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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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