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Deaths

722 - Empress Gemmei of Japan (b. 661)

1322 - King Philip V of France (b. 1293)

1437 - Catherine of Valois, wife of Henry V of England (b. 1401)

1543 - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, Portuguese explorer (b. 1499)

1641 - Jeremiah Horrocks, English astronomer

1656 - Mathieu Molé, French statesman (b. 1584)

1670 - George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English soldier (b. 1608)

1690 - Hillel ben Naphtali Zevi, Lithuanian rabbi (b. 1615)

1779 - Claude Bourgelat, French veterinary surgeon (b. 1712)

1785 - Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (b. 1706)

1795 - Josiah Wedgwood, English potter (b. 1730)

1826 - Louis Gabriel Suchet, French marshal (b. 1770)

1875 - Pierre Larousse, French editor and encyclopedist (b. 1817)

 
 

1923 - Jaroslav Hasek, Czech novelist (b. 1883)

1927 - Carle David Tolmé Runge, German physicist (b. 1856)

1933 - Wilhelm Cuno, 6th Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (Germany) (b. 1876)

1933 - Jack Pickford, Canadian actor (b. 1896)

1944 - Jurgis Baltru?aitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873)

1945 - Edgar Cayce, American psychic (b. 1877)

1945 - Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish writer (b. 1879)

1946 - William Joyce, American Nazi propagandist (executed) (b. 1906)

1950 - Emil Jannings, Swiss actor (b. 1884)

1956 - Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian composer (b. 1864)

1956 - Joseph Wirth, 5th Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (Germany) (b. 1876)

1963 - Jack Carson, Canadian actor (b. 1910)

1967 - Mary Garden, Scottish soprano (b. 1874)

 
 

1967 - Jack Ruby, American killer of Lee Harvey Oswald (b. 1911)

1979 - Conrad Hilton, American hotelier (b. 1887)

1980 - Joy Adamson, Czech conservationist and author (b. 1910)

1981 - Princess Alice of Albany (b. 1883)

1988 - Rose Ausländer, German poet (b. 1901)

1992 - Dame Judith Anderson, Australian actress (b. 1897)

1993 - Johnny Most, American sports announcer (b. 1923)

2001 - José Greco, Italian-born flamenco dancer (b. 1918)

2002 - Esquivel, Mexican band leader and composer (b. 1918)

2002 - Freddy Heineken, Dutch beer executive (b. 1923)

2003 - Sid Gillman, American football coach (b. 1911)

2004 - Leon Wagner, baseball player (b. 1934)

2005 - Koo Chen-fu, Chinese negotiator (b. 1917)

2005 - JN Dixit, Indian government official (b. 1936)

2005 - Will Eisner, American comic book artist (b. 1917)

2006 - Bill Skate, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (b. 1954)

 

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