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1904 S j paul kruger: General/pres south-africa (1883-1904), 

1907 William henry perkin: English chemist and inventor (b. 1838) 

1908 William mason: Composer, 

1917 Octave lapize: French cyclist (b. 1887) 

1923 Louis ganne: Composer, 

1925 Pancho villa: Filipino world boxing champion (b. 1901) 

1930 W h ashley: Cricketer (test s africa, 7 wkts), 

1938 Robert poore: Cricketer (3 tests for s africa in 1895-96 series), 

1939 Alphonse mucha: Czech painter, decorative artist (b. 1860) 

1940 Bill howell: Cricketer (18 tests for aust 1898-1905), 

1942 Neel [cornelia h] doff: Neth/french/belgian painter's model, 

1943 Johannes f "frits" bakker sr: Actor, 

1948 Palmiro togliatti: Italy's cpi chairman, assassinated 

1949 Frank hearne: Cricketer (2 tests for england, 4 tests for s afr), 

1951 Sammy jones: Cricketer (last survivor of the 1882 oval test), 

1954 Jacinto benavente y martinez: Spanish playwright, 

1956 Jaroslav ridky: Composer, 

1958 Abdoel illah: Crown prince of iraq, murdered 

1959 Grock: [adrien wettach], swiss clown/circus director, 

1965 Adlai stevenson: Us amb to un/pres candidate (d, 1952, 56), 

1966 Julie manet: French painter (b. 1878) 

1967 Tudor arghezi: Romanian writer (b. 1880) 

1968 Konstatin g paustovski: Russian sailor/author, 

1970 Preston s foster: Actor (waterfront, gunslinger), 

1973 Clarence white: Guitarist (byrds), killed by a car 

1974 Carl a spaats: 1st chief of staff of usaf, 

1975 Zutty singleton: Us jazz drummer, 

1979 George de witt: Tv host (name that tune), 

1982 George amadee tremblay: Composer, 

1983 Jack macbryan: Cricketer (test for england 1924), 

1984 Al schacht: [clown prince of baseball], baseball player, 

1986 Raymond loewy: Us industrial designer, 

1989 Frank bell: British educator (b. 1916) 

1990 Dallas alinder: 

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