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Deaths
821 - Theodulf, Bishop of Orléans
1133 - Hildebert, French writer
1290 - King Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240)
1442 - Pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371)
1495 - King Alphonso II of Naples (b. 1448)
1692 - Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (b. 1626)
1737 - Antonio Stradivari, Italian violin maker (b. 1644)
1787 - Francis William Drake, British Admiral and Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1724)
1787 - Soame Jenyns, English writer (b. 1704)
1799 - Jean-ÿtienne Montucla, French mathematician (b. 1725)
1803 - Johann Gottfried Herder, German writer (b. 1744)
1843 - Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, British Viceroy of India (b. 1748)
1848 - Bernard Bolzano, Bohemian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1781)
1869 - Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American composer and pianist (b. 1829)
1936 - Andrija Mohorovi?i?, Austro-Hungarian-born Yugoslav seismologist (b. 1857)
1971 - Bobby Jones, American golfer (b. 1902)
1974 - Harry Hooper, American baseball player (b. 1887)
1975 - Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukrainian geneticist (b. 1900)
1980 - Alexei Kosygin, Premier of the USSR (b. 1904)
1982 - Hans-Ulrich Rudel, German pilot (b. 1916)
1985 - Xuân Di?u, Vietnamese poet (b. 1916)
1990 - Paul Tortelier, French cellist and composer (b. 1914)
1991 - George Abecassis, British Formula 1 driver (b. 1913)
1992 - Mark Goodson, American game show producer (b. 1915)
1993 - Sam Wanamaker, American actor (b. 1919)
1994 - Roger Apéry, French mathematician (b. 1916)
1995 - Konrad Zuse, German engineer and computing pioneer (b. 1910)
1996 - Yulii Borisovich Khariton, Russian physicist (b. 1904)
1997 - Chris Farley, American actor and comedian (b. 1964)
1998 - Lev Demin, cosmonaut (b. 1926)
1999 - Robert Bresson, French film director (b. 1907)
2000 - Kirsty MacColl, British singer and songwriter (b. 1959)
2001 - Gilbert Bécaud, French singer (b. 1927)
2002 - Ray Hnatyshyn, Governor-General of Canada (b. 1934)
2004 - Anthony Sampson, British journalist and biographer (b. 1926)
2005 - Alan Voorhees, American engineer and urban planner (b. 1922)
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