| 6th 
            March, on this day  251 Pope 
            Cornelius begins his papacy1079 Omar 
            ibn Ibrahim al-Chajjam completes Jalali-calendar
 1205 Aken, [Philips van Zwaben], crowned Roman-Catholic German King
 1323 Treaty 
            of Paris
 1426 Battle 
            of St. James English victory against the French
 1447 Tommaso Parentucelli succeeds Pope Eugene IV as Nicolas 
            V
 1454 Thirteen 
            Years' War: Delegates of the Prussian Confederation pledged allegiance 
            to Casimir 
            IV of Poland, and the Polish king agreed to help in their struggle 
            for independence from the Teutonic Knights.
 1479 Treaty 
            of Alcaçovas - Portugal gives the Canary Islands to Castile 
            in exchange for claims in West Africa.
 1521 Magellan 
            discovers Guam
 1590 Earl 
            Maurice conquerors Breda "turfschip of Breda"
 1628 Emperor Ferdinand 
            II delegates Restitutie-edict
 1646 Joseph Jenkes, Massachusetts, receives 1st colonial machine patent
 1664 King 
            Louis XIV and Emperor of Brandenburg signs covenant
 1665 Philosophical 
            Transactions of Royal Society starts publishing
 1714 Peace of Rastatt: French emperor Charles 
            VI of Habsburg
 1728 Spain and England sign (1st) Convention of Pardo
 1775 1st Negro Mason in US initiated, Boston
 1788 The 
            First Fleet arrives at 
            Norfolk Island in order to found a convict 
            settlement.
 1799 Napoleon 
            captures Jaffa, 
            Palestine
 1808 1st college orchestra in US founded, at Harvard
 1810 Illinois passes 1st state vaccination legislation in US
 1816 Jews are expelled from Free city of Lubeck Germany
 1831 Edgar 
            Allen Poe removed from West Point military academy
 1834 Toronto 
            incorporated with William 
            Lyon Mackenzie as its 1st mayor
 1836 3,000 
            Mexicans beat 182 Texans at the Alamo, after 13 day fight
 1836 HMS 
            Beagle/Darwin reaches King George's Sound, Australia
 1853 Giuseppe 
            Verdi's Opera "La 
            Traviata" premieres in Venice
 1855 Gustave 
            Flaubert writes goodbye to Louise Colet
 1857 Start of the Indian 
            Mutiny within the British Army
 1857 Dred 
            Scott Decision: Supreme Court rules slaves cannot be citizens
 1861 Provisionary 
            Confederate Congress establishes Confederate 
            Army
 1865 Battle 
            of Natural Bridge, Florida a small band of Confederate troops 
            and volunteers preventing the Union from capturing the Florida capital
 1865 President Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Ball
 1869 Dmitri 
            Mendeleev presents the first periodic 
            table to the Russian Chemical Society.
 1882 Monarch Milan 
            Obrenovic of Serbia crowns himself king
 1886 1st US alternating current power plant starts, Great Barrington 
            MA
 1886 1st US nurses' magazine, The Nightingale, 1st appears, New York 
            NY
 1890 An ornithologist releases 60 pairs of starlings 
            in New York's Central Park as a memorial to William Shakespeare. The 
            starling is now one of America's worst pests
 1896 1st auto in Detroit MI, Charles B King rides his "Horseless 
            Carriage"
 1899 Chemist 
            Felix Hoffman patents the world's most used pain-relief drug, 
            the aspirin
 1902 US 
            Census Bureau forms
 1915 Greek King Constantine I fires premier Venizelos
 1918 
            US naval collier "Cyclops" disappears in Bermuda Triangle
 1921 Police in Sunbury, PA issue an edict requiring Women to wear 
            skirts at least 4 inches below the knee
 1924 British Labour government cuts military budget
 1925 Pionerskaya 
            Pravda, one of the oldest children's newspapers in Europe, is 
            founded.
 1925 Belgium annexes Eupen, 
            Malmédy 
            and Sankt Vith
 1926 China asks for a seat in the Security 
            council
 1926 Fire destroys the Shakespeare 
            Memorial Theatre at Stratford upon Avon
 1927 
            Fritz Lang's Metropolis 
            is released.
 1929 Turkey and Bulgaria sign friendship treaty
 1930 In Massachusetts, Clarence 
            Birdseye markets the first frozen foods
 1933 FDR 
            declares a nationwide bank holiday
 1933 Poland occupies free city 
            Danzig (Gdansk)
 1936 Belgium ends Locarno-pact
 1938 Battle 
            of Cape Palos Spanish civil war naval battle
 1940 Winter 
            War: An armistice is signed by Finland and the Soviet Union.
 1940 1st US telecast 
            from an airplane, New York NY
 1942 Rangoon falls to the Japanese.
 1942 Malta receives more fighters for its on-going defence.
 1943 Battle at Medenine, 
            North-Africa; Rommels assault attack
 1943 Sukarno 
            asks for cooperation with Japanese occupiers
 1943 Battle 
            of Blackett Strait a naval battle of the Pacific campaign
 1944 USAF begins daylight bombing of Berlin
 1944 Wingate's 
            Chindits make several successful forays in Burma.
 1945 A communist-dominated government under Petru 
            Groza assumes power in Romania.
 1945 117 SD-prisoners executed at Savage Farm
 1945 Assassination attempt on Höhere, SS Police führer Rauter
 1945 Chinese 38th division occupies Lashio
 1945 Erich 
            Honnecker and Erich Hanke flee Nazis
 1946 Ho 
            Chi Minh signs an agreement with France. France recognizes Vietnam 
            statehood within Indo-Chinese federation
 1947 XB-45, 1st US 4-engine jet bomber, makes 1st test flight, Muroc 
            CA
 1948 
            USS Newport News, the first air-conditioned naval ship, is launched 
            from Newport News, Virginia.
 1951 The trial of Ethel 
            and Julius Rosenberg begins.
 1951 Belgium extends conscription to 24 months
 1953 Malenkov 
            becomes chairman of the USSR
 1957 Ghana (formerly Gold Coast) declares independence from UK
 1957 Israel withdraws its troops from the Sinai 
            Peninsula.
 1959 Farthest radio signal heard (Pioneer 
            IV, 400,000 miles)
 1960 President 
            Sukarno disbands Indonesia's parliament
 1961 1st London 
            minicabs introduced
 1962 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
 1962 US promise Thailand assistance against communist aggression
 1964 Constantine 
            2 succeeds Paul 
            I as king of Greece
 1964 Elijah 
            Muhammad renames 
            Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali
 1964 Liz 
            Taylor's 3rd divorce (Eddie 
            Fisher)
 1965 1st nonstop helicopter crossing of North America, JR Willford
 1967 Muhammad Ali is ordered by selective service to be inducted
 1967 Stalin's daughter Svetlana 
            Allilujeva asks for political asylum in US
 1970 Beatles release "Let 
            it Be" in UK
 1970 Suspected murderer Charles 
            Manson releases Lie: The 
            Love & Terror Cult to help finance his defense.
 1972 Keswick to Penrith 
            railway officially closes
 1974 An Italian loses a record $1,920,000 at roulette in Monte Carlo
 1975 
            Algiers Accord: Iran and Iraq announce a settlement over their 
            border dispute
 1978 Hustler publisher 
            Larry Flynt shot and crippled by a sniper in Georgia
 1980 French 
            Academy, founded in 1635, elects it 1st woman novelist (Marguerita 
            Youcenar)
 1981 After 19 years presenting the CBS Evening News, Walter 
            Cronkite signs off for the last time.
 1981 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
 1981 Soyuz 
            39 returns to Earth
 1982 Susan Birmingham makes loudest recorded human shout (120 dB)
 1983 Helmut 
            Kohl's CDU/CSU wins West German parliament elections
 1983 New Bedford, MA woman charges she was gang-raped atop a pool 
            table
 1984 Twelve-month-long strike in British coal industry begins.
 1985 Mexican authorities find body of US drug agent Enrique C Salaazar
 1985 Yul 
            Brynner appears in his 4,500th performance of "King 
            and I"
 1986 USSR's Vega 
            1 flies by Halley's Comet at 8,889 km
 1987 6.8 earthquake hits Ecuador, kills 100
 1987 The Herald 
            of Free Enterprise ferry capsizes while leaving Zeebrugge Harbour 
            killing 193 passengers
 1988 3 
            IRA suspects were shot dead in Gibraltar by SAS officers
 1990 Peruvian passenger 
            boat Adresito capsized at Amazon River, Iquitos, Loreto Maynas, Peru 
            134 die
 1990 SR-71 
            sets a transcontinental record, flying 2,404 miles in 1:08:17
 1991 Following Iraq's capitulation in the Persian Gulf conflict, President 
            Bush told Congress that "aggression is defeated; The war is over"
 1992 The Michelangelo 
            computer virus begins to affect computers.
 1992 Founding of the Council 
            of the Baltic Sea States.
 1994 Referendum in Moldova results in the electorate voting against 
            possible reunification with Romania.
 1996 Sinn Fein President Gerry 
            Adams makes public an IRA warning that it is prepared for another 
            25 years of war
 1997 A lone gunmen steals a £650,000 Picasso 
            from a London art gallery and escapes in a taxi
 1998 1st time the British flag is flown over Buckingham Palace
 1998 Matt Beck, an angry lottery accountant kills 4 at Connecticut 
            state lottery
 2003 Air 
            Algérie Flight 6289 suffers engine explosion 102 fatalities
 2007 Former White House aide I. 
            Lewis Libby, Jr. was found guilty on four of five counts of perjury 
            and obstruction of justice trial.
 2007 United States lottery Mega Millions set a new world record for 
            the highest 
            jackpot ever offered of US$390 million.
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        | Birthdates which 
            occurred on 6th March : 1405 Johan II King 
            of Castille 1459 Jacob Fugger German banker/merchant
 1475 Michelangelo Buonarroti painter/sculptor/architect (David, Pièta)
 1483 Francesco Guicciardini Italy, attorney/president of Romagna
 1492 Jean Luis Vives Spanish theory/humanist/reformer
 1495 Luigi Alamanni Italian poet (Opere Toscane, La Coltivazione)
 1615 Jan Zoet actor/playwright/poet (Parnasssus aan 't Y)
 1616 Malachias Siebenhaar composer
 1619 Cyrano de Bergerac famous nose, dramatist (A Voyage to the Moon)
 1698 John Alberti Dutch theologist/philologist
 1710 Giuseppi Antonio Paganelli composer
 1740 Giovanni Meli Siclian poet (Buccolica)
 1761 Earl d'Andréossi French General/member of parliament
 1763 Jean Xavier Lefevre composer
 1765 Jan Kops Dutch agronomist/vicar
 1779 Philipp Roth composer
 1785 Karol Kazimierz Kurpinski composer
 1787 Joseph von Fraunhofer Germany, physicist (studied Sun's spectrum)
 1791 Anna Claypoole Peale painted miniatures
 1793 Bernhard Joseph Klein composer
 1806 Elizabeth Barrett Browning poet (Sonnets from the Portuguese)
 1812 Aaron Lufkin Dennison father of American watchmaking
 1820 Horatio Gouverneur Wright Major General (Union volunteers)
 1831 Friedrich C K von Bodelschwingh German theologist (Home Mission)
 1831 Philip Henry Sheridan Albany NY, Major General (Union Army)
 1835 Charles Ewing Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1883
 1835 Ludwik Grossman composer
 1843 Artur Napoleao dos Santos composer
 1852 Joseph Bayer composer
 1870 Oscar Straus Vienna Austria, composer (Ein Walzertraum)
 1882 Guy Kibbee El Paso TX, actor (Big Shot)
 1885 Ring Lardner US, writer (You Know Me Al)
 1887 Henri Gagnon composer
 1890 Fernand Ansseau Belgian operator/theory (Orfeo)
 1891 Victor Kilian Jersey City NJ, actor (Gentleman's Agreement)
 1893 [Walter] Furry Lewis father of the blues
 1893 Kathleen Smoothy housewife (last link to Siege of Sidney Street)
 1897 Knudåge Riisager Port Kunda Estonia, Danish composer (Quaarrtsiluni)
 1898 Hal Hooker cricketer (New South Wales pace bowler of 20's & 
            30's)
 1898 Jay C Flippen Little Rock AR, actor (Ensign O'Toole, Jet Pilot, 
            Killing, Thunder Bay)
 1898 Jimmy Conzelman NFL QB/coach/team owner (Chicago)
 1898 Jo[hanne M Bos-]Vincent Dutch soprano (Matthäus Passion)
 1900 John Henry Pyle Pafford librarian (University of London)
 1900 Ludwig Donath Vienna Austria, actor (Torn Curtain, Sirocco)
 1900 Robert "Lefty" Grove baseball pitcher (300 game winner)
 1901 Mark Donskoy Odessa Russia, director (Heart of a Mother)
 1903 Elizabeth Pinkston Becker US, platform diver (Olympics-gold-1928)
 1904 Hugh Williams actor/writer (Charley's Aunt, Bank Holiday)
 1904 Johannes C "Chris" Baay Dutch actor (Klatergoud, Surprise 
            Raid)
 1905 Bob Wills Kosse TX, actor (Lone Prairie, Tornado in the Saddle)
 1906 Lou Costello Paterson NJ, comedian/actor (Abbott & Costello)
 1909 Dave Clark music promoter/songwriter
 1909 Obafemi Awolowo Nigeria, President of Nigeria (1979-83)
 1911 Charles Frank physicist
 1911 Roland Jacobi Leich composer
 1912 Madge Adam astronomer
 1913 David Bowman trade unionist
 1913 Ella Logan Glasgow Scotland, actress (52nd Street, Goldwyn Follies)
 1913 Stewart Granger actor (Saraband for Dead Lovers)
 1914 Kirill P Kondrashin Moscow Russia, conductor (Hollywood Bowl 
            1981)
 1916 Rochelle Hudson Oklahoma City OK, actress (That's My Boy)
 1917 J A Mommersteeg Dutch Assistant Secretary of Defense (KVP)
 1917 Roy Scott cricketer (one Test New Zealand vs England 1947, 18, 
            1-74)
 1920 Lewis Gilbert London England, director/actor (You Only Live Twice)
 1920 Roger Price Charleston WV, actor/writer (Who's There, Droodles)
 1921 Julius Rudel Vienna Austria, conductor (NYC Opera 1957)
 1921 Oliver Wright British Ambassador (To US)
 1921 Ross Hunter Cleveland OH, producer (Airport, Madame X, Pillow 
            Talk)
 1922 Frankie Howerd York England, actor/comedian (Mr Mustard-Sgt. 
            Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, That Was The Week That Was, Runaway 
            Bus)
 1923 Ed McMahon Detroit MI, TV host (Johnny Carson Show, Star Search)
 1923 Erhard Karkoschka composer
 1923 Raymond "Bill" Hoffenberg college president (Wolfson 
            at Oxford)
 1924 Sarah Caldwell Maryville MO, conductor/opera director (Flagstaff)
 1924 William H Webster US, judge/head FBI/CIA
 1926 Alan Greenspan economist/Presidential advisor (Federal Reserve 
            Board)
 1926 Andrzej Wajda Suwalki Poland, director (Ashes & Diamonds, 
            Lotna)
 1926 Ann Curtis 400 meter/800 meter US swimmer (Olympics-2 gold-1948)
 1926 Elwood H [Bud] Hillis (Representative-Republican-IN, 1971- )
 1926 Jon Nordal composer
 1926 Miroslav Klega composer
 1927 John Fairchild Newark NJ, CEO (Fairchild publishing)
 1927 Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr Shawnee OK, USAF/astronaut (Mercury 9, 
            Gemini 5)
 1927 Norman Treigle New Orleans LA, bass-baritone
 1927 William J Bell Chicago IL, soap opera creator (Young & Restless)
 1928 Gabriel García Márquez Colombia, novelist (Europa 
            Y America, Nobel 1982)
 1928 Ronald Stevenson composer
 1929 David Sheppard bishop (Liverpool)/cricketer (England batsman)
 1929 Günter Kunert German poet/writer (Kaiser von Hondu)
 1929 Hal Miller British MP
 1929 Ho Dam North Korean Secretary of State (1970-83)
 1929 Thomas S Foley (Representative-Democrat-WA, 1965-94)/majority 
            whip/Speaker of House
 1931 Carmen Delavallade US dancer/singer/actress (Aida)
 1931 David Haddon Whitaker British publisher (Whitaker's Almanack)
 1931 John Smith Los Angeles CA, actor (Cimarron City, Laramie, 7 Angry 
            Men)
 1933 Dorothy "Dolly" Ann Collins folk musician/composer
 1933 Heiko Wierenga Dutch social-democrat mayor of Enschede (1977-94)
 1933 Kim Elgie cricketer (South African bat vs New Zealand 1961-62, 
            Scotland RU international)
 1933 William Davis author/broadcaster (Battle at Bull Run)
 1934 John Noakes British TV presenter
 1935 Ronnie Delaney Ireland, 1500 meter runner (Olympics-gold-1956)
 1936 A "Bram" Stemerdink Dutch minister of Defense (PvdA)
 1936 Jean Boht actress (Arthur's Hallowed Ground)
 1936 Marion S Barry (Mayor-Democrat-DC, 1979-90, 95- ), drug indictment
 1937 Doug Dillard actor (Clem-Popeye)
 1937 Ivan Boesky Detroit MI, stockbroker inside trading
 1937 Merle Haggard country singer
 1937 Paul Mefano composer
 1937 Valentina V Tereshkova-Nikolayev 1st woman in space (Vostok 6)
 1938 Lovelace Watkins singer
 1939 Christopher Bond (Senator-R-MO)
 1939 David Spielberg Weslaco TX, actor (Jessica Novak, The Practice)
 1939 Jerry Naylor Stephenville TX, rock vocalist (Crickets)
 1940 Joanna Miles Nice France, actress (Cross Creek, Delta County 
            USA)
 1940 Willie Stargell outfielder/1st baseman (Pittsburgh Pirates, 1971 
            National League homerun leader)
 1941 Ann Winterton British MP
 1941 Ben Murphy Jonesboro AR, actor (Name of the Game, Winds of War)
 1941 Karyn Kupcinet actress (Carol-Gertrude Berg Show)
 1944 Dame Kiri Te Kanawa Gisborne New Zealand, operatic soprano (Don 
            Giovanni)
 1944 Mary Wilson Detroit MI, vocalist (Supremes-Where Did Our Love 
            Go)
 1945 Anna Maria Horsford New York NY, actress (Thelma Frye-Amen)
 1945 Hugh Grundy Winchester England, drummer (Zombies-She's Not There)
 1945 Rob Reiner Bronx NY, actor/director (All in the Family, Stand 
            By Me)
 1946 David Jon Gilmour Cambridgeshire England, rock guitarist (Pink 
            Floyd-The Wall)
 1946 Martin Kove Brooklyn NY, actor (Victor-Cagney & Lacey)
 1946 Patrick Pierre Roger Baudry Cameroon, astronaut (STS 18)
 1946 Tony Klatka rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
 1947 Dick Fosbury Portland OR, high jumper (Olympics-gold-1968)
 1947 Judy Loe Urmston Manchester UK, actress (Singles, Meaning of 
            Life)
 1947 Kiki Dee Yorkshire England, singer (Don't Go Breaking My Heart)
 1948 James FCS "Jim" Woude cartoonist
 1949 Donald York rocker (Sha Na Na)
 1951 Stedman Graham Oprah Winfrey's fianceè
 1952 Lyn Perrin executive administrator (WIC)
 1953 Jackie Zeman Englewood NJ, actress (Bobbie-General Hospital)
 1956 Peter Roebuck cricketer (Somerset opening batsman & SMH writer)
 1958 Mike Gatting England cricketer
 1959 Tom Arnold Ottuwa IA, comedian (Roseanne, True Lies)
 1960 [Eris] Sleepy Floyd NBA guard
 1962 Alison Nicholas Gibraltar, LPGA golfer (1995 LPGA Corning Classic)
 1963 Suzanne Crough rocker (Partridge Family)
 1964 Cher Butler Garland TX, playmate (August, 1985)
 1964 Reniet Vrieze rock singer/guitarist (Pilgrims-White Men)
 1965 Tammy Liley Long Beach CA, volleyball mid blocker/captain (Olympics-bronze-92, 
            96)
 1966 Cliff Meidl Redondo Beach CA, sprint kayak (alternate-Olympics-96)
 1966 Michelle Edwards WNBA guard (Cleveland Rockers)
 1968 Carla McGhee Peoria IL, US basketball forward (Olympics-gold-96)
 1968 Connie Britton Boston MA, actress (Nikki-Spin City)
 1968 Jon Baker WLAF defensive end (Frankfurt Galaxy)
 1968 Marty Morgan Minneapolis MN, 180½ lbs greco-roman wrestler 
            (Olympics-96)
 1968 Moira Kelly actress (Cutting Edge)
 1968 Russell Butler Dandenong Victoria Australia, diver (Olympics-28th-88, 
            96)
 1969 Andrea Elson New York NY, actress (Lynn-Alf, Alice-Whiz Kids)
 1969 Deems May NFL tight end (San Diego Chargers)
 1970 Amy Pietz Milwaukee WI, actress (Annie-Caroline In the City)
 1970 Robbie Tobeck NFL guard/center (Atlanta Falcons)
 1970 Scott Stahoviak Waukegan IL, infielder (Minnesota Twins)
 1971 Darrick Martin NBA guard (Los Angeles Clippers, Minnesota Timberwolves)
 1971 Roger Salkeld Burbank CA, pitcher (Cincinnati Reds)
 1972 Jamal Anderson fullback (Atlanta Falcons)
 1972 Paul Frlan CFL linebacker (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
 1972 Shaquille O'Neal Newark NJ, NBA center (Magic, Lakers, Olympics-gold-96)
 1972 Susan Alexander Silver Spring MD, Miss Maryland-America (1996)
 1973 Brian Olson Tallahassee FL, middleweight (189 lbs) judoka (Olympics-96)
 1973 Greg Ostertag NBA center (Utah Jazz)
 1973 Michael Finley NBA guard/forward (Phoenix Suns/Dallas Mavericks)
 1973 Terry Adams Mobile AL, pitcher (Chicago Cubs)
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deaths which occurred 
            on March 6th:
 0766 Chrodegang church reformer/bishop of Mainz, dies at about 50
 1583 Zacharias Ursinus German theologist (Heidelberger), dies at 48
 1615 Pieter Both Dutch Admiral/1st Governor-General (East Indies, 
            1609-14), drowns
 1616 Francis Beaumont Elizabethan dramatist, dies (birth date unknown)
 1674 Johann Paul Schor German barok painter, dies at 58
 1720 Pieter van Flowers Flemish painter, buried at 63
 1753 Gerhardus Havingha composer, dies at 56
 1754 Henry Pelham English premier (1745, 46-54), Gin Act, dies at 
            about 57
 1836 Davy Crockett US pioneer (Alamo), killed in battle at 49
 1846 Nikoli A Poveloi Russian writer/publisher, dies at 49
 1851 Alexander Aliabiev composer, dies at 63
 1854 Caspar GC Reinwardt German/Dutch biologist, dies at 80
 1867 Wiktor Kazynski composer, dies at 54
 1888 Louisa May Alcott US author (Old-fashioned Girl), dies at 55
 1900 Gottlieb Daimler designed 1st motorcycle, dies at 65
 1917 Jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom premier of Belgium (1899), dies at 
            73
 1924 Meyer E van Beem actor (Moittige Janus), dies at 85
 1930 William Milton cricketer (South African Test captain in 3 Tests 
            1889-92), dies
 1932 John Philip Sousa US composer (Stars & Stripes Forever), 
            dies at 77
 1933 Anton J Cermak US mayor of Chicago, murdered
 1936 Josef Stransky composer, dies at 63
 1936 Rubin Goldmark composer, dies at 63
 1937 Frank Vosper actor/writer (Jew Suss), dies at 37
 1939 [Carl L] Ferdinand von Lindemann German mathematician, dies at 
            86
 1941 John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum sculptor (Mount Rushmore), dies 
            at 73
 1941 Leen Schijvenschuurder Dutch February strike leader, executed
 1945 Jan Thijssen Dutch resistance fighter, executed at Savage Farm
 1945 Rudolph Karel composer, dies at 64
 1947 Ludwig Weber composer, dies at 55
 1950 Lew Lehr comedian (Stop Me if I heard this One), dies at 54
 1951 Ivor Novello actor/writer (Lodger, Phantom Fiend), dies at 58
 1954 Jan Kalf Dutch literature/art historian, dies at 80
 1954 Louis Zimmermann violinist, dies at 80
 1959 Fred Stone actor (Hideaway, Westerner), dies at 85
 1961 George Formby British singer/comedian, dies at 56
 1961 Kjeld Abell Danish playwright/director of Tivoli, dies at 59
 1962 Rezso Kokai composer, dies at 56
 1963 Kornelis ter Laan 1st Dutch socialist mayor (Zaandam), dies at 
            91
 1964 King Paul I of Greece (1947-64), dies at 62
 1965 Margaret Dumont [Daisy Baker] actress (Animal Crackers), dies 
            at 75
 1965 Ruvim Pergament composer, dies at 58
 1966 Richard Hageman composer, dies at 83
 1967 Nelson Eddy US baritone/actor (Phantom of the Opera), dies at 
            65
 1967 Oscar Shaw actor (Rhythm on the River, Marianne), dies at 76
 1967 Zoltán Kodály Hungarian composer (Háry Janos), 
            dies at 84
 1968 Isa Krejci composer, dies at 63
 1968 Joseph Martin Jr Speaker of the House, dies at 83
 1970 William Hopper actor (Paul Drake-Perry Mason), dies at 55
 1971 Raymond Herreman Flemish writer (Don't Forget to Live), dies 
            at 74
 1973 Paul Klecki/Kletzki Polish violinist/composer/conductor, dies 
            at 72
 1973 Pearl S[ydenstricker] Buck author (Good Earth-Nobel 1938), dies 
            at 80
 1973 Vera Fjodorova Panova Russian author (Sputniki), dies at 67
 1976 "Slapsie" Maxie Rosenbloom light-heavyweight box champion 
            (1932-34), dies at 71
 1979 Charles Wagenheim actor (Halligan-Gunsmoke), dies at 83
 1981 George Geary cricketer (14 Tests for England, 46 wickets), dies
 1981 Klaus Grabowski child molester, shot by parent
 1982 Ayn Rand author-philosopher (The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged), 
            dies in New York at 77
 1982 Jan Lemaire Dutch actor/writer (Beautiful Juultje), dies at 97
 1983 Thelma Pelish actress (Pajama Game), dies at 55
 1984 Henry Wilcoxon actor (Cleopatra, Dragnet, Jericho), dies of congessive 
            heart failure at 78
 1984 Ian Cromb cricketer (5 Tests for New Zealand, 123 runs, 8 wickets), 
            dies
 1984 Martin Niemöller German submarine captain/anti-Nazi minister, 
            dies at 92
 1984 Pierre Cochereau composer, dies at 59
 1985 Eric Sloane US artist, dies at 80
 1986 Adolph Caesar actor (Club Paradise, Soldier's Story), dies
 1986 Georgia O'Keeffe US painter (Flowers), dies at 98
 1988 Konstantin Iliev composer, dies at 63
 1989 Harry Andrews actor (Equus, Helen of Troy, Hill), dies at 77
 1992 Elvia Allman actress (Night at Earl Carroll's), dies of pneumonia
 1992 Emmy Huf Dutch cabaret performer/writer (I Want Warm Meat), dies
 1992 Maria Vieira da Silva Portuguese painter (Mirror Palace), dies 
            at 83
 1993 Cyril Collard French director (Lesson nuits fauves), dies at 
            35
 1993 Douglas Marland soap writer (As the World Turns), dies at 58
 1993 Nicholas Ridley English Minister of Finance, dies at 64
 1994 Leighton Noble singer/Bandleader, dies at 81
 1994 Max Schubert winemaker, dies at 89
 1994 Melina Mercouri Greek actress (Never on a Sunday), dies at about 
            68
 1994 Moses Rascoe blues singer, dies at 77
 1994 Tengis Abuladze Georgia SSR MP (Penalty), dies at 71
 1995 David Beinhoff mayor, dies at 24
 1995 Delroy George Wilson singer, dies at 46
 1995 Emile van Moerkerken photographer (Ice Princess), dies at 78
 1995 Helene Weijel author (In Two Worlds), dies at 44
 1996 Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay politician, dies at 88
 1996 Herbert "Herb" Hall clarinetist/saxophonist, dies at 
            88
 1996 Simon Cadell actor (Enemy at the Door), dies at 45
 1997 Anthony Hopkins clinical Neurologist, dies at 59
 1997 Jagan Guyanes Prime Minister of Guyana (1953, 57-64), dies
 1997 Michael Manley Jamaican Prime Minister (PNP, 1972-80, 89-92), 
            dies
 1998 Adem Jasari Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) leader, killed
 
 
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