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On September 22 in history ..

0530 - [Discorus] begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0530 - Boniface II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0530 - St Felix IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1504 - Settle engagement of Karel of Luxembourg & Claudia the Beaujeu
1504 - Treaty of Blois: Philip van Bourgondië & Maximilian I & Louis XII
1529 - Cardinal Thomas Wolsey lays-off English Lord Chancellor
1586 - Battle at Zutphen: English vs Dutch army
1656 - All female jury hears case of woman who killed her child (acquit her)
1665 - Molières "L'amour Médecin," premieres in Paris
1692 - Last (8) person hanged for witchcraft in US (Salem Mass)
1699 - People of Rotterdam strike over high cost of butter
1711 - French troops occupy Rio de Janeiro
1733 - Polish King Lesczynski flees to Danzig
1735 - Robert Walpole is 1st British PM to live at 10 Downing Street
1745 - Bonnie Prince Charlies army returns to Edinburgh
1753 - Pangeran Gusti installed as sultan of Banten
1756 - Nassau Hall opens at Princeton University
1784 - Russian trappers established a colony on Kodiak Island, AK
1788 - British Colonial postmakrks cease to exist except in North Carolina (Nov. 21, 1789) and Rhode Island (May 29, 1790)
1789 - Office of Postmaster General is created under the Treasury Department
1792 - Origin of French Republican Era
1817 - John Quincy Adams becomes secretary of State
1861 - Fort Fauntleroy (Wingate), rapes Navaho Indians
1862 - President Lincoln, says he will free slaves in all states on Jan 1
1864 - Battle of Fisher's Hill VA-Gen Early Retreats to Brown's Gap
1864 - Sheridan sets up camp in Harrisonburg VA
1868 - Race riots in New Orleans La
1869 - Richard Wagner's opera "Rhine Gold," premieres in Munich
1893 - 1st auto built in US (by Duryea brothers) runs in Springfield
1903 - Italo Marchiony granted patent for ice cream cone
1905 - 11th US Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 314 at Myopia Club Mass
1905 - Race riot in Atlanta Georgia (10 blacks & 2 whites killed)
1906 - Race riot in Atlanta Georgia, kills 21
1908 - Bulgaria declares independence from Ottoman Empire (Turkey)
1910 - England's 1st aircraft flight
1910 - Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union forms
1911 - Cy Young beats Pitts 1-0 for his final career victory, number 511
1912 - Eddie Collins repeats record of stealing 6 bases in a game (9/7/12)
1913 - Coal mine explosion kills 263 at Dawson New Mexico
1913 - George Cohan's "7 Keys to Baldpate," premieres in NYC
1914 - 1 German submarine sinks 3 British ironclads, 1,459 die
1915 - Red Sox ask Braves for use of their larger park for World Series
1915 - Southern Methodist University (Dallas Texas) holds its 1st class
1915 - Xavier University, 1st Black Catholic College in US, opens in NO LA
1919 - -Jan 20] Steel strike in the US
1920 - Chicago grand jury convenes to investigate charges that 8 White Sox players conspired to fix the 1919 World Series
1921 - Estonia & Lithuania admitted to League of Nations
1921 - Music Box Theater opens at 239 W 45th St NYC
1925 - Yank Ben Paschal hits 2 inside-the-park-homers
1926 - Belgian crown prince Leopold & Swedish princess Astrid get engaged
1927 - Famous "Long count" fight (Dempsey loses boxing title to Tunney)
1927 - Gene Tunney beats Jack Dempsey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1927 - Yanks Earle Coombs hits 3 triples
1932 - Hungarian govt of Károlyi falls
1935 - Boston Braves lose NL record 110th game of year en route to 115
1937 - Forest fire kills 14 & injures 50 in Cody Wyoming
1941 - British signal officer Bill Hudson lands in Montenegro
1942 - Meulenberg robs of church bells
1943 - British dwarf submarines attack Tirpitz
1943 - Destroyer Itchen torpedoed & sinks
1943 - Destroyer Keppel sinks U-229
1944 - Boulogne reoccupied by Allies
1944 - Operation Market Garden: Polish paratroopers land at Driel
1944 - US troops land on Ulithi
1945 - Stan Musial gets 5 hits off 5 pitchers on 5 consecutive pitches
1946 - Evelyn Dick charged with butchering husband
1947 - Dodgers clinch NL pennant
1949 - USSR detonates its 1st atomic bomb
1949 - WFMY TV channel 2 in Greensboro-High Point, NC (CBS) 1st broadcast
1950 - Nobel peace prize awarded to Ralph J Bunche (1st black winner)
1950 - Omar N Bradley promoted to rank of 5-star general
1953 - Islamic uprising in Atjeh at Indonesia
1954 - Bkln Dodger Karl Spooner strikes out 15 NY Giants in his 1st game
1955 - -28] Hurricane Janet, kills 500 in Caribbean
1955 - (ITV) Commercial TV begins in England
1955 - Commercial TV begins in England
1955 - Heavyweight champ Rocky Mariano KOs Archie Moore in 9
1957 - "Maverick" premieres
1957 - Duke Snider's 39th & 40th home runs are last hit at Ebbets Field
1958 - KTVK TV channel 3 in Phoenix, AZ (ABC) begins broadcasting
1958 - US nuclear sub USS Skate remains 31 days under Pole (record)
1959 - Chicago White Sox clinch AL pennant
1960 - Mali (formerly French Sudan) declares independence from France
1961 - Antonio Albertondo (Argentina) at 42, completes 1st "double" crossing swim of English Channel in 43 hrs 10 min
1961 - Jim Gentile's ties record of 5 grand slams in a year
1962 - Bob Dylan plays NYC Carnegie Hall
1963 - Czechoslovakian premier Sikory deposed by Josef Lenart)
1963 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Visalia Ladies' Golf Open
1964 - "Fiddler on the Roof" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 3242 perfs
1964 - "Man from U.N.C.L.E," premieres on NBC-TV
1965 - India & Pakistan ceases-fire goes into effect
1966 - Edward Albee's "Delicate Balance," premieres in NYC
1966 - KMEB TV channel 10 in Wailuku, HI (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 - Only 413 show up at a Yankee Stadium game
1966 - Orioles beat A's 6-1 to clinch their 1st AL pennant
1966 - Surveyor 2 crashes on Moon
1967 - Phillies release pitcher Dallas Green, their future manager
1967 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1968 - Iraq adopts constitution
1968 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Kings River Golf Open
1968 - KMTC (now KDEB) TV channel 27 in Springfield, MO (IND) 1st broadcast
1968 - Twins' Cesar Tovar pitched a hitless inning & plays all 9 positions
1968 - Zond 5 completes flight
1969 - "Music Scene" debuts on ABC-TV
1969 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1969 - SF Giant Willie Mays, becomes 2nd player to hit HR # 600
1969 - Willie Mays hits his 600 HR off Mike Corkins
1970 - Pres Nixon requests 1,000 new FBI agents for college campuses
1971 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1972 - Dictator Idi Amin throws 8,000 Asians out of Uganda
1973 - "Little Night Music" opens at Majestic Theater on Broadway
1973 - 20th Ryder Cup: US, 19-13 at Muirfield, Scotland
1973 - Balt Oriole Al Bumbry hits 3 triples vs Milwaukee Brewers
1973 - Henry Kissinger, sworn in as America's 1st Jewish Secretary of State
1975 - Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate President Ford in SF Calif
1975 - World Football League folds
1977 - Minn Twin Bert Blyleven no-hits Calif Angels, 9-0
1977 - Preston Jones' "Texas Trilogy," premieres in NYC
1977 - West German RAF terrorist kills policeman in Utrecht
1978 - Israeli PM Menachem Begin returns home after Camp David summit
1979 - Israel performs nuclear test at Indian Ocean
1979 - Larry Parrish (Expos) HRs off Rawly Eastwick (Phillies) in DH
1980 - Iraq invades Iran in an attempt to control the Shatt al-Arab waterway
1980 - Iraqi troops seize part of Iran in a border dispute; war begins
1980 - John & Yoko sign a recording contract with Geffin Records
1981 - Sandra Day O'Connor appointed to Supreme Court
1982 - Duleep Mendis completes twin cricket tons for Sri Lanka v India
1982 - SF's cable cars made a final run before closing down for 20-month
1983 - Everly Brothers reunite after 10 years (Royal Albert Hall)
1983 - NASA launches Galaxy-B
1983 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1983 - Zhu Jianhau (China) sets high jump record at 7'9 3/4"
1984 - Brussels princess Astrid marries arch duke Lorenz of Austrian-Este
1985 - 37th Emmy Awards: Cagney & Lacey, Cosby Show & Tyne Daly win
1985 - Billy Martin's right arm is broken by pitcher Ed Whitson
1985 - Earthquake strikes Mexico, 2,000 killed
1985 - France premier confesses on attack of Rainbow Warrior
1985 - Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes to become Heavyweight Boxing Champ
1985 - Rock & country musicians participate in FarmAid in Champaign, Ill
1985 - St Louis Cardinals set an unusual streak record by winning 9 of 10 games, each pitched by a different man
1985 - Val Skinner wins LPGA Konica San Jose Golf Classic
1986 - 35 countries signs disarmament accord in Stockholm
1986 - India v Australia Test Cricket at Madras finishes in a tie
1986 - LA Dodger Fernando Valenzuela is 1st Mexican to win 20 games
1987 - 2nd regular-season National Football League player strike begins
1987 - Dow-Jones index rises record 75.23 points
1987 - Janet B Evans swims female world record 400m freestyle (4:03.85)
1987 - NFL players go on strike for 24 days
1987 - Red Sox Wade Boggs ties AL record of 200 hits for 5 straight seasons
1988 - Canada begins production of a $5 silver Maple Leaf bullion coin
1988 - South Korean coaches attack NZ referee after disputing his decision, Olympic Korean boxer stages a 67 minute sit-in
1989 - Cards outfielder Leon Durham suspended for 60 days due to drugs
1989 - IRA-bomb kills 10 British marines in Kent
1990 - Andre Dawson steals his 300th base & is only player other than Willie Mays to have 300 HRs, 300 steals & 2,000 hits
1990 - Saudi Arabia expels many Jordanian & Yemeni envoys
1991 - ABN & AMRO Dutch banks merge
1991 - Calif University makes Dead Sea Scrolls public
1991 - Harry Gant wins NSACAR Goody's 500
1991 - Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula records his 300th career NFL victory
1991 - NY MTA yanks 6,000 ads for "Dr Tusch" (Dr Jeffrey Lavigne)
1991 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic
1992 - Heavy storm in South France, 34 die
1993 - Nolan Ryan, 46, pitches his last game
1993 - STS-51 (Discovery) lands
1993 - Supreme Soviet dismisses president Boris Yeltsin
1994 - Rasmussen govt in Denmark, resigns
1996 - 4th Solheim Cup: US beats Europe 17-11 at St Pierre Wales
1997 - Elton John releases Diana tribute "Candle in the Wind 1997"
1997 - Marv Albert pleads not guilty to sexual charges

Famous birthdays on September 22 ..

0130 - Claudius Galenus, Italian physician/scholar
1290 - Bilbo Baggins, (in Shire Reconning)
1515 - Anna van Kleef, queen of England/4th wife of Henry VIII
1601 - Anna van Oostenrijk, queen of France/daughter of Philip III
1694 - Lord Chesterfield, letter writer; introduced Gregorian calendar (1752)
1720 - Adolph Carl Kunzen, composer
1729 - George Wilhelm Gruber, composer
1733 - Anton Filtz, composer
1738 - Dionysius G Van de Keessel, lawyer (Theses Selectae)
1741 - Peter S Pallas, German geologist/zoologist (Siberia/Krim)
1757 - Herman H Vitringa, politician (National Meetings)
1791 - Michael Faraday, discovered principle of electric motor
1796 - Ret Cornelius Kinchiloe Stribling, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1880
1822 - Brig Gen Eppa Hunton, fought in most ANV campaigns
1827 - John Grubb Parke, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900
1829 - William Worth Belknap, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1833 - Stephen Dill Lee, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1908
1842 - Abdül-Hamid II, 34th sultan of Turkey (lost Romania & Serbia)
1849 - John Godden, English explorer (Curaçao)
1860 - Heinrich Reitsch, composer
1862 - [Auguste-]Maurice Barrès, French writer/member of parliament
1864 - Louis Van Deyssel, writer (Small Republic, One Love)
1870 - Arthur Willard Pryor, composer
1872 - Luis Villalba Munoz, composer
1875 - Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis, composer
1878 - Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese PM (most of 1946-54)
1880 - Asser B Kleerekoper, journalist/2nd-Member of parliament (SDAP)
1882 - Emil Abranyi, composer
1882 - Wilhelm Keitel, German fieldmarshal
1883 - Robert Franz Richard Hernried, composer
1884 - Minerva Urecal, CA, actress (Accent on Love, Crazy Knights)
1885 - Erich von Stroheim, early film director/actor (Grand Illusion)
1887 - Hobart Cavanaugh, US, actor (Border Town, Black Angel)
1888 - Roger Bissière, French painter
1888 - Sophia J W "Sophie" Hermse, actress (Vorstenschool)
1890 - Ferdinand Gonseth, Swiss mathematician/philosopher
1891 - Jacob H "Jaap" Stotijn, oboist/conductor (Residence Orch)
1892 - Billy West, Russia, actor (Further Perils of Laurel & Hardy)
1892 - Frank Sullivan, humorist (NYer Magazine)
1892 - Hans Albers, Hamburg Germany, actor (Blue Angel)
1894 - Hieronim Feicht, composer
1894 - Johnnie Gough, Boston MA, actor (Smooth as Satin, Circus Kid)
1895 - Babette Deutsch, US poet (Animal vegetable mineral)
1895 - Paul Muni, actor (Acad Award 1936-Angel on My Shoulder, Juarez)
1901 - Allan "Rocky" Lane, Mishawaka Ind, actor (voice of Mr Ed, Red Ryder)
1901 - Charles Huggins, surgeon/medical researcher
1902 - F R Boschvogel, [French LJ Ramon], Flemish writer (War of Worlds)
1902 - John Houseman, Bucharest Romania, actor (Kingsfield-Paper Chase)
1906 - Phyllis Hartnoll, writer/editor
1909 - David Riesman, US sociologist (Lonely Crowd)
1910 - Klement Slavicky, composer
1912 - Alfred G Vanderbilt, thoroughbred horse owner (Native Dancer)
1913 - Leroy Holmes, Pittsburgh Pa, orch leader (Tonight Show, 1956-57)
1914 - Martha Scott, Jamesport Mo, actress (Dallas, Bionic Woman, Our Town)
1915 - Arthur Lowe, Hayfield England, actor (Captain Mainwaring-Dad's Army)
1917 - Peter Adams, LA CA, actor (Alternative)
1918 - Archibald James Potter, composer
1918 - Hans Scholl, German resistance fighter (Die Weisse Rose)
1918 - Henryk Szeryng, Zelazowa Wola Poland, violinist (Brahms Concerto)
1919 - Jack Russell, Saratoga Springs NY, singer (Your Show of Shows)
1920 - Bob Lemon, pitcher (Cleveland Indians)/manager (NY Yankees, 1978)
1920 - Ismay Thomas, teacher
1922 - Chen Ning Yang, China, US physicist/disproved parity (Nobel 1957)
1924 - Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu, politician
1924 - Norvel la Follette Ray Lee, lt-HW boxer (Olympic-gold-1952)
1924 - Sieto Hoving, actor (Holiday in Havana, Palm Beach Story)
1925 - Virginia Capers, Sumter SC, actress (White Mama, Original Intent)
1926 - William O Smith, composer
1927 - Eligio [Kika] De La Garza, (Rep-D-Texas, 1965- )
1927 - Tom Lasorda, baseball manager (LA Dodgers)
1928 - Eugene Roche, Boston MA, actor (Foul Play, Slaughterhouse Five)
1929 - Serge Garant, composer
1929 - William E Dannemeyer, (Rep-R-CA, 1979- )
1930 - Antonio Saura, Spanish painter
1930 - Roger Durham Hannay, composer
1932 - Ingemar Johansson, Sweden, world heavyweight boxing champ (1952)
1933 - Leonardo Balada, composer
1935 - Harriet King, US, fencing (Olympic-1972)
1936 - Art Metrano, Bkln NY, comedian (Amy Prentiss, Joanie Loves Chachi)
1939 - Junko Tabei, Japan, 1st woman to climb Mount Everest
1939 - Mike Sullivan, (Gov-Wyoming)
1939 - Timothy E Wirth, (Rep-D-CO, 1975- )
1940 - Anna Karina, Copenhagen Denmark, actress (Alphaville)
1940 - Edward Boguslawski, composer
1942 - David J Stern, NBA commissioner (1984- )
1942 - Dick Pickering, trade unionist
1942 - William C Nelson, rep/astronaut (STS 24)
1944 - John Tanner, (Rep-D-Tennessee)
1946 - Daniel E "Dan" Lungren, (Rep-R-Calif, 1979-88)
1948 - Bill Orton, (Rep-D-Utah)
1948 - Mark A P Phillips, British ex of princess Anne
1949 - David Coverdale, England, rock vocalist (Whitesnake, Deep Purple)
1949 - Harold Carmichael, NFL wide receiver (Philadelphia Eagles)
1950 - Carel P de Haseth, Curaçaos author/publisher (Bida after koló)
1950 - Meryl Streep, actress (Silkwood)
1952 - Paul LeMat, Rahway NJ, actor (Fuirehouse, Hanoi Hilton, PK & the Kid)
1952 - Robert W Goodlatte, (Rep-R-Virginia)
1954 - Shari Belafonte Harper, NYC, actress (Julie-Hotel)
1955 - Jerry Anderson, Montreal, Canadian Tour golfer (Quebec Open-1982, 83)
1956 - Debby Boone, Hackensack NJ, singer (You Light Up My Life)
1957 - Johnette Napolitano, rocker (Concrete Blonde)
1957 - Lynn Herring, Enid Oklahoma, actress (Lucy Coe-General Hospital)
1957 - Mark Johnson, Madison WI, NHL forward (Olympic-gold-1980, Pitts, NJ)
1957 - Nick Cave, Australian singer/songwriter (Bath Seeds-Murder Ballads)
1957 - Pete Jones, rocker
1957 - Philip Arnold Blackmar, San Diego CA, PGA golfer (1988 Provident)
1958 - Vasili Yuriyevich Lukiyanyuk, Russian cosmonaut
1959 - Greg Bruckner, Inglewood CA, Nike golfer (1992 New England Classic)
1960 - Joan Jett, Phila, singer (Blackhearts-I Love Rock 'n Roll)
1960 - Scott Baio, Bkln, (Joanie Loves Chachi, Charles in Charge, Zapped)
1960 - Victor Stevenson, CFL tackle (Edmonton Eskimos)
1961 - Catherine Oxenberg, NYC, princess/actress (Dynasty, Overexposed)
1961 - Dot Richardson, Orlando Fla, softball infielder (Olympics-gold-96)
1961 - Eric Stoltz, American Samoa, actor (Mask)
1962 - Rob Stone, Chicago Ill, actor (Kevin-Mr Belvedere)
1963 - Michele Berteotti, LPGA golfer
1963 - Missie Berteotti, Pittsburgh PA, LPGA golfer (1993 PING/Welch's Champ)
1964 - Bonnie Hunt, actress/comedian (Jumanji, Jerry Maguire)
1964 - Marq Torien, rocker (Bullet Boys-For Love of Money)
1965 - Mark Guthrie, Buffalo NY, pitcher (LA Dodgers)
1966 - Mike Richter, Abington PA, NHL goalie (NY Rangers, Team USA 1998)
1967 - Elfrid Payton, CFL linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
1967 - Harald Hasselbach, NFL defensive end (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
1967 - Matt Howard, Fall River MA, infielder (NY Yankees)
1968 - Godfrey Myles, NFL linebacker (Dallas Cowboys)
1968 - Lisa Alexander, Toronto Ontario, synchro swimmer (Olympics-silver-96)
1969 - Marian Chlad, soccer player (FC Groningen)
1969 - Melissa Lynn Costello, Shenandoah WV, Miss WV-America (1991)
1969 - Nicole Bradtke, Melbourne Australia, tennis star (1995 Auckland)
1970 - Eric L Blount, CFL running back (Edmonton Eskimos)
1970 - Greg Huntington, NFL guard (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1970 - Mike Matheny, Columbus OH, catcher (Milwaukee Brewers)
1970 - Prince Wimbley, CFL slot back (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1971 - Chesney Lee Haskes, England, singer (Feels So Alive)
1971 - Christian Fauria, NFL tight end (Seattle Seahawks)
1971 - Ian Van Der Wal, Darwin Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1972 - Nate Dingle, NFL linebacker (Phila Eagles)
1974 - Gary Trent, NBA forward (Portland Trailblazers)
1976 - "Ronaldo" de Lima, Brazilian soccer player (Cruzeiros/PSV)
1976 - Karita Tuomola, Miss Finland Universe (1997)

Famous deaths on September 22 ..

1197 - Petrus Cantor, French theologist (Verbum Abbreviatum), dies
1253 - Dogen Kigen, 1st Zen patriarch of Japanese Soto line, dies at 53
1286 - Mugaku Sogen, Zen Rinzai line founder of Engakuji temple, dies at 60
1392 - Aleid van Poelgeest, lover of earl Albrecht of Bavaria, murdered at 22
1392 - Willem Cuser, earl Albrecht of Beierens, murdered
1408 - Johannes VII Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (1376-77, 90/1404-8), dies
1520 - Selim I, captured Baghdad/Sultan of Turkey (1512-20), dies at 53
1531 - Louise Van Savoye, French regent of king François I, dies at 55
1566 - John Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister, dies
1607 - Alessandro Agnolo Allori, Italian painter/carpet designer, dies at 72
1658 - Georg Philipp Harsdörfer, poet (Poetischer Trichter), dies at 50
1702 - Hoessein Köprülü, Turkish great vizer (peace of Karlowitz), dies
1712 - Jose Solana, composer, dies at 69
1737 - Francesco Mancini, composer, dies at 65
1737 - Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer, dies at 69
1774 - Clement XIV, [Giovanni Ganganelli], Pope (1769-74), dies
1776 - Nathan Hale, US captain/patriot/spy, hanged by British at 21
1796 - George Wilhelm Gruber, composer, dies on 67th birthday
1796 - Joseph Lederer, composer, dies at 63
1814 - A W Iffland, writer, dies
1826 - J P Hebel, writer, dies at 66
1828 - Shaka, South African Zulu king, dies
1865 - Heinrich Christian Pander, Russian zoologist, dies at 71
1880 - G F Grace, cricketer (one Test v Australia), dies
1890 - Johanna D Courtmans-Berchmans, Flemish author, dies at 79
1905 - Galli-Marié, French mezzo-soprano, dies at 64
1914 - Alain-Fournier, French writer (Grand Meaulnes), dies in battle at 27
1923 - Marquess of Ripon, game hunter, dies, after shooting 52nd grouse
1927 - Giannotto Bastianelli, composer, dies at 44
1935 - Karl Schroder, composer, dies at 86
1944 - "Cab" Calloway, British scout, dies in battle of Oosterbeek
1949 - Sam Wood, US communist fighter/director (Night at Opera), dies at 66
1952 - Cor Ruys, actor (Princess Stage), dies at 62
1953 - William Brann, cricketer (3 Tests for S Africa), dies
1959 - Benjamin Péret, French writer/poet (Le grand jeu), dies at 60
1959 - Jane Winton, actress (Hell's Angel, Patsy, Don Juan), dies at 53
1959 - Josef Matthais Hauer, composer, dies at 76
1960 - Melanie Klein, Austria/British psycho analyst, dies at 78
1961 - Marion Davies, actress (Not So Dumb, 5 & 10), dies of cancer at 64
1963 - Fred Le Roux, cricketer (S Afr all-rounder in only Test), dies
1969 - Adolfo Lopez Mateos, president of Mexico, dies at 59
1971 - Joseph Ford McGuinn, director, dies of heart attack at 67
1971 - Yvonne St Clair, dancer, dies at 57
1972 - Robert KJE Antonissen, South African literary, dies at 53
1975 - Franz Salmhofer, composer, dies at 75
1975 - Patricia Doyle, actress (Wuthering Heights), dies at 60
1978 - Lina Carstens, actress (Homeland, Broken Jug), dies at 85
1985 - Axel Springer, German newspaper magnate (Bild Zeitung), dies at 73
1987 - Christopher Stryker, entertainer, dies at 27
1987 - Dan Rowan, actor (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in), dies at 65
1987 - John F "Jaco" Pastorius, rock guitarist (Weather Report), dies at 35
1987 - Louis Philip Kentner, composer, dies at 82
1989 - Irving Berlin, composer (God Bless America), dies at 101
1989 - Jan Teulings, Dutch actor/director (Dorp aan de Rivier), dies
1991 - Pandit Rambharos Gangaram Panday, Suriname religious leader, dies
1991 - Reynold Abel Dorris, (Broken Cord), dies at 23 in car crash
1993 - Margaret MacDonald, maid to Queen Elizabeth, dies at 89
1994 - Forest Cowles Bud Forrest Sagendorf, cartoonist, dies at 79
1994 - John Edward Teddy Buckner, trumpeter, dies at 85
1994 - Leonard Geoffrey Feather, jazz critic/musician, dies at 80
1994 - Mattie Moss Clark, gospel Singer, dies at 69
1995 - Albert Goodwin, historian, dies at 89
1995 - Arthur Benfield, formed head of Cheshire CID, dies at 82
1995 - Dorothy "Dolly" Ann Collins, folk musician/composer, dies at 62
1996 - Dorothy Lamour, actress (Road to Bali, Road to Rio), dies at 81
1996 - Ludmilla Chiraeff, ballet dancer, dies at 72
1996 - Mohammed Ben Amhed Abdelghani, PM of Algeria (1979-84), dies
1997 - Bryan Woods, soldier/clerk, dies at 76
1997 - Eric William Hunter Christie, barrister, dies at 77
1997 - George Bryan Ingham, artist, dies at 61
1997 - Ruth Picardie, journalist, dies at 33
1997 - Shoichi Yokoi, Jap WW II fighter (surrendered in 1972), dies at 82

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