Welcome to Today In History for Thursday, August 28, 2008.

On this day in history ..

• 0476 - German ruler Odoacer captures Pavia
• 0476 - West Roman Empire formally disbands/emperor Romulus August ousted
• 1521 - Turkish sultan Suleiman I's troops occupy Belgrade
• 1565 - Oldest city in the US, St Augustine Fla, established
• 1609 - Henry Hudson, discovers & explores Delaware Bay
• 1619 - Ferdinand II elected Holy Roman Emperor
• 1632 - Henry Casimir I appointed viceroy of Drenthe
• 1637 - WIC-colonel Hans Koin conquerors Fort Elmina, West Africa
• 1655 - New Amsterdam & Peter Stuyvesant bars Jews from military service
• 1789 - Sir William Herschel discovers Saturn's moon Enceladus
• 1830 - 1st locomotive in US, "Tom Thumb," runs from Balt to Ellicotts Mill
• 1837 - Pharmacists John Lea & William Perrins manufactures Worcester Sauce
• 1840 - 9 Jewish prisoners are released from Damascus jails
• 1849 - Venice under Daniele Manin surrenders to Austrians under Radetsky, after been under siege since July 20 after proclaiming independence
• 1850 - Richard Wagner's opera "Lohengrin" premieres at Weimar Germany
• 1861 - Battle of Fort Hatteras NC
• 1862 - Battle of Thoroughfare Gap VA
• 1862 - Battle of Groveton, VA (Manassas Plains) [->AUG 19] US7000 CS7000
• 1862 - Belle Boyd released from Old Capital Prison in Washington, DC
• 1867 - US occupies Midway Islands in Pacific
• 1879 - Battle at Ulundi: Lord Chelmsford beats king Cetshwayo's Zuluz
• 1883 - Slavery banned throughout British Empire
• 1884 - 1st known photograph of a tornado is made near Howard SD
• 1884 - Mickey Welsh strikes-out 1st 9 men he faces
• 1907 - United Parcel Service begins service, in Seattle
• 1908 - 14th US Golf Open: Fred McLeod shoots a 322 at Myopia Hunt Club Mass
• 1911 - 45.7 cm rainfall at St George, Georgia (state record)
• 1913 - Queen Wilhelmina opens Peace Palace (The Hague)
• 1914 - 3rd day of battle at Tannenberg: violent German/Russian battles
• 1914 - Battle at Helgoland: British fleet beats German, 1100 killed
• 1914 - John French evacuate Amiens
• 1916 - Germany declares war on Romania
• 1916 - Italy declares war against Germany during WW I
• 1917 - 10 suffragists arrested as they picket White House
• 1918 - Tris Speaker suspended for season due to assault on ump Tom Connolly
• 1919 - General John Smuts becomes premier of South Africa
• 1920 - 19th amendment acknowledges women's rights
• 1921 - 2nd Pan-African Congress meets (London, Brussels & Paris)
• 1921 - Babe Ruth starts streak of an extra-base hit in 9 straight games
• 1922 - 1st Walker Cup: US beats England 8-4
• 1922 - Albert von Tilzer & Neville Fleesons musical premieres in NYC
• 1922 - WEAF in NYC airs 1st radio coml (Queensboro Realty-$100 for 10 mins)
• 1925 - Meteorite falls on Ellemeet, Schouwen, Devil Island
• 1926 - Indian Emil Levsen pitches complete doubleheader victory (Red Sox)
• 1929 - Frank Woolley scores his 100th first-class hundred
• 1938 - Mauthausen concentration camp opens in Austria
• 1938 - Northwestern U awards honorary degree to dummy Charlie McCarthy
• 1938 - On Connie Mack Day at Shibe Park, the A's win a doubleheader
• 1939 - "Monty" becomes commandant of 3rd "Iron" Infantry division
• 1939 - Netherland mobilizes
• 1939 - Sammy Fain/Jack Yellen's musical "George White's Scandals" premieres
• 1940 - French colonies Cameroon/Congo-Brazzaville support Gen De Gaulle
• 1941 - 8th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 37, All-Stars 13 (98,203)
• 1941 - Last meeting of resistance fighter Comte d'Estienne d'Orves
• 1942 - 9th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 21, All-Stars 0 (101,100)
• 1942 - Gunther Hagg (Sweden) sets world record for 3,000m (8:01.2)
• 1942 - Transport nr 25 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
• 1943 - Denmark, declares a universal strike against Nazi occupiers
• 1943 - Mussolini transfered from La Maddalena Sardinia to Gran Sasso
• 1944 - Last German troops in Marseille surrendered & Toulon cleared
• 1944 - US air raid on Ambon
• 1949 - 38th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1)
• 1949 - Riot prevents Paul Robeson from singing near Peekskill NY
• 1950 - Earle & Roy Mack, purchase 54% of A's from Connie Mack Jr
• 1951 - Braves sell pitcher Johnny Sain to the Yankees for $50,000
• 1951 - Pirates snap NY Giants 16 game win streak
• 1952 - German & Israeli reach accord about recovery payments
• 1952 - Jakob Malik succeeds Zorine as Foreign minister
• 1953 - "Me & Juliet" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 358 performances
• 1955 - 1st NFL preseason sudden death football, Rams beats Giants 23-17
• 1955 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Heart of America Golf Tournament
• 1956 - England retain cricket Ashes, Jim Laker 46 wickets in the series
• 1957 - Sen Thurmond begins 24-hr filibuster against civil rights bill
• 1958 - Nellie Fox sets record for consecutive games without striking out (98)
• 1960 - White Sox Ted Kluzewski's 3-run HR is disallowed as ump called time
• 1962 - 55.9 cm rainfall at Hackberry, Louisiana (state record)
• 1962 - Dr Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid
• 1962 - Tony Sheridan & Beat Brothers record "Ya Ya (Parts 1 + 2)"
• 1963 - 200,000 demonstrate for equal rights in Washington, DC
• 1963 - Evergreen Point Floating Bridge connecting Seattle & Bellevue opens
• 1963 - Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream speech" at Lincoln Memorial
• 1964 - Race riot in Philadelphia
• 1964 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 1964 - US weather satellite Nimbus 1 launched
• 1964 - WEWS-TV Channel 5's "Upbeat" debuts in Cleveland
• 1966 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Glass City Golf Classic
• 1967 - Asif Iqbal & Intikhab Alam make 190 stand for 9th wkt v Eng
• 1967 - Boston signs 1st free-agent outfielder Ken Harrelson for $75,000 bonus
• 1968 - 1 day marriage of character Murphy Brown
• 1968 - Police & anti-war demonstrators clash at Chicago's Dem Natl Conven
• 1970 - Phillies Larry Bowa steals home for 2nd time in 1970
• 1972 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
• 1973 - "Monster Mash" goes gold
• 1973 - "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple goes gold
• 1973 - 6.8 quake centered in Oaxaca State in Mexico kills 527
• 1973 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
• 1973 - India & Pakistan sign POW accord
• 1973 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
• 1974 - Soyuz 15 returns to Earth
• 1976 - NY Cosmos beat Seattle Sounders 2-1 for NASL cup
• 1976 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
• 1977 - Bonnie Lauer wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic
• 1977 - NY Yankee Ron Guidry faces just 28 men & beats Texas Rangers 1-0
• 1977 - Nolan Ryan strikes out 300 batters for 5th straight year
• 1977 - NY Cosmos defeat Seattle Sounders, 2-1, at Civic Stadium in Portland Ore, winning their 2nd North American Soccer League championship
• 1978 - Donald Vesco rode 21'-long Kawasaki motorcycle at 318.598 mph
• 1978 - Ja'afar Sharif-Emami appointed premier of Iran
• 1979 - IRA bomb explodes on Brussels Great Market
• 1979 - Train crash at Nijmegen, 7 die
• 1981 - John Hinckley Jr pleads innocent in attempt to kill Pres Reagan
• 1981 - Sebastian Coe of UK sets 1-mi record of 3:47.33 (since broken)
• 1981 - National Centers for Disease Control announces high incidence of Pneumocystis & Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men
• 1982 - "Sugar Babies" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 1208 perfs
• 1982 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
• 1983 - "Mame" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 41 performances
• 1983 - Greg Luzinski is 1st player to put 3 HRs onto roof at Comiskey Park
• 1983 - Israeli PM Menachem Begin announces resignation
• 1983 - Joseph Kreckman sets record of 2,215 clay pigeons shot in an hour
• 1983 - Pat Bradley wins Columbia Savings Golf Classic
• 1984 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
• 1986 - Bolivia president Victor Paz Estensoro calls state of siege
• 1986 - Largest wrestling crowd in Canada (69,300) at Toronto Stadium
• 1986 - Tina Turner's star unveiled in Hollywood
• 1986 - US Navy officer Jerry A Whitworth sentenced to 365 years for spying
• 1987 - Mike Schmidt passes Ted Williams & Willie McCovey with 522 HRs
• 1988 - 40th Emmy Awards: 30something, Wonder Years & Richard Kiley
• 1988 - 70 killed in crash of 3 Italian AF fighters at air show in Germany
• 1988 - 88th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Eric Meeks
• 1988 - Italian stunt flyers crashes in flames in West Germany, killing 50
• 1988 - Patty Jordan wins LPGA Ocean State Golf Open
• 1988 - Rosie Jones wins LPGA Nestle World Golf Championship
• 1989 - 1st regular-season matchup of defending Cy Young Award winners
• 1989 - Frank Viola & Mets outduel Orel Hershiser & Dodgers 1-0
• 1990 - Cub's Ryne Sandberg is 1st 2nd baseman to hit 30 HRs, consecutively
• 1990 - Stefan Edberg (#1 seeded player) loses in 1st round to Alex Volkov
• 1991 - Lexington Ave IRT subway train derails at Union Square, 5 die
• 1991 - Red Tom Browning vs Expo Dennis Martinez both perfect game pitcher
• 1992 - Test Cricket debut of Muttiah Muralitharan, vs Australia at Colombo
• 1993 - Dam breaks in Qinghai West China, 223 killed
• 1993 - Jakovlev-42 crashes in Tadzjikistan, 76 killed
• 1993 - Long Beach Calif beats Panama for little league world championship
• 1993 - Singapore vice-premier Teng Cheong elected president
• 1994 - 1st Japanese gay pride parade
• 1994 - 22nd du Maurier Golf Classic: Martha Nause
• 1994 - 94th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Tiger Woods
• 1995 - Last day of Test Cricket for Richie Richardson
• 1995 - Northants 7-781 decl defeat Nottinghamshire 527 & 157
• 1996 - Liam Botham takes 5-67 on 1st-class debut Hants v Middlesex
• 1997 - 32nd Ryder Cup: at Sotogrande Spain
• 1997 - Belgian amusement park riders were stuck upside down for 90 minutes

Famous birthdays for this day ..

• 0865 - Rhazes, [Abu Bakr Mohammed ibn Zakarijja al-Razi], Persian physician
• 1476 - Motonoboe, Japanese painter (Kano-school)
• 1592 - George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/PM (1625-28)
• 1673 - Conrad Michael Schneider, composer
• 1700 - Carolomannus Pachschmidt, composer
• 1713 - Louis A A Count d'Affry, French general/ambassador to Netherland
• 1748 - Amalia F�rstin von Gallitzin, wife of Russian monarch Golitsyn
• 1749 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Frankfurt, social philosopher (Faust)
• 1754 - Peter Winter, composer
• 1774 - Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, 1st American Catholic saint (1975)
• 1775 - Sophie Gail, composer
• 1794 - Johannes Zwijsen, archbishop (Utrecht Netherlands)
• 1795 - Joannes A Paredis, Belgian Bishop of Roermond
• 1798 - Gershom Jaques Van Brunt, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1863
• 1801 - Antoine A Cournot, French philosopher/mathematician (rule of Cournot)
• 1824 - Carel JCH van Nispen of Sevenaer, Dutch Catholic politician
• 1826 - Walter Cecil Macfarren, composer
• 1827 - Teresa Milanollo, composer
• 1828 - Leo Tolstoi, Russian writer (War & Peace, Anna Karenina) [OS]
• 1828 - William Alexander Hammond, Brig General (Union Army), died in 1900
• 1829 - Albert Dietrich, composer
• 1831 - Fredrick Vilhelm Ludvig Norman, composer
• 1831 - Lucy Ware Webb Hayes, 1st lady (1877-81)
• 1833 - Edward Burne-Jones, England, Pre-Raphaelite painter/designer
• 1840 - Ira D Sankey, US evangelist/composer/singer (Gospel hymns)
• 1842 - Willem Linnig jr, Flemish painter/graphic artist
• 1860 - Marianne V von Werefkin, Russian/German/Swiss painter [OS]
• 1872 - Alfred Baldwin Sloan, composer
• 1878 - George Hoyt Whipple, US, astrophysicist (Nobel-1934)
• 1881 - Arne Eggen, composer
• 1882 - Carl W de Vries, Dutch jurist (Unknown Thorbecke)
• 1882 - Ernst Weiá, writer
• 1883 - E E Clive, Monmouthshire Wales, actor (Night Must Fall, Dark Hour)
• 1885 - Armas Toivo Valdemar Maasalo, composer
• 1887 - Daniel Zamudio, composer
• 1889 - Charles Boyer, France, actor (Algiers, Fanny, Barefoot in the Park)
• 1890 - Ivor Gurney, composer
• 1891 - Stanley Andrews, Chicago IL, actor (Shine on Harvest Moon)
• 1894 - Charles Aubroeck, Belgian painter/sculptor (Iron Tower)
• 1894 - Karl B”hm, Austrian conductor/composer
• 1897 - Morris Ankrum, IL, actor (Kronos, Half Human, Earth vs Flying Saucers)
• 1898 - Ludwig Turek, writer
• 1901 - Cornelis J Kelk, Dutch writer (Dance of Young Feet)
• 1901 - Paul Henry Lang, Budapest, critic/musicologist (NY Herald Tribune)
• 1903 - Rudolph Wagner-Regeny, composer
• 1905 - Cyril Walters, cricketer (solid England batsman of 30's)
• 1905 - Sam Levene, Russia, actor (Demon, Gung Ho, Boomerang)
• 1906 - John Betjeman, poet laureate of England (Mt Zion)
• 1907 - Philip A Edwards, Brit Guiana, runner (Olympic-bronze-1928, 32, 36)
• 1908 - Roger Tory Peterson, NY, ornithologist/writer (How to Know Birds)
• 1911 - Jose Antonio Giron de Velasco, politician
• 1911 - Joseph MAH Luns, foreign minister/secr-general (NATO)
• 1912 - Ruurd Faber, mayor of Aalten (1971-75)
• 1913 - John Terence Reese, bridge master
• 1913 - Lindsay Hassett, cricketer (great Australian bat & capt after Bradman)
• 1913 - Richard Tucker, [Reuben Ticker], Brooklyn NY, Tenor (NY Met Opera)
• 1914 - Glenn Osser, Munising Mich, orch leader (Paul Whiteman Goodyear Revue)
• 1916 - C Wright Mills, sociologist, writer (The Power Elite) [or May 28]
• 1916 - Jack [Holbrook] Vance, US, sci-fi author (2 Hugo, Dirdir, Pnume)
• 1917 - Jack Kirby, cartoonist (X-Men, Spiderman, Hulk, Capt America)
• 1918 - Alejandro Lanusse, army officer/politician
• 1919 - Ernest H Martin, [Markowitz], producer (Feuer & Martin-Chorus Line)
• 1921 - Joop Doderer, Velsen Netherlands, actor (Swiebertje)
• 1921 - Nancy Kulp, Harrisburg PA, actress (Miss Hathaway-Beverly Hillbillies)
• 1924 - Janet Frame, NZ, novelist (Intensive Care, Owls Do Cry)
• 1924 - Peggy Ryan, Long Beach Calif, actress (Jenny-Hawaii Five-0)
• 1924 - Tony MacGibbon, NZ cricket fast bowler (took 70 wickets in 1950's)
• 1924 - Vilayat Khan, composer
• 1925 - Arkadi N Strugazki, USSR, sci-fi author (Tale of the Troika)
• 1925 - John Gillett, film researcher
• 1925 - Marvin Davis, Newark NJ, CEO (Davis Oil Company)
• 1928 - James Wild, music teacher
• 1929 - Istv n Kert‚sz, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Budapest Opera 1953-57)
• 1929 - Rokie Roker, Miami Fla, actress (Helen-Jeffersons)
• 1930 - Ben Gazzara, NYC, actor (Run for Your Life, QB VII)
• 1931 - John Perkins, rocker (Crew Cuts)
• 1931 - John Shirley-Quirk, Liverpool England, baritone (Death in Venice)
• 1932 - Andy Bathgate, Canada, NY Ranger (1958 NHL MVP)
• 1932 - Carlene Polite, US dancer/activist/author (Sister X)
• 1932 - [Moriyuki] Pat Morita, Isleton CA, actor (Hiroshima, Karate Kid)
• 1936 - Harry McLevy, trade Unionist
• 1937 - 12th duke of Argyll, Scottish Campbell-captain/large landowner
• 1939 - Cassie Mackin, newswoman (NBC TV)
• 1939 - Clem Cattini, rocker
• 1939 - Edward Patten, US soul singer (Gladys Knight & the Pips)
• 1940 - Richard Sanders, actor (Les Nessman-WKRP)
• 1940 - William S Cohen, (Sen-R Maine, 1979- )
• 1941 - Paul Peter Plishka, Old Forge Penn, bass (Bronx Botanical Gardens)
• 1943 - Anne "Honey" Lantree, rocker
• 1943 - David Soul, [Solberg] Chicago, actor (Starsky & Hutch)
• 1943 - Lou Pinella, Yankee manager (1969 AL rookie of the year)
• 1945 - Bruno Nuytten, director (Camille Claudel)
• 1947 - Alice Playton, NYC, actress (Who Killed Mary Whats 'er Name)
• 1948 - Daniel Seraphine, Chicago, rock drummer (Chicago-If You Leave Me Now)
• 1948 - Murray Parker, cricketer (brother of John Three Tests for NZ 1976)
• 1948 - Vonda N[eel] McIntyre, US, sci-fi author (Star Trek II, III, IV)
• 1949 - Hugh Cornwell, rocker (The Stranglers-Dreamtime)
• 1950 - Ron "Louisiana Lightning" Guidry, Yankee pitcher (Cy Young 1978)
• 1951 - Dave Hlubek, rock guitarist (Molly Hatchet)
• 1951 - Wayne Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie)
• 1953 - Gates McFadden, Columbus Ohio, actress (Star Trek Next Generation)
• 1956 - Beverley Goddard-Callender, Barbados, 4x100m (Olympic-bronze-1980, 84)
• 1957 - Daniel Stern, Stamford Ct, actor (City Slickers, Wonder Years)
• 1957 - Rick Rossovich, Palo Alto CA, actor (Top Gun, Roxanne, ER)
• 1958 - Scott Scovell Hamilton, Toledo Oh, ice skater (Olympic-gold-1984)
• 1959 - Mary Murphy, Birmingham MI, LPGA golfer (1990 US Women's Open-5th)
• 1960 - Cunningham T Ngcukana, South African worker's union leader
• 1960 - Emma Samms, [Samuels], London, actress (Colby's, General Hospital)
• 1960 - Leroy Chiao, Milwaukee Wisc, astronaut (STS 65, 72, sk: 92)
• 1961 - Kim Appleby, rocker (Mel & Kim-Coming to America)
• 1962 - Richard Elliott Fehr, Seattle WA, PGA golfer (1986 BC Open)
• 1963 - Abe Button, soccer player (Vitesse)
• 1963 - Regina Marie Jacobs, LA CA, 800m/1500m runner (Olympics-10th-1996)
• 1963 - Reyna Thompson, NFL cornerback (NY Giants)
• 1964 - Lee MacLeod Janzen, Austin MN, PGA golfer (1993 US Open)
• 1965 - James Jagger, son of Mick Jagger & Jerry Hall
• 1966 - Jerry Fehily, rocker (Hothouse Flowers-Don't Go)
• 1966 - Teresa Zarzeczny Bell, Washington Crossing NJ, rower (Oly-silver-1996)
• 1967 - Chris Armstrong, CFL slot back (Montreal Alouettes)
• 1967 - Darren Lewis, Berkeley CA, outfielder (Chic White Sox)
• 1968 - Scarlet Annette Morgan, Pfafftown NC, Miss NC-America-1991
• 1968 - Tom Fitzgerald, Melrose, NHL right wing (Florida Panthers)
• 1969 - Jason Priestley, Vancouver BC, actor (Brandon-Beverly Hills 90210)
• 1969 - Mary McCartney, daughter of Beatle Paul McCartney
• 1969 - Pierre Turgeon, Rouyn, NHL center (NY Islanders, Montreal Canadiens)
• 1970 - Gavin Maxwell, Mississauga Ontario, canoeist (Olympics-96)
• 1970 - Jaime Fields, NFL/WLAF linebacker (KC Chiefs, Scotland Claymores)
• 1971 - Janet Evans, Fullerton CA, 400m/800m swimmer (Oly-4 gold-88, 92, 96)
• 1971 - Olaf Sheep, soccer player (Dordrecht '90, NAC)
• 1971 - Raul Marquez, Mexico, US boxer (Olympic-92)
• 1971 - Scott Eldredge, Chatham Mass, 1996 World Mens' Champion
• 1971 - Shane Andrews, Dallas TX, infielder (Montreal Expos)
• 1971 - Todd Eldredge, Chatham Mass, figure skater (1997 National Sr champ)
• 1972 - Darby Hendrickson, Richfield Minn, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994)
• 1972 - Mike Cawley, CFL quarterback (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
• 1974 - Mark Smith, defensive end (Arizona Cardinals)
• 1982 - Le Ann Rimes, country singer (Blue, Holiday in Your Heart)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0388 - Magnus Maximus, Spanish West Roman Emperor (383-88), executed
• 0430 - Aurelius Augustinus, church elder/thinker (Belijdenissen), dies at 75
• 0876 - Louis the German, King of East France Empire (833-76), dies
• 1065 - Frederik van Luxembourg, duke of Neth-Lutherans (1046-65)
• 1481 - Afonso V, King of Portugal, dies
• 1484 - Diogo, duke of Viseu, murdered
• 1539 - Lieven Pain, Flemish, beheaded at about 75
• 1544 - Alardus Aemstelredamus, priest/humanist, dies at about 53
• 1550 - Nicolas Perrenot de Granvelle, Charles V's asst sec of state, dies
• 1646 - Fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Poesie liriche), dies at 53
• 1647 - Johann Dilliger, composer, dies at 53
• 1654 - Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent, dies at 71
• 1676 - Joan Cererols, composer, dies at 57
• 1677 - Wallerand Vaillant, painter/engraver/etcher/cartoonist, dies at 54
• 1767 - Johann Schobert, composer, dies
• 1778 - Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/shipminister, dies
• 1793 - Adam-Philippe Custine, French earl/general/parliament member, dies
• 1798 - James Wilson, Scot/US judge/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 55
• 1803 - Charles L Fournier, Flemish writer/painter, dies
• 1818 - Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable, trader, founder of Chicago, dies
• 1885 - Julius Hopp, composer, dies at 66
• 1900 - Henry Sidgwick, English philosopher (Women on University), dies
• 1903 - August Labitzky, composer, dies at 70
• 1914 - Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, composer (Baba Yaga), dies at 59 [NS]
• 1914 - Anatoli Liadov, composer, dies at 59
• 1916 - Francis W Warre-Cornish, Engl vice-provost of Eton (1893-1916), dies
• 1919 - Louis Botha, South African Boer leader, dies
• 1922 - Louis PMFG of Orleans, earl of Eu/Brazil, dies at 80
• 1930 - Alvar Gullstrand, Swedish optician (Nobel 1911), dies
• 1943 - Boris III, of Saksen-Coburg, King of Bulgaria (1918-43), dies
• 1944 - Ernst Th„lmann, German communist, dies in Buchenwald
• 1951 - Robert Walker, actor/writer (Bataan, Madame Curie), dies at 32
• 1955 - Emmett Till, kidnapped & lynched at 14, in Money Mississippi
• 1958 - Nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov, composer, dies at 67
• 1959 - Bohuslav Jan Martinu, Czech composer (Hry o Marti), dies at 68
• 1960 - Anton Lajovic, composer, dies at 81
• 1961 - Thomas Connolly, 1st baseball umpire elected to hall of fame, dies
• 1964 - Gracie Allen, Mrs George Burns/comedian (Burns & Allen), dies at 62
• 1964 - Lumsden Hare, actor (Oregon Trail, Desert Fox), dies at 89
• 1967 - Charles Darrow, US inventor of Monopoly, dies
• 1967 - Paul Muni [Muni Weisenfreund] actor (Good Earth), dies at 71
• 1968 - John Gordon Mein, US ambassador in Guatemala, dies
• 1968 - Nick Castle, choreographer (Dinah Shore, Judy Garland), dies at 58
• 1969 - Clarence R Hennecke, actor (Keystone Kops), dies at 74
• 1971 - Nathan Leopold, US kidnapper/murderer of Bobby Franks (1924), dies
• 1972 - William HAF, Engl prince/grandson of George V, dies in accident at 29
• 1978 - Bruce Catton, US historian/writer (Civil War), dies at 78
• 1979 - Simonow, writer, dies
• 1982 - G W A Chubb, cricketer (5 Tests for South Africa, 21 wickets), dies
• 1982 - Nini de Bo‰l, Flemish operetta singer (White Horse), dies at 84
• 1983 - Jan Clayton, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie), dies at 66
• 1985 - Ruth Gordon, actress (Big Bus), dies of a stroke in her sleep at 88
• 1987 - John Huston, US/Irish actor/director (Maltese Falcon), dies at 81
• 1988 - Hazel Dawn, US singer/actress (Under Clover, Margie), dies at 98
• 1988 - Paul Whitelaw, cricketer (2 Tests NZ v England 1933), dies
• 1990 - Willy Vandersteen, Flemish cartoonist (Suske & Wiske), dies
• 1991 - Christian Anders, actor/composer (Death Stone, Love Cult), dies
• 1991 - Eleanor Berry, actress (Death Valley Days), dies
• 1993 - Ren‚ Ray, English countess/actress (Farewell again), dies at 80
• 1994 - David Wright, poet, dies at 74
• 1994 - Jean-Marie Vincent, Haitian pater, murdered
• 1994 - Pieter de Cort, Belgian rock guitarist (Betty Goes Green), dies at 25
• 1995 - Agnes Patrick, campaigner, dies at 85
• 1995 - Michael Ende, German writer (Neverending Story), dies at 65
• 1995 - Michael VerMeulen, journalist, dies at 38
• 1996 - Lynda Carr, educationist, dies at 50
• 1996 - Phyllis Pearsall, painter/writer, dies at 89