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Deaths
383 - Gratian, Roman Emperor (b. 359)
471 - Gennadius I, Patriarch of Constantinople
1192 - Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1142)
1270 - King Louis IX of France
1282 - Thomas Cantilupe, English saint
1330 - James Douglas, Scottish soldier (b. 1286)
1482 - Margaret of Anjou, queen of Henry VI of England (b. 1429)
1554 - Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1473)
1632 - Thomas Dekker, English dramatist
1650 - Richard Crashaw, English poet
1688 - Henry Morgan, Welsh privateer
1699 - King Christian V of Denmark (b. 1646)
1711 - Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician
1742 - Carlos Seixas, Portuguese composer (b. 1704)
1774 - Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer (b. 1714)
1776 - David Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian (b. 1711)
1792 - Jacques Cazotte, French writer (b. 1719)
1822 - William Herschel, German-born astronomer (b. 1738)
1867 - Michael Faraday, English scientist (b. 1791)
1900 - Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (b. 1844)
1900 - Kuroda Kiyotaka, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1840)
1904 - Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter (b. 1836)
1908 - Henri Becquerel, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
1925 - Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austro-Hungarian field marshal (b. 1852)
1938 - Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian writer (b. 1870)
1942 - George Edward Alexander Windsor, Duke of Kent (b. 1902)
1945 - John Birch, American intelligence officer and missionary (b. 1918)
1967 - Stanley Bruce, eighth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1883)
1967 - Paul Muni, Polish actor (b. 1895)
1967 - George Lincoln Rockwell, American Nazi Party leader (b. 1918)
1971 - Ted Lewis, American musician and entertainer (b. 1890)
1976 - Eyvind Johnson, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
1979 - Stan Kenton, American musician and bandleader (b. 1911)
1980 - Gower Champion, American dancer, actor, and choreographer (b. 1919)
1984 - Truman Capote, American author (b. 1924)
1984 - Waite Hoyt, baseball player (b. 1899)
1984 - Viktor Chukarin, Soviet gymnast (b. 1921)
1985 - Samantha Smith, American social activist and actress (plane crash) (b. 1972)
1990 - Morley Callaghan, Canadian writer (b. 1903)
2000 - Carl Barks, American cartoonist (b. 1901)
2001 - Aaliyah, American singer (plane crash) (b. 1979)
2002 - Dorothy Hewett, Australian writer (b. 1923)
2005 - Peter Glotz, German politician (b. 1939)
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