Date | Event |
---|---|
490 |
Pheidippides, Greek hero and inspiration for the modern marathon |
BC AD | |
421 |
Flavius Constantine III, Emperor of Western Roman Empire, dies at about 51 |
1031 |
Saint Emeric of Hungary |
1274 |
Prince Munetaka, Japanese shogun (b. 1242) |
1384 |
Louis I, duke of Anjou/king of Naples (Battle of Poitiers), dies |
1397 |
Francesco Landini, Italian composer |
1418 |
Jan III Chalon, prince of Orange/gov of Burgundy, dies |
1540 |
Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1501) |
1566 |
Taddeo Zuccari, Italian painter, dies at 37 |
1606 |
Carel van Mander, Flemish painter/art historian, dies at 58 |
1645 |
lady Alice Lisle, English widow of John Lisle, beheaded |
1680 |
Per Brahe, Swedish soldier and statesman (b. 1602) |
1688 |
Robert Viner, Lord Mayor of London (b. 1631) |
1690 |
Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (b. 1615) |
1698 |
Justus Vingboons, Architect, buried |
1715 |
Constantin Christian Dedekind, composer, dies at 87 |
1764 |
Nathaniel Bliss, English Astronomer Royal (b. 1700) |
1765 |
Henry Bouquet, Swiss-born British army officer (b. 1719) |
1768 |
Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician (b. 1703) |
1779 |
Onno Zwier van Hairs, Fries poet (Agon), dies at 66 |
1790 |
Johann N von Hontheim, German religious historian/Bishop, dies |
1813 |
Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1763) |
1820 |
Jiaqing, Emperor of China (b. 1760) |
1832 |
Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach, Austrian astronomer (b. 1754) |
1834 |
Thomas Telford, Scottish civil engineer (b. 1757) |
1862 |
Thornton F Brodhead, US lawyer/politician/brig-general, dies at 40 |
1870 |
Charles Victor Arthur Saint-Leon, composer, dies at 48 |
1870 |
Arthur Saint-Leon, Dr. Coppelius |
1872 |
Nicolai Grundtvig, Danish writer and philosopher (b. 1783) |
1877 |
Constantine Kanaris, Greek admiral, freedom fighter and politician (b. 1793) |
1891 |
Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger, composer, dies at 76 |
1896 |
Nat Thomson, Australian cricketer (b. 1839) |
1898 |
Hubert Howard, British journalist (Times), dies through friendly fire |
1898 |
Wilford Woodruff, fourth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1807) |
1905 |
Walter Cecil Macfarren, composer, dies at 79 |
1906 |
Guiseppe Giacosa, Ital screenwriter (libretti opera Puccini), dies |
1906 |
Giuseppe Giacosa, Quantum of Solace |
1910 |
Henri "le Douanier" Rousseau, French ambassador/painter, dies |
1910 |
Henri Rousseau, Henri Rousseau 1844-1910 |
1915 |
August Stramm, writer, dies at 41 |
1919 |
Dee Lampton, Skinny's False Alarm |
1921 |
Henry Austin Dobson, English poet (b. 1840) |
1921 |
Anthony Francis Lucas Croatian-born oil pioneer (b. 1855) |
1922 |
Henry Lawson, While the Billy Boils |
1929 |
Paul Leni, The Man Who Laughs |
1931 |
Charles Cherry, The Mummy and the Humming Bird |
1934 |
Ruggiero de Rudolpho "Russ" Columbo, US singer/violist, dies at 26 |
1934 |
Alcide Nunez, American musician (b. 1884) |
1934 |
James Allan, New Zealand rugby union player, All Black (b. 1860) |
1934 |
Russ Columbo, Raging Bull |
1935 |
Isidore de Lara, The Three Masks |
1937 |
Esther de Farmer-of Rich, actress (Kniertje-On hope of blessing), dies |
1937 |
Pierre de Coubertin, baron/revivor of Olympics, dies at 74 |
1937 |
Pierre de Coubertin, Berlin 1936: Games of the XI Olympiad |
1940 |
Eddie Collins, Drums Along the Mohawk |
1940 |
Caryl S. Fleming, Beating Back |
1941 |
Morgan Davis, The Bandit Chaser |
1942 |
Tom Williams, Irish republican (b. 1924) |
1942 |
Ned Wayburn, The Great White Way |
1944 |
George W Norris, US senator (lame duck-amendement), dies |
1944 |
Bella Rosenfeld, subject of many of Marc Chagall paintings (b. 1895) |
1944 |
Georges Melchior, Fantomas |
1945 |
Rudolf Blümner, M |
1945 |
Jens Christian Gundersen, Dæmonen |
1946 |
Jacques Richepin, |
1948 |
Sylvanus Morley, American archaeologist and spy (b. 1883) |
1948 |
Ralph Fitzsimmons, Giovanni's Gratitude |
1949 |
Ian Mackenzie, |
1949 |
Chance Ward, Cooky's Adventure |
1950 |
Frank Graham, The Three Caballeros |
1950 |
Symona Boniface, Micro-Phonies |
1951 |
Ben Ali Haggin, National Red Cross Pageant |
1951 |
Herman Nowlin, The Fourth Horseman |
1951 |
Edmund MacDonald, Detour |
1953 |
Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV, U.S. general (b. 1883) |
1953 |
Raffaele Calzini, La commediante veneziana |
1953 |
Jonathan M. Wainwright, Midway Is East |
1954 |
Ernö Király, Girls' Fair |
1954 |
Geraldine Carr, The Sniper |
1955 |
Rudolf Kattnigg, composer, dies at 60 |
1955 |
Walter Weems, Hearts in Dixie |
1955 |
Konstanty Meglicki, Straszna noc |
1955 |
Broderick O'Farrell, Beau Hunks |
1955 |
Rudolf Kattnigg, Der Meineidbauer |
1957 |
William A Craigie, Scottish lexicographer, dies at 90 |
1957 |
Peter Freuchen, Eskimo |
1958 |
Betty Humby-Beecham, While I Live |
1961 |
Greet Koeman, Dutch singer, dies at 54 |
1961 |
Erwin von Kreibig, Weh dem der lügt |
1961 |
Dick Scott, Strange Impersonation |
1961 |
Fred Kelsey, Hans Christian Andersen |
1961 |
Tadeusz Faliszewski, Ghetto Queen |
1962 |
William Wilkerson, Founder of the Hollywood Reporter, The Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas and nightclubs such as Ciro's (b. 1890) |
1962 |
Johan Rosén, Rannsakningsdomaren |
1964 |
Francisco H Craveiro Lopes, Portuguese gen/pres (1951-58), dies at 70 |
1964 |
Morris Ankrum, actor (Kronos, Earth vs Flying Saucers), dies at 67 |
1964 |
Glenn Albert Black, American archaeologist (b. 1900) |
1964 |
Alvin York, American soldier (b. 1887) |
1965 |
Johannes Bobrowski, writer, dies at 48 |
1968 |
Ernest Claes, Belgium, author (The White), dies at 82 |
1969 |
Harry Williams Millard, producer, dies of cancer at 41 |
1970 |
Allan Walker, actor/writer (Red Buttons Show), dies at 64 |
1970 |
Cornelis L "Kees" van Baaren, Dutch composer (Hollow Men), dies at 63 |
1973 |
John R R Tolkien, British story writer (Hobbit), dies of an ulcer at 81 |
1973 |
Carl Dudley, American film director (b. 1910) |
1975 |
Franz Salmhofer, Das andere Leben |
1975 |
James Sheldon, Over the Hill to the Poorhouse |
1976 |
Stanisław Grochowiak, Polish writer (b. 1934) |
1976 |
Renato Pinciroli, L'Avventura |
1977 |
Maurice King, Gun Crazy |
1978 |
Robert Harari, A Foreign Affair |
1979 |
Felix Aylmer, actor (Quartet, Hamlet, Dreaming Lips), dies at 90 |
1979 |
Otto P. Weyland, American military figure (b. 1903) |
1979 |
O.P. Weyland, The McConnell Story |
1979 |
Howard Curtis, The Deer Hunter |
1979 |
Felix Aylmer, Henry V |
1979 |
Sami Tunç, Bes idamlik adam |
1980 |
William Douglas Denny, composer, dies at 70 |
1980 |
Wallace Acton, The Marrying Kind |
1980 |
Gustav Stähnisch, Die Warze am Kinn |
1981 |
Tadeusz Baird, Passenger |
1981 |
Janko Ravnik, In the Kingdom of the Goldhorn |
1982 |
Jay Novello, actor (Harum Scarum, Rebel Breed), dies of cancer at 78 |
1982 |
Tom Baker, US actor, dies of a drug overdose in New York at 42 |
1982 |
Tom Baker, Love and Anger |
1982 |
Jay Novello, The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima |
1982 |
Lyalya Chyornaya, Queen of the Gypsies |
1982 |
Kamilla Császár, Csendes otthon |
1982 |
Ada Vojtsik, Ivan the Terrible, Part II |
1983 |
Jimmy Aubrey, The Backyard |
1983 |
Nino Marchetti, Big Deal on Madonna Street |
1983 |
Toni Lanier, The Great Ziegfeld |
1983 |
Germaine Fontanes, Le crime des hommes |
1983 |
Maruja Pacheco Huergo, El gran camarada |
1984 |
Manos Katrakis, Greek actor (b. 1908) |
1984 |
Sergei Martinson, The Snow Queen |
1984 |
Mike Riley, Tucker: The Man and His Dream |
1985 |
Abe Lenstra, Dutch soccer star, dies at 64 |
1985 |
Jay Youngblood, American professional wrestler |
1985 |
Ethel Dwyer, Cotton and Cattle |
1985 |
Anna Banti, We Believed |
1985 |
Jay Youngblood, Starrcade |
1985 |
Robert Worms, Terror on Tape |
1985 |
Marc Grunebaum, The Tenant |
1986 |
Jim Wilson, 1956 MLB All-Star Game |
1986 |
Forest Shirley, Walk a Straight Line |
1986 |
Mikko Sergejeff, Risti ja liekki |
1987 |
Niels Hoff, Penge som græs |
1988 |
Karl Fredrik Björn, On These Shoulders |
1988 |
Leon Short, Hollywood Barn Dance |
1988 |
Sam Nudell, The Frisco Kid |
1988 |
Erik Frey, Der Verräter |
1989 |
A Bartlett Giamatti, baseball commisioner, dies at 51 |
1989 |
Rudy Horvatich, The 65th Annual Academy Awards |
1989 |
Iris Wong, China |
1989 |
Václav Neuzil, The Bridge at Remagen |
1989 |
Clifton Parker, Sink the Bismarck! |
1989 |
Anton Peters, De paradijsvogels |
1990 |
R.A. Strejka, Prosím, pane profesore! |
1991 |
Alfonso Garcia Robles, Mexican foreign minister (Nobel 1982), dies |
1991 |
Concetto Lo Bello, Italian intl soccer judge, dies |
1991 |
Eva Trunecková, Ferdinande, vrat se! |
1991 |
Eli Blom, Esther |
1991 |
Martha Dresback, Arch of Triumph |
1991 |
Frantisek Hanus, Reka caruje |
1992 |
Barbara McClintock, US, geneticist (Nobel 1983), dies at 90 |
1992 |
Piotr Jaroszewicz, premier of Poland (1970-80), dies |
1992 |
Derrick Amoore, The Call of the Isles |
1993 |
Eric Berry, English/US actor (Pippin, 49th Parallel), dies at 80 |
1993 |
John/Eoin Higgins, N Ire supreme court justice (1984-93), dies at 66 |
1993 |
Joana Maria Gorvin, Phädra |
1993 |
Tom Farrell, Jumper |
1993 |
Antônio Guedes Barbosa, Villa-Lobos - O Índio de Casaca |
1993 |
Mireille Audibert, Virginie qui va |
1993 |
Veronica Pataky, The Miracle of the Bells |
1994 |
Detlef Macha, German DR cyclist (5x world champ), dies at 35 |
1994 |
Harry Vincent Kemp, poet, dies at 82 |
1994 |
Mildred Mcafee Horton, US 1st head mistress of WAVES, dies |
1994 |
Richard M Major, US anti-terror specialist (CIA Red Book), dies at 72 |
1994 |
Roy Castle, actor (Dr Who & the Daleks), dies of lung Cancer at 62 |
1994 |
Roy Castle, Episode #22.1 |
1994 |
Lisbeth Forsberg, Negerkys og labre larver |
1994 |
Mildred McAfee, |
1995 |
Vaclav Neummann, conductor, dies at 74 |
1995 |
Václav Neumann, Driving Miss Daisy |
1995 |
Lillemor Biörnstad, Barabbas |
1995 |
Rose Schacht, Drug Wars: The Camarena Story |
1996 |
Ljuba Welitsch, opera singer, dies at 83 |
1996 |
Cyril Reuben, violinist, dies at 69 |
1996 |
Emily Kngwarreye, artist, dies at 86 |
1996 |
Kenneth M Stewart, euro MP for Merseyside West, dies at 71 |
1996 |
Otto Luening, composer, dies at 96 |
1996 |
Paddy Clift, cricketer (Rhod & Leicester all-rounder 1970-88), dies |
1996 |
Alvaleta Guess, Money Train |
1996 |
Jean Bousquet, My Favorite Season |
1996 |
Otto Luening, Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey |
1996 |
Irène Corday, Premier de cordée |
1996 |
Todor Monov, Osmiyat |
1996 |
Georgi Georgiev-Getz, A Peasant on a Bicycle |
1996 |
Hans-Peter Heinzl, Lex Minister |
1997 |
Rudolf Bing, opera manager (NY Met Opera), dies at 95 |
1997 |
Viktor Frankl, psychotherapist (Man's Search for Meaning), dies at 92 |
1997 |
Joop van Tijn, Episode #2.4 |
1997 |
Boris Brunov, Vozvrashchenie 'Bronenostsa' |
1997 |
Rudolf Bing, Episode #4.159 |
1997 |
Hilde Mikulicz, Das Siegel Gottes |
1998 |
Allen Drury, American author (b. 1918) |
1998 |
Jackie Blanchflower, Irish footballer (b. 1933) |
1998 |
Fernando Carrere, The Great Escape |
1998 |
Jackie Blanchflower, |
1998 |
Michael Nightingale, The Return of the Pink Panther |
1998 |
Allen Drury, Advise & Consent |
1999 |
Werner Dahms, Die Bestattung des Oskar Lieberherr |
1999 |
Charles Lowe, The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show |
1999 |
John Molloy, Full Circle |
1999 |
William Borberg, Firhændigt med Vorherre |
2000 |
Elvera Sanchez, Puerto Rican dancer (b. 1905) |
2000 |
Curt Siodmak, German-born author (b. 1907) |
2000 |
Jean Speegle Howard, Apollo 13 |
2000 |
Alvar Stugard, Night of the Zombies |
2000 |
Jerzy Stasiuk, Odcinek 1 |
2000 |
Ruth Anna Brown, American Rebel: The Dean Reed Story |
2000 |
Ishaq Bux, Raiders of the Lost Ark |
2000 |
Paulette Silva, Sangue Quente em Tarde Fria |
2000 |
Vladimir Vitas, Dr |
2000 |
Curt Siodmak, The Wolfman |
2000 |
Miles Tripp, The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie |
2000 |
Harry Rybnick, Girls on the Loose |
2000 |
Elvera Davis, A Man Called Adam |
2000 |
Robert H. Montgomery Jr., De-Lovely |
2001 |
Christiaan Barnard, South African heart surgeon (b. 1922) |
2001 |
Troy Donahue, American actor (b. 1936) |
2001 |
Troy Donahue, The Godfather: Part II |
2001 |
Lothar Dombrowski, Tagesschau |
2001 |
Theo Gallehr, Rote Fahnen sieht man besser |
2001 |
Christiaan Bernard, Episode #2.6 |
2002 |
Dick Reynolds, Australian rules footballer and coach (b. 1915) |
2002 |
F.X. Toole, Million Dollar Baby |
2002 |
Ahmed Rahi, Mirza Jat |
2003 |
William Roy, Hangmen Also Die! |
2003 |
Elisabeth Minetti, The Queen |
2003 |
Bea Shaw, The Makeover Man |
2003 |
Marshall Jamison, That Was the Week That Was |
2003 |
Peter West, Episode #1.3 |
2004 |
Joan Oró, Catalan scientist (b. 1923) |
2004 |
Eleni Zafeiriou, Greek actress (b. 1916) |
2004 |
Vojdrag Bercic, Prvi splitski odred |
2004 |
Maia Gregory, The Ten Commandments |
2004 |
Jacques Vertan, Girl on the Bridge |
2004 |
Vonda Phelps, The Man Who Waited |
2004 |
Wieslaw Rutowicz, Jak to sie robi |
2004 |
Wilhelm Koch-Hooge, The Key |
2004 |
Billy Davis, Super 8 |
2004 |
Matthew Fleece, You Can Count on Me |
2004 |
Kieth Engen, Wie lernt man Liebe? |
2004 |
Tom Capone, Para Caymmi Ao Vivo: De Nana Dori E Danilo |
2005 |
Bob Denver, American actor (Gilligan's Island), dies of complications from treatment for cancer at 70 |
2005 |
Fiede Kay, Episode dated 13 August 1976 |
2005 |
Holger Munk, Det forsømte forår |
2005 |
T.J. McFarland, Where the Heart Is |
2005 |
Robert Coffman, Fanci's Persuasion |
2005 |
Bob Denver, Rescue from Gilligan's Island |
2005 |
Tom Bailey, San Francisco 49ers vs. Philadelphia Eagles |
2005 |
Warren Thomas, Comic Justice |
2006 |
Bob Mathias, American athlete and congressman, dies of cancer at 75 |
2006 |
Willi Ninja, dancer and choreographer (b. 1961) |
2006 |
Charlie Williams, Episode #5.29 |
2006 |
Silverio Pérez, De Nueva York a Huipanguillo |
2006 |
Bob Mathias, Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete |
2006 |
Dewey Redman, Ornette: Made in America |
2006 |
Clermont Pépin, Saguenay |
2006 |
Niels Miller, Royal Faceoff |
2006 |
Willi Ninja, Paris Is Burning |
2006 |
Olof Huddén, Ja må han leva! |
2006 |
Gerhard Amanshauser, Schloß mit späten Gästen |
2007 |
Max McNab, National Hockey League executive (b. 1924) |
2007 |
Franz-Benno Delonge, German game designer (b. 1957) |
2007 |
Rajae Belmlih, Morrocan singer (b. 1962 in Casablanca) |
2007 |
Robert Garlock, Bringing Out the Dead |
2007 |
Virginia Funicello, A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story |
2007 |
Marcia Mae Jones, The Way We Were |
2008 |
Bill Meléndez, American character animator (b. 1916) |
2008 |
Todd Cruz, Game 5 |
2008 |
Arne Domnérus, Kvinnan som försvann |
2008 |
Bill Melendez, A Charlie Brown Christmas |
2009 |
Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, India (b. 1949) |
2009 |
Mario Polanco, Mamochka: A Russian Folktale |
2009 |
Louise Lee Outlaw, Mink Does Something for You |
2009 |
Milo Valenzuela, Episode #11.32 |
2009 |
Tibor Kristóf, Kilenc hónap |
2009 |
Guy Babylon, The Muse |
2009 |
Rhual Rogers, Un mundo raro |
2009 |
J.O. Smith, Driftin' River |
2009 |
Hal Blankenship, Another World |
2009 |
Christian Poveda, La vida loca |
2009 |
Kati Román, A farsangolók |
2009 |
Olga Baïdar-Poliakoff, The Unbearable Lightness of Being |
2009 |
Vivian Milroy, Don't Say Die |
2010 |
Dusk Delmar, A Whore's Life Part 1: The Dollhouse |
2010 |
Derry Hall, Libido: The Urge to Love |
2010 |
Morgan White, ...And They Painted Daisies on His Coffin |
2010 |
Michael Dennison, Almost Famous |
2010 |
György Bánffy, Magasiskola |
2010 |
Dilip Roy, Kagojer Nouka |
2010 |
Leo Trepp, Fünf Bücher und ein Freudenfest - Wie jüdische Gemeinden die Thora feiern |
2010 |
Germán Dehesa, Cilantro y perejil |
2011 |
Felipe Camiroaga, Chilean character animator, Chile (b. 1966) |
2011 |
Roberto Bruce, Chilean journalist (b. 1979) |
2011 |
Roberto Bruce, Episode dated 31 August 2011 |
2011 |
François Lubiana, Les femmes d'abord |
2011 |
Kerstin Ekwall, Kyss henne! |
2011 |
Arthur Colatrella, Staying Alive |
2011 |
Tony Corsari, Feest! 50 jaar televisie |
2011 |
Rick Mitchell, Die Hard |
2011 |
Felipe Camiroaga, La gran sorpresa |
2011 |
Jehangir Sabavala, The Inheritance of Light: Jehangir Sabavala |
2011 |
Gordon Hodgins, First Night Out |
2012 |
Emmanuel Nuñes, Voyage to the Beginning of the World |
2012 |
Vladimir Kurkov, Khmuryy Vangur |
2012 |
Aleksandr Lebedev, Father of a Soldier |
2012 |
Louise Brooks, Voices of Witness Africa |
2012 |
Howard Poyourow, Seems Like Old Times |
2012 |
Octavio Castro, The Violin |
2012 |
Marilyn Moyer, North of 60 |
2013 |
Frederik Pohl, American science fiction author, dies at 93 |
2013 |
Paul Scoon, Grenadian politician, dies at 78 |
2013 |
Jarek Smietana, Solidarnosc, Solidarnosc... |
2013 |
Frederik Pohl, The Bitterest Pill |
2013 |
Siegfried Munz, Pinkys Fund |
2013 |
Pablo Krögh, No |
2013 |
David Jacobs, Big Beat '64 |
2013 |
Jerzy Strzelecki, Cyrk odjezdza |
2013 |
Olga Lowe, Hercule Poirot's Christmas |
2013 |
Carlos Blanco, Red Fish |
2013 |
Gérard Paradis, Saint Martyrs of the Damned |
2013 |
Valérie Benguigui, What's in a Name? |
2014 |
Ljubica Ledjanac, Dr |
2014 |
Marian Kouba, Pamietnik Starego Subiekta |
2014 |
Harry Griffiths, The Last Days of Chez Nous |
2014 |
Steven Sotloff, |
2014 |
Antonis Vardis, Let the Women Wait |
2014 |
Daniel Dicenta, The Cuenca Crime |
2015 |
Brianna Lea Pruett, Our Love and Voices |
2015 |
Gerry Hayden, Alchemy |
2015 |
Stan Kane, Storm |
2015 |
Giuseppe Petitto, Sanpeet |
2015 |
Simo Salminen, Pohjan tähteet |
2015 |
Piero Livi, Sos Laribiancos - I dimenticati |
2016 |
Reinhard Selten, German Nobel economist, dies aged 85 |
2016 |
Former Australian cricketer Len Maddocks dies aged 90 |
2017 |
Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor, former Archbishop of Westminster, dies, aged 85 |
2017 |
Playwright Ann Jellicoe dies aged 90 |
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