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1907 James hector: Scottish geologist (b. 1834) 

1910 Charles ferdinand lenepveu: Composer, 

1911 Karl munzinger: Composer, 

1920 J norman lockyer: English physicist (discovered helium in sun), 

1921 Peter i karadjordjevic: King of serbia/yugoslavia, 

1929 Frank valentine van der stucken: Composer, 

1938 Robert johnson: Us delta-blues singer/guitarist, poisoned at 27 

1939 Ron oxenham: Cricketer (7 tests for australia, 14 wickets), 

1940 Billy fiske: Us raf-pilot/2nd lieutenant, 

1944 Roman padlewski: Composer, 

1945 Nico richter: Composer, 

1946 Herman harrell horne: Philosopher (idealism) 

1948 Babe ruth: Baseball legend (ny yankees), 

1949 Margaret mitchell: Us writer (gone with the wind), 

1951 Louis jouvet: Actor (volpone, topaze, la marseillaise), 

1952 Lydia field emmet: American painter (b. 1866) 

1956 Bela lugosi: Actor (dracula), 

1957 Irving langmuir: American chemist, nobel prize laureate (b. 1881) 

1958 Paul panzer: Actor (cat's paw, mildred pierce), 

1959 Pedro humberto allende saron: Chilean composer (tonados), 

1960 Errol holmes: Cricketer (batted in 5 tests for england 1935), 

1961 Maulvi abdul haq: Father of modern urdu (b. 1870) 

1964 Jack pennick: Actor (lady from louisiana), 

1965 Vasily petrovich shirinsky: Composer, 

1966 Jack mather: Actor (cisco kid), 

1968 Luis gianneo: Composer, 

1969 Russ bender: Actor/writer (air patrol, strangler), 

1971 Elsie baker: Actress (ghosts of hanley house), 

1972 John barnes chance: Composer, 

1973 Selman a waksman: Russian/us microbiology (nobel 1952), 

1974 Karl e mundt: (rep/sen), 

1976 Beppie nooij jr: Dutch actress (rooie sien), 

1977 Elvis presley: Rocker, 

1978 Alidius wl tjarda van stachouwer: Gov-gen of neth in 

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