| 18th 
            May, on this day  526 St John I ends 
            his reign as Catholic Pope 1096 Crusaders massacre Jews of Worm
 1152 Eleanor, 
            Duchess of Aquitaine, marries Henry 
            Plantagenet (later Henry II of England). She had been divorced 
            two months earlier from King Louis VII of France
 1268 The Principality 
            of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars 
            in the Battle 
            of Antioch.
 1291 Sultan of Egypt and his son take last Christian stronghold of 
            Acre
 1302 Trades 
            people assault on French garrison (Brugse, Metten)
 1385 Peace of Doornik: Gent and Louis van Thoughts
 1498 Vasco da 
            Gama reaches the port of Calicut, India
 1593 Playwright Thomas 
            Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher 
            Marlowe.
 1596 Willem Barents leaves Amsterdam for Novaya Zemlya
 1619 Hugo the Great sentenced to life in prison
 1631 English colony Massachusetts Bay grants puritarian voting right
 1642 Montréal, Canada founded
 1652 Rhode Island enacts 1st law declaring slavery illegal
 1703 Dutch and English troops occupy Cologne
 1756 England declares war on France
 1765 Fire destroys a large part of Montreal, Quebec.
 1783 First United 
            Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada 
            after leaving the United States.
 1794 2nd battle of Bouvines (France-Austria)
 1803 Britain declares war on France after General Napoleon Bonaparte 
            continues interfering in Italy and Switzerland
 1804 Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of France. The official 
            crowning ceremony takes place on December 2nd, 1804
 1811 Las Piedras Battle: first great military triumph of the revolution 
            of the Río de la Plata in Uruguay leaded by Jose 
            Artigas.
 1828 Battle of Las Piedras, ends conflict between Uruguay and Brazil
 1830 Briton Edwin Budding signs an agreement for his invention, the 
            lawn mower, to go into mass production. His first customer is Regent's 
            Park Zoo in London
 1846 US troops attack Rio Grande occupying Matamoros
 1848 Opening of the first German National Assembly (Nationalversammlung) 
            in Frankfurt, Germany.
 1852 Massachusetts rules all school-age children must attend school
 1860 Republican Party nominates Abraham Lincoln for president
 1861 Battle 
            of Sewall's Point, VA-1st Federal offense against South
 1863 Siege 
            of Vicksburg, MS
 1864 Battle 
            of Yellow Bayou, LA (Bayou de Glaize, Old Oaks)
 1866 French Government of De Putte resigns
 1869 Surrender and dissolution of the Ezo 
            Republic to Japan
 1869 The Public Credit Act is signed by Ulysses S. Grant, one of his 
            first actions as President of the United States.
 1876 Wyatt Earp 
            starts work in Dodge City, Kansas.
 1878 Colombia grants a French company a nine year concession to build 
            the Panama Canal
 1882 The offical opening of the present Eddystone Lighthouse, on the 
            British coast, the fourth lighthouse built on the site
 1889 Jules Massenets opera "Esclarmonde" premieres in Paris 
            France
 1896 US Supreme court affirms "separate but equal" policy 
            (Plessy 
            v Ferguson)
 1896 Khodynka 
            Tragedy: a mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities 
            of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II resulted in the deaths 
            of 1,389 people.
 1897 Dracula, a novel by Irish author Bram 
            Stoker is published.
 1899 World Goodwill Day-26 nations meet in 1st Hague Peace Conference
 1900 Britain proclaims protectorate over kingdom of Tonga
 1904 American Ion Perdicaris kidnapped in Morocco
 1910 Passage of Earth through tail of Halley's Comet causes near-panic
 1911 President/dictator José Porfirio Diaz of México 
            term ends
 1916 US pilot Kiffin 
            Rockwell shoots down German aircraft
 1917 The Selective 
            Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President the power 
            of conscription.
 1918 TNT explosion in chemical factory in Oakdale PA kills 200
 1926 Evangelist Aimee 
            Semple McPherson vanished in Venice CA; She showed up a month 
            later and said she had been kidnapped
 1927 Grauman's Chinese Theater opens in Hollywood, CA
 1927 The Bath 
            School Disaster: Forty-five people are killed by bombs planted 
            by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan.
 1933 Tennessee Valley Act (TVA) Act signed by FDR, to build dams
 1934 Academy Award 1st called Oscar in print (Sidney Skolsky)
 1934 Congress approves "Lindbergh Act", makes kidnapping 
            a capital offense
 1934 TWA begins commercial service
 1940 German troops conquer Brussels
 1941 An Egyptian steamer sinks
 1941 Italian army under General Aosta surrenders to Britain in Ethiopia
 1941 Jewish veterans honor their dead
 1943 Allied bombers attack Pantelleria in the Mediterranean Sea
 1944 Expulsion of more than 200,000 Tartars from Crimea by Soviet 
            Union begins, they are accused of collaborating with the Germans
 1944 Allied troops led by the Polish Army, finally win the Battle 
            of Monte Cassino in Italy
 1944 SS troops burn down six villages in the Brkini hills in south 
            western Slovenia.
 1948 Arab Legion captures fort on Mount Scopus
 1948 Saudi Arabia joins invasion of Israel
 1951 UN moves HQ to NYC
 1951 US General Collins predicts use of atom bomb in Korea
 1952 Professor WF Libby said Stonehedge dates back to 1848 BC
 1953 1st woman to break the sound barrier (Jacqueline 
            Cochrane, USA)
 1954 European Convention on Human Rights goes into effect
 1956 Hungarian party leader Matyas Rákosi enforces his own 
            policy
 1958 An F-104 
            Starfighter sets a world speed record of 1,404.19 mph (2,259.82 
            km/h)
 1959 Launching of the National 
            Liberation Committee of Côte d'Ivoire in Conakry, Guinea.
 1961 The first London stage production of The Sound Of Music
 1964 David Frost interviews Paul McCartney on the BBC
 1965 Gene Roddenberry suggests 16 names including Kirk for Star Trek 
            Captain
 1967 Tennessee Governor 
            Ellington repeals "Monkey Law", upheld in 1925 Scopes 
            Trial
 1969 United States of America launches Apollo 10 - its mission is 
            a rehearsal for the Moon landing flight later in the year
 1971 Bulgarian constitution goes into effect
 1971 President Nixon rejects the 60 demands of Congressional Black 
            Caucus
 1971 Vampire rapist Wayne Bodens last victim found
 1973 Russian party leader Brezhnev visits West Germany
 1974 "The Streak" by Ray 
            Stevens hits number 1
 1974 India officially becomes a nuclear power after successfully exploding 
            its first nuclear bomb in the Rajasthan Desert
 1974 Completion of the 
            Warsaw radio mast, the tallest construction ever built at the 
            time. It later collapses on August 8, 1991.
 1977 A nightclub fire in Cincinnati killed 164
 1977 Menachem Begin becomes Israel's Prime Minister
 1977 The Soviet Union, the United States of America and 29 other countries 
            sign a United Nations pact agreeing to ban the artificial use of the 
            weather as a weapon of war pledging they would never attack each other 
            by starting man-made storms; earthquakes or tidal waves
 1978 Italy legalizes abortion
 1978 Russian dissident Yuri 
            Orlov exiled to compulsory work
 1980 Belgium 3rd Government of Martens forms
 1980 China People's Republic launch 1st intercontinental rocket
 1980 
            Fernando Belaunde Terry elected President of Peru
 1980 Mount 
            St Helens blows its top in Washington State, 60 die
 1980 Gwangju 
            Massacre: Students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations, 
            calling for democratic reforms.
 1982 Unification Church founder Reverend Sun Myung Moon convicted 
            of tax evasion
 1983 Senate revises immigration laws, gives millions of illegal aliens 
            legal status under an amnesty program
 1986 Chung Kwung Ying does 2,750 "atomic" hand-stand push-ups
 1986 David Goch finishes swimming 55,682 miles in a 25-yd pool
 1986 South African army occupies Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia
 1990 East and West Germany sign a monetary union treaty
 1990 Judy 
            Carne arrested at JFK airport on an 11 year old drug warrant
 1990 In France, a modified TGV 
            train achieves a new rail world speed record - 515.3km/h
 1991 Chemist Helen 
            Sharman, at the age of 27, becomes the first Briton in space
 1991 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
 1991 USSR launches 2 cosmonauts to MIR space station
 1991 Northern Somalia declares independence from the rest of Somalia 
            as the Republic 
            of Somaliland but is unrecognised by the international community.
 1992 The Archivist of the United States officially announces the 27th 
            Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
 1993 Danish people vote in favor of ratifying the Maastricht Treaty
 1993 Italian police arrest Mafia boss Benedetto 
            "Nitto" Santapaola
 1994 Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip
 1998 In Britain, High Society burglar Peter Scott is jailed for 3 
            years after being involved in a plot to sell a stolen Picasso painting 
            worth £750,000
 1998 United 
            States v. Microsoft: The United States Department of Justice and 
            20 U.S. states file an antitrust case against Microsoft.
 2006 The post Loktantra 
            Andolan government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power 
            of the monarchy and making Nepal a secular country.
 | 
      
        | Birthdates which 
            occurred on 18th May : 1692 Joseph Butler 
            Wantage Berkshire, theologian 1711 Ruggiero G Boscovich [Rudzer J Boskovic], Italian astronomer
 1744 Joseph Beer Bohemia clarinetist/composer (5th clarinet flap)
 1759 Charles Duquesnoy composer
 1788 Hugh Clapperton Annan Scotland, African explorer
 1797 Frederik Augustus II King of Saxon (1836-54)
 1798 Ethan Allen Hitchcock Major General (Union volunteers), died 
            in 1870
 1815 Thomas Stanhope Bocock representative (Confederacy), died in 
            1891
 1817 James William Denver Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died 
            in 1892
 1819 Julius Hopp composer
 1830 Karl Goldmark Keszthely Hungary, composer (Sakuhtala)
 1836 Isidor Vorobchievici composer
 1836 Wilhelm Steinitz Austria, world chess champion (1866-94)
 1850 Oliver Heaviside physicist predicted existence of ionosphere
 1854 Bernard Zweers Dutch composer (To My Fatherland)
 1862 Freiherr Albert von Schrenk-Notzing German para-psychologist
 1864 Jan P Veth Bayern, Dutch painter/etcher/lithographer/art historian
 1865 William Heinemann England, publisher (Chemical Instrumental)
 1868 Nicholas II Aleksandrovitsj last tsar of Russia (1894-1917)
 1869 Ruprecht crown prince of Bavaria/general-fieldmarshall
 1871 Franiska zu Reventlow writer
 1872 Bertrand Russell England, mathematician/philosopher (Nobel 1950)
 1875 Guido Alberto Fano composer
 1881 Georgi Atanasov composer
 1882 Eduardo Fabini composer
 1883 Walter Gropius Berlin Germany, architect (founded Bauhaus school 
            of design)
 1885 Eurico Gaspar Dutra President of Brazil (1945-50)
 1886 Ole Windingstad composer
 1887 Ernst Wiechert writer
 1889 G Gunnarson writer
 1891 Rudolf Carnap philosopher (German Logical Positivist)
 1892 Ezio Pinza Rome Italy, bass (New York Metropolitan-South Pacific)
 1896 Walter Fitzgerald Keyhan Devonport England
 1897 Frank Capra Palermo Sicily Italy, movie director (It's a Wonderful 
            Life, Arsenic & Old Lace)
 1897 Jack Raine London England, actor (Quartet)
 1898 Juan J Domenchina Spanish poet/interpreter (sombra desterrada)
 19-- Gail Strickland Birmingham AL, actress (Alice West-Insiders)
 19-- Steven David Delong rocker (Sweet F.A.-Stick To Your Guns)
 1900 Sarah Miriam Peale US, portrait painter (General Lafayette-1825)
 1901 Harry Robert Wilson composer
 1901 Henri-Pierre Sauguet Bordeaux France, composer (La Chotte)
 1901 Vincent du Vigneaud US biochemist
 1902 [Robert] Meredith Willson Mason City IA, composer (Music Man)
 1903 George E Stone Lodz Poland, actor (Viva Villa, Last Mile)
 1904 Jacob K Javits (Senator-R-NY)
 1905 Eric Zeisl composer
 1905 Hedley Verity cricketer (terrific slow lefty for England pre-WWII)
 1907 Clifford Curzon London England, pianist (MacFarren Gold Medal)
 1907 Robley D Evans nuclear physicist
 1909 Fred Perry Stockport England, tennis star/commentator (Wimbledon 
            1934-36)
 1910 Arthur van Schendel Dutch art historian
 1911 Big Joe Turner Kansas City MO, blues singer (Corrine Corrina, 
            Shake Rattle & Roll)
 1911 Lord Hartwell
 1911 Sigrid Gurie Brooklyn NY, actor (Algiers, Sofia, Refugee)
 1912 Georg von Opel German auto manufacturer
 1912 Perry [Pierino] Como Canonsburg PA, singer/TV host (Perry Como 
            Show)
 1912 Richard Brooks Philadelphia PA, director (Blackboard Jungle, 
            In Cold Blood)
 1914 Anthony Fell British MP
 1914 Boris Christoff Bulgaria/Italian bass (Boris Godunov)
 1914 Pierre A Balmain France, fashion designer (1940's "New Look")
 1915 Leon Shenandoah native American leader
 1917 Charles Wintour journalist
 1917 James Donald Aberdeen Scotland, actor (Bridge on River Kwai, 
            Vikings)
 1918 Pope John Paul II [Karol Wojtyla] 264th Roman Catholic pope (1978- 
            )
 1919 Dame Margot Fonteyn Surrey England, ballerina (Giselle/partner 
            of Nureyev)
 1921 Anthony Epstein FRS/pathologist
 1922 Bill Macy Revere MA, actor (Walter-Maude, Oh! Calcutta)
 1922 GMcC Kitson British principal (Central School of Speech/Drama)
 1923 Liam Sullivan Jacksonville IL, actor (Mapoy-Monroes)
 1924 Jack Whitaker Philadelphia PA, sportscaster (ABC, CBS)
 1924 Priscilla Pointer New York NY, actress (Rebecca-Dallas, Call 
            to Glory)
 1927 Richard Body MP
 1928 G R Hall nuclear scientist
 1928 P G Hammersley British Rear-Admiral
 1928 Pernell Roberts Waycross GA, actor (Adam Cartwright-Bonanza, 
            Trapper John MD)
 1929 Johan N Block aviation pioneer (Martinair/Transavia/Air Holland)
 1929 Lord St John of Fawsley
 1929 Roger Matton composer
 1930 Barbara Goldsmith New Rochelle, author (Little Gloria Happy At 
            Last)
 1930 Don Leslie Lind Midvale UT, astronaut (STS 51-B)
 1930 Fred[erick Thomas] Saberhagen US, sci-fi author (Book of Swords)
 1930 Geoffrey Littler CEO (County NatWest Group)
 1930 Warren B Rudman (Senator-R-NH, 1980- )
 1931 Robert Morse Newton MA, actor (That's Life, Jack Frost)
 1932 John Clement chairman (Unigate Group)
 1934 Dwayne Hickman Los Angeles CA, actor (Dobie Gillis, How to Stuff 
            a Wild Bikini)
 1937 Brooks Robinson Baltimore Oriole 3rd baseman (1955-77)
 1937 Ildikó Sagi-Retjö Hung, foils (Olympics-2 gold/3 
            silver/2 bronze-1960-76)
 1937 Jacques Santer President (European Commission)
 1939 Glen Hardin Texas, rocker (Crickets)
 1939 Patrick Cormack MP
 1940 A Marshall Stoneham FRS, physicist
 1940 Pat Trimborn cricket pace bowler (South African in 4 Tests 1966-70)
 1941 Diane McBain Cleveland OH, actress (Surfside Six, Spinout, Donner 
            Pass)
 1941 M S Longair astronomer
 1942 Albert Hammond rocker
 1942 Keith Hellawell Chief Constable (West Yorkshire)
 1942 Marquess of Reading
 1942 N P (Nobby) Stiles footballer
 1942 Rodney Dillard rocker (Glittergrass)
 1944 Peter Ryan British national director (Police Training)
 1945 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar cricketer (brilliant Indian leggie 1964-79)
 1945 John Richard Patterson businessman
 1945 Maarten van Traa Dutch MP (PvdA)
 1946 George Alexander rocker
 1946 Reggie Jackson "Mr October" baseball rightfielder (Yankees, 
            A's)
 1947 Candice Azzara Brooklyn NY, actress (Fatso)
 1947 John Bruton Prime Minister (Republic of Ireland)
 1948 Felix MH Troch Flemish actor/director (Gekkenbriefje)
 1948 Joe Bonsall Philadelphia PA, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira)
 1949 Bill Wallace rocker (Guess Who)
 1949 Rick Wakeman rock keyboardist (Yes-Fish Out of Water)
 1949 Stuart Gannes Detroit MI, writer (Fortune)
 1950 Rodney Milburn Jr USA, hurdler (Olympics-gold-1972)
 1950 Thomas Gottschalk Bamberg Germany, (Telespiele)
 1951 Angela Voigt German Democratic Republic, long jumper (Olympics-gold-76)
 1951 Denny Dillon comedian (Saturday Night Live, Dream On)
 1951 James Stephens Mount Kisko NY, actor (Paper Chase, Devil's Island)
 1951 Rodger Davis Sydney New South Wales, Australasia golfer
 1952 Diane E[lizabeth] Duane US, sci-fi author (Door into Fire)
 1952 George Strait Pearsall TX, country singer (All My Ex's Live in 
            Texas, Beyond the Blue Neon)
 1952 Martin R Hoke (Representative-R-OH)
 1953 [Feliciano] Butch Tavares rocker (Tavares)
 1953 Helen Chadwick artist
 1954 Martyn Wiley writer/broadcaster
 1954 Wreckless Eric rocker (Waxworks, Be Stiff)
 1955 Yun Fat Chow Nam Nga Island Hong Kong, actor (Better Tomorrow)
 1956 Joe [Naomichi] Ozaki Tekushima Japan, golfer (1995 Phoenix Open-8th)
 1957 Michael Cretu rocker (Enigma)
 1958 Ray Donaldson NFL center (Dallas Cowboys)
 1958 Toyah Wilcox Birmingham England, rocker (I Want to Be Free)
 1959 Graham Dilley cricketer (England wicket-taker of 80's)
 1960 Jari Kurri Helsinki Finland, NHL left wing (New York Rangers, 
            Los Angeles Kings, Colorado Avalanche)
 1960 Tom Jackson Oakville Ontario, Canadian Tour golfer (1991 CPGA 
            Winter)
 1960 Yannick Noah France, tennis player (French 1983)
 1962 Mike Whitmarsh San Diego CA, beach volleyballer (Olympics-silver-96)
 1963 Marty McSorley Hamilton, NHL defenseman (Los Angeles Kings, New 
            York Rangers)
 1964 Will Wolford NFL tackle (Indianapolis Colts, Pittsburgh Steelers)
 1965 Erik Hanson Kinnelon NJ, pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays)
 1965 Rufus Porter NFL linebacker (New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
 1966 Mike Inez US rock bassist (Alice in Chains-Facelift)
 1967 Jaime Gomez Arlington TX, Nike golfer (1992 Boise Open)
 1967 Karl Dunbar NFL defensive tackle (Arizona Cardinals)
 1968 Ernie Logan NFL defensive end (Jacksonville Jaguars, New York 
            Jets)
 1969 Jean-Chris Filippin hockey defenseman (Team France 1998)
 1969 Martika [Marta Marrero] Whittier CA, singer (Toy Soldiers)
 1970 Clemens Zwijnenberg soccer player (FC Twente)
 1970 Vicky Sunohara ice hockey forward (Canada, Olympics-98)
 1971 Ben Coleman guard/offensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars)
 1971 Clifton Sunada Honolulu HI, extra-lightweight judoka (Olympics-96)
 1971 Craig Hentrich NFL punter (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
 1971 Daniel Gowing Germany, New Zealand judoka (Olympics-96)
 1971 Karen Bye ice hockey forward (USA, Olympics-98)
 1971 Lael Perlstrom Laguna Beach CA, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-25-1995)
 1971 Rich Garces Maracay Aragua Venezuela, pitcher (Boston Red Sox)
 1972 Turner Stevenson Prince George, NHL right wing (Montréal 
            Canadiens)
 1973 Darren Van Impe Saskatoon, NHL defenseman (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
 1973 David Bailey WLAF tackle (Frankfurt Galaxy)
 1973 Donyell Marshall NBA forward (Golden State Warriors)
 1973 Markus Brunner hockey forward (Team Italy 1998)
 1973 Tory James NFL defensive back (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
 1973 Walter Scott NFL defensive tackle (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 
            31)
 1976 Ron Mercer NBA guard (Boston Celtics)
 1978 Jennifer Streblow Oshkosh WI, Miss America-Wisconsin (1997)
 1979 Kaci Thompson Miss Nevada Teen USA (1997)
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deaths which occurred 
            on May 18th:
 0323 Alexander III the Great king of Macedonia/conqueror, dies at 
            32
 0526 John I Pope (523-26), dies
 1160 Erik IX Helgi [The Saint] King of Sweden, dies
 1410 Ruprecht Roman catholics German king, dies
 1587 Felix van Cantalice Italian saint, dies
 1625 Francisco Gómez de Sandoval y Rojas Spanish marquis of 
            Denia, dies
 1653 Carel Reyniersz Governor-General (Netherlands East Indies), dies 
            at 48
 1675 Jacques Marquette jesuit/missionaries (Chicago) dies at 37
 1692 Elias Ashmole antiquary, dies
 1724 Johann K Amman Swiss/Dutch doctor for deaf-mutes, dies at 54
 1733 Georg Bohm German organist/composer, dies at 71
 1767 Thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky composer, dies at 28
 1799 Pierre de Beaumarchais dramatist, dies
 1808 Jacob Albright [Albrecht] German/US preacher, dies at 49
 1829 Bernardo Bittoni composer, dies at 72
 1832 Bonafacio Asioli composer, dies at 62
 1839 Carolina [Maria A] Bonaparte (countess Lipona) dies at 57
 1848 William A Leidesdorf black, dies at 38 in San Fransisco
 1862 William H Keim US Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 
            48
 1864 James Byron Gordon Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at 41
 1884 Heinrich R Göppert German paleo-botanist, dies
 1909 George Meredith English poet/writer (Diana of Crossways), dies 
            at 81
 1909 Isaac M F Albéniz Spanish pianist/composer, dies at 48
 1910 Flor van Duyse composer, dies at 66
 1911 Gustav Mahler Austrian composer (Children's Death Songs), dies 
            at 50
 1913 Otto Reubke composer, dies at 70
 1918 Toivo Kuula composer, dies at 34
 1930 Joao Marcellino Arroyo composer, dies at 68
 1936 Alick Maclean composer, dies at 63
 1949 James T Adams US historian (Pulitzer 1921)
 1952 Rossetter Gleason Cole composer, dies at 86
 1953 Tom Killick cricketer (at the crease 2 Tests for England 1929), 
            dies
 1955 Edwin Scharff German painter/sculptor (Rossebändiger), dies 
            at 68
 1955 Mary McLeod Bethune educator & civil rights leader, dies 
            at 79
 1956 Maurice Tate cricketer (39 Tests for England, 155 wickets), dies
 1961 Henry O'Neill actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble), dies
 1965 Eduard J Dijksterhuis mathematician (Archimedes), dies at 72
 1966 Paul Althaus German theologist (That Christian Wahrheit), dies 
            at 78
 1967 Andy Clyde Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick, dies at 75
 1967 Richard Ainley actor (I Dood It, Above Suspicion), dies at 56
 1972 Eero Aukusti Sipila composer, dies at 53
 1973 Jeannette Rankin 1st Congresswoman (1917-19, 41-43), dies at 
            92
 1974 Daniel R Topping US owner (New York Yankees), dies at 61
 1975 Leroy Anderson composer, dies at 66
 1980 Ian Curtis English rock vocalist (Joy Division), commits suicide 
            at 23
 1981 Arthur O'Connell actor (Mr Peepers, Second Hundred Years), dies 
            at 73
 1981 William Saroyan US stagewriter (Time of your life), dies at 72
 1985 Tex Terry actor (Apache Rose, Timberjack), dies at 82
 1986 John Bubbles Sublett tap dancer (Black & Bubbles), dies at 
            84
 1987 Wilbur J Cohen 1st employee of Social Security System, dies at 
            73
 1988 Daws Butler cartoon voice (Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound), dies 
            at 71
 1990 Jill Ireland actress (Carry on Nurse, Family), dies of cancer 
            at 54
 1991 Edwina Booth actress (Trader Horn), dies of heart failure at 
            86
 1992 Lawrence Welk bandleader (L Welk Show), dies of pneumonia at 
            89
 1992 Marshall Thompson actor (Bog), dies of congestive heart failure 
            at 65
 1992 Skip Stephenson comedian (Real People), dies of heart attack 
            at 52
 1993 Heinrich Albertz theologist/mayor of Berlin (1966-67), dies at 
            78
 1993 Pamela M Cunnington English architect/writer, dies at 67
 1995 Alexander Gudonov Russian dancer/actor (Witness), dies at 45
 1995 Elisha Cook Jr actor (Maltese Falcon, Shane), dies at 91
 1995 Elizabeth Montgomery actress (Bewitched), dies of cancer at 62
 1995 Gordon Reynolds musician, dies at 74
 1995 Robert Harris actor (Werewolf of London), dies at 95
 1996 Dermot O'Callaghan Grubb prison governor, dies at 76
 1996 Simon Weinstock businessman/racehorse owner, dies at 44
 
 |