
Assembly of Church of Scotland)
1931 Lord Tebbit British CH
1931 Sylvia Law British town planner
1934 Ernstalbrecht Stiebler composer
1935 Ruby Murray Irish pop singer (Softly
Softly)
1936 Richard Rodney Bennett Broadstairs
Kent England, composer
1937 Anne Stoddart diplomat
1937 Billy Carter Plains GA, brother of
President Carter
1938 Bert de Vries Dutch minister of
Social Affairs (CDA)
1938 Margaret Howard British broadcaster
1939 Hanumant Singh cricketer (14 Tests
for India-century on debut)
1939 Nancy Kwan Hong Kong, actress (Flower
Drum Song, Night Creature)
1940 Raymond Davis US rock vocalist (Funkadelic-Knee
Deep)
1941 Terence Hill Venice Italy, actor
(Super Fuzz, They Call Me Trinity)
1942 Larry Pressler
(Senator-Republican-SD, 1979- )
1943 Eric Idle South Shields Durham
England, comedian/actor (Monty Python)
1943 John Major British Prime Minister (C,
1990-97)
1943 Vangelis [Evangelos Papathanassiou]
Valos Greece, composer/keyboardist
(Chariots of Fire)
1944 Denny McLain Detroit Tiger pitcher
(1968 American League MVP/Cy Young/31
wins)
1944 James Diggle FBA, classicist
1944 John Suchet British TV journalist
(Independent TV News)
1945 Julie Goodyear British actress (Bet
Lynch-Coronation Street)
1945 Walt "Clyde" Frazier NBA
guard (New York Knicks)
1945 Willem Ruis Dutch TV host (Willem
Ruis Show)
1946 Bruce Weber director (Broken Noses)
1946 Ronald Farrow radio producer/priest
1947 Aleksandr Stepenovich Viktorenko
cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-3, 8, 14, 20)
1947 Bobby Kimball [Robert Toteaux] Vinton
LA, rocker (Toto-Roseanna. Africa)
1947 Peter Hinchcliffe co-founder (Iceland
Frozen Foods)
1948 Bud Cort New Rochelle NY,
actor/director (Harold and Maude, Brewster
McCloud, MASH)
1949 Michael Brecker jazz musician (The
Brecker Brothers)
1949 Uton Dowe cricketer (West Indies pace
bowler 1972-73 "Dowe shall not
bowl")
1951 Barry Goudreau rocker
1951 Geoff Howarth cricketer (New Zealand
captain early 80's)
1952 Teofilo Stevenson Cuba, heavyweight
boxer (Olympics-gold-1972, 76, 80)
1954 Karen Anne Quinlan Scranton PA,
famous comatose patient (right to die
case)
1955 Christopher Lawford actor (Charlie
Brent-All My Children)
1955 Dianne Kay Phoenix AZ, actress
(Nancy-8 is Enough, Reggie, Glitter)
1955 Earl Campbell NFL running back
(Houston, New Orleans, 1977 Heisman)
1955 Henry Bellingham MP
1956 Kurt Thomas US, gymnast (Olympics),
actor (Gymkata)
1956 LaToya Jackson singer (If You Feel
the Funk)/posed for Playboy
1956 Lisa J Allen TV reporter/lawyer
1956 Sue Fogleman LPGA golfer
1957 Christopher Lambert Great Neck Long
Island NY, actor (Highlander, Subway,
Greystoke, Why Me)
1958 Fiona Reynolds director/Council for
Protection of Rural England
1959 Brad McCrimmon Dodsland, NHL
defenseman (Hartford Whalers)
1959 Marina Sirtis London, actress (Deanna
Troi-Star Trek: The Next Generation)
1961 Ane-Marie Sanches newscaster
(Suriname TV/Radio)
1961 Mike Kingery St James MN, outfielder
(Pittsburgh Pirates)
1962 Kirk Alan Triplett Moses Lake WA, PGA
golfer (1992 Shell Houston-2nd)
1964 Elle Macpherson Sydney Australia,
model (Sports Illustrated 1986, 87,
88)/actress (Sirens)
1964 Jill Goodacre Connick Lubbock TX,
model (Victoria Secrets)
1966 Dwayne Harper NFL cornerback (San
Diego Chargers)
1966 Eric Gunderson Portland OR, pitcher
(Boston Red Sox)
1966 Robb Thomas NFL receiver (Seattle
Seahawks, Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1967 Brian Jordan Baltimore MD, outfielder
(St Louis Cardinals)
1967 Jerry Olsavsky NFL linebacker
(Pittsburgh Steelers)
1968 Chris Calloway NFL wide receiver (New
York Giants)
1968 James Williams NFL tackle (Chicago
Bears)
1969 [Jane] Kim[berly] Batten McRae GA,
400 meter hurdler (Olympics-silver-96)
1969 Darren Chandler WLAF receiver
(Amsterdam Admirals)
1969 James Atkin rocker (EMF-Unbelievable)
1969 Jeff Blackshear guard (Baltimore
Ravens)
1969 Jimmy Spencer NFL cornerback (New
Orleans Saints, Cincinnati Bengals)
1969 Kai Nurminen Turku Finland, hockey
forward (Team Finland)
1969 Perry Farrell rocker (Jane's
Addiction, Porno For Pyros)
1971 Lennart van Reen son of author Ton v
R/publisher Corrie Zelen
1971 Ryan Mark Lambert Cleveland OH,
actor/singer (Kids Incorporated, Freeze
Frame)
1972 Alex Ochoa Miami FL, outfielder (New
York Mets)
1972 John Rothell Titusville FL, 400 meter
hurdler
1972 Paul Michael Kent Australia, New
Zealand breast-stroker (Olympics-96)
1972 Trevor Kidd Dugald Manitoba, NHL
goalie (Calgary Flames)
1973 Brad Bridgewater US, 200 meter
backstroke (Olympics-gold-96)
1973 John Oppio Sparks NV, double trap
(Olympics-1996)
1973 Marc Overmars Dutch soccer player
(Ajax)
1973 Mark Platt Peterborough Ontario,
rower (Olympics-96)
1975 Christopher Yule hockey forward (Team
Japan 1998)
1976 Jennifer Capriati Long Island NY,
tennis pro (Federation Cup-1990,
Olympics-gold-92)
1987 7th Golden Raspberry Awards: Howard
the Duck wins
2334 Beverly Crusher Copernicus Luna,
fictional doctor-Star Trek Next Generation
2336 Deanna Troi Betazed, fictional
counsellor-Star Trek Next Generation
Deaths
1058
Stephen IX [Frederik van Lotharingen], 1st
Belgian Pope (1057-58), dies
1546 Cardinal Beaton English archbishop of
St Andrews, murdered
1650 Cornelis Galle I Flemish engraver,
dies at about 73
1655 Valerius Andreas Flemish historian,
dies at 66
1697 Nikolaus Bruhns composer, dies
1745 Robert Walpole 1st British premier
(1722-42), dies at 68
1788 Charles Wesley hymn writer, dies
1792 King Gustav III King of Sweden
(1771-92), dies of wounds
1794 Marie-J-A-N C Condorcet mathematician
(Theory of Comets), dies at 50
1802 Frederic Thieme composer, dies at 51
1826 J H Voß writer, dies at 75
1837 Maria Fitzherbert morganatic wife of
King George IV, dies
1839 Bernardus JC Dibbets Dutch
baron/General-Major (Maastricht), dies at
56
1847 Auguste De Polignac premier France,
dies at 66
1848 John Jacob Astor chartered American
Fur Company, dies at 84
1866 Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch
Rabbi/Chassidic leader, dies
1880 Jakob Axel Josephson composer, dies
at 62
1886 John Keble theologian, Bournemouth
1888 Charles-Henri Valentin Alkan
composer, dies at 74
1891 Georges-Pierre Seurat French painter
(Pointillism), dies at 31
1892 William Bowman English anatomist,
dies at 75
1911 Felix Alexandre Guilmant composer,
dies at 74
1912 Robert F Scott British pole explorer
(Antarctica), dies
1917 Fran Gerbic composer, dies at 76
1924 Charles Villiers Stanford Irish
composer/writer, dies at 71
1930 Anton Bettelheim writer, dies
1933 Alexander Schmuller Russian/Dutch
violinist/conductor, dies at 52
1937 Karol Szymanowski Polish/Ukraine
composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 54
1945 Karl T Sapper German
geographer/geologist (Vulkankunde), dies
at 79
1955 Everard Verachtert Flemish linguist
(I Can Speak Nicely), dies at 81
1957 Joyce A L Cary English writer
(Horse's Mouth), dies at 68
1959 Barthelemy Boganda Central African
Republic's 1st President, dies
1959 Sara Wennerberg-Reuter composer, dies
at 84
1963 Pola Gojawiczynska Polish author (Stolica),
dies at 64
1964 Ted Collins pianist (Kate Smith
Evening Hour), dies at 63
1966 Harry Daugherty trombonist (Spike
Jones & City Slickers), dies at 50
1972 J Arthur Rank 1st Baron Rank,
industrialist/film magnate
1974 Seton I Miller writer, dies at 71
1978 Jayasinghrao Mansinghrao Ghorpade
cricketer (8 Tests for India), dies
1979 Melville Cooper TV panelist (I Got a
Secret), dies at 82
1980 [Annunzio Paolo] Mantovani orchestra
leader, dies at 74
1981 Eric Williams Prime Minister
(Trinidad & Tobago), dies at 79
1982 Carl Orff German composer (Mouth,
Antigonae), dies at 86
1982 Rudy Bond character actor (Streetcar
Named Desire), dies of a heart attack at
68
1982 Walter Hallstein West German
politician (CDU, H-doctrine), dies at 80
1983 Richard O'Brien actor (Rocky Horror
Show), dies of cancer at 65
1986 Harry Ritz actor (3 Musketeers, On
the Avenue), dies at 79
1989 Bernard Blier actor (Les Miserables,
Women & War), dies at 73
1990 Germaine Montenesdro 2nd victim of
NYC's Zodiac killer, shot dead
1991 Lee Atwater political strategist (R),
dies of brain tumor at 40
1991 Matt Bennett actor (Hickey &
Boggs), dies of brain tumor at 52
1992 Earl Spencer father of Lady Diana,
dies at 68
1992 Paul [G J von] Henreid Austrian actor
(Laszlo-Casablanca), dies at 84
1994 Bill Travers actor (Trio, Gorgo, Born
Free), dies at 72
1994 Paul Grimault animator, dies at 89
1994 William Natcher
(Representative-Democrat-KY), dies at 84
1995 Carl E Jefferson record company
owner, dies at 74
1995 Eddie Williams Wiggins alto
saxophone/comedian, dies at 78
1995 James Eric Storrar fighter Pilot,
dies at 74
1995 John Elliott Terry film financier,
dies at 82
1996 Maggie Donnelly bag lady, dies at 46
1997 Eddie Ryder actor (Slick
Jones-General Hospital), dies at 74
1997 Ellen Clara Pollock actress (Wicked
Lady, Fake), dies at 94
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