| 16th 
            April, on this day  73 Masada, 
            a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege, 
            ending the Jewish Revolt.556 Pelagius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
 1071 Bari 
            falls to Robert 
            Guiscard, ending Byzantine rule in Italy.
 1346 King 
            Stefanus IX of Serbia proclaims himself czar of Greece
 1395 Azzo 
            X d'Este is defeated at the Battle of Portomaggiore by Venetian-Ferrarese 
            troops.
 1509 French army under Louis XII enters Alps
 1521 Martin 
            Luther arrives at Diet 
            of Worms
 1705 Queen Anne of England knights Isaac Newton at Trinity College
 1724 1st Easter observed
 1746 Battle 
            at Culloden Troops of "James VIII and III" defeat Charles 
            Stuart
 1787 1st American comedy, "The Contrast", makes its debut 
            in NYC
 1789 George Washington heads for 1st presidential inauguration
 1799 Napoleonic Wars: Battle 
            of Mount Tabor – Napoleon drives Ottoman Turks across the 
            River Jordan near Acre.
 1818 Senate ratifies Rush-Bagot amendment (unarmed US-Canada border)
 1853 Opening of India's first railway
 1854 San Salvador destroyed by earthquake
 1854 Steamer "Long Beach" sinks off Long Beach NY, 311 die
 1854 Franz Liszt's "Mazeppa", premieres
 1858 The Wernerian 
            Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, was 
            wound up.
 1861 US President Abraham Lincoln outlaws business with confederate 
            states
 1862 Battle 
            at Lee's Mills in Virginia.
 1862 Confederate President Jefferson Davis approves conscription act 
            for white males between 18-35
 1862 Slavery abolished in District of Columbia
 1863 Siege 
            of Vicksburg – ships led by Union Admiral David Dixon Porter 
            move through heavy Confederate artillery fire on approach to Vicksburg, 
            Mississippi.
 1865 Battle of Columbus and West Point, GA (Fort Tyler)
 1866 Nitroglycerine at Wells Fargo and Company office explodes
 1866 Karakozov attempts to assassinate Tsar Alexander II of Russia
 1869 Ebenezer Bassett, 1st US Negro diplomat, begins service in Haiti
 1871 German Empire ends all anti-Jewish civil restrictions
 1874 Dr David Livingstones corpse arrives in Southampton
 1881 In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat 
            Masterson fights his last gun battle.
 1883 Paul Kruger chosen President of Transvaal
 1888 Drentse and Friese peat cutters go on strike
 1900 US Post Office issues 1st books of postage stamps
 1912 Harriet 
            Quimby becomes 1st woman pilot to cross the English Channel
 1917 Lenin returns to Russia from Finland to start Bolshevik Revolution
 1919 Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" 
            in response to the British slaughter of Indian protestors in the Amritsar 
            Massacre.
 1921 Liberal Freedom League forms in The Hague
 1922 
            Annie Oakley sets record by breaking 100 clay targets in a row
 1922 German-Russia 
            treaty signed in Italy, Soviet Union recognized
 1925 During the Communist St 
            Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
 1926 Book of the Month Club sends out its 1st selections "Lolly 
            Willowes" and "Loving Huntsman" by Sylvia Townsend 
            Warner
 1935 Babe Ruth's 1st National League game, for Boston Braves, included 
            a homerun
 1938 Great-Britain recognizes Italian annexation of Abyssinia
 1939 Stalin requests British, French and Russian anti-nazi pact
 1941 Little Theatre at Adelphi Strand closes
 1941 The Italian convoy Duisburg, directed to Tunisia, is attacked 
            and destroyed by British ships.
 1942 Japanese occupying army on Java installs film censorship
 1942 The island of Malta is awarded the George Cross for the heroism 
            of the entire population against the continued German and Italian 
            bombardment during WW II
 1943 40 New Zealand bombers attack Haarlem, Netherlands (85 killed)
 1943 Dr. 
            Albert Hofmann discovers the psychedelic effects of LSD.
 1945 German troops in Groningen surrender
 1945 Red Army begins Battle 
            of Berlin
 1945 US troops land on He Shima Okinawa
 1945 The United States Army liberates Nazi Sonderlager (high security) 
            Prisoner of War camp Oflag 
            IVc .
 1945 More than 7,000 die when the German refugee ship 
            Goya is sunk by a Soviet submarine torpedo.
 1946 Syria gains independence.
 1946 1st US launch of captured V-2 rocket, White Sands NM; 8 km altitude
 1947 Lens to provide zoom effects demonstrated (New York, NY)
 1947 Massive 
            explosion and fire kills 500 in Texas City, TX
 1947 Explosions and fire on French ship Grandcamp
 1947 Bernard 
            Baruch coins the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship 
            between the United States and the Soviet Union.
 1948 Organization for European Economic Cooperation (EEC) forms in 
            Paris France
 1951 British submarine Affray sank in English Channel, killing 75
 1953 Queen Elizabeth II launches the Royal 
            Yacht Britannia, used by the British Royal Family for state visits 
            and diplomatic missions for the next 45 years
 1956 1st solar powered radios go on sale
 1957 USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
 1958 French government of Gaillard falls due to Tunisia crisis
 1959 Datu Abdul Rozak inaugurated as premier of Malaysia federation
 1962 Brazil nationalizes US businesses
 1963 Dr. 
            Martin Luther King, Jr. pens his famous Letter 
            from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama 
            for protesting against segregation.
 1963 Great 
            Train Robbery - 12 men are sentenced to a total of 307 years.
 1964 In England, 12 members of the Great Train Robbery gang are sentenced 
            to a total of 307 years in prison
 1965 Test flight of heavy Saturn S-1C-rocket
 1966 Rhodesian PM Ian 
            Smith breaks diplomatic relations with Britain
 1969 Desmond 
            Dekker becomes the first Jamaican music artist to top the UK singles 
            charts with a song entitled 'The Israelites'
 1970 70 die in an avalanche (France)
 1972 Nguyen Hue Offensive – Prompted by the North Vietnamese 
            offensive, the United States resumes bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong.
 1972 2 giants pandas (Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing) arrive in the US, 
            from China
 1972 Apollo 
            16 launched; 5th manned lunar landing (Decartes Highlands)
 1974 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk 
            USSR
 1975 Cambodian Red Khmer occupy Phnom Penh
 1977 Alex 
            Haley finds his Roots in Juffure, Gambia
 1979 Failed Palestinian attack on Zaventem Airport in Belgium
 1980 Arthur Ashe retires from professional tennis
 1980 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
 1981 Columbia space shuttle returns
 1982 Queen Elizabeth proclaims Canada's new constitution
 1984 Briton Michael 
            Bettany is found guilty of spying and jailed for 23 years
 1986 Brewery heiress Jennifer Guiness 
            is released in Dublin after being kidnapped and held hostage for 7 
            days
 1986 To dispel rumors he's dead, Moammar 
            Qadhafi appears on TV
 1987 British Conservative MP 
            Harvey Proctor appears at Bow Street Magistrates' Court in London 
            charged with gross indecency
 1988 In Forlì, Italy, Red Brigades kill Italian Senator Roberto 
            Ruffilli, an advisor of Prime Minister Ciriaco de Mita.
 1992 The Katina P. runs aground off of Maputo, Mozambique. 60,000 
            tons of crude oil spill into the ocean.
 1992 Afghánistán President Najibullah 
            resigns
 1993 Jury reaches guilty verdict in Federal case against cop who beat 
            Rodney King, but the verdict is not read until April 17th
 1994 Singer Harry 
            Connick Jr (26) weds model Jill 
            Goodacre (30)
 1996 In England, the Duke and Duchess of York - Prince Andrew and 
            Sarah Ferguson - announce they are to divorce
 2003 The Treaty 
            of Accession is signed in Athens admitting 10 new member states 
            to the European Union.
 2007 Virginia 
            Tech massacre: the deadliest mass shooting in modern American 
            history, in which a gunman shoots 32 people to death and injures 23 
            others before committing suicide.
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        | Birthdates which 
            occurred on 16th April : 1628 Cornelis Evertsen 
            de Young Vice Admiral of Zealand 1635 Frans van Mieris the Elder, Dutch painter
 1648 John Luyken poet/etcher (Duytse Lyre)
 1652 Clement XII [Lorenzo Corsini], Italy, Pope (1730-40)
 1660 Hans Sloane England, physician/naturalist; founded British Museum
 1673 Francesco Feroci composer
 1682 John Hadley mathematician/inventor (1st reflecting telescope)
 1696 Giovanni Battista Tupolo Italian painter
 1697 Johann Gottlieb Gorner composer
 1703 Caffarelli [Gaetano Majorano] Italian castra singer/duke
 1728 Joseph Zwart Scottish chemist/physicist
 1800 Jozef Stefani composer
 1800 William Chambers author/publisher (Basis of Communication & 
            Coding)
 1808 Caleb Blood Smith Secretary of Interior (Union), died in 1864
 1816 Edward "Old Allegheny" Johnson Major General (Confederate 
            Army)
 1820 Georg Curtius German classical linguist
 1821 Ford Maddox Brown painter
 1823 Mother Joseph [Esther Pariseau] religious leader (US capital)
 1823 Orlando Bolivar Wilcox Brevet Major General (Union Army), died 
            in 1907
 1832 John A Neuhuys painter
 1838 Karel Bendl composer
 1844 Anatole France writer (Thaïs, The Wickerwork Woman)/Nobel 
            1921
 1850 Herbert Baxter Adams US, historian (American Historical Association)
 1851 Ernst Josephson Sweden, artist
 1861 Isaac Murphy US jockey (won 628 races)
 1867 José de Diego Puerto Rico, patriot/Puerto Rican Secretary 
            of Justice
 1867 Wilbur Wright of aeronautical fame (Wright Brothers)
 1868 Joel Angel Russian musicologist/composer
 1868 Spottiswoode Aitken Edinburgh Scotland, actor (Eagle, Home Sweet 
            Home)
 1871 John Millington Synge Ireland, dramatist/poet (Riders to the 
            Sea)
 1871 Martin Lunssens composer
 1878 R E "Tip" Foster cricketer (287 on debut England vs 
            Australia SCG 1903)
 1881 Edward Frederick Wood 1st Earl of Halifax/ambassador to US (1940-46)
 1882 Seth Bingham composer
 1885 Leo Weiner Hungary, composer (Fasching)
 1886 Ernst Thälmann German communist presidential candidate
 1886 Jekabs Graubins composer
 1886 Konstantin Mostras composer
 1889 Charlie Chaplin [The Little Tramp] Lambeth London England, comedian/actor/director 
            (City Lights)
 1893 Federico Mompou composer
 1893 Joseph Yasser composer
 1897 Arthur Charles Ernest Hoeree composer
 1897 Jaap Vranken Dutch organist/composer (Stabat Mater)
 1897 John B Glubb British commandant/writer (A soldier with the Arabs)
 1898 Marian Jordan Peoria IL, radio comedienne (Fibber McGee & 
            Molly)
 1900 Polly Adler Russia, bordello proprieter/author (House is not 
            a Home)
 1901 Karel Albert Flemish composer (Marieken van Nymeghen)
 1901 Leo Poos nazi police officer (caught Dutch underground agents)
 1904 Clifford Case (Senator-Republican-NJ)
 1904 Lily Pons Draguignan France, soprano/diva (Hitting a New High)
 1904 Fifi D'Orsay Montréal Québec Canada, actress (Life 
            Jimmy Dolan, Girl from Calgary)
 1905 John Lee-Barber Admiral
 1906 Pigmeat Markham Durham NC, comedian (Here Comes da Judge-Laugh 
            In)
 1906 Bep [Elisa H] Bakhuis Dutch soccer star/writer
 1906 Cobina W "Coby" Molenaar Dutch peace activist
 1906 Marion Lloyd Vince Brooklyn NY, fencer (National champion 1928, 
            31)
 1909 Herman Uyttersprot Flemish literature historian
 1911 Christine McIntyre actress (3 Stooges movies)
 1911 William Stearn botanist
 1912 David Langton Scotland, actor (Quintet, St Joan, Abandon Ship)
 1912 John Halas animator
 1913 Les Tremayne London, actor (Angry Red Planet, War of the Worlds)
 1913 Constance Shacklock opera singer
 1913 Lord Aberconway CEO (John Brown & Company)
 1914 John Hodiak Pittsburgh PA, actor (A Bell for Adamo, Lifeboat)
 1915 Dany [Daniël S] Tuijnman head of Dutch traffic & water
 1915 Gerard McLarnon actor/writer
 1918 Spike Milligan Ahmed Nagar India, actor/comedian (Digby, 3 Musketeers)
 1919 Merce Cunningham choreographer (Acrobat in Every Soul is a Circus)
 1920 Barry Nelson Oakland, actor (Airport, My Favorite Husband)
 1920 John William Farr Detroit MI, bank robber (FBI Most Wanted List)
 1920 Dermot O'Callaghan Grubb prison governor
 1920 Kees Scherer Dutch photographer (World Press Photo)
 1921 Peter Ustinov London England, actor (Death on Nile, Logan's Run, 
            Billy Budd)
 1922 Kingsley Amis London England, novelist (Lucky Jim, The James 
            Bond Dossier)
 1922 Christopher Samuel Youd UK, sci-fi author (Tripods Trilogy)
 1922 Leo Tindermans British statesman
 1924 Geoffrey Johnson Smith actor (Norman Loves Rose, Drinking Games)
 1924 Henry Mancini Cleveland OH, composer/conductor (Pink Panther)
 1924 John Harvey-Jones CEO (ICI)
 1926 Barbara Tizzard British educator
 1927 Peter Mark Richman Philadelphia PA, actor (Andrew-Dynasty)
 1927 Joseph Ratzinger German theologist/dogmaticus
 1928 Dick [Night Train] Lane NFL defensive back (St Louis Rams, Arizona 
            Cardinals, Detroit Lions)
 1929 Roy Hamilton singer (You'll Never Walk Alone)
 1930 Herbie Mann Brooklyn NY, jazz flute/sax (Just Wallin')
 1930 Frank Page British broadcaster/actor (Hudson Hawk, Dark Dancer)
 1930 John Robson British ambassador (Norway)
 1931 Edie Adams [Elizabeth Edith Enke] Kingston PA, actress/Mrs Ernie 
            Kovacs (Ernie Kovacs Show, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, Haunting 
            of Harrington House)
 1931 Piet de Visser economist/Dutch MP (PvdA)
 1932 Imre Polyak Hungary, featherweight (Olympics-gold-1964)
 1932 Vince Hill singer (Roses of Picardy, La Vie en Rose)
 1933 Perry Botkin Jr New York NY, orchestra leader (Bert Convy Show)
 1933 Joan Bakewell British broadcaster/actress (Cold Comfort Farm)
 1933 Joseph Bottoms Santa Barbara CA, actor (Blind Date, Braker)
 1934 Brian Peppiatt joint CEO (SG Warburg Securities)
 1934 Geoffrey Owen British editor (Financial Times)
 1934 Richard Kenshaw British broadcaster
 1934 Robert Stigwood producer (Saturday Night Fever, Grease)
 1935 Bobby Vinton Pittsburgh PA, singer (Roses are Red, Blue on Blue)
 1935 Haskell "Cool Papa" Sadler blues singer/guitarist
 1936 James Rand British judge (Advocate General)
 1938 Michael Hirst chief constable (Leicestershire England)
 1939 Dusty Springfield [Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien] 
            Hampstead London England, rock vocalist (Growing Pains)
 1939 Donald MacCormick British broadcaster
 1939 John DeLaFose zydeco Musician
 1939 Margaretha de Boer Dutch minister (PvdA)
 1939 Reinier Lucassen Dutch painter (Kuifje contra James Union)
 1940 Margrethe II queen of Denmark (1972- )
 1940 David Holford cricketer (cousin of G S Sobers West Indies leg-spin 
            all-rounder)
 1940 Lord Camoys deputy CEO (Barclays de Zoete Wedd)
 1940 Paul Cox actor (Exile, Golden Braid, Touch Me)
 1940 Stephen Lawrence Pruslin composer
 1941 Cliff Stearns (Representative-Republican-FL)
 1943 Ewald Vanvugt author (Kiss of Delight, Seed of Love)
 1943 Johnny Watkins cricketer (New South Wales leg-spinner, bowled 
            6 overs for Australia)
 1943 Ruth Madoc actress (Hi Di Hi)
 1944 Dennis Russell Davies composer
 1945 Goran Antunac Yugoslavia, International Chess Master (1975)
 1945 Stefan Grossman New York NY, country blues singer (Yazoo Basin 
            Boogie)
 1947 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar [Lew Alcindor] NBA center (Milwaukee Bucks, 
            Los Angeles Lakers)
 1947 Gerry Rafferty Paisley Scotland, guitarist/vocalist (Baker Street)
 1950 David Graf Lancaster OH, actor (Police Academy 2, 3, 4, 6, Councilman 
            Nash-He's the Mayor)
 1951 John Bentley rocker
 1952 Peter Westbrook St Louis MO, US fencer (Olympics-bronze-88, 92, 
            96)
 1953 Jay O Sanders Austin TX, actor (Meeting Venus, V I Warshawski)
 1955 Ellen Barkin Bronx NY, actress (Big Easy, Sea of Love, Switch)
 1955 Charlotte Morrison English large landowner/multi-millionaire
 1955 Henri Heir Apparent Prince of Luxembourg
 1956 David M Brown Arlington VA, Commander USN/astronaut
 1956 Marty Dickerson Middletown OH, golfer (1994 ShopRite Classic-22nd)
 1958 Philip Bainbridge British cricketeer
 1959 Anne Kursinski equestrian show jumper (Olympics-silver-96)
 1962 David Pate Los Angeles CA, tennis star
 1962 Ian MacKaye rocker (Cyrano de Bergerac)
 1962 Jeanne Golay Coral Gables FL, cyclist (Olympics-16th-92, 96)
 1963 Jimmy Osmond Ogden UT, singer (Donnie & Marie)
 1963 Nick Berry Britain, actor (Wicksy-EastEnders)
 1963 Garry Galley Montréal Québec Canada, NHL defenseman 
            (Buffalo Sabres)
 1963 Hu Na China, tennis star
 1963 Salim Malik cricketer (memorable Pakistani & Essex batsman)
 1964 Dave Pirner rocker (Soul Asylum)
 1964 Robert Kelker-Kelly Wichita KS, (Bo-Days of our Live)
 1965 Jon Cryer actor (Pretty in Pink, Superman IV)
 1965 Caren Kemner Quincy IL, volleyball outside hitter (Olympics-bronze-92, 
            96)
 1965 Gerardo rocker
 1965 Martin Lawrence comedian (Martin)
 1966 Lewis Tillman NFL running back (Chicago Bears)
 1967 Charles Evans NFL running back (Minnesota Vikings)
 1968 Grace Kim Korea, tennis star
 1969 Fernando Vina Sacramento CA, infielder (Milwaukee Brewers)
 1969 Melinda Rich Muskegon MI, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-13th-1993)
 1970 Fran Robinson California, actress (Lauren-Charlie & Company)
 1970 Ian Franklin CFL cornerback (Edmonton Eskimos)
 1970 Steve Emtman NFL defensive tackle (Miami Dolphins)
 1970 Walt Williams NBA forward/guard (Toronto Raptors, Miami Heat)
 1971 Frederik Nilsson Stockholm Sweden, IHL forward (Team Sweden, 
            Kansas City (IHL))
 1971 Natasha Zvereva Minsk Belarus, tennis ace (finals 1995 Indian 
            Wells)
 1971 Selena [Quintanilla Perez] Lake Jackson TX, tejano singer (Grammy-1994)
 1971 Trey Maples Wheat Ridge CO, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Canadian)
 1972 Conchita Martinez Monzon Spain, tennis star (1996 final Indian 
            Wells)
 1972 Jim Ballard NFL/WLAF quarterback (Scottish Claymores, Buffalo 
            Bills)
 1972 Mario Bradley WLAF cornerback (London Monarchs)
 1975 Nicky Sualua NFL fullback (Dallas Cowboys)
 1976 Lukas Haas West Hoolywood CA, actor (Mars Attacks, Lady in White, 
            Witness, Music Box, Testament, Leap of Faith)
 1980 Jesse Tendler Madison WI, actor (Nick-Ellen Burstyn Show)
 1987 Milton J Cross New York NY, TV announcer (Metropolitan Opera 
            Auditions of the Air)
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deaths which occurred 
            on April 16th:
 1115 Svjatopolk II great monarch of Kiev, dies [or 1113]
 1446 Filippo Brunelleschi architect, dies
 1496 David van Bourgondie Bishop of Utrecht (1456-96), dies at about 
            69
 1529 Louis de Berquin French humanist/reformer/heretic, burned at 
            stake
 1619 Denijs Calvaert/Caluwaert [Dionisio Fiamingo] Flemish painter, 
            dies
 1687 George Villiers 2nd duke of Buckingham dies at 59
 1743 Cornelis van Bijnkershoek Dutch lawyer (Roman law), dies at 69
 1756 Jacques Cassini French astronomer (Discover rings of Saturn), 
            dies at 79
 1760 Laurence 4th Earl Ferrers, executed for murder of his steward
 1825 John Henry Fuseli painter/art writer (Tracks in the Snow), dies 
            at 84
 1828 Francisco Goya y Lucientes Spanish painter/cartoonist, dies at 
            82
 1846 Domenico Dragonetti composer, dies at 83
 1850 Marie [Gresholtz] Tussaud maker of wax figures, dies
 1858 Johann Baptist Cramer German/British pianist/composer/publisher, 
            dies at 87
 1860 Carolina duchess of Berry/daughter of crown prince of Naples, 
            dies
 1865 Robert C Tyler US Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle
 1870 Anatoli O Demidov Russian ruler of Donato/traveller, dies
 1876 Augustin-Philippe Peellaert composer, dies at 83
 1879 Bernadette saint/(saw Virgin Mary at Lourdes), dies in Nevers 
            France
 1881 George William Martin composer, dies at 56
 1914 George W Hill US astronomer (moon orbit), dies at 76
 1916 Tom Horan cricketer (15 Tests for Australia, 471 runs, 11 wickets), 
            dies
 1920 John Conrad Nordqvist composer, dies at 80
 1924 Jack Board cricket wicket-keeper (England in 6 Tests 1898-1906), 
            dies
 1929 Abraham van Stolk Jzn art collector, dies at 57
 1938 Bertram Wagstaff Mills circus proprietor, dies
 1941 Josiah Charles Stamp 1st baron/statisician, dies
 1948 Babe Ruth baseball legend, dies
 1949 Sutan Ibrahim gelor Datuk Tan Malaka Indon communist, executed 
            at 54
 1951 Emile Erens Dutch hagiographer (Pastor of Ars), dies at 85
 1955 Abdullah Seif el-Islam brother of Yemenite king Ahmed, beheaded
 1959 Charles Halton dies at 83
 1968 Fay Bainter actress (Jezebel, Our Town, State Fair), dies at 
            76
 1968 Edna Ferber author (American Beauty), dies at 78
 1970 Péter Veres Hungarian minister of defense/writer, dies 
            at 73
 1970 Richard Josef Neutra Austria/US architect (Who Bought America?), 
            dies at 78
 1971 Mihály Váci Hungarian poet/politician, dies at 
            46
 1972 Yasunari Kawabata Japanese author (Nobel 1968), dies at 72
 1973 István Kertész Hung/German conductor (London Symphony), 
            dies at 43
 1978 Lucius D Clay General/Governor US zone West Germany (airlift), 
            dies at 80
 1980 Alf Sjöberg director (Fadern, Oen, Domaren), dies in a car 
            crash at 76
 1981 Eric Hollies cricketer (13 Tests for England, 44 wickets), dies
 1985 Scott Brady [Gerald Tierney] actor (Shotgun Slade), dies at 60
 1987 Anthony Tudor dancer/choreographer (American Ballet Theater) 
            dies at 78
 1988 Abu Jihad [Khalil al-Wazzir] PLO-leader, murdered
 1988 Clifford Roach cricketer (16 Tests early in West Indies cricket 
            history), dies
 1988 Jacques de Kadt Dutch 2nd chamber member (Socialist-Democrat), 
            dies at 90
 1988 Khalil al-Wazir PLO military commander, assassinated by Israeli 
            commandos
 1988 Warde Donovan dies at 72
 1989 Tawfieq Yusuf Awwaad Lebanese writer, dies
 1991 David Lean director (2 Academy Awards-Bridge on the River Kwai, 
            Lawrence of Arabia), dies of pneumonia at 83
 1992 Andy Russell drummer/vocalist (Your Hit Parade), dies of stroke 
            at 72
 1992 Frank Killmond dies at 58
 1992 Neville Brand actor (Stalag 17), dies of emphysema at 71
 1993 John P W Meefout sculptor (Laying wife), dies at 77
 1994 John McLiam dies of Parkinson's disease at 75
 1994 Ralph Waldo Ellison US writer (Invisible Man), dies at 80
 1994 Ron Vawter US actor (Roy Cohn, Silence of the Lambs), dies at 
            45
 1994 Samuel Selvon author, dies at 70
 1995 Arthur English comedian, dies at 75
 1995 Cheyenne Brando daughter of Marlon, commits suicide
 1995 Cy[ril Raker] Endfield film director (Universal Soldier), dies 
            at 80
 1995 Stewart Myles MacPherson broadcaster, dies at 86
 1996 Lucille Bremer dancer/actress (Ziegfeld Follies), dies at 73
 1996 Madeleine Bourdouxhe writer, dies at 89
 1996 Raymond Earl Hill saxophonist, dies at 62
 1996 Stavros Spyros Niarchos Greek shipowner, dies at 86
 1997 Emilio Azcarraga Milmo media tycoon, dies at 66
 1997 Mae Boren Axton song writer (Heartbreak Hotel), dies at 82
 1997 Michael Stroka actor (Aristede-Dark Shadows), dies of cancer 
            at 57
 
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