أحداث 27 سبتمبر/أيلول

حدث في مثل هذا اليوم 27 أيلول / سبتمبر

0070 - Walls of upper city of Jerusalem battered down by Romans
1290 - Earthquake in Gulf of Chili China, reportedly kills 100,000
1312 - Duke John II of Brabant ends Charter of Kortenberg
1509 - Storm ravages Flemish/Dutch/Friese coast, 1000s killed
1540 - Pope Paul III recognizes Society of Jesus/Order of the Jesuits
1540 - Society of Jesus (Jesuits) founded by Ignatius Loyola
1694 - Hurricane hits Carlisle Bay Barbados; 27 Brit ships sink & 3,000 die
1777 - Battle of Germantown; Washington defeated by British [NS=Oct 6]
1777 - English General William Howe occupies Philadelphia
1779 - John Adams negotiates Revolutionary War peace terms with Britain
1787 - Constitution submitted to states for ratification
1794 - French troops conquer Crٹvecoeur
1821 - Mexican Empire declares its independence
1821 - Revolutionary forces occupy Mexico City as Spanish withdraw
1825 - Railroad transportation is born with 1st track (Stockton-Darlington)
1830 - Dutch army leaves Brussels, after 100s killed
1833 - Charles Darwin rides horse to Santa Fe
1834 - Charles Darwin returns to Valparaiso
1852 - George L Aiken's "Uncle Tom's Cabin," premieres in Troy, NY
1854 - Steamship "Arctic" sinks with 300 people on board
1855 - George F Bristow's "Rip Van Winkle," 2nd American opera, opens in NYC
1863 - Jo Shelby's cavalry in action at Moffat's Station, Arkansas
1864 - Battle at Pilot Knob (Ft Davidson), Missouri: 1700 killed/injured
1864 - Centralia Massacre (Missouri): "Bloody Bill" Anderson/Frank/
1864 - Jesse James' gang surprise attack train: 150 killed
1877 - John Mercer Langston named minister of Haiti
1881 - Chicago Cubs beat Troy 10-8 before record small "crowd" of 12
1892 - Book matches are patented by Diamond Match Company
1894 - Aqueduct racetrack opens in NY
1900 - Victory Theater (Republic, Belasco) opens at 207 W 42nd St NYC
1905 - 1st published blues composition forms sale, WC Handy Memphis Blues
1905 - Boston's Bill Dinneen no-hits Chic White Sox, 2-0
1909 - 29th US Mens Tennis: W A Larned beats W J Clothier (61 62 57 16 61)
1910 - 1st test flight of a twin-engined airplane (France)
1912 - W C Handy publishes "Memphis Blues" 1st Blues Song, 1912
1914 - Cleveland 2nd baseman Nap Lajoie collects his 3,000th hit
1916 - 1st Native American Day celebrated, honoring American Indians
1916 - Emperor Lidj Jasu of Ethiopia flees
1917 - Broadhurst Theater opens at 235 W 44th St NYC
1917 - EHC soccer team forms in Hoensbroek Neth
1919 - British troops withdraw from Archangelsk
1919 - Democratic National Committee voted to allow female members
1919 - Pitcher Bob Shawkey sets then Yank record with 15 strike-outs
1919 - Babe Ruth's 29th HR is 1st of year in Wash (1st in every park in league in one season)
1921 - Yanks beat Indians 21-7 in Polo Grounds
1922 - King Constantine I of Greece abdicates
1923 - Italian troops leave occupied Korfu
1923 - NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 1st of his 493 HRs
1924 - Giants clinch their 4th straight pennant, beating Phils 5-1
1928 - US recognizes Nationalist Chinese government
1936 - Franco troops conquer Toledo
1936 - Netherlands leave Gold Standard/devaluate guilder
1937 - 1st Santa Claus Training School opens (Albion NY)
1938 - British ocean liner "Queen Elizabeth," launches at Clydebank Scotland
1938 - Jewish lawyers forbidden to practice in Germany
1938 - League of Nations declares Japan the aggressor against China
1938 - Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth launched at Glasgow
1939 - Warsaw Poland, surrenders to Germans after 19 days of resistance
1939 - White Sox host 1st "day-night" doubleheader, lose to Cleve, 5-2 & 7-5
1940 - 55 German aircrafts shot down above England
1940 - Black leaders protest discrimination in US armed forces
1940 - Floyd Giebells, 1st game, 2-0 pennant clinching beating Bob Feller
1940 - Nazi-Germany, Italy & Japan sign 10 year formal alliance (Axis)
1940 - Yankees, lose to A's & eliminated from pennant for 1st time since 1935
1941 - 1st WW II liberty ship, freighter Patrick Henry, launched
1942 - Heavy German assault in Stalingrad
1942 - NY Giants beat Wash Redskins 14-7 without making a 1st down
1942 - Reinhard Heydrich, "butcher of Prague," appointed SS-general
1942 - St Louis Cards win NL pennant on last day of season
1943 - Anti-fascism opposition begins in Naples
1943 - Dutch opposition newspaper "The Slogan" publishes KZ-Lower letter
1944 - Helmond & Oss Neth liberated
1946 - King George II of Greece returns from exile
1947 - "Sweethearts" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 288 performances
1948 - "Carib Song" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 36 performances
1950 - Dr Ralph Bunche receives Nobel Peace Prize
1950 - Ezzard Charles beats Joe Louis in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1950 - Heavyweight champ Ezzard Charles KOs Joe Louis in NYC
1951 - Persian troops occupies oil refinery at Abadan
1953 - Bert Bechichar, Baltimore Colts, kicks a 56-yard field goal
1953 - KCMO (now KCTV) TV channel 5 in Kansas City, MO (CBS) begins
1953 - KNOE TV channel 8 in Monroe-West Monroe, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 - KOLO TV channel 8 in Reno, NV (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 - KQTV TV channel 2 in Saint Joseph, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 - St Louis Browns play last game in Sportsman's Park, losing 100th game
1953 - Typhoon destroys 1/3 of Nagoya Japan
1953 - WHBQ TV channel 13 in Memphis, TN (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 - WMAZ TV channel 13 in Macon, GA (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 - WTOK TV channel 11 in Meridian, MS (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1954 - 1st African American Supreme Court page is CV Bush
1954 - School integration begins in Wash DC & Baltimore Md public schools
1954 - Steve Allen's "Tonight Show" premieres
1957 - Giants rent Seals Stadium until Candlestick is built
1959 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Opie Turner Golf Open
1959 - Braves & Dodgers finish in a tie (86-68)
1959 - Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev concludes his US visit
1959 - Typhoon Vera, hits Japanese island of Honshu, kills nearly 5,000
1960 - Europe's 1st "moving pavement," (travelator), opens at Bank station
1961 - Sandy Koufax sets NL strikeout season record at 269
1961 - Sierre Leone becomes 100th member of UN
1962 - Military uprising under Col Abdullah as-Sallal North Yemen
1962 - US sells Israel, Hawk anti-aircraft missiles
1963 - At 10:59 AM census clock, records US population at 190,000,000
1963 - Lee Harvey Oswald visits Cubans consulate in Mexico
1964 - Despite 3 HRs by Johnny Callison, Phils are 14-8 losers to Braves
1964 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Visalia Ladies' Golf Open
1964 - Phillies 7th straight loses sends them into 2nd place
1964 - Warren Commission released, finds Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone
1967 - Phillies Jim Bunning ties NL record of 5, 1-0 losses in a year
1967 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1968 - "Hair" opens in London
1968 - Cardinal's super pitcher Bob Gibson's 13th shutout of year
1968 - France refuses UK entry into common market
1970 - Ken Boswell sets 2nd baseman record of 85 games without an error
1971 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1972 - 1st game at Nassau Coliseum, Rangers beat Islanders 6-4 (exhibition)
1973 - Nolan Ryan strikes out 16 in 11 innings, for record 383 of season
1973 - Soyuz 12 carries 2 cosmonauts into Earth orbit (2 days)
1973 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1974 - -10/26] Rome: 4th bishop synod
1974 - Austr National Gallery buys W de Kooning's "Woman V" for $850,000
1975 - Govt De Uyl recalls Dutch ambassador from Spain
1977 - Phillies clinch 2nd straight NL East Division title
1978 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1978 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1979 - Congress' final approval to create Dept of Education
1979 - Elton John, sick with flu, collapse on Hollywood Universal Ampitheater
1979 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1980 - WHOT (Bkln NY pirate radio station) begins on 1620 AM & 92.5 FM
1981 - "Day in Hollywood, A Night..," closes at John Golden NY after 588 perf
1982 - Cards clinching NL East title
1982 - Filming begins on "Never Say Never Again"
1982 - Jan Wolkers awarded but refuses Constantine Huygens-prize
1982 - John Palmer becomes news anchor of Today Show
1983 - S Africa worker's union leader Curnick Ndlovu freed after 19 years
1983 - Tim Raines is 1st since Ty Cobb to steal 70 & drive in 70 runs
1985 - 8 killed as roof collapses in Brussel's supermarket
1985 - Hurricane Gloria's 130 MPH wind hits Atlantic coast
1986 - Senate joins House of Reps voting for sweeping tax reforms
1987 - 27th Ryder Cup: Europe beats US, 15-13 at Muirfield Village GC (Ohio)
1987 - Jan Stephens wins LPGA Konica San Jose Golf Classic
1987 - NFL players' strike
1987 - Phil Niekro final appearance & is pounded for 5 runs in 3 innings
1988 - Grand jury evidence shows Tawana Brawley fabricated rape story
1988 - Lab tests reportedly show Shroud of Turin not Christ`s burial cloth
1988 - Senate votes for major federal tax code changes
989 - Oakland wins AL West & SF wins NL West title
1989 - Sony purchases Columbia Pictures for $3.4 billion cash
1990 - Dee Dee Ramone arrested on marijuana possession
1990 - Deposed emir of Kuwait address UN General Assembly
1990 - Gunman holds 33 people (killing 1) hostage in Berkeley Calif
1990 - Senate Judiciary committee approves Souter's Supreme Court
1990 - Tour de France champion Greg LeMond visits White House
1990 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1991 - "Princesses" premieres on CBS TV
1991 - Pres Bush decides to end full-time B-52 bombers alert
1991 - 1st scheduled NHL exhibition game in St Petersburg Fla, is cancelled due to poor ice conditions (NY Islanders vs Boston Bruins)
1992 - ASPCA stops Santeria ceremony in Bronx halts sacrifice of 42 animals
1992 - LA Dodgers for 1st time in history clinch last place
1992 - Military transport plane crashes in Lagos, Nigeria killing 163
1992 - Nancy Scranton wins Los Coyotes LPGA Golf Classic
1992 - Pittsburgh Pirates win their 3rd straight NL East title
1992 - Seattle's Randy Johnson ties AL record for lefties with 18 strike outs
1993 - Actor Daniel Day Lewis pleads guilty to speeding charges
1996 - Balt Oriole Roberto Alomar spits in face of umpire John Hirschbeck
1998 - Core States Betsy King Golf Classic
من مواليد هذا اليوم :

1600 - John Galle, Flemish engraver/printer, baptised
1601 - Louis XIII, king of France (1610-43)
1618 - Jacob Alting, Dutch ori‰ntalist/theologist
1637 - Hieronymus Gradenthaler, composer
1657 - Sophia, regent of Russia (1682-89)
1677 - Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer
1696 - Alfonsus M de' Liguori, Ital theologist/bishop/religious order founder
1722 - Samuel Adams, revolutionary rabble rouser/(Lt Gov-Mass, 1789-94)
1729 - Michael Dennis, jesuit/author
1772 - S…ndor Kisfaludy, Hungary, poet/Austrian army (1793-1801)
1776 - Maria E J Versfelt, actress/mistress (General Moreau & Marshal Ney)
1783 - Agust،n I de Iturbide, emperor of Mexico (1822-23)
1786 - Jose Mariano Elizaga, composer
1792 - George Cruikshank, London, caricaturist (Oliver Twist)
1803 - Samuel Francis DuPont, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1865
1809 - Raphael Semmes, Rear Admiral (Confederate Navy), died in 1877
1817 - Hiram R Revels, Fayetteville NC, 1st black US senator
1821 - Henri-Fr‚d‚ric Amiel, Swiss/French writer (Grains de Mil)
1824 - William Nelson, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
1830 - William Babcock Hazen, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1887
1835 - John Murray Corse, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1893 [or 4/27]
1838 - Antony E J Modderman, Dutch minister of Justice (1879-83)
1840 - Alfred Thayer Mahan, US, naval officer (Influence of Sea Power)
1840 - Thomas Nast, political cartoonist of late 1800s America
1858 - Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician, founder of symbolic logic
1858 - Porsteinn Erlingsson, Iceland, poet (Pyrnar)
1862 - Louis Botha, Greytown S Africa, 1st PM of South Africa (1910-19)
1864 - Alexander Cohen, Dutch anarchist/author
1866 - Tryggve Andersen, Norwegian writer (Fra Cancelliraadens Dage)
1867 - Rosa Lewis, society caterer/owner (Cavandish Hotel-England)
1875 - Grazia Deledda, Italy, novelist (Old Man of the Mtn-Nobel 1926)
1879 - Cyril M Scott, English pianist/composer/author (Heroic Suite)
1880 - Jacques Thibaud, Bordeaux France, violinist (Caf‚ Rogue)
1881 - Ernest Samuel Williams, composer
1881 - Johanna "Annie" Bakker, Dutch revue-artist/singer/actress
1881 - William J Clothier, 1st pres of tennis hall of fame/(US Open-1906)
1887 - Anton Roemer, Dutch actor (Potasch & Perlemoer, Boefje)
1892 - John Mylong, Austria, actor (Robot Monsters)
1893 - Joannes DM Cornelissen, Dutch historian (Hooft & Tacitus)
1895 - George Raft, NYC, actor (Each Dawn I Die, Scarface, Some Like It Hot)
1896 - George Bender, Cleveland, (Rep/Sen-R-Oh)
1896 - Sam Ervin, (Sen-D-NC), Watergate committee chairman
1898 - Vincent (Miller) Youmans, US composer/songwriter (Tea for Two)
1902 - Miguel Aleman Valdes, Mexican attorney/president (1946-52)
1905 - Ernest Baier, Germany, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1936)
1905 - Vjekoslav Kaleb, Yugoslavia, writer (Splendor of the Fabric)
1906 - William Empson, English poet/critic (Milton's God)
1907 - Bernard Miles, British actor (In Which We Serve, Mermaid Theatre)
1908 - Shiv Verma, soldier
1909 - Jean Berger, composer
1910 - Donald Lindsay, headmaster (Malvern College)
1910 - Eve March, CA, actress (Curse of the Cat People)
1910 - Giles William Playfair, writer
1911 - Peter Muir Doig, politician
1912 - Gerben Wagenaar, resistance fighter/Dutch Communist MP
1912 - Tauno Marttinen, composer
1916 - Samuel S Stratton, (Rep-D-NY, 1959- )
1917 - Louis Auchincloss, Lawrence NY, lawyer/novelist (Watchfires)
1918 - Jame McCallion, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Mi Taylor-National Velvet)
1918 - Lord Shepherd
1918 - Martin Ryle, Britain, radio astronomer/astronomer royal (1972-82)
1919 - Charles H Percy, (Sen-R-Ill)
1919 - Earl of Clanwilliam
1920 - J K Gill, president (Saatchi & Saatchi)
1920 - William Conrad, Louisville Ky, actor (Bullwinkle Show, Cannon)
1921 - D E Nineham, theologian
1921 - Mil¢s Jancs¢, V c Hungary, director (My Way Home)
1922 - Arthur Penn, Phila, director (Miracle Worker, Bonnie & Clyde)
1922 - Carl Ballantine, actor (McHale's Navy)
1922 - James Wilson, composer
1923 - Mary McCarty, Winfield Ks, actress/singer (Starch-Trapper John MD)
1924 - Bud Powell, US jazz pianist/composer
1925 - Patrick Steptoe, scientist (perfected in vitro fertilization)
1925 - Viscount Rothermere, English press magnate (Daily Mail, Evening News)
1926 - Jayne Meadows, Wu Chang China, Mrs Steve Allen, actr (Dark Delusion)
1927 - Boris Porena, composer
1927 - Eli van der Merwe Louw, S Afr minister of Transport/Manpower
1927 - Patrick O'Neal, actor (King Rat, Night of the Iguana)
1927 - Red Robert Chudnick Rodney, jazz trumpeter
1928 - Earring George Mayweather, blues Harmonica Player
1928 - G H Martin, British keeper of Public Records
1928 - Margaret Rule, consultant (Mary Rose Trust)
1929 - Sada Thompson, Des Moines Ia, actress (Family, Pursuit of Happiness)
1930 - Igor Kipnis, Berlin Germany, harpsichordist/professor (Fairfield)
1930 - Roger Birch, Chief Constable (Sussex)
1931 - Gerald Warner, deputy secretary (Cabinet Office)
1932 - Mario Bertoncini, composer
1932 - Michael Colvin, MP
1932 - Peter Holmes, CEO (Shell Transport & Trading Company
1932 - Roger C Carmel, actor (Harry Mudd-Star Trek, In-Laws)
1933 - Kathleen Nolan, St Louis Mo, actress (Real McCoys, Janie, Broadside)
1934 - Barbara Howar, Nashville, reporter (Wash Post, Entertainment Tonight)
1934 - Claude Jarman Jr, Nashville Tn, actor (Rio Grande, Inside Straight)
1934 - DAER Peake, CEO (Kleinwort Benson Group)
1934 - Dick Schaap, sportscaster/author (Bo Knows Bo, Instant Replay)
1934 - Greg Morris, Cleveland Ohio, actor (Mission Impossible, Vega$)
1934 - Wilford Brimley, Salt Lake City Utah, actor (Gus-Our House, Cocoon)
1935 - Jerome Shipp, US, basketball (Olympic-gold-1964)
1936 - Gordon Honeycombe, broadcaster/author
1936 - Yuri Nikolayevich Stepanov, Russian cosmonaut
1938 - Alexander Graham, Lord Mayor of London
1939 - Jim Ross Lightfoot, (Rep-R-Iowa, 1985- )
1939 - Kathy Whitworth, Monahans Tx, golfer (7 time LPGA Player of Year)
1939 - Nicholas Haslam, interior designer
1940 - Josephine Barstow, opera singer
1941 - Don Cornelius, TV show host (Soul Train)
1941 - Roger J J Claessen, Belgian soccer star
1942 - Baroness Blackstone
1943 - Anna Gael, [Gyarmarthy], Budapest Hungary, Lady Weymouth
1943 - Bob Curiano, rock bassist (Mink Deville)
1943 - Randy Bachman, Winnipeg, rocker (Bachman-Turner Overdrive-Roll On)
1943 - Steve Boone, NC, rock vocalist/bassist (Lovin' Spoonful)
1944 - IDG Garnett, British Vice-Admiral
1945 - Misha Dichter, Shanghai China, pianist (Tchaikowsy 2nd prize-1966)
1946 - Peter H Kostmayer, (Rep-D-PA, 1977-81, 83- )
1946 - Ronald Fox, senior partner (Fox Williams)
1947 - A Martinez, Glendale Calif, actor (Whiz Kids, LA Law, Santa Barbara)
1947 - Denis Lawson, actor (Return of Jedi, Born Kicking, Chain)
1947 - Jacques Wallage, sociologist/Dutch undersecretary of Education
1947 - Liz Torres, Bronx NY, actress (Mahalia Sanchez-John Larroquette Show)
1947 - Meat Loaf, [Marvin Lee Aday], Dallas, rocker (Bat Out of Hell)
1948 - Barbara Dickson, singer
1948 - Michael Houlihan, director (Horniman Museum & Gardens)
1949 - Mike Schmidt, 3rd baseman & HR hitter (Phillies)
1949 - Robb Weller, TV host (Entertainment Tonight, Home Show)
1950 - Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Japan, actor (Lt A J Shimamura-Nash Bridges)
1952 - Del Russel, Pasadena Calif, actor (Richard-Arnie)
1952 - Doemitri Dorin Prunariu, Romania, cosmonaut (Soyuz 40)
1953 - Benjamin Gene Brown, SF Calif, 4X400 runner (Olympic-gold-1976)
1953 - Diane Abbott, MP
1953 - Greg Ham, Australia, rock saxophonist/flutist (Men At Work)
1953 - Robbie Shakespeare, Jamaica, reggae bassist (Sly & Robbie-DJ Riot)
1957 - Bill Athey, cricketer (England batsman in 23 Tests 1980-88)
1957 - Richard Vagg, Australian baseball infielder (Olympics-1996)
1958 - Shaun Cassidy, LA Calif, actor/singer (Hardy Boys, Breaking Away)
1959 - Beth Heiden, Madison Wisc, 3000m speed skater (Olympic-bronze-1980)
1960 - Nick della Casa, British/Brazillian/Argentine cameraman (Emmy Award)
1961 - Christopher J Perry, Edenton NC, PGA golfer (1987 Kemper Open-2nd)
1962 - Dennis Paulson, San Gabriel CA, PGA golfer (1994 Freeport-McMoRan-4th)
1962 - Gavin Larsen, cricketer (NZ medium-pace all-rounder)
1963 - Caren Metschuck, German DR, 100m butterfly swimmer (Olympic-gold-1980)
1965 - Steve Kerr, NBA guard (Chicago Bulls)
1966 - Stephanie D Wilson, Boston Mass, astronaut
1967 - Jason Dungjen, Detroit Mich, pairs skater (& Kyoko Ina)
1968 - Mark Bradtke, Adelaide SA Aus, basketball center (Olympics-88, 92, 96)
1968 - Rob Moore, NFL wide receiver (NY Jets, Arizona Cardinals)
1968 - Scott Conover, NFL tackle (Detroit Lions)
1969 - Laura Wilson, Utica NY, cross country skier (Olympics-1994)
1969 - Lester Holmes, NFL guard (Phila Eagles)
1969 - Robert Jones, NFL linebacker (Dallas Cowboys)
1970 - Dwayne Davis, WLAF safety (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1970 - Mark Caldero, Okla City, vocalist (Color Me Badd-I Want to Sex You Up)
1971 - Alonzo Spellman, NFL defensive end (Chic Bears)
1971 - Erik Smit, Dutch soccer player (FC Utrecht)
1971 - Patrick Muldoon, CA, actor (Austin-Days of Our Lives, Melrose Place)
1971 - Ron Florine, NFL/WLAF tackle (KC Chiefs, Scotland Claymores)
1972 - Clara Hughes, Winnipeg Manitoba, cyclist (Olympics-2 bronze-96)
1972 - Gwyneth Paltrow, LA Calif, actress (Pallbearer, Emma, Hard Eight)
1972 - Laurie Shepard, Cordele, GA, female pitcher (Colo Silver Bullets)
1972 - Malachy Loye, cricketer (Northamptonshire & England "A" batsman)
1973 - Larry McSeed, CFL linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
1973 - Tina Nicholson, WNBA guard (Cleveland Rockers)
1974 - Edward Thomas, CFL linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
1974 - Lina Gaviria, Miss Universe-Colombia (1996)
1975 - Ed Gray, NBA guard (Atlanta Hawks)
1975 - Tajama Abraham, WNBA center (Sacramento Monarchs)
وفيات مشهورة لهذا اليوم ..

1259 - Ezzeline III da Romano, gentleman of Verona/"cruel monster", dies
1404 - William of Wykeham, chancellor/Bishop of Winchester, dies
1566 - Marcus A Vida, [Marcus Hieronymus], Italian humanist/poet/bishop, dies
1590 - Urban VII, [Giambattista Castagna], Italian Pope (1590), dies
1612 - Piotr Skarga, Polish theology/PM (Sanctity of Life), dies at 76
1617 - Johan Earnest count of Nassau-Siegen, dies
1641 - Fran‡ois van d'aerssen, mister of Sommelsdijk/diplomat, dies at 69
1651 - Maximilian I, duke/ruler of Bayern (Codex Maximilianus), dies at 78
1660 - St Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Cong founder, dies
1674 - Robert Arnauld d'andilly, French literary/financier/translator, dies
1674 - Thomas Traherne, English poet/mystic (Roman Forgeries), dies
1700 - Innocent XII, [Antonio Pignatelli], Pope (1691-1700), dies at 85
1784 - Boniface Stoecki, composer, dies at 38
1808 - Gaetano B Vestris, ballerina, dies at 79
1821 - Luis (Philippus) Brion, Cura‡aos admiral/supreme commander, dies at 39
1831 - Henry van Wine, archivist/founder General Rijksarchief, dies at 91
1831 - Joannis Capodistrias, Greek governor of Troezen, murdered at 55
1844 - Charles Nodier, French writer (History du chien the Brisquet), dies
1868 - Alexander Walewski, French earl/duke/diplomat/Foreign minister, dies
1870 - Henry TP Comstock, Canadian silver prospector, dies at 50
1875 - Edouard Corbiٹre, French captain/writer (Le Negrier), dies at 82
1891 - I Gontscharow, writer, dies
1915 - Conrad T van Deventer, Dutch jurist/MP (liberal), dies at 57
1915 - Kaspar C E Ritter von Zumbusch, German/Austrian sculptor, dies at 84
1915 - R‚my de Gourmont, French critic/writer (Physique L'Amour), dies at 57
1916 - Emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian writer (Les Heures du Soir), dies at 61
1917 - Edgar Degas, painter, Paris
1919 - Adelina [Adela JM] Patti, Italian soprano (Lucio), dies at 76
1919 - Robert Gleeson, cricketer (one Test for S Africa 1895-96), dies
1921 - Engelbert Humperdinck, Ger opera composer (Schneewittchen), dies at 67
1935 - Alan Gray, composer, dies at 79
1940 - Walter Benjamin, German/French literature critic/writer, dies at 48
1942 - Douglas Munro, only US Coast Guard with WW II-Med of Honor, dies
1943 - Waclaw Gieburowski, composer, dies at 65
1944 - Aimee Semple McPherson, Canada/US evangelist/faith healer, dies at 53
1944 - Aristide Maillol, Fr sculptor/graphic artist, dies in car crash at 82
1948 - Frank Cellier, actor (Spider, Quiet Wedding, Big Blockade), dies at 64
1953 - Jules-Marie Canneel, Flemish painter/caricaturist, dies at 72
1955 - Henri Liebrecht, Belgian stagewriter/journalist, dies at 71
1956 - Gerald Raphael Finzi, composer, dies at 55
1956 - Milburn Apt, in X-2 rocket plane reaches 3370 kph, but, dies in crash
1956 - [Mildred] Babe Didrikson-Zaharias, javelin (Oly-gold-32), dies at 45
1960 - Sylvia Pankhurst, English feminist/daughter of Emmeline, dies at 78
1961 - Hilda Doolittle, US poetess (Bid Me to Live), dies at 75
1962 - Francisco Brochado da Rocha, PM of Brazil (1962), dies at 52
1965 - Clara Bow, US actress, (Down to the Sea in Ships, Wings), dies at 60
1965 - Harry Reser, orch leader (Sammy Kaye Show), dies at 69
1967 - Felix F Yussupov, Russian monarch, dies at 80
1969 - Violet Farebrother, actress (Downhill, Easy Virtue), dies at 81
1972 - Rory Storm, lead singer (Rory Storm & Hurricane), commits suicide
1975 - Mark Frechette, actor (Zabriskie Point, Uomini Contro), dies at 27
1979 - Gracie Fields, actress (Queen of Hearts), dies at 81
1979 - Jimmy McCullough, musician (Wings), dies of a drug overdose
1981 - Coenraad van Emde Boas, Dutch sexologist, dies at 77
1981 - Robert Montgomery, actor/dir (Robert Montgomery Presents), dies at 77
1982 - Saad Sayd, [Abu Walid], Palestinian commandant in Lebanon, dies
1983 - Tino Rossi, singer/actor (Destins, Belle Menuniere), dies at 76
1984 - John Facenda, sportscaster (NFL Action), dies at 72
1985 - Lloyd Nolan, actor (Dr Chegley-Julia), dies of lung cancer at 83
1986 - Cliff Burton, rock bassist (Metallica), dies in bus crash at 24
1988 - William V Shannon, US ambassador to Ireland (1977-81), dies at 61
1991 - Huib Orizand, Dutch actor (Paul Vlanderen), dies
1991 - Jan Hart, director (Friends of Cura‡ao), dies
1991 - Oona Chaplin, daughter of Eugene O'Neill/wife of Charles, dies at 66
1992 - Keith Prentice, US actor (Boys in the Band), dies
1992 - Keith Prentice, US actor (Boys in the Band), dies of cancer at 52
1992 - Ray Gill, actor (Prelude to a Kiss), dies of AIDS at 42
1992 - Wim Van Exter, founder Unity Profession Central (1944), dies
1993 - Andrei Solovyiov, Russian photographer, dies in battle at 38
1993 - James H Doolittle, US air force general (Tokyo 1942), dies at 96
1994 - Gerald Bledsoe, DJ (Soul Alive, WWRL), dies of heart attack at 51
1994 - Guiseppe Martelli, physicist, dies at 71
1994 - Ruth Niehaus, dies
1995 - Alison "Night Bird" Steele, DJ (WNEW-FM, WXRK-FM), dies of cancer
1995 - Christopher Shaw, composer pianist/critic, dies at 71
1996 - Mohammed Najibullah, politician, dies at 55
1996 - Najibullah, Pres of Afghanistan Democratic Party (1986-90), executed