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1913  Jimmy sinclair: Cricketer (3 centuries in 25 test s afr career),   

1915  Robert smalls: Reconstruction congressman,   

1916  George clement martin: Composer,   

1920  Alexander alexandrovich il'yinsky: Composer,   

1922  Albert victor bäcklund: Swedish physicist (b. 1845)   

1927  Sveinbjorn sveinbjornsson: Composer,   

1930  Horst wessel: German nazi lyricist (fahne hoch),   

1931  Nellie melba: [helen mitchell], australian soprano,   

1934  Augusto sandino: Nicaraguan patriot, assassinated by national guard   

1935  Jan duiker: Dutch architect (hotel gooiland),   

1937  Claude buckenham: Cricketer (21 wkts in 4 tests for eng 1909-10),   

1942  Stefan zweig: Austrian writer (die welt von gestern),   

1944  Leo hendrick baekeland: Inventor (bakelite),   

1945  Aleksei tolstoi: Russian poet/writer (pjotr peroyj),   

1946  Tomoyuki yamashita: Japanese general (hanged) (b. 1885)   

1948  John robert gregg: Irish-born publisher and inventor (b. 1866)   

1955  Paul claudel: French poet/playwright (l'otage),   

1957  Marika ninou: Greek singer (b. 1918)   

1960  Arthur legat: Belgian racing driver (b. 1898)   

1961  Wilf ferguson: Cricket leg spinner (34 wickets for west in   

1965  Stan laurel: Comedian (laurel & hardy),   

1968  Fannie hurst: Us author (anatomy of me),   

1969  Abd al-aziz abd al-rahman al-faisal al-saud: King saudia,   

1970  Hirsch jacobs: American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner (b. 1904)   

1971  King lockwood:   

1972  Michael taube: Composer,   

1973  Dickinson w. richards: American physician, recipient of the nobel prize in physiology or medicine (b. 1895)   

1974  Florence rice: Actress (girl in 1313, carnival),   

1976  Fuzzy knight: Actor (gun town, ragtime cowboy joe),   

1979  W.a.c. bennett: Canadian politician (b. 1900)   

1980  Robert vandekerckhove: Belgian politician,   

1983  Adrian boult: Conductor,   

1985  Alexander scourby: Actor (jesus, shaggy dog, giant),   

1987  Esmond knight: Actor (black narcissus, henry v),   

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1417  Paul ii: [pietro barbo], italy, pope (1464-71)   

1417  Pope paul ii: Pope paul ii (d. 1471)   

1583  Jean-baptiste morin: French scientist   

1614  Jacob colijn(s): Dutch coat of arms painter   

1615  Cornelis galle ii: Flemish engraver/illustrator, baptised   

1633  Samuel pepys: London england, navy expert/composer (diary, memoirs)   

1646  Tokugawa tsunayoshi: Japanese shogun   

1648  Arabella churchill: English mistress of james ii of england