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1917  Alfred edwin mckay: Canadian world war one flying ace (b. 1892)   

1918  George h white: Last post reconstruction congressman (penn),   

1919  Johannes rydberg: Swedish physicist (b. 1854)   

1923  Alexandre-gustave eiffel: Engineer (eiffel tower),   

1924  Léon bakst: Russian artist (b. 1866)   

1932  John blackham: Cricketer (35 tests as aust wk, caught 37),   

1935  Clarence day: Writer (life with father),   

1937  Maurice j ravel: Swiss/french composer (bolero),   

1938  Florence lawrence: Silent screen actress (confidence),   

1943  Steve evans: American baseball player (b. 1885)   

1945  Theodore dreiser: Novelist (an american tragedy),   

1946  Carrie jacobs bond: American composer (i love you truly),   

1947  Victor emmanuel iii: King of italy (1900-46)/ethiopia,   

1948  Mahmud nokrashy pasha: Pm of egypt (19..-48), assassinated   

1949  Jack lovelock: Nz/us surgeon/athlete (olympic-gold-1936),   

1952  Fletcher henderson: American musician (b. 1897)   

1956  Roelof kranenburg: Dutch social democratic party-chairman,   

1959  Ante pavelić: Leader of nazi germany puppet independent state of croatia (b. 1889)   

1961  Edith bolling galt wilson: 1st lady (1915-21),   

1962  Kathleen clifford: American actress (b. 1887)   

1963  Abbott joseph liebling: American journalist/writer,   

1967  Béla schick: Hung/us children's physician (scarlet fever),   

1969  Henry oscar: Actor (saint in london),   

1970  L mendel rivers: (rep-d-sc),   

1971  Maximilian raoul walter steiner: Composer,   

1976  Freddie king: Rocker,   

1978  Harry winston: Us jeweler for the "rich & famous",   

1980  Amir elahi: Cricketer, 1st pakistani test cricketer to die   

1981  Allan dwan: Canadian-born film director (b. 1885)   

1982  Frederick douglass hall: Composer,   

1983  Dennis wilson: Drummer/singer (beach boys), drowns at 39   

1984  Sam peckinpah: Director,   

1986  Andrei tarkovsky:   

1987  Charles malik: Lebanon's 1st delegate to un,   

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1484  Joachim vadianus: [von watt], swiss physician/mayor of sankt gallen   

1522  Margaret of austria: Regent of the netherlands   

1619  Antoine furetière: French writer   

1631  Ludolf backhuysen: Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist   

1635  Princess elizabeth of england: Princess elizabeth of england (d. 1650)   

1655  Charles cornwallis: 3rd baron cornwallis, first lord of the british admiralty   

1665  George fitzroy: 1st duke of northumberland, british general   

1694  Ceslav vanura: Composer