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Date Event
754
Karloman, abbot of Monte Cassino, dies at 39 
1153
Eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130) 
1304
Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243) 
1464
Nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies 
1510
Edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded 
1510
Richard Empson, English treasurer, beheaded 
1536
Pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight - on Index), dies 
1553
Charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies 
1635
Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48 
1673
Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist, dies of possible suicide at 32 (b. 1641) 
1676
Grimmelshausen, writer, dies 
1681
Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 76 
1720
Anne Lefèvre, French scholar (b. 1654) 
1723
Joseph Bingham, English scholar (b. 1668) 
1730
Mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61 
1731
Johann Augustin Kobelius, composer, dies at 57 
1768
Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (b. 1703) 
1777
Giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54 
1785
Jonathan Trumbull, US patriot, dies 
1786
Frederick II (the Great), King of Prussia (1740-86)/composer, dies at 74 
1786
Friedrich der Große, Wer ist der größte Deutsche? 
1792
Jan Jachym Kopriva, composer, dies at 38 
1799
Christian Heinrich Spieß, Das schöne irre Judenmädchen 
1804
Barbara Hec, organized 1st methodist church in US, dies 
1834
Husein Gradaščević, Bosnian rebel leader (b. 1802) 
1838
Lorenzo da Ponte, The Shawshank Redemption 
1850
Jose de San Martin, South American revolutionary hero and general, dies at 72 
1861
Alcée Louis la Branche, American Politician (b. 1806) 
1865
Johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer, dies at 82 
1865
Mosby Munroe Parsons, US Confederate gen-maj, dies in battle 
1875
Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (b. 1827) 
1878
Richard Upjohn, US architect, died 
1880
Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist and composer (b. 1810) 
1887
Franz Commer, composer, dies at 74 
1888
James Jameson, British nature investigator (Congo), dies 
1889
Ernst Franck, German composer/conductor, dies at 42 
1893
Aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet (Stichotvorenia), dies at 52[NS=8/29] 
1896
Bridget Driscoll, 1st Brit to die in an auto-accident 
1898
Carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer, dies at 56 
1898
Carl Zeller, Der Vogelhändler 
1901
Edmond Audran, composer, dies at 61 
1901
Edmond Audran, La mascotte 
1908
Laura Fitinghoff, Barnen från Frostmofjället 
1909
Richard Hoffman, composer, dies at 78 
1914
James Grierson, British general 
1914
Harry Steinfeldt, World Series Baseball Game 
1914
Robert Drouet, The Two Fathers 
1915
Leo Frank, American convict, hanged in 1915 by a lynch mob in Georgia 
1915
Leo Frank,  
1917
Hubert Henry Davies, The Girl from 10th Avenue 
1918
Jacob Gallinger, Opening of the Pan-American Exposition Showing Vice President Roosevelt Leading the Procession 
1920
Ray Chapman, hit in the head by Yanks' Carl Mays pitch, dies 
1920
Ray Chapman, American baseball player (b. 1891) 
1923
Marie Wainwright, Social Hypocrites 
1924
Pavel S "Paul" Urysohn, Russian mathematician, drowns at 26 
1924
Tom Kendall, cricketer (14 wickets in Australia's 1st two Tests), dies 
1925
Ioan Slavici, Transylvanian writer of Romanian origin (b. 1848) 
1925
Ioan Slavici, La 'Moara cu noroc' 
1927
Horace Alderman, US, murderer, hanged 
1934
Rainer Simons, Napoleon in Schönbrunn 
1935
Charlie Roellinghoff, Alraune 
1935
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper 
1936
Pierre-Octave Ferroud, French composer (Surgery & Foules), dies at 36 
1936
René Koval, Passionnément 
1936
Gilbert Holmes, The Rest Cure 
1938
Claudia Coleman, Test Pilot 
1938
Marie Dinesen, The Convict's Son 
1939
Harry Forbes, Big Boy Rides Again 
1940
Nick Copeland, Lodge Night 
1940
William M.L. Fiske, White Heat 
1941
David C. Werner, Cheers for Miss Bishop 
1941
Paul Dullac, Marius 
1942
Walker Whiteside, The Belgian 
1942
Irène Némirovsky, Suite Française 
1942
Milton Bridenbecker, Thunder Riders 
1943
Andrew Brunelle, Exempt De Service 
1944
John Trumble, cricketer (brother of Hugh 7 Tests 1885-86), dies 
1944
Franciszek Brodniewicz, Dzien wielkiej przygody 
1944
Robert Frazer, White Zombie 
1945
Gino Marinuzzi, composer, dies at 61 
1945
Pater Bleijs, [Louis], resistance fighter, dies in car accident 
1945
Subhas Chandra Bose,  
1946
Channing Pollock, The Locked Door 
1948
Nico J Polak, Dutch economist, dies at 60 
1949
Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino jurist & politician (b. 1891) 
1950
Doris Krüger, Fräulein 
1952
Mimi Forsythe, Three Russian Girls 
1952
Tom Chatterton, Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe 
1952
Romano Calò, The Last Chance 
1952
Milton Gowman, City Lights 
1953
Johannes B Tielrooy, literature (French Living Lesson), dies at 66 
1953
Albert Austin, The Immigrant 
1954
Billy Murray, singer (Denver Nightengale), dies at 77 
1954
Billy Murray, Bowling for Columbine 
1954
Cia Fornaroli, Haydee 
1955
Fernand Léger, Ballet mécanique 
1956
Guy Rapp, Foyer perdu 
1956
Sven Arefeldt, Kvinnan som försvann 
1956
Mosze Broderson, Jolly Paupers 
1956
Fritz Udén, Barabbas 
1956
Charles Griffin, Ace in the Hole 
1958
Florent Schmitt, French composer/critic (Jardin Secret), dies at 87 
1958
Florent Schmitt, Salammbô 
1958
Bonar Colleano, Stairway to Heaven 
1958
Walter R. Brooks, The First Meeting 
1958
Othmar Gurtner, Das weiße Stadion 
1959
Paula Menari, Wenn dem Esel zu wohl ist... 
1960
Erna Schrøder, Han, hun og Hamlet 
1960
E.G. Tatum, Within Our Gates 
1960
Fernand Rivers, Le duel de Plouf 
1961
Carlos Leon Salzedo, composer, dies at 76 
1962
Peter Fechter trying to cross the Berlin Wall (b. 1944) 
1962
Ensio Jouko, Salainen ase 
1962
Peter Fechter,  
1963
Richard Barthelmess, actor (Heroes for Sales), dies of cancer at 68 
1963
Ed Gardner, Duffy's Tavern 
1963
Richard Barthelmess, Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl 
1964
Keiji Sada, Good Morning 
1964
Tsolak Amerikyan, Tjvjik 
1965
Richard Billings, Fire Fighters 
1966
Archibald Palm, cricketer (Test South Africa v England 1927-28), dies 
1966
Michael Garrison, producer (Crowded Sky), dies after a fall at 43 
1969
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, architect (November Group), dies at 83 
1969
Philip Blaiberg, after 19 days with artificial heart, dies 
1970
Rattana Pestonji, Thai filmmaker (b. 1908) 
1971
Horace McMahon, actor (Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 64 
1971
Wilhelm List, German field marshal (b. 1880) 
1972
Raymond Brulez, Flemish author (Schoone slaapster), dies at 76 
1972
Wampilow, writer, dies 
1973
Conrad Aiken, US poet (Pulitzer), dies at 74 
1973
Paul Williams, rocker (Temptations), commits suicide at 32 
1973
Jean Barraqué, French composer (b. 1928) 
1973
Arthur W. Radford, This Is Korea! 
1974
Aldo Palazzeschi, [Giurlani], Italian writer, dies at 89 
1974
Edgar Dearing, actor (Free & Easy, Abraham Lincoln), dies at 81 
1974
Aldo Palazzeschi, Sorelle Materassi 
1975
Sig Arno, Hamburg Germany, actor (My Friend Irma), dies at 80 
1975
Vladimir Kutz, Russian distance runner (Olympic-gold-56) dies at 48 
1975
Tiny Lund, Speedway 
1976
Murvyn Vye, actor (Road to Bali, Escape to Burma), dies at 63 
1976
William Redfield, actor (Jimmy Hughes Rookie Cop), dies at 48 
1977
Roger Nicolas, Jamais deux sans trois 
1978
Józef Daniel, Podhale w ogniu 
1979
Vivian Vance, actress (Ethel Mertz-I Love Lucy), dies of cancer at 67 
1979
Vivian Vance, The Great Race 
1980
Gwen Bristow, Tomorrow Is Forever 
1980
Domingos Monteiro, Traição Inverosímil 
1980
Nino Dal Fabbro, Lettera aperta a un giornale della sera 
1981
Robert Russell Bennett, US composer/arranger (Oklahoma!), dies at 87 
1981
Barry Trivers, Flying Tigers 
1982
Barney Phillips, actor (Dragnet, Felony Squad), dies at 68 
1982
Ruth Voorst, South African (A World Apart), killed by letter bomb 
1982
Barney Phillips, The Sand Pebbles 
1983
Ira Gershwin, lyricist, dies in Beverly Hills at 86 
1983
Ira Gershwin, Catch Me If You Can 
1983
Ed Lowry, House of Mystery 
1984
Holly Roffey, youngest heart transplant, dies at 4 weeks 
1984
Jan Retèl, Village by the River 
1984
Dezsõ Korniss, Gitáros fiú a régi képtárban 
1985
Jozef Sikuta, At the Eleventh Hour 
1986
Cadex, Le cavalier de Croix-Mort 
1986
Josef Pehr, Don't You Know of an Unoccupied Flat? 
1987
Charles Drummond de Andrade, Brazilian poet, dies at 84 
1987
Rudolph Hess, Nazi (46 years in Spandau Prison), commits suicide at 93 
1987
Shaike Ophir, Israeli actor (b. 1929) 
1987
Carlos Drummond de Andrade, The Priest and the Girl 
1987
Rudolf Hess, Triumph of the Will 
1987
Stellan Agerlo, Vita hästen 
1987
Clarence Brown, National Velvet 
1987
Shaike Ophir, The Policeman 
1987
Zofia Terne, Parada gwiazd Warszawy 
1987
Oktavijan Miletic, Lisinski 
1988
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr, (Rep-D-NY, 1949-55), dies on 74th birthday 
1988
Mohammad Zia Ul-Haq, pres of Pakistan (1978-88), dies in plane crash at 64 
1988
Victoria Shaw, actress (Alvarez Kelly, Westworld), dies 
1988
Lillian Barb, Racing with the Moon 
1988
Nino Frank, Service de nuit 
1988
Victoria Shaw, General Hospital 
1988
Jack Cutting, Donald Duck and his Companions 
1988
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., Is There a Role for a Third Party? 
1988
Mike Mahoney, Sailor Beware 
1988
Beryl Laverick, Unfinished Symphony 
1988
Muhammad Zia ul-Haq,  
1988
Tamara Loginova, Veter 
1989
Harry Corbett, Sooty's Bath Night 
1990
Pearl Bailey, actress (Landlord)/singer, dies of heart attack at 72 
1990
Roderick Cook, actor (Rockabye), dies of apparent heart attack at 58 
1990
Pearl Bailey, Pearl Bailey 
1990
Maria Paudler, Einmal am Rhein 
1990
Robert Reid, Stress 
1990
Béla Abody, Sparrows Are Birds Too 
1990
Bruno Lomas, Codo con codo 
1990
Roderick Cook, Amadeus 
1990
Eduard Wiemuth, Das Orchestrion 
1991
Don Dubbins, actor (Enchanted Island, DI), dies at 63 
1991
Leo Geerts, [Marcel van der Linden], Belgian writer/critic, dies 
1991
Mervyn Nelson, director (Some of My Best Friends Are...), dies at 76 
1991
Don Dubbins, The Illustrated Man 
1991
Wolfgang Hessler, Ein dankbares Opfer 
1991
Yakov Traynin, Povest o 'Neistovom' 
1992
Andre de Villiers, South African, murdered 
1992
Barbara Morgan, photographer (Martha Graham), dies at 92 
1992
Tommy Nutter, fashion designer (bell bottom pants), dies of AIDs at 49 
1992
Al Parker, The Other Side of Aspen 
1992
Tommy Nutter, Batman 
1992
Dorothy Rodgers, Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of American Music 
1993
Max de Metz, Dutch publisher/translator, dies at 72 
1993
Robert C Maynard, CEO (Oakland Tribune), dies at 56 
1993
Feng Kang, Chinese mathematician (b. 1920) 
1993
Robert Maynard, Episode #1.3 
1993
Phil Seymour, The Last American Virgin 
1994
Elias Canetti, buried next to James Joyce 
1994
Joseph Paul Jack Sharkey Zukauskas, boxer, dies at 91 
1994
Boris Kõrver, Juunikuu päevad 
1994
Liv Wilse, Selv om de er små 
1994
Jack Sharkey, The Super Fight 
1994
Henri Calef, L'heure de la vérité 
1995
David Warrilow, actor (Simon, Radio Days, Barton Fink), dies at 60 
1995
Howard Koch, screenwriter, dies at 92 
1995
Marjorie Sykes, peace campaigner, dies at 90 
1995
William Strethan "Wild Bill" Davis, musician, dies at 76 
1995
Ted Whitten, Australian rules footballer (b. 1933) 
1995
David Warrilow, Barton Fink 
1995
Elio Gigante, Fellini Satyricon 
1995
Wild Bill Davis, Framed 
1995
Helen Christie, Lust for a Vampire 
1995
Per Gunvall, Pippi Longstocking 
1995
David Lemos, Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt 
1995
Jaroslav Papousek, The Loves of a Blonde 
1995
Howard Koch, Casablanca 
1995
Carl Samuelson, Easy Living 
1995
Mikhail Dadyko, Belyy Bim Chernoe ukho 
1995
Mike Condello, The Wallace and Ladmo Show 
1996
Edward Digby Baltzell, Ivy League sociologist, dies at 80 
1996
Gunnar Strååt, Vem älskar Yngve Frej 
1996
Marianne Bachmeier,  
1997
Peter Noble, Episode #1.23 
1998
Wladyslaw Komar, Polish track and field athlete (b. 1940) 
1998
Tadeusz Slusarski, Polish track and field athlete (b. 1950) 
1998
Audrey Westphal, The Blue Dahlia 
1998
Eva Klenová, U peti veverek 
1998
Wladyslaw Komar, Pirates 
1998
Rita Roland, A Patch of Blue 
1999
Shmuel Aizer, Sababa 
1999
Eberhard Cohrs, Rosen 
2000
James Berwick, Outland 
2001
Zivko Nikolic, The Beauty of Vice 
2001
Gerald Gordon, General Hospital 
2001
Huw Christie Williams, Wide Sargasso Sea 
2002
Jimmy Bloodworth, Game 3 
2002
Lisa Lovett-Mann, Life as a House 
2002
Alicia Montoya, Desamparo de la tercera edad 
2002
E.J. 'Tex' Young, Diamonds Are Forever 
2002
Gunnar Obel, Europa 
2002
Don Winters, The Texas Rangers 
2002
Edward Dziewonski, Eroica 
2002
Henry Mirelez, They Were Expendable 
2002
Valentin Pluchek, Malysh i Karlson, kotoryy zhivyot na kryshe 
2003
Wlodzimierz Maciudzinski, Camera Buff 
2004
Thea Astley, Australian writer (b. 1925) 
2004
Gérard Souzay, French baritone (b. 1918) 
2004
Väinö Kolhonen, Kämp 
2004
Kathy Lutz, The Amityville Horror 
2004
Aleksandra Popova, Bolshaya zhizn. 2 seriya 
2004
Kain Tapper, Osa X Liekehtivä aika 1966-1972 
2004
Tommie Moore, Mystery in Swing 
2005
John Bahcall, American astrophysicist (b. 1934) 
2005
Joe Valdez, The Love Boat 
2006
Len Evans, Sydney 
2006
Geoffrey Gibbs, Zombie Brigade 
2006
Bernard Rapp, Karin Viard 
2006
Riley Sunrise, The Thing from Another World 
2006
Sig Shore, The Return of Superfly 
2006
Ivica Pajer, David and Goliath 
2006
Masumi Hayashi, An American History: Resettlement of Japanese Americans in Greater Cleveland 
2007
Bill Deedes, British journalist and politician (b. 1913) 
2007
Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (b. 1982) 
2007
Miodrag Nikolic, Frozen Stiff 
2007
Diana Van Proosdy, Ali G Indahouse 
2007
Jos Brink, André Hazes, zij gelooft in mij 
2007
Richard Beek, A Lost Life 
2007
Weldon Bleiler, The Bad Seed 
2007
Anne Wollner, Florentiner 73 
2007
Renee Ilsa Alcazar, The Little Mermaid 
2007
Frenchie Jarraud, Souris, tu m'inquiètes 
2007
Graham Whettam, Monty Python and the Holy Grail 
2007
Tanja Liedtke, The Cost of Living 
2007
Bill Deedes, Episode #23.5 
2008
Franco Sensi, Italian oil tycoon and president of A.S. Roma 
2008
John Howe, Why Rock the Boat? 
2008
Tibor Bános, Az örökös 
2008
John Michael King, Kennedy 
2008
Vin Kehoe, The Blob 
2009
Miguel Magno, Episode dated 30 September 2005 
2009
Gianni Basso, Afrika 
2009
Tullio Kezich, The Legend of the Holy Drinker 
2009
Robert Feldhoff, The Immortals of Terra: A Perry Rhodan Adventure 
2009
Allan Ramsay, Juvenile Court 
2009
Warren Hamilton Jr., Edward Scissorhands 
2009
Joe Lauria, The Tenement 
2009
Davey Williams, Game 4 
2010
Francesco Cossiga, Italian politician and eighth President of the Italian Republic (b. 1928) 
2010
Frank Kermode, E. M. Forster 1879-1970 
2010
François Marcantoni, The Loner 
2010
Francesco Cossiga, Jan Pawel II: Szukalem Was... 
2010
Roger Bernstein, Inside Out 
2010
Ludvík Kundera, Nikola Suhaj loupezník 
2010
Bill Millin, D-Day Remembered 
2010
Bernard Mayers, The King and I 
2010
Peter V. Saldutti, Tequila Sunrise 
2011
Al Dewlen, Twilight of Honor 
2011
Michel Mohrt, Les moyens du bord 
2011
Ekaterina Biryukova, Kratkiy kurs schastlivoy zhizni 
2011
Alastair Reid, Nostromo 
2011
Konstantin Kamyshanov, Pereigrovka 
2011
Nikita Emshanov, Land of Oblivion 
2011
Stacie Linardos, Then She Found Me 
2011
Gualtiero Jacopetti, Mondo cane 
2012
Willem G. van Maanen, Episode #2.43 
2012
Fred Detmers, The Wizard of Oz 
2012
Doug Scott, The Day After 
2012
Joey Kovar, Get It On 
2012
Uta Franz, Sissi 
2012
Tom Arndt, My Own Private Idaho 
2012
Veronique Peck, A Conversation with Gregory Peck 
2012
Joseph Messinger, Episode dated 22 September 2009 
2013
Ralph Drischell, General Hospital 
2013
Vanessa Libertad Garcia, The Real Housewives of America: Political Spoof Parody 
2013
Claus Jacobi, The Der Speigel Affair 
2013
Jan Ekström, Morianna 
2014
Miodrag Pavlovic, Pevanja na viru 
2014
Henri Billen, Si le vent te fait peur 
2014
Pierre Vassiliu, Périgord noir 
2014
Wolfgang Leonhard, In the Name of the Revolution 
2014
Ronald Clint, Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's 
2014
Michael A. Hoey, The Navy vs. the Night Monsters 
2014
Arvi Hallik, Inimesed sõdurisinelis 
2014
Rebecca Lepkoff, Everybody Street 
2014
Joanie Spina, The Magic of David Copperfield XIII: Mystery on the Orient Express 
2015
Yuriy Mitrofanov, The Thief 
2015
Arsen Dedic, Glembajevi 
2015
Peter Janisch, Mesmer 
2015
Yvonne Craig, The Young Land 
2015
Fynn Henkel, Die schwarzen Brüder 
2015
Mike Gaechter, New York Giants vs. Dallas Cowboys 
2015
László Paskai, Ünnep Esztergomban 
2015
Gerhard Meyer-Vorfelder, Deutschland. Ein Sommermärchen 
2015
Bazarbai Dzhumaniyazov, Opium 
2015
Christoph Groszer, Guglielmo Tell 
2015
Predrag Todorovic, Dobro jutro i dovidjenja 
2016
Pramukh Swami Maharaj, founder of the world's largest Hindu temple, dies aged 95 
2016
Former FIFA president Joao Havelange dies, aged 100 
2017
Former Lakers Player Tommy Hawkins Dies at Age 80 
2017
David Somerset, 11th Duke of Beaufort dies, aged 89 
2017
Veteran Cork actor Michael Twomey dies aged 84 
2018
Aretha Franklin, The 'Queen Of Soul,' Dies At 76 
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