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1904  John a. roche: Mayor of chicago (b. 1844)   

1905  Ignacy krzyzanowski: Composer,   

1906  Ezra butler eddy: Canadian businessman (e.b. eddy company) and politician (b. 1827)   

1912  Joseph lister: 1st baron lister, surgeon (pioneer of antiseptic),   

1915  Albert j-bj thijs: Belgian colonial pioneer (congo),   

1917  Emile pessard: Composer,   

1918  Abdul hamid ii ottoman sultan: Abdul hamid ii ottoman sultan (b. 1842)   

1923  Wilhelm konrad von rontgen: Physicist (nobel 1901),   

1932  R h edgar wallace: British writer/journalist (3 just men),   

1939  Pius xi: [ambrogio d a ratti], italian pope (1922-39),   

1943  Wa'er: Shot dead by defiance   

1944  Eugène michel antoniadi: Greek astronomer, a crater on mars and the antoniadi crater on the moon were named in his honor (b. 1870)   

1945  Juan de hernandez: Composer,   

1948  Ewart astill: Cricket all-rounder (9 tests for england 1927-30),   

1950  Armen tigran tigranyan: Composer,   

1951  Joseph bovet: Composer,   

1952  Henry drysdale dakin: British-american biochemist, known for the dakin-west reaction (b. 1880)   

1957  Laura ingalls wilder: Us author (little house on praries),   

1958  Billy vine: Actor (54th street revue),   

1960  Aloysius stepinac: Croatian cardinal (b. 1898)   

1962  Willem paerels: Neth/belgian painter/graphic artist,   

1964  Eugen sänger: Austrian aerospace engineer (b. 1905)   

1966  Billy rose: Us theater producer (diamond horse show),   

1968  Pitirim a sorokin: Russian/us sociologist,   

1975  Nikos kavvadias: Greek poet and writer (b. 1910)   

1977  Grace mary williams: Composer,   

1982  K r meher-homji: Cricket wk (test as indian, catch no stumped),   

1983  Eduard franz: Actor (zorro),   

1984  David von erich: Professional wrestler (b. 1958)   

1985  Johnny mokan: Baseball player (b. 1895)   

1986  Brian aherne: Actor (juarez, my sister eileen, rosie),   

1987  Syed sadequain ahmed naqvi: Pakistani painter, calligrapher and artist (b. 1930)   

1989  Dan kelly: Nhl sportscaster,   

1992  Alex haley: Us writer (autobiography of malcolm x, roots),   

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1499  Thomas platter: Swiss humanist   

1524  Albrecht giese: German politician and diplomat   

1606  Christine marie of france: Regent of savoy   

1609  John suckling: English cavalier poet/dramatist/courtier   

1637  Henriette catharina van nassau: Dutch daughter of frederik henry   

1670  Norbert van flowers: [cephalus], flemish painter   

1670  William congreve: England, writer (old bachelor, way of the world)   

1685  Aaron hill: English playwright/poet (tragedy of zara)