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Deaths
514 - Symmachus, Italian Pope (b. 498)
931 - Uda, Emperor of Japan (b. 867)
1374 - Petrarch, Italian poet (b. 1304)
1415 - Philippa of Lancaster, wife of John I of Portugal (plague) (b. 1359)
1543 - Lady Mary Boleyn, mistress of King Henry VIII of England
1742 - William Somervile, English poet (b. 1675)
1810 - Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Queen of Prussia (b. 1776)
1814 - Captain Matthew Flinders, English explorer of Australia (b. 1774)
1838 - Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist (b. 1785)
1850 - Margaret Fuller, American writer (b. 1810)
1857 - Stefano Franscini, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1796)
1868 - Soji Okita, Japanese samurai (b. 1842 or 1844)
1910 - Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer (b. 1812)
1947 - Aung San, Burmese nationalist (assassinated) (b. 1915)
1965 - Syngman Rhee, first President of South Korea (b. 1875)
1972 - Hezekiah M. Washburn, missionary (b. 1884)
1980 - Nihat Erim, Prime Minister of Turkey (assassinated) (b. 1912)
1985 - Janusz A. Zajdel, Polish writer (b. 1938)
1998 - Elmer Valo, baseball player (b. 1921)
2002 - Alan Lomax, American folksong collector (b. 1915)
2003 - Bill Bright, American evangelist (b. 1921)
2003 - Pierre Graber, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1908)
2004 - Reverend Francis Marzen, American Catholic prelate (b. 1924)
2004 - Zenko Suzuki, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1911)
2005 - John Tyndall, British politician (b. 1934)
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