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1894  William joseph westbrook: Composer,   

1895  Joseph quinaux: Belgian painter,   

1908  Old tom morris: Scottish golfer (b. 1821)   

1919  Amado nervo: [juan c ruiz de nervo], mexican poet,   

1941  Lancelot holland: British vice-admiral ((ww ii/hood),   

1943  Vladimir i nemirovitch-dantshenko: Russian playwright,   

1948  Alfred kastner: Composer,   

1949  Aleksey shchusev: Russian architect (b. 1873)   

1950  Archibald wavell: British general (b. 1883)   

1953  Cor hermus: Actor (bleeke bet, william of orange, jantes),   

1956  Guy kibbee: Actor (capt blood, babes in arms),   

1959  John foster dulles: Us secretary of state (1953-59),   

1963  Elmore james: Blues guitarist,   

1968  Bernard rogers: Composer (warrior, passion),   

1969  Mitzi green: Actress (huckleberry finn, tom sawyer),   

1972  Asta nielsen: Actress (joyless street),   

1974  Duke ellington: Blues singer,   

1976  Henk lankhorst: Pacifist/dutch mp (psp),   

1979  Jan arvan: Actor (red skelton show, zorro),   

1981  George jessel: Actor (diary of a young comic),   

1984  Vincent j. mcmahon: American pro wrestling promoter (b. 1914)   

1986  Gunnar bjornstrand: Actor (7th seal, devil's eye),   

1987  Hermione ferdinanda gingold: Actress (gigi, music man),   

1988  James "hamish" hamilton: Brit publisher (salinger/mitford),   

1989  Herwig hensen [flor mielants]: Flemish dramatist/poet,   

1991  Gene clark: Folk-rocker (byrds-tambourine man),   

1992  Joan sanderson: Actress (young wives' tale, fawlty towers),   

1993  Jesus posadas ocampo: Mexican cardinal/archbishop, shot dead at 66   

1994  Jean-pierre e plooij: Dutch writer (bird house),   

1995  Harold wilson: British pm (1964-70, 74-76),   

1996  Alexander langsdorf: Physicist,   

1997  Edward mulhare: Actor (ghost & mrs muir),   

2000  Kurt schork: American reporter (b. 1947)   

2002  Wallace markfield: American writer (b. 1926)   

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1522  John jewel: English bishop   

1544  William gilbert: Essex england, physicist (researcher into magnetism)   

1605  Nikon: [nikita minin], patriarch of russian-orthodox church   

1610  Giovanni battista chinelli: Composer   

1616  John maitland: Duke of lauderdale   

1619  Philips wouwerman(s): Dutch painter   

1650  John churchill: 1st duke of marlborough, english general strategist   

1671  Gian gastone de' medici: Grand duke of tuscany