Today in History

On December 3 in history ..

• 0741 - St Zachary begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Gregory III
• 1347 - Pope Clemens VI declares Roman tribunal Coke di Rienzo as heretics
• 1557 - 1st Covenant of Scottish protestants form
• 1586 - Sir Thomas Herriot introduces potatoes to England, from Colombia
• 1621 - Galileo invents telescope
• 1639 - 1st annulment by court decree passes
• 1676 - Battle at Lund: Sweden beats Denen
• 1678 - Edmund Halley receives MA from Queen's College, Oxford
• 1685 - Charles II bars Jews from settling in Stockholm Sweden
• 1694 - English parliamentary election set for every 3 years
• 1699 - Baron Jacob Hop appointed treasurer-general of the Hague
• 1775 - 1st official US flag raising (aboard naval vessel Alfred)
• 1818 - Illinois admitted as a state
• 1818 - Illinois becomes 21st state USA (Admission day)
• 1828 - Andrew Jackson elected 7th president of US
• 1833 - Oberlin College in Oh, 1st truly coeducational college opens
• 1834 - 1st US dental society organized (NY)
• 1835 - 1st US mutual fire insurance company issues 1st policy (RI)
• 1844 - RC Society Apostole of Prayer forms
• 1847 - Frederick Douglass publishes 1st issue of his newspaper "North Star"
• 1863 - Longstreet abandons his siege at Knoxville, TN
• 1864 - Skirmish at Thomas' Station, Georgia
• 1866 - Paid fire dept replaces volunteer companies
• 1868 - Trial of Jefferson Davis starts; 1st blacks on US trial jury
• 1878 - Settlers arrive at Petach Tikvah Israel
• 1881 - Henry M Stanley finds Leopoldville/Kinshasa
• 1883 - 48th Congress (1883-85) convenes
• 1893 - Ndebeles destroy Rhodesia
• 1901 - Milwaukee is dropped from the AL & replaced by St Louis Browns
• 1903 - Panglima Polim surrenders to Capt Colijn at Atjeh
• 1907 - George Cohans musical "Talk of the Town," premieres in NYC
• 1908 - Edward Elgar's 1st Symphony in A, premieres
• 1910 - Neon lights, 1st publically seen (Paris Auto Show)
• 1912 - Gerrit Brinkman becomes 1st Dutch traffic officer
• 1912 - Turkey, Serbia, Montenegro, Greece & Bulgaria sign weapons pact
• 1914 - Neth army shoots up geïnterneerde Belgian soldiers: 8 killed
• 1920 - Turkey & Armenia agree to peace treaty
• 1921 - 9th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 23-0
• 1922 - 1st successful technicolor movie (Tall of the Sea), shown in NYC
• 1923 - 1st Congressional open session broadcast via radio (Wash DC)
• 1926 - Manchester Guardian (German Reichswehr/Red Army work together)
• 1929 - Boston Bruins begins then NHL record 14 game winning streak
• 1930 - Air-borne chemicals combine with fog to kill 60 (Meuse Valley Belgium)
• 1930 - Otto Ender forms Austrian govt
• 1930 - Richard Rodgers/L Hart's musical "Evergreen," premieres in London
• 1931 - Alka Seltzer goes on sale
• 1932 - 20th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Regina Roughriders, 25-6
• 1932 - Gen Kurt von Schleicher becomes chancellor of Germany
• 1933 - Connie Mack sells Mickey Cochrane to Det Tigers for $100,000
• 1933 - Joe Lilliard QBs Chic Cardinals; last NFL black until 1946
• 1934 - Italian colonial Tripoli & Cyrenaica annexed to Libya
• 1934 - KYW-AM in Chicago Ill moves to Phila Penn
• 1938 - AAU's decides to continue linear measuring system over metric
• 1939 - Dmitri Sjostakovitsj's 6th Symphony, premieres
• 1941 - Hitler views Poltava Ukraine
• 1943 - 9th Heisman Trophy Award: Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame (QB)
• 1943 - Battle of Monte Cassino, Italy begins
• 1943 - Howard Hanson's 4th Symphony, premieres
• 1943 - Strike of Monte Cassino, Italy begins
• 1944 - British order to disarm, causes general strike in Greece
• 1944 - Hungarian death march of Jews ends
• 1944 - Mussert puts Seyss-Inquart plan for small Nazi-Europe
• 1944 - NFL Cardinals-Pitts merger disolves
• 1944 - US 5th Armour division occupies Brandenburg Hürtgenwald
• 1946 - 12th Heisman Trophy Award: Glenn Davis, Army (HB)
• 1946 - US govt asks UN to order dictator Franco out of Spain
• 1947 - Tennessee Williams' "Streetcar Named Desire," premieres in NYC
• 1948 - "Pumpkin Papers" come to light (claimed to be from Alger Hiss)
• 1948 - 1st US woman army officer not in medical corps sworn-in
• 1948 - Bradman scores his last century, 123 in his own testimonial
• 1948 - Chinese refugee ship "Kiangya" explodes in E China Sea, killing 1,100
• 1949 - KRLD (now KDFW) TV channel 4 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (CBS) begins
• 1950 - Cleve Browns last NFL team with no-pass game (beat Phila 13-7)
• 1950 - Cleveland Browns' Horace Gillom sets club record with 12 punts
• 1950 - Paul Harvey begins his national radio broadcast
• 1952 - 1st TV broadcast in Hawaii
• 1952 - Marcos Perez Jiménez elected president of Venezuela
• 1953 - "Kismet" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 583 performances
• 1953 - Eisenhower criticizes McCarthy for saying communists are in Rep party
• 1953 - Premier of Dmitri Shostakovitch' 5th String Quartet
• 1954 - Samuel Barber's "Prayers of Kierkegaard," premieres
• 1954 - William Walton's opera "Troilus & Cressida," premieres in London
• 1955 - KTVE TV channel 10 in Monroe-El Dorado, LA (NBC) begins broadcasting
• 1956 - England & France pull troops out of Egypt
• 1956 - KFSA (now KFSM) TV channel 5 in Ft Smith, AR (CBS) 1st broadcast
• 1956 - Wilt Chamberlain's 1st collegiate basketball game (scores 52)
• 1957 - 23rd Heisman Trophy Award: John Crow, Texas A&M (HB)
• 1958 - Indonesian parliament accepts nationalisation of Dutch businesses
• 1959 - State of emergency on Cyprus ends
• 1960 - "Camelot" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 873 performances
• 1960 - Frederick Loewe/Alan Jay Lerner's "Camelot," premieres in NYC
• 1961 - Anton Geesink becomes 1st not-Japanese judo world champion
• 1961 - Beatles meet future manager Brian Epstein
• 1961 - George Blanda of Houston Oilers kicks 55-yard field goal
• 1961 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 1962 - Edith Spurlock Sampson sworn-in as 1st US black female judge
• 1962 - Pravda criticizes western art
• 1964 - "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" 1st airs on TV
• 1964 - KHQL (now KCAN) TV channel 8 in Albion, NB (ABC) begins broadcasting
• 1964 - Police arrests 800 sit-in students at U of Cal at Berkeley
• 1965 - Beatles begin final UK concert tour in Glasgow
• 1965 - USSR launches Luna 8; crashes on Moon
• 1966 - US performs underground nuclear test at Hattiesburg Miss
• 1967 - 1st human heart transplant performed (Dr Christian Barnard, S Africa)
• 1967 - Derek Clayton runs world record marathon (2:09:36.4)
• 1967 - Ex-president Sukarno under house arrest in Indonesia
• 1967 - Final run of "20th Century Limited," famed NY-Chicago luxury train
• 1968 - Pitcher's mound drops from 15" to 10" & strike zone reduced from knees to shoulders to top of knees to armpits, to help hitters
• 1969 - John Lennon is offered role of Jesus Christ in Jesus Christ Superstar
• 1970 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 1971 - Miss Teenage America Pageant
• 1971 - Pres Nixon commutes Jimmy Hoffa's jail term
• 1972 - Convair 990A charter crashes in Tenerife Canary Island, 155 die
• 1973 - Pioneer 10 passes Jupiter (1st fly-by of an outer planet) [Dec 4-GMT]
• 1975 - Laos falls to communist forces; Lao People's Democratic Rep proclaimed
• 1976 - Dr Patrick J Hillery elected president of Iraq
• 1978 - "King of Hearts" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 48 performances
• 1978 - Pat Bradley/Lon Hinkle wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
• 1979 - 11 trampled to death at Cincinnati Who concert [or 1204?]
• 1979 - 45th Heisman Trophy Award: Charles White, Southern Cal (RB)
• 1979 - Christies auctions a thimble for a record $18,400
• 1979 - Iran accepts constitution
• 1980 - NY Federal jury finds Reps Thompson D-NJ & Murphy, D-NY, guilty
• 1981 - Beth Daniel/Tom Kite wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
• 1981 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 1982 - 1st NJ Devil hat-trick (Steve Tambellini) defeat Hartford 5-4
• 1982 - 35.7 cm rainfall at Big Fork, Arkansas (state record)
• 1982 - 77°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Dec
• 1982 - NJ Devils 1st hat trick (Steve Tambellini)
• 1982 - Tommy Hearns wins WBC Welterweight title in decision over Benitez
• 1983 - "Marilyn: An American Fable" closes at Minskoff NYC after 16 perfs
• 1983 - 49th Heisman Trophy Award: Mike Rozier, Nebraska (RB)
• 1983 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
• 1984 - 2,000 die from Union Carbide poison gas emission in Bhopal, India
• 1984 - Oldest groom - Harry Stevens, 103, weds Thelma Lucas, 83, in Wisc
• 1985 - 23rd Shuttle Mission (61-B)-Atlantis 2-lands at Edwards AFB
• 1986 - Sri Lanka all out 55 v WI in one-dayer Walsh 5-1 in 4 3 overs
• 1988 - 54th Heisman Trophy Award: Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State (RB)
• 1988 - NY Lotto pays $45 million to twelve winner (#s are 1-8-13-18-28-48)
• 1989 - Pat Bradley/Bill Glasson wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
• 1990 - NL batting champ Willie McGee signs as a free agent with SF Giants
• 1991 - Hulk Hogan defeats Undertaker to become 4th time WWF champion
• 1991 - Muslim Shites release US hostage Alan Steen
• 1991 - White House Chief of Staff John Sununu resigns
• 1992 - UN Security Council votes unanimous for US led forces to enter Somalia
• 1995 - "Company" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 68 performances
• 1995 - "Holiday" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 49 performances
• 1995 - 84th Davis Cup: USA beats Russia in Moscow (3-2)
• 1995 - Beth Daniels/Davis Love III wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
• 1995 - Jack Russell takes 11 catches in Test Cricket v S Africa, a record
• 1995 - Naeem Akhtar takes 10-28 for Rawalpindi B against Peshawar
• 1995 - Northwestern South Carolina begins using new area code 864
• 1997 - "1776," opens at Gershwin Theater NYC
• 1997 - Golden State Warrior guard Latrell Sprewell, four-year, $32 million, contract terminated for attacking his coach P J Carlesimo

Famous birthdays on December 3 ..

• 1368 - Charles VI, [the Well-Beloved], king of France (1380-1422)
• 1483 - Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reformation theologist
• 1576 - Marsilio Casentini, composer
• 1668 - Casimir Schweizelsperg, composer
• 1684 - Ludvig Baron Holberg, founder (Danish & Norwegian literature)
• 1729 - Padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler, Olot Spain, composer (Fandango)
• 1750 - Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer
• 1752 - Georg-Friederich Fuchs, composer
• 1753 - Samuel Crompton, English inventor (mule-jenny spinning machine)
• 1755 - Gilbert Stuart, US, portrait painter (painted Washington)
• 1758 - Josef Gelinek, composer
• 1795 - Rowland Hill, introduced 1st adhesive postage stamp (1840)
• 1797 - Francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore
• 1800 - France Preseren, Slovenian poet (Krst pri Savici)
• 1806 - Henry Alexander Wise, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1876
• 1809 - Thomas Alfred Davies, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1899
• 1822 - Charles Adam Heckman, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1896
• 1826 - Edmond van der Straeten, Belgian lawyer/musicologist
• 1826 - George Brinton McClellan, Major General (Union Army), died in 1885
• 1829 - Green Berry Raum, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1909
• 1838 - Cleveland Abbe, US, meteorologist (Father of Weather Bureau)
• 1838 - Octavia Hill, British reformer, leader of open-space movement
• 1842 - Ellen Henrietta Richards, US, chemist (Amer Home Eco Assn-1st Pres)
• 1857 - Joseph Conrad, Poland, novelist (Lord Jim, Heart of Darkness)
• 1857 - Joseph Conrad, writer
• 1862 - Jules Renkin, Belgian jurist/minister/premier (1931-32)
• 1864 - Herman Heijermans Jr, Dutch writer (Kamertjeszonde, Diamond City)
• 1875 - Bernhard Lichtenberg, German clergyman/antifascist
• 1883 - Albert "Tibby" Cotter, cricketer (great Aussie quick of early century)
• 1883 - Anton (Friedrich Wilhelm) von Webern, Vienna Aust, 12-tone composer
• 1885 - Marchien Zwitsers, farmer in Lutten (died at 109 years old)
• 1886 - Karl MG Siegbahn, Swedish physicist (röntgen spectroscope, Nobel 1924)
• 1888 - Ion Nonna Otescu, composer
• 1895 - Anna Freud, Austrian/English psychoanalytist/daughter of Sigmund F
• 1896 - Boleslaw Szabelski, composer
• 1896 - John Urzidil, Austria/US writer (Die erbeuteten Frauen)
• 1897 - Kate O'Brien, Irish writer (Without My Cloak)
• 1898 - Lev Konstantinovich Knipper, composer
• 1900 - Lester Matthews, Nottingham England, (Sir Dennis-Adv of Fu Manchu)
• 1900 - Richard Kuhn, Austria, biochemist, worked with vitamins (Nobel 1938)
• 1902 - Willem Arnold de Vries Robbe, composer
• 1904 - Juan E Yrausquin, founder (Party of Patriot Arubans)/minister
• 1905 - Leslie Ames, cricketer (England wicket-keeper of 30's Outstanding bat)
• 1907 - Andrew Hutchings, teachers' leader
• 1907 - Connee Boswell, New Orleans La, singer (Pete Kelly's Blue)
• 1908 - Halsey Stevens, Scott NY, composer (Triskelion)
• 1908 - Nigel M Balchin, [Mark Spade], English author (Business for Pleasure)
• 1910 - Robert Arthur Hughes, missionary/surgeon
• 1911 - Dana Suesse, songwriter (You Ought to be in Pictures)
• 1911 - Nino Rota, Milan Italy, composer (Torquemada)
• 1913 - Omer Vanaudenhoven, Flemish industrial/resistance fighter
• 1914 - Irving Fine, Boston Mass, composer (Toccata)
• 1919 - Charles Craig, opera singer
• 1921 - Hans G Kresse, Dutch cartoonist (Eric the Viking)
• 1923 - Maria Callas, opera singer
• 1923 - Tom Fears, NFL end (LA Rams)
• 1923 - Trevor Bailey, England, cricket all-rounder (batted & ran)
• 1924 - John Backus, inventor (FORTRAN computer language)
• 1925 - Ken Funston, South African cricket batsman (18 Tests during 1950's)
• 1926 - Hans Gunther Franz Otte, composer
• 1926 - Hans Otte, German composer/pianist
• 1927 - Ferlin Husky, country singer (Born to Lose, Gone)
• 1927 - Isabelle Harriet Lucas, actress/singer (Outland, Comics)
• 1929 - Clarence Ford, sax player
• 1929 - Paul Harris Turok, composer
• 1929 - Werner Rackwitz, German musicologist (Händel-Renaissance)
• 1930 - Andy Williams, Wall Lake Iowa, singer (Moon River, Andy Williams Show)
• 1930 - Jean-Luc Godard, French director (Alphaville, Hail Mary, Breathless)
• 1930 - Phyllis Curtin, Clarksburg WV, soprano (NYC Opera)
• 1931 - Ellen Blazer, Dutch TV director (Sonja)
• 1931 - Jaye P Morgan, Mancos Colo, singer/actress (Gong Show, Night Patrol)
• 1932 - Corry Brokken, Dutch singer
• 1934 - Nicolas Coster, actor (Robert Delaney-Another World)
• 1934 - Viktor Vassilyevich Gorbatko, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 7, 24, 37/36)
• 1937 - Bobby Allison, auto racer (3 time winner of Daytona 500)
• 1937 - Stephen Rubin, English attorney/shoe manufacturer (Reebok, Adidas)
• 1938 - José Serebrier, Montevideo Uruguay, conductor/composer (Star Wagon)
• 1938 - Martyn Taylor, teacher/campaigner
• 1941 - Mary Alice, Indianola MS, newscaster (CBS, Lettie-Different World)
• 1943 - Valerie Perrine, Galveston Tx, actress (Slaughterhouse 5)
• 1945 - Laura Dean, Staten Island NYC, composer/choreographer (Drumming)
• 1948 - Diane Kurys, [Emir Kusturica], Sarajevo, bass guitarist
• 1948 - Ozzy Osbourne, England, rock vocalist (Black Sabbath-Bark at the Moon)
• 1949 - Christopher John Seward, aid worker
• 1949 - Heather Menzies, Toronto Canada, actress (Jessica-Logan's Run)
• 1949 - Mickey Thomas, rock vocalist (Jefferson Airplane, Starship)
• 1950 - John Akii-bua, Uganda, 400m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1972)
• 1950 - Muntu Myeza, South African anti-apartheid activist
• 1951 - Danger Alberto Juantorena, Cuba, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1976)
• 1951 - James Turner Brewer, Maywood Ill, basketball player (Oly-silver-1972)
• 1951 - Mike Stock, rocker (Stock, Aitken & Waterman-Road Block)
• 1951 - Rick Mears, Indy-car racer (over 25 wins)
• 1951 - Riki Chosyu, [Mitsuo Yoshida], wrestler (NJPW/All-Japan)
• 1952 - Don Barnes, rock guitarist (38 Special)
• 1952 - Duane Roland, rock guitarist (Molly Hatchet)
• 1952 - Mel Smith, author (Morons From Outer Space)
• 1953 - Franz Klammer, Austria, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1976)
• 1954 - Paul Gregg, country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels)
• 1955 - Melody Anderson, Edmonton, actress (Natalie Dillon-All My Children)
• 1956 - Hart Bochner, Los Angeles CA, actor/director (Rich & Famous)
• 1959 - Kathy Jordan, Bryn Mawr PA, tennis player (US Opens Doubles 1981)
• 1960 - Daryl Hannah, actress (Splash, Blade Runner)
• 1960 - Mike Ramsey, US, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1980)
• 1961 - Julianne Moore, actress (Lost World, 9 Months)
• 1962 - Tammy Jackson, WNBA forward/center (Houston Comets)
• 1963 - Ashley De Silva, Sri Lankan Cricket wicketkeeper (1993)
• 1963 - Steve Hegg, Dana Point Calif, road cyclist (Olympics-16th-84, 96)
• 1964 - Darryl Hamilton, Baton Rouge LA, outfielder (Texas Rangers)
• 1964 - Toi Cook, cornerback (Carolina Panthers)
• 1965 - Katarina Witt, Staaken GDR, figure skater (Olympic-Gold-1984, 88)
• 1965 - Tammy Jacques, Auburn Maine, cyclist (Olympics-96)
• 1966 - Lisa Lightfoot, Australian middle distance runner (Olympics-96)
• 1967 - David Diaz, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer
• 1967 - Greg Sutton, NBA guard (Phila 76ers)
• 1967 - Katie Henderson, Santa Monica CA, WPVA volleyball (US Open-25th-1993)
• 1968 - Brendan Fraser, Indianapolis In, actor (School Ties, 20 Bucks)
• 1968 - Isabel Cueto, West Germany, tennis star
• 1968 - Kevin Telles, actor (Party Camp)
• 1969 - Ed King, NFL guard (NO Saints)
• 1969 - Kwamie Lassiter, NFL defensive back (Arizona Cardinals)
• 1970 - Charles Hope, WLAF guard (Frankfurt Galaxy)
• 1970 - Jennifer Rothschild, [Rubin], actress (Judas Project)
• 1970 - Laura Schuler, ice hockey forward (Canada, Oly-98)
• 1970 - Lindsey Hunter, NBA guard (Detroit Pistons)
• 1970 - Paul Byrd, Louisville KY, pitcher (NY Mets)
• 1972 - Eva Nemcova, WNBA forward/guard (Cleveland Rockers)
• 1972 - Peter Wright, US, 1500m freestyle (Olympics-96)
• 1973 - Andrew McNally, Australian baseball pitcher (Olympics-1996)
• 1973 - Brian Loyd, Lynwood CA, baseball catcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
• 1974 - Ralph Staten, safety (Baltimore Ravens)
• 1975 - Lauren E Roman, Wilmington NC, actress (Laura Kirk-All My Children)
• 1975 - Nadine Neumann, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
• 1977 - David Sales, cricketer (Northampton batsman, 210 on fc debut 1996)
• 1980 - Anna Chlumsky, Chicago Ill, actress (My Girl)
• 1981 - Brian Bonsall, actor (Family Ties, Star Trek Next Generation)

Famous deaths on December 3 ..

• 0450 - Petrus Chrysologus, 1st archbishop of Ravenna, dies
• 1137 - Lotharius III, of Supplinburg, Roman-Ger emperor (1133-37), dies at 67
• 1154 - Anastasius IV, Pope (1153-54), dies
• 1463 - Louis Chalon, prince of Orange, dies
• 1469 - Piero de' Medici, ruler of Florence, dies at about 53
• 1491 - Thomas Basin, French historian/bishop of Lisieux, dies
• 1533 - Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33), dies at 54
• 1660 - Jacques Sarazin, French sculptor/painter, dies at about 70
• 1676 - Daniel Stalpaert, Amsterdams master builder, buried
• 1789 - Claude-Joseph Vernet, French seascape painter, dies
• 1807 - Clara Reeve, English author (old English baron), dies
• 1823 - Joseph Pouteau, composer, dies at 84
• 1839 - Frederik VI, king of Denmark (1808-39)/Norway (1803-14), dies at 71
• 1857 - Christian D Rauch, German sculptor, dies at 80
• 1866 - Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda, composer, dies at 65
• 1876 - Hermann Goetz, composer, dies at 35
• 1889 - Baltasar Saldoni, composer, dies at 82
• 1890 - Bill Midwinter, cricketer (8 Tests for Australia, 4 for England), dies
• 1892 - William Bonaparte, grandson of Lucien, dies
• 1893 - Allan Wilson, British/Rhodesian major, dies in battle
• 1894 - HM Jozef Schadde, Flem architect (Antwerp Stock exchange), dies at 76
• 1894 - Robert Louis Stevenson, Engl writer (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), dies at 45
• 1910 - Mary Baker Eddy, founder (Christian Science (Monitor)), dies
• 1919 - Pierre A Renoir, French painter/sculptor, dies at 78
• 1933 - Richard Henry Warren, composer, dies at 74
• 1937 - Prosper Poullet, Belgian mayor, dies
• 1941 - Johann Christian August Sinding, composer, dies at 85
• 1942 - Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, composer, dies at 75
• 1944 - Delfien Vanhaute, Flemish pastor/poet (Ark of Noah), dies at 75
• 1949 - Elin Pelin, writer, dies
• 1949 - Maria Ouspenskaya, actress (Spookies), dies at 62
• 1954 - Enrique Soro Barriga, composer, dies at 70
• 1957 - Frank E Gannett, newspaper publisher, dies at 81
• 1960 - Hermann Stephani, composer, dies at 83
• 1961 - Jekabs Graubins, composer, dies at 75
• 1961 - Mary Charleson, actress (Upstairs & Downstairs), dies at 76
• 1964 - Ernst Ginsberg, writer, dies
• 1964 - George Brown, cricketer (7 Tests for England), dies
• 1967 - Annette Kolb, writer, dies at 92
• 1967 - Fred Engelen, Flemish actor/director (Kritisch Theater), dies at 54
• 1967 - Manuel A Fraai, Curaçaos author (Silly Agüero), dies at 70
• 1969 - Ruth White, actress (Fugitive), dies of cancer at 55
• 1973 - Michael O'Shea, actor (Denny- It's a Great Life), dies at 67
• 1975 - Hugh Thurlow, cricketer (one Test for Australia 1932), dies
• 1975 - Jacob Kruijt, Dutch sociologist, dies at 76
• 1976 - Mary Nash, actress (Phila Story, Till the Clouds Roll By), dies at 91
• 1978 - William Grant Still, composer, dies at 83
• 1984 - Virginia Lacy Jones, US librarian/presidents advisor, dies at 72
• 1985 - Sam Gillman, actor (Sam-Shane), dies at 70
• 1990 - Gavin Reed, actor (Body Beneath), dies at 59
• 1991 - Alex Graham, British cartoonstrip artist (Fred Basset), dies
• 1991 - Casey Walters, actor (True Story of Lynn Stuart), after a stroke at 75
• 1992 - Harry Ellerbe, actor (House of Usher, Magnetic Monster), dies at 91
• 1992 - Luis Alcoriza, actor/writer/director (Tiburoneros), dies of emphysema
• 1992 - Nureddin Al-Atassi, president of Syria (1966-70), dies
• 1993 - Lewis Thomas, biologist, dies of cancer at 80
• 1993 - Thomas Mogotlane, South African actor (Mapantsula), dies at 40
• 1994 - Dolf Verspoor, literary/translator (M Nijhoff prize 1958), dies at 77
• 1994 - Elizabeth Meyer, wife of Paul Michael Glaser, dies of AIDS at 47
• 1994 - Giorgi Chanturia, Pres of Georgia, assassinated
• 1994 - Lesley Peacock, jazz photogrpaher/author, dies
• 1994 - Said Mekbel, Algerian editor in chief (Le Matin), murdered at 57
• 1995 - Jimmy Jewel, comedian, dies at 82
• 1995 - Robertson Davies (author), dies at 82
• 1995 - Roxie Roker, actress (Claudine)/mother of Lenny Kravitz, dies at 66
• 1996 - Babrak Karmal, PM of Afghanistan (1980-81), dies
• 1996 - Det Glynn, teacher/anti-apartheid activist, dies at 84
• 1996 - George Duby, historian, dies at 77
• 1997 - Marian Kratochwil, artist, dies at 91
• 1997 - Steve Hamilton, pitcher (NY Yankees), dies of cancer at 63