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1979  John diefenbaker: 13th prime minister of canada (b. 1895)   

1983  Earl averill: American baseball player (b. 1902)   

1984  Gyorgy kosa: Composer,   

1986  John hurley: Song writer (son of a preacher man),   

1988  Milton adolphus: Composer,   

1989  Amanda blake: Actress (gunsmoke),   

1990  Pat o'connor: New zealand professional wrestler (b. 1925)   

1991  Robert dimatte jr: Stage director/actor,   

1992  Mark heard: Christian musician,   

1993  Irene sharaff: Us costume designer (cleopatra, can-can),   

1994  Earnest pawel: Polish/us author (nightmare of reason),   

1995  John cameron swayze: News anchor (nbc),   

1996  Eric cullen: Actor (huntington tower),   

1997  Gerard mclarnon: Actor/writer,   

1999  Pee wee king: American country musician and songwriter (b. 1914)   

2002  Jeff corey: American actor (b. 1914)   

2003  Idi amin: Ugandan dictator (b. 1928)   

2004  Ivan hlinka: Czech ice hockey coach (b. 1950)   

2005  Joe ranft: American animator (b. 1960)   

2006  Alex buzo: Australian playwright and author (b. 1944)   

2007  Max roach: American percussionist, drummer, and composer (b. 1924)   

2008  Ronnie drew: Ex-singer of the dubliners & solo artist (b. 1934)   

2018  Aretha franklin: American singer and songwriter   

2018  Kim yong-chun: North korean military officer and politician   

2018  Yelena shushunova: Russian gymnast   

2018  Atal bihari vajpayee: 10th prime minister of india   

2019  Peter fonda: American actor   

2019  Felice gimondi: Italian racing cyclist   

2019  José nápoles: Cuban-born mexican boxer   

2019  Richard williams: Canadian-british animator, voice actor, and writer   

2019  Princess christina of the netherlands: Princess christina of the netherlands   

2021  Volodymyr holubnychy: Soviet and ukrainian race walker and olympic champion (b. 1936)   

2023  Pierre alféri : Aged 60, french novelist, poet, and essayist.   

2023  V. s. r. arunachalam : Aged 87, indian engineer, founder of cstep    

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1355  Philippa plantagenet: Countess of ulster   

1378  Hongxi emperor of china: Hongxi emperor of china (d. 1425)   

1397  Albrecht ii von habsburg: King of bohemia/hungary/germany   

1401  Jacqueline: Countess of hainaut, dauphine of france   

1550  Carolus gallus: [karel de haan], dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar   

1557  Agostino carracci: Italian artist   

1573  Anna of austria: Queen of poland   

1596  Frederick v: Elector palatine