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Deaths

268 - Pope Dionysius

418 - Pope Zosimus

1350 - Jean de Marigny, French bishop

1458 - Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393)

1476 - Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (b. 1444)

1530 - Babur, Emperor of the Mogul empire (b. 1483)

1574 - Charles of Guise, French cardinal (b. 1524)

1624 - Simon Marius, German astronomer (b. 1573)

1731 - Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (b. 1672)

1771 - Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (b. 1715)

1780 - John Fothergill, English physician (b. 1712)

1784 - Seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (b. 1743)

1786 - Gasparo Gozzi, Italian critic and dramatist (b. 1713)

 
 

1869 - Jean Louis Marie Poiseuille, French physiologist (b. 1797)

1890 - Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (b. 1822)

1909 - Frederic Remington, American artist (b. 1861)

1933 - Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian literary critic and politician (b. 1875)

1960 - Watsuji Tetsuro, Japanese philosopher (b. 1889)

1963 - George Wagner, American professional wrestler and television personality (b. 1915)

1972 - Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States (b. 1884)

1973 - Harold B. Lee, 11th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1899)

1974 - Jack Benny, American comedian (b. 1894)

1977 - Howard Hawks, American film director and writer (b. 1896)

1981 - Savithri, Telugu, Tamil Actress

1983 - Violet Carson, OBE, British actress

1985 - Dian Fossey, American gorilla specialist (b. 1932)

 
 

1986 - Elsa Lanchester, British-born actress (b. 1902)

1999 - Curtis Mayfield, American musician (b. 1942)

1999 - Shankar Dayal Sharma, President of India (b. 1918)

2000 - Jason Robards, American actor (b. 1922)

2001 - Nigel Hawthorne, English actor (b. 1929)

2002 - Herb Ritts, American photographer (b. 1952)

2002 - Armand Zildjian, American cymbal manufacturer (b. 1921)

2003 - Bomi Bulsara, father of rock singer Freddie Mercury (b. 1908)

2003 - Sir Alan Bates, British actor (b. 1934)

2004 - Marianne Heiberg, Norwegian mediator (b. 1945)

2004 - Troy Broadbridge, Australian football player (b. 1980)

2004 - Aki Sirkesalo, Finnish musician (b. 1962)

2004 - Reggie White, American football player (b. 1961)

2005 - Kerry Packer, Australian businessman (b. 1937)

2005 - Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (b. 1948)

2005 - Erich Topp, World War Two U-Boat Ace (b. 1914)

 

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