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            30th May, on this day 1035 Boudouin V 
            van Rijsel becomes earl of Flanders 1087 German emperor Henry IV crowns his son Koenraad
 1100 Burchard becomes bishop of Utrecht
 1381 English boer uprising begins in Essex
 1431 Joan 
            of Arc, the French peasant girl who became a national heroine 
            leading French troops against the English, is burnt at the stake in 
            Rouen for heresy. She is canonised in 1920 on the anniversary of her 
            death
 1434 Battle 
            at Lipany
 1498 Columbus departs with 6 ships for 3rd trip to America
 1522 French troops driven out of Genoa
 1527 University of Marburg (Germany) founded
 1536 King Henry VIII of England marries his third wife, Jane Seymour 
            - 11 days after the execution of wife number two, Anne Boleyn
 1539 Spanish explorer Fernando 
            de Soto discovers Florida
 1574 Henry III follows brother Charles IX as king of France
 1574 Sea battle at Lillo Belgium (Adolf Van Haemstede vs Louis de 
            Boisot)
 1584 Earl Adolf van Nieuwenaar/Meurs becomes viceroy of Gelderland
 1588 The last ship in the Spanish Aramada under Medina-Sidonia departs 
            Lisbon to invade England
 1631 France/Maximilian van Bavarian signs Accord of Fontainebleau
 1635 Emperor Ferdinand II and Saksen sign Peace 
            of Prague
 1642 From this date all honours granted by Charles I are retrospectively 
            annulled 
            by Parliament
 1646 Spain and Netherlands signs temporary cease fire
 1656 Formation of the Grenadier Guards the senior regiment of the 
            British Army
 1783 Benjamin Tower of Philadelphia publishes 1st daily newspaper 
            in US
 1793 Georges Couthon chosen member of French Committee the Salut Public
 1808 Napoleon annexes Tuscany and gave it seats in French Senate
 1814 1st Treaty of Paris, after Napoleon's 1st abdication
 1821 James Boyd patents Rubber Fire Hose
 1822 House slave betrays Denmark Vesey conspiracy (37 blacks hanged)
 1832 Evariste 
            Galois give his theory on free assembly (dies in duel May 31)
 1842 An assassination attempt is made on Queen Victoria as she drives 
            down Constitution Hillin London with her husband Prince Albert. The 
            would-be assassin is John Francis
 1848 2nd battle at Gioto: Sardinia-Piemonte beats Austrians
 1848 Mexico ratifies a treaty with America, which gives Mexico 15 
            million dollars while the United States gain possession of New Mexico, 
            California and parts of Nevada, Utah, Arizona and Colorado
 1848 William G Young patents ice cream freezer
 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed Missouri Compromise opens north 
            slavery
 1858 Hudson Bay Company's rights to Vancouver Island revoked
 1862 Battle of Booneville, MS - captured General Beauregard evacuates 
            Corinth MS
 1862 Battle of Front Royal, VA
 1864 Battle of Bethesda Church, VA
 1864 Cavalry fight at Old Church (Totopotomoy Creek), VA
 1868 Memorial Day 1st observed when 2 women in Columbus, MS placed 
            flowers on both Confederate and Union graves
 1872 Mahlon 
            Loomis patents wireless telegraphy
 1879 An F4 tornado strikes Irving, Kansas, killing 18 and injuring 
            60.
 1879 Gilmore Garden (NYC) renamed Madison Square Garden
 1883 Rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse caused a 
            stampede that kills 12
 1889 The brassiere 
            is invented
 1895 
            W G Grace scores his 1,000th Cricket run of the season after 22 
            days
 1896 1st car accident occurs, Henry Wells hits a bicyclist (NYC)
 1908 Paris advocate E Archdeacon is 1st passenger in a airplane
 1909 Reuben Siegel laid cornerstone of 1st home in Tel-Aviv
 1911 First running of the Indianapolis 500 motor race. Winner is Ray 
            Harroun at an average speed of 74.59 miles an hour
 1912 US Marines sent to Nicaragua
 1913 1st Balkan War ends, Treaty 
            of London
 1913 New country of Albania is formed
 1914 New and then largest Cunard ocean liner RMS 
            Aquitania, 45,647 tons, sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, 
            England to New York City.
 1921 Lord 
            Dunsany's "If" premieres in London
 1921 Salzburg Austria votes to join Germany
 1922 Latvia and Vatican sign accord
 1922 Lincoln 
            Memorial dedicated
 1923 Howard 
            Hanson's 1st Symphony "Nordic" premieres
 1924 Socialist Matteotti falls in Italian parliament by fascists
 1925 In China, protests erupt against the Great Powers infringing 
            on Chinese sovereignty.
 1933 Patent on invisible glass installation
 1935 Babe Ruth's final game, goes hitless for Braves against Phillies
 1937 Memorial Day Massacre - Chicago police shoot on union marchers 
            at Republic Steel Plant in Chicago, 10 die
 1941 1st anti semitic measures in Serbia
 1941 English Army enters Baghdad, chasing pro-German coup government
 1941 German capture Crete
 1942 The 
            RAF carries out its first 1,000 plus bombing raid of Germany - sending 
            1,047 aircraft to bomb Cologne
 1942 Reichsführer Himmler arrives in Prague
 1942 US aircraft carrier Yorktown leaves Pearl Harbor
 1943 French General De Gaulle arrives in Algiers
 1943 US troops reconquer Attu Aleutians
 1944 Transport nr 75 departs with French Jews to Nazi-Germany
 1946 United flight 521 crashes on takeoff at LaGuardia Airport (New 
            York) 42 die
 1948 A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating 
            Vanport, Oregon within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands 
            are left homeless.
 1948 The British Citizenship Act confers the status of British subjects 
            on all Commonwealth citizens
 1949 East Germans constitution approved
 1949 NPS/VHP win 1st general election in Suriname
 1952 Darius 
            Milhaud's "West Point Suite" premieres
 1955 Said el-Mufti forms Jordan Government
 1955 Tunisia begins domestic self governing
 1956 Bus boycott begins in Tallahassee, FL
 1956 US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
 1958 Unidentified soldiers killed in WWII and Korean War buried in 
            Arlington
 1958 US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
 1959 Iraq terminates military assistance pact with US due to neutrality
 1959 President Somoza ends emergency crisis in Nicaragua
 1959 President Stroessner disbands Paraguay's parliament
 1959 The first full-size experimental hovercraft, the SR-N1, built 
            by Saunders- Roe and designed by Sir Christopher Cockerell, is launched 
            at Cowes on the Isle of Wight
 1961 Dutch DC-8 crashes after takeoff at Lisbon, 62 die
 1962 69 killed in bus crash (Ahmedabad, India)
 1962 Benjamin 
            Britten's "War Requiem" premieres
 1964 Beatles' "Love Me Do" single goes number 1
 1964 Beatles 1961 record of "Cry for a Shadow" is number 
            1 in Australia
 1965 France performs nuclear test at Ecke,r Algeria (Underground)
 1965 Viet Cong offensive against US base Da Nang, begins
 1965 Vivian 
            Malone, is 1st black to graduate from University of Alabama
 1966 300 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam
 1966 Graham 
            Hill wins Indianapolis 500 car race (232.2 kph)
 1966 US launches Surveyor 1 to the Moon
 1966 Former Congolese Prime Minister Evariste 
            Kimba and several other politicians are publicly executed in Kinshasa 
            on the orders of President Joseph 
            Mobutu.
 1967 At the Ascot Park in Gardena, California, daredevil Evel 
            Knievel jumps his motorcycle over 16 cars lined-up in a row.
 1967 The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic 
            of Biafra, sparking a civil war.
 1967 King Hussein of Jordan visits Cairo
 1967 Robert "Evel" 
            Knievel's motorcycle jumps 16 automobiles
 1968 Beatles begin work on their only double album "The Beatles"
 1968 President De Gaulle disbands French parliament
 1968 University church in Leipzig German Democratic Republic, blown 
            up
 1968 West German Parliament accepts emergency crisis law
 1969 Gibraltar adopts constitution
 1969 People revolt in Willemstad, Curaçao
 1971 36 hospitalized during Grateful Dead concert; after drinking 
            LSD apple juice
 1971 Train crash at Duivendrecht Netherlands, 5 die
 1971 Launch of the US space probe Mariner 
            9 on its mission to Mars. It is able to send more than 7,000 pictures 
            of the planet back to Earth
 1972 The Angry 
            Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout 
            Britain.
 1972 
            In Tel Aviv, members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport 
            Massacre, killing 24 people and injuring 78 others
 1975 European 
            Space Agency (ESA) forms
 1979 Percom Data Company Inc release Microdos for Radio Shack's TRS-80
 1980 1st papal visit to France since 1814
 1980 Turner's painting "Juliet and Her Nurse" sells for 
            $6.4 million
 1981 Bangladesh President Ziaur 
            Rahman is shot by group of rebel officers c
 1982 Spain becomes 16th member of NATO
 1984 Bomb explodes in rebel leader Eden Pastora headquarters in Nicaragua
 1986 Ariane-2 (ESA) launched
 1986 France performs nuclear test
 1986 England cricketer Ian Botham is banned from international matches 
            for two months for possession of drugs
 1987 Mike 
            Tyson TKOs Pinklon 
            Thomas in 6 for World Boxing Council heavyweight boxing title
 1987 North American Philips Company unveils compact disc video
 1987 West German Mathias Rust lands airplane on Red Square
 1989 Tiananmen 
            Square protests of 1989: The 33-foot high "Goddess 
            of Democracy" statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student 
            demonstrators.
 1989 Margaret Ray pleads guilty to breaking into David 
            Letterman's house
 1989 British singer Cliff 
            Richard releases his 100th single record
 1990 Earthquake (6.4) hits Peru, killing 135
 1992 Paul 
            Simon weds Edie 
            Brickell
 1992 UN votes for sanctions against Serb-led Yugoslavia to halt fighting
 1997 Betty 
            Shabazz, widow of Malcolm 
            X, set afire by 12 year old grandson
 1997 Diana, Princess of Wales, reprimands a senior aide for telling 
            a newspaper she was furious with former royal nanny Tiggy Legge Bourke 
            for joining Prince William at a picnic at Eton
 1998 A magnitude 
            6.6 earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, killing up to 5,000.
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        | Birthdates which 
            occurred on 30th May : 1220 Alexander 
            Nevski [Aleksandr] Russian great ruler (1252-63) 1524 Selîm II Sari the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74)
 1578 Valentin Dretzel composer
 1623 Wallerand Vaillant painter/engraver, baptized
 1672 Peter I "the Great" Romanov tsar of Russia (1682-1725)
 1757 Henry Addington Viscount Sidmouth (C), British PM (1801-04)
 1797 Johann Christian Lobe composer
 1800 Karl W Feuerbach German mathematician (Position of Feuerbach)
 1808 Joaquim Casimiro Jr composer
 1812 John Alexander McClernand Major General (Union volunteers)
 1829 Levin Goldschmidt German business law expert
 1830 Edward Winslow Hinks Brevet Major General (Union volunteers)
 1832 George Doherty Johnston Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
 1835 Alfred Austin Leeds England, poet laureate of England (Garden)
 1844 Louis Varney composer
 1845 Amadeus I duke of Aosta/king of Spain (1870-73)
 1846 Peter Carl Fabergé Russia, goldsmith/jeweler/egg maker
 1847 Alice Sophia Stopford Green Ireland, proponent of Irish independence
 1853 Andries André Dutch actor/husband of Geertruida Meeuwissen
 1853 Karl Fritjof Valentin composer
 1859 Pierre Marie Felix Janet France, psychologist/neurologist
 1867 Arthur Vining Davis Sharon MA, CEO (Alcoa-1910-57)
 1879 Colin Blythe cricketer (outstanding English slow lefty pre-WWI)
 1881 George von Küchler German fieldmarshal (Invasion Netherlands)
 1883 Riccardo Zandonai composer
 1887 Alexander Archipenko Ukraine sculptor/lithographer
 1887 Gino Tagliapietra composer
 1888 James A Farley postmaster general (1933-38)
 1891 Iman J van den Bosch Belgian resistance fighter
 1894 Hubertus J van Mook Dutch minister of Colonies (1942-45)
 1895 Maurice Tate cricketer (great England pace bowler of 20's)
 1896 Howard Hawks Goshen IN, director/producer (Rio Bravo, Scarface)
 19-- John Terlesky actor (Dakota-Guns of Paradise)
 19-- Michel Langevin Canada, rock drummer (Voivod-Angel Rat)
 19-- Scott Holmes actor (Tom-As the World Turns)
 19-- Steve West rocker (Danger Danger-Screw It)
 1901 Cornelia Otis Skinner Chicago IL, writer (When Our Hearts Were 
            Young & Gay)
 1902 Seton Howard Frederick Lloyd archaeologist
 1902 Stepin Fetchit [Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry] Key West 
            FL, actor (In Old Kentucky, Miracle in Harlem)
 1903 Countee Cullen Baltimore MD, poet (Black Christ & Other Poems)
 1903 Ray Howard-Jones artist
 1904 Ernesto de la Guardia Jr President of Panamá (1956-60)
 1908 Hannes OG Alfvén Swedish physicist (Nobel 1970)
 1908 Mel[vin Jerome] Blanc San Francisco CA, voice (Bugs Bunny, Elmer 
            Fudd & Porky Pig)
 1909 Benny Goodman Chicago IL, clarinetist/bandleader (King of Swing)
 1909 George Headley cricketer (in Panamá All-time great West 
            Indies batsman)
 1911 Douglas Fowley New York NY, actor (Grandpa-Pistols 'n' Petticoats)
 1912 Alexander Langsdorf physicist
 1912 Hugh Griffith Anglesey Wales, actor (Ben Hur, Mutiny on the Bounty, 
            Oliver!)
 1912 Joseph Stein dramatist/playwright (Fiddler on the Roof)
 1912 Julian Gustave Symons writer
 1913 Cedric Thorpe Davie composer
 1914 Bobby Sherwood Indianapolis IN, orchestra leader (Milton Berle 
            Show)
 1915 Jerome Bert Weisner military scientist/disarmer
 1916 Dr Joseph W Kennedy scientist (1 of 4 discoverers of plutonium)
 1920 George London Montréal Canada, baritone (Dr Greenvil-La 
            Traviata)
 1920 John Heawood actor/singer/choreographer (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)
 1922 Harry Clement Stubbs US, sci-fi author (Needle, Iceworld)
 1923 Jimmy Lydon Harrington Park NJ, actor (Richard-Love That Jill)
 1924 Norbert Schemansky USA, middle heavyweight (Olympics-gold-1952)
 1925 Claude Prey composer
 1925 Eddy Bruma Suriname politician
 1925 Gerard John Toorenaar political commissar in Amsterdam (1975-79)
 1926 Christine Jorgensen pioneer transsexual
 1926 Edouard Van Remoortel Brussels, conductor (1958-62 St Louis Symphony)
 1926 James Whitman McLamore businessman
 1927 Clint Walker Hartford IL, actor (Kodiak, Cheyenne, Dirty Dozen)
 1927 Dick Noel Brooklyn NY, TV host (It's a Small Wonder)
 1927 Evelyn Wesler Zemel US, author (American Glass Animals)
 1928 Agnès Varda French photograph/director (Cléo de 
            5 à 7, Le bonheur)
 1928 John Keith Wright English economist/assistant Secretary of State 
            (1971-84)
 1929 Michael Mellinger Bavaria, actor (Goldfinger)
 1932 Pauline Oliveros Houston TX, composer (Sound Patterns)
 1932 Seppo Antero Yrjonpoika Nummi composer
 1934 Alexei A Leonov Siberia USSR, cosmonaut (Voskhod II, Soyuz 19)
 1936 Galina Shostakovich daughter of Russian composer Dmitri
 1936 Keir Dullea Cleveland OH, actor (2001, 2010, David & Lisa)
 1936 Roy Harford cricketer (brother of Noel New Zealand wicketkeeper 
            vs India 1968)
 1936 Ruta Lee actress (Operation Eichmann, Marjorie Morningstar)
 1937 Arthur C Jacobs poet
 1938 Wilfried A de Pree Dutch MP (PvdA)/theologist
 1939 Michael J Pollard Passaic NJ, actor (Bonnie & Clyde, Roxanne)
 1940 David Ackroyd Orange NJ, actor (I Come in Peace, Memories of 
            Me)
 1942 Dan Miller (Representative-R-FL)
 1942 Lenny Davidson London England, rock guitarist (Dave Clark 5-Glad 
            All Over)
 1943 Gale Sayers NFL running back (Chicago Bears)
 1945 Meredith MacRae Houston TX, actress (Petticoat Junction, My 3 
            Sons)
 1946 Candy Lightner political activist/founder (MADD)
 1947 Jocelyne Bourassa LPGA golfer
 1949 Bob Willis cricketer (superb England fast bowler 1971-84)
 1951 Stephen Tobolowsky Dallas TX, actor (Single White Female, Thelma 
            & Louise)
 1952 Zoltan Kocsis composer
 1953 Colm Meaney actor (Star Trek Deep Space 9)
 1955 Nicky "Topper" Headon English drummer (Clash-Complete 
            Control)
 1957 Allison Roe Auckland New Zealand, marathoner (NYC-1981)
 1957 Chris Van Jaarsveld guitarist (Sleeze Beez)
 1957 Michael Clayton Melbourne Victoria Australia, Australasia golfer
 1958 Marie Fredriksson Ostra-Ljuajak Sweden, singer (Roxette-Must 
            Have Been Love)
 1958 Michael E Lopez-Alegria Madrid Spain, US Navy Lieutenant Commander/astronaut 
            (STS 73, sk 92)
 1958 Ted McGinley Newport Beach CA, actor (Love Boat, Married With 
            Children, Dynasty)
 1960 Stephen "Tea Tower" Duffy rocker (Lilac Time-Paradise 
            Song)
 1961 Ella Arolovich Leningrad USSR, model
 1961 Ralph Carter New York NY, actor (Michael Evans-Good Times)
 1961 Trey Parker rapper/actor (Newsies, Hull High)
 1962 Jan Gunnarsson Sweden, tennis star
 1962 John Alt NFL tackle (Kansas City Chiefs)
 1962 Tonya Pinkins Chicago IL, actress (Livia Frye-All My Children)
 1963 Helen Patricia Sharman Great Britain, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-12)
 1963 Lynda Wiesmeier Washington DC, playmate (July 1982)
 1964 Nhi Lan Le Vietnam, US fencer-foil (Olympics-96)
 1964 Wynonna [Christina Judd] Ashland KY, singer (Judds-Why Not Me, 
            Love Can Build A Bridge)
 1965 Tammy Parks Rockville Centre NY, actress (Attack of 60' Centerfold)
 1965 Tyronne Stowe NFL linebacker (Seattle Seahawks)
 1966 Gary Martin cricket pace bowler (Zimbabwe ODI)
 1967 Benoît Gauthier St Jerome Québec, canoeist (Olympics-96)
 1967 Rechelle Hawkes Albany West Australia, field hockey midfielder 
            (Olympics-96)
 1968 Amy Fuller Westlake CA, rower (Olympics-92, 96)
 1968 Jerry Springer White Plains NY, Canadian Tour golfer
 1968 Tim Burgess English rock vocalist (Charlatans-Only One I Know)
 1970 Audrey Wooding LPGA golfer
 1970 Sam Rogers NFL linebacker (Buffalo Bills)
 1971 Drahomir Kadlec Pribham Czechoslovakia, hockey defenseman (Team 
            Czechoslovakia Republic)
 1971 Jiri Slegr Jihlava Czechoslovakia, NHL defenseman (Edmonton Oilers, 
            Olympics-gold-98)
 1971 Kyle Vander Kuyp Australian 110 meter hurdler (Olympics-96)
 1972 Allen Aldridge NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
 1972 Anthony Cook NFL defensive end/defensive tackle (Tennessee Oilers)
 1972 Jeff Jones NFL tackle (Detroit Lions)
 1972 Manny Ramirez Santo Domingo Dominican Republic, outfielder (Cleveland 
            Indians)
 1972 Renita Farrell Townsville Queensland Australia, field hockey 
            midfielder (Olympics-96)
 1972 Terry Wilburn WLAF running back (Barcelona Dragons)
 1973 Christine Pavone Miss USA-Connecticut (1997)
 1973 Jennifer Darst Dallas TX, pairs skater (& Arthur Reid)
 1973 Je'Rod Cherry safety (New Orleans Saints)
 1973 Steve Charbonneau CFL defensive linebacker (Montréal Alouettes)
 1974 David Wilkie Ellensburg, NHL defenseman (Montréal Canadiens)
 1976 Omri Hairi Katz Los Angeles CA, actor (Marshall Teller-Eerie 
            Indiana)
 1978 Krassmira Todorava Miss Bulgaria Universe (1997)
 1986 Ashley Slaney daughter of Olympians Mary Decker & Richard 
            Slaney
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            on May 30th:
 0727 Hubertus bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht/saint, dies at about 72
 1035 Boudouin IV count of Flanders (988-1035), dies
 1252 Ferdinand III the holy King of Castilië/León, dies
 1416 Jerome of Prague burned as a heretic by the Church
 1431 Joan of Arc burned as a witch by the English at Rouen at 19
 1434 Prokopius Bohemian leader of taboriets, dies in battle
 1574 Charles IX King of France (1560-74), dies
 1593 Christopher Marlowe British dramatist (Tamburlaine the Great), 
            murdered
 1640 André Duchesne French historian/genealogy, dies
 1640 Peter Paul Rubens Flemish painter, dies at 62
 1718 Arnold J van Keppel Earl of Albemarle/General, dies at about 
            48
 1718 Bernard Nieuwentyt physician/theologist, dies at 63
 1744 Alexander Pope English poet (Eloisa to Abelard), dies at 56
 1746 Giovanni Antonio Pollarolo composer, dies at 69
 1778 Voltaire [François-Marie Arouet] French writer (Candide), 
            dies at 42
 1791 Ildephons Haas composer, dies at 56
 1797 Carl Ludwig Junker composer, dies at 48
 1809 Johan B Scheffer portrait painter, dies at about 43
 1833 Josef Slavik composer, dies at 27
 1840 Dominique J de Eerens Governor-General of Dutch-Indies, dies 
            at 59
 1864 James Barbour Terrill US attorney/Confederate Brigadier-General, 
            dies at 26
 1865 William Clarke Quantrill criminal/Confederate bushwhacker, dies 
            at 27
 1870 Gustave Vogt composer, dies at 89
 1906 William Yeates Hurlstone composer, dies at 30
 1912 Wilbur Wright US aviation pioneer, dies
 1918 Georgi V Plechanov Russian revolutionary theorist, dies
 1919 Lord John Raleigh British physicist (Nobel 1904), dies
 1922 David Mendes Chumaceiro Curaçaos poet (Adelfas), dies 
            at 45
 1923 Camille Chevillard composer, dies at 63
 1923 Charles Fichardt cricketer (South Africa batsman in 2 Tests 1892-96), 
            dies
 1935 Lothar Windsperger composer, dies at 49
 1938 Raden Sutomo Indonesian freedom fighter, dies at 49
 1940 Y de Smit-Rog eldest Dutchman, dies at 104
 1944 Jessie Ralph actress (Good Earth, San Francisco), dies at 79
 1945 Irma Laplasse Flemish farmer/Nazi collaborator, executed
 1947 Sidney Hugo Nicholson composer, dies at 72
 1951 Hermann Broch writer, dies at 64
 1953 George Barnes cinematographer, dies at 60
 1954 Ahmad Amin Egyptian historian/author, dies at 67
 1957 Toivo R Pekkanen Finnish writer (Black Ecstacy), dies
 1959 Thomas Carl Whitmer composer, dies at 85
 1960 Boris Pasternak Russian poet (Dr Zhivago), dies at 70
 1961 Rafael L Trujillo Molina dictator Dominican Republic (1930-61), 
            murdered at 69
 1964 Leo Szilard Hungarians/US nuclear physicst, dies at 66
 1966 Wäinö V Aaltonen Finnish sculptor, dies at 72
 1967 Claude Rains actor (Invisible Man), dies at 77
 1969 Gaston Brenta composer, dies at 66
 1969 John Cipollini guitarist, dies of ephysema at 45
 1971 Audie Murphy WWII hero/actor (Sierra), killed in plane crash 
            at 46
 1971 Marcel Dupré French composer, dies at 85
 1971 Rodd Redwing actor (Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory), dies 
            at 66
 1972 Margaret Ruthven Lang composer, dies at 104
 1973 Hal Hastings orchestra leader (Chevrolet on Broadway), dies at 
            66
 1975 Michel Simon actor (Panic, Plague, Two of Us), dies at 80
 1975 Steve Prefontaine middle-long distance runner, dies in one-car 
            accident at 24
 1977 Claire Goll writer, dies at 86
 1977 Paul Desmond US jazz saxophonist, dies at 52
 1979 Jack Raine actor (Quartet), dies at 82
 1980 Carl Radle bassist (Derek & Dominoes), dies of a kidney ailment
 1980 Timmy Caldwell rocker (Marshall Tucker Band), dies
 1981 Ziaur Rahmen President of Bangladesh, is assassinated
 1983 Alfred M Gruenther US General/NATO-commander (1953-56), dies 
            at 84
 1986 Hank Mobley US jazz saxophonist, dies at 55
 1987 Frank Carlson (Governor/Representative/Senator-R-KS), dies at 
            94
 1987 Turk Murphy jazz trombonist, dies at 71
 1988 Ella Raines actress (Uncle Harry, Runaround, Impact), dies at 
            66
 1989 Zinka Milanov Metropolitan Opera Diva, dies of a stroke at 83
 1991 Manolo Gomez Bur Spanish comedian dies at 74
 1992 Daniel Addes actor (Victor-Sunst Grill), dies at 59
 1992 Karl Carstens President German Federal Republic (1979-84), dies 
            at 77
 1992 Leen 't Hart organist/composer, dies at 72
 1993 Herman S Blount Sun Ra, US jazz pianist (Solar Arkestra), dies 
            at 79
 1993 Sun Ra blues pianist/orchestra leader, dies of strokes at 79
 1994 Baron Marcel Bich inventor (Bic Pen), dies at 79
 1994 Ezra Taft Benson 13th head of Mormon Church, dies at 94
 1994 Jean Gattegno translator/scholar, dies at 58
 1994 Juan Carlos Onetti Uruguayan writer (La vida breve), dies at 
            85
 1994 Marcel Bich Italian/French baron/pen manufacturer (Bic), dies 
            at 79
 1995 Bobby Stokes soccer star, dies at 44
 1995 Philip Owen A Sherrard scholar theologian poet/translator, dies 
            at 72
 1995 Ted Drake soccer star, dies at 82
 1995 Thomas Dorrington Tomlinson British national park warden, dies 
            at 87
 1996 Bob Stroup trombonist, dies at 57
 1996 John Cameron judge, dies at 96
 1996 John Kahn bassist, dies at 47
 1996 Leon-Etienne Duval archbishop/cardinal, dies at 92
 
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