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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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