Today in History: July 28

Today in History: July 28

1615
French explorer Samuel de Champlain discovers Lake Huron on his seventh voyage to the New World.

1794
Maximilien Robespierre, a radical Jacobin leader and one of the principal figures in the French Revolution, was guillotined before a cheering mob on the Place de la Révolution in Paris.

1868 
The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution—which granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and slaves who had been emancipated after the Civil War—entered into force.

1893 
A petition organised by Kate Sheppard, demanding women's suffrage, is delivered to New Zealand's parliament; signed by over 25,000 women, a 5th of the adult European female population.

1914 
Austria-Hungary decides against mediation and declares war on Serbia - first declaration of war of WWI

1915
Because of virtual anarchy, US Marines go ashore in Haiti on orders from President Woodrow Wilson; this will lead to an occupation that will last until 1934.

1917
Silent Parade organised by James Weldon Johnson of 10,000 African-Americans who march on 5th Ave in NYC to protest against lynching.

1932 
The first feature-length zombie film, White Zombie—inspired by the book and by a stage play called Zombie—was released in New York City; it starred Bela Lugosi.

1943 
Operation Gomorrah: RAF bombing over Hamburg causes a firestorm that kills 42,600 German civilians

1945 
"Elevator girl" Betty Lou Oliver survives falling 75 stories after fog causes a US bomber plane to crash into the Empire State Building, breaking the cables supporting the elevator she was operating. This remains a world record for the longest survived elevator fall.

1976 
Tangshan Earthquake, 8.2 in magnitude kills over 240,000 Northern China in the largest loss of life from an earthquake in the 20th century

1996
Discovery of remains of a prehistoric man near Kennewick, Washington, casts doubts on accepted beliefs of when, how and where the Americas were populated.

2005 
The Provisional Irish Republican Army call an end to their thirty year long armed campaign in Northern Ireland

Today's Famous Birthdays on July 28

1165 Ibn al-'Arabi, Muslim mystic and philosopher (The Meccan Revelations), born in Murcia, Spain (d. 1240)

1347 Margherita of Durazzo, queen of Naples (d. 1412)

1456 Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (Arcadia), born in Naples, Italy (d. 1530)

1514 Maximilian of Burgundy, viceroy of Holland


1609 Judith Leyster, Dutch painter, born in Haarlem, the Netherlands, baptism date (d. 1660)

1659 Charles Ancillon, French Huguenot pastor (d. 1715)



1745 Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen, Baltic German courtier and military governor of St Petersburg, born in Palmse, Estonia (d. 1826)

1746 Thomas Heyward, signed US Declaration of Independence, born in St. Luke's Parish, South Carolina (d. 1809)

1750 Fabre d'Églantine French dramatist and politician, creator of the French Republican calendar (d. 1794)

1778 Charles Stewart, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), (d. 1869)

1796 Ignaz Bösendorfer, Austrian musician (d. 1859)



1804 Ludwig A Feuerbach, German philosopher (Man is what he eats)

1808 Charles Lucas, English composer, Principle of the Royal Academy of Music, born in Salisbury, England (d. 1869)

1809 Ormsby McKnight Mitchel, American astronomer and Union Major General, born in Union County, Kentucky (d. 1862)

1813 Alberto Mazzucato, Italian opera composer, born in Udine, Italy (d. 1877)

1815 Stefan Dunjov, Banat Bulgarian military figure (d. 1889)

1825 William Duncan Smith, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Augusta, Georgia (d. 1862)

1833 James Henry Lane, Brigadier General during Civil War (Confederate), born in Mathews Court House, Virginia (d. 1907)

1835 Jose Garcia Robles, Spanish composer, born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 1910)
1837 Christian Barnekow, Danish composer, born in Luz-Saint-Sauveur, France (d. 1913)

1844 Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (Windhover), born in Stratford, London (d. 1889)

1857 Ballington Booth, British-born American officer in The Salvation Army and co-founder of Volunteers of America, born in Brighouse, England (d. 1940)

1860 Elias M. Ammons, governor of Colorado, born in Macon County, North Carolina (d. 1925)

1860 Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia, born in Peterhof Palace, Empire of Russia (d. 1922)

1863 Hussein Khan Nakhichevanski, Russian general (d. 1919)

1866 Beatrix Potter, English children's author and illustrator (The Tale of Peter Rabbit), born in London (d. 1943)

1867 Charles Dillon Perrine, American-born astronomer working in Argentina, born in Steubenville, Ohio (d. 1951)

1868 George Morren, Flemish painter and sculptor, born in Antwerp (d. 1941)

1868 Thomas P. Krag, Norwegian author and novelist (Jon Graeff, Ulf Ran), born in Kragerø, Norway (d. 1913)

1870 Henri Jaspar, Premier of Belgium (1927-31), born in Schaerbeek, Belgium (d. 1939)

1872 Albert Sarraut, French Radical politician, Prime Minister of France (1933 and 36), born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1962)

1874 Ernst Cassirer, German philosopher and educator (Essay on Man), born in Silesia, Prussia (d. 1945)

1879 Lucy Burns, American suffragist (National Woman's Party) and women's rights advocate, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1966)

1887 Marcel Duchamp, French sculptor and painter (Nude Descending a Staircase), born in Blainville-Crevon, France (d. 1968)

1888 Sidney Pegler, South African cricket leg spinner (16 Tests), (d. 1972)

1890 Marie Lohr, Australian actress (Pygmalion, Small Hotel), born in Sydney, New South Wales (d. 1975)

1891 Ron Oxenham, Australian cricketer (Australian all-rounder 1928-32), born in Nundah, Queensland (d. 1939)

1892 Joe E. Brown, American comedian (Buck Circus Hour), born in Holgate, Ohio (d. 1973)
1893 Rued Immanuel Langgaard, Danish composer and organist, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1952)

1896 Barbara La Marr, American actress (The White Moth), born in Yakima, Washington (d. 1926)

1897 Emmy Arbous [Emilia J Henke], Dutch actress (Little Rascal), born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1954)

1898 Lawrence Gray, American actor, born in San Francisco, California (d. 1970)

1898 Charles William Mayo, American surgeon and co-founder (Mayo Clinic), born in Rochester, Minnesota (d. 1968)



1900 Maurice Johnstone, English brass band composer, born in Manchester, England (d. 1976)

1900 Catherine Dale Owen, American actress (Behind Office Doors), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1965)

1901 Rudy Vallee, American singer and one of the earliest crooners (Vagabond Dreams, My Time Is Your Time), born in Island Pond, Vermont (d. 1986)

1901 Sándor Vándor, Hungarian Jewish composer, born in Miskolc, Hungary (d. 1945)

1901 Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball pitcher (MLB record career double plays [79] 1938-64) and manager (Philadelphia Phillies ), born in Mishawaka, Indiana (d. 1979)

1902 Karl Popper, Austro-British philosopher (Logic of Forschung), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1994)

1902 Kenneth F. Fearing, American poet (Dead Reckoning), born in Oak Park, Illinois (d. 1961)

1902 Vibart Wight, West Indian cricket batsman (2 Tests; v/c WI first touring team v England 1928), born in Georgetown, British Guiana (d. 1969)

1903 Colin Gregory, English tennis player (Australian C'ship 1929, chairman All-England Club, Wimbledon), born in Beverley, England (d. 1959)

1903 Lotte Palfi Andor, German-American actress (Lovesick, All That Jazz), born in Bochum, Germany (d. 1991)

1904 Selwyn Lloyd, British politician involved in Suez crisis, born in West Kirby, England (d. 1978)

1906 Gottlob Frick, German opera singer, born in Ölbronn-Dürrn (d. 1994)

1907 Earl Tupper, American-born Costa Rican inventor and businessman (Tupperware), born in Berlin, New Hampshire (d. 1983)

1909 Malcolm Lowry, English novelist (Under the Volcano), born in New Brighton, England (d. 1957)

1910 Bill Goodwin, announcer (Jolson Story, Burns & Allen), born in San Francisco, California

1910 Clive Caldwell, Australian fighter pilot who shot down 28.5 aircraft during WWII, born in Lewisham, Australia (d. 1994)

1911 Ann Doran, American actress (Longstreet, Shirley, Rebel Without a Cause), born in Amarillo, Texas (d. 2000)

1911 Gerhard Stoeck, German javelin thrower (Olympic gold 1936)

1914 Carmen Dragon, American composer and conductor (Hollywood Bowl Symphony), born in Antioch, California (d. 1984)

1915 Charles Hard Townes, American Physicist and inventor (Nobel Prize 1964 for mazer-lazer principle), born in Greenville, South Carolina (d. 2015)

1916 David Brown, American film producer ("The Sting", "Jaws", "Cocoon"), born in NYC, New York

1916 Laird Cregar, American actor (Charley's Aunt, Hangover Square), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1922 Jacques Piccard, Swiss undersea explorer (bathyscaph Trieste)

1923 Kent L Lee, US vice-admiral (WW II-Marianas/Palau)

1923 Mary Jane Odell, American politician and journalist, Iowa Secretary of State, born in Algona, Iowa (d. 2010)

1923 Michio Watanabe, Japanese politician, Deputy Prime Minister, born in Ōtawara, Japan (d. 1995)
1924 Peter James Frederick Green, CEO (LLoyd's of London)

1924 Irving Burgie [Lord Burgess], American Caribbean music composer and musician (Day-O), born in New York City (d. 2019)

1925 Bruce Matthews, Australian newspaper executive who worked for Rupert Murdoch, born in Sydney, New South Wales (d. 1966)

1925 Larry Pruden, New Zealand composer, born in New Plymouth, New Zealand (d. 1982)

1925 Baruch Samuel Blumberg, American scientist, (1976 Nobel laureate for Physiology or Medicine for work on Hepatitis B), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2011)

1926 Charlie Biddle, American-born Quebec jazz bassist (d. 2003)

1927 John Ashbery, American poet (Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror), born in Rochester, New York (d. 2017)

1928 Adrian Ratiu, Romanian composer, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2005)

1928 Anne Braden, American civil rights activist, journalist, and educator, born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 2006)

1928 Joe Jackson, American talent manager and patriarch of the Jackson family, born in Fountain Hill, Arkansas (d. 2018)

1929 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, American First Lady (1961-63), born in Southampton, New York (d. 1994)

1929 Remco [Wouter] Campert, Dutch writer, poet, son of Jan Campert

1930 Jean Roba, Belgian comics author (Boule et Bill), born in Schaerbeek, Belgium (d. 2006)

1930 David "Junior" Kimbrough, American bluesman, born in Hudsonville, Mississippi (d. 1998)

1931 Darryl Hickman, American actor (Human Comedy, Tea & Sympathy), born in Hollywood, California

1931 Johnny Martin, Australian cricket left-arm chinaman bowler (60's)

1932 Natalie Babbitt, American children's writer (Tuck Everlasting), born in Dayton, Ohio (d. 2016)

1933 Charlie Hodge, French Canadian ice hockey goaltender

1934 Jacques d'Amboise, American ballet dancer (NYC Ballet Company), born in Dedham Massachusetts

1934 Norman D Shumway, American politician (Rep-R-California, 1979-91), born in Phoeniz, Arizona

1935 Simon Dee, British television broadcaster

1936 Russ Jackson, Canadian football player, born in Hamilton, Ontario

1936 Sir Garfield (Gary) Sobers, West Indian cricket all-rounder, captain (93 Tests, 57.78 batting average), born in Bridgetown, Barbados

1937 Peter Duchin, American pianist and bandleader (Peter Duchin Orchestra), born in NYC, New York

1937 Francis Veber, French film director and screenwriter, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

1938 George Cummings, American rocker (Dr Hook & Medicine Show), born in Meridian, Mississippi

1938 Luis Aragonés, Spanish soccer forward (11 caps; Atlético Madrid) and manager (Spain 2004-08; Atlético Madrid, Barcelona), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 2014)

1938 Robert Hughes, Australian art critic and writer (Barcelona), born in Sydney, New South Wales (d. 2012)

1938 Alberto Fujimori, President of Peru (1990-2000), born in Lima, Peru

1939 Clem Cattini, English rock drummer (The Tornados), born in London, England

1940 Phil Proctor, American comedian (Firesign Theater), born in Goshen, Indiana

1941 Riccardo Muti, Italian conductor (Philadelphia Orchestra, 1980-92; La Scala, 1986-2005; Chicago Symphony 2010-present), born in Naples, Kingdom of Italy

1942 Marty Brennaman, American sportscaster, born in Portsmouth, Virginia

1943 Bill Bradley, American Basketball Hall of Fame forward (2-time NBA champion NY Knicks), Democratic US Senator (1979-97), born in Crystal City, Missouri

1943 Larry Elkins, football player (Houston Oilers)

1943 Mike Bloomfield, American blues guitarist/singer (Analine), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1981)

1943 Richard Wright, English singer-songwriter (Pink Floyd-Time, Echoes), born in Hatch End, Middlesex (d. 2008)

1944 Daniel Morelon, French speed skater (Olympic gold 1968, 72), born in Bourg-en-Bresse, France

1945 Jim Davis, American cartoonist and creator of the comic strips "Garfield" and "U.S. Acres", born in Marion, Indiana

1946 Douglas H Bosco, American politician (Rep-D-CA, 1983-91), born in Brooklyn, New York

1946 Jonathan Edwards, American singer-songwriter (Sunshine), born in Aitkin, Minnesota

1946 Linda Kelsey, American actress (Billie-Lou Grant, Kate-Day by Day), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota

1946 Fahmida Riaz, Pakistani writer and feminist, born in Meerut, India

1947 Alexei Sergeyevich Borodai, Russian colonel/cosmonaut

1947 Barbara Ferrell, American runnerr (Olympic gold 1968), born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi

1947 Elena Belova, Russian foils fencer (Olympic gold 1968), born in Sovetskaya Gavan, Soviet Union

1947 Miguelina Cobian, Cuban 4x100m runner (Olympic silver 1968), born in Santiago de Cuba

1947 Sally Struthers, American actress (All in the Family), born in Portland, Oregon

1948 Georgia Engel, American actress (Georgette- The Mary Tyler Moore Show), born in Washington, D.C.

1948 Sergei Bodrov, Russian director (Katala, Somebody to Love), born in Khabarovsk, Russia

1948 Gerald Casale, American musician and director (founding member of Devo), born in Ravenna, Ohio

1949 Simon Kirke, British rock drummer (Bad Company), born in London, England


1949 Steve Peregrin Took, English musician (Tyrannosaurus Rex), born in London (d. 1980)

1949 Vida Blue, American MLB pitcher (Cy Young & AL MVP 1971), born in Mansfield, Louisiana

1949 Peter Doyle, Australian pop singer (The New Seekers - "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing"), born in Melbourne (d. 2001)

1949 Randall Wallace, American screenwriter and film producer (Braveheart), born in Jackson, Tennessee

1950 Shahyar Ghanbari, Iranian poet

1951 Greg Gluffria, rock keyboardist (House of Lords-Sahara), born in Washington, D.C.

1951 Anthony A. Williams, American politician, Mayor of the District of Columbia (1999-2007), born in Los Angeles County, California

1951 Santiago Calatrava, Spanish architect (Milwaukee Art Museum), born in Valencia, Spain

1952 Maha Vajiralongkorn [Bodindradebayavarangkun], King of Thailand (2016 - Present), born in Bangkok, Thailand

1952 Monique van de Ven, Dutch actress (Turkish Fruit)

1952 Yoshitaka Amano, Japanese artist (Final Fantasy), born in Shizuoka city, Japan

1953 Steve Duncan, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited), born in Knoxville, Tennessee

1954 Steve Morse, American rocker ( Dixie Dregs, Deep Purple), born in Hamilton, Ohio

1954 Mikey Sheehy, Gaelic footballer (Kerry), born in Tralee, Ireland

1954 Bruce Abbott, American actor, born in Portland, Oregon

1954 Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela (1998-2013), born in Sabaneta, Barinas State, Venezuela (d. 2013)

1954 Gerd Faltings, German mathematician, born in Buer, Gelsenkirchen, Germany

1958 Terry Fox [Terrance Stanley], Canadian one-legged marathoner (1980 Marathon of Hope), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba

1958 Michael Hitchcock, American actor (Best in Show) and television producer (Glee), born in Defiance, Ohio

1960 Luiz Fernando Carvalho, Brazilian film director, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1960 Yōichi Takahashi, Japanese mangaka of Captain Tsubasa and Hungry Heart Wild Striker

1960 Jonathan Gold, American food critic who was the first in his field to win a Pulitzer Prize, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2018)

1961 David Huff, American drummer (Giant)

1961 Scott E Parazynski, American astronaut (STS 66, 86, sk:95), born in Little Rock, Arkansas

1961 Alexander Kurlovitch, Soviet weightlifter, born in Grodno, Soviet Union

1962 Rachel Sweet, American singer, born in Akron, Ohio

1963 Patrizia Pellegrino, Italian actress and TV personality (Italy's Miss Teenager 1980), born in Naples, Italy

1964 Bruce Wilkerson, American NFL tackle (Jaguars, GB Packers-Super Bowl 31), born in Loudon, Tennessee

1964 Dave Alexander, American NFL center (NY Jets), born in Silver Spring, Maryland

1964 Lori Loughlin, American actress (Full House, Summerland), born in Queens, New York

1965 Priscilla Chan, Hong Kong singer, born in Hong Kong

1965 Delfeayo Marsalis, American jazz musician, born in New Orleans, Louisiana

1966 Shikao Suga, Japanese singer-songwriter, born in Tokyo, Japan

1969 Garth Snow, American hockey goalie (Olympics 1994, Flyers), born in Wrentham Massachusetts

1969 Jarrod Hanks, American gymnast (Olympic-92, 96), born in Lafayette Louisiana

1969 Wendi Simmons, American heptathlete, born in Santa Rosa, California

1969 Alexis Arquette, American transgender performer (Last Exit to Brooklyn), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2016)

1969 Dana White, American Ultimate Fighting Championship President, born in Manchester, Connecticut

1970 Paul Strang, Zimbabwe cricketer (Zimbabwe's 1st Test match leg-spinner), born in Bulawayo, Rhodesia

1970 Michael Amott, Swedish guitarist (Arch Enemy)

1971 Stephen Lynch, American musician, born in Abington, Pennsylvania

July 28. Who Died Today in History?

450 Theodosius II, the Younger, Eastern Roman emperor (408-450), dies after a riding accident at 49

1057 Victor II, [Gebhard], Pope (1055-57), dies

1101 Su Tung-p'o, Chinese poet, essayist, painter and calligrapher, dies at 64

1128 William Clito, Count of Flanders (1127-28), dies at 25

1230 Duke Leopold VI of Austria (b. 1176)

1285 Queen Keran of Armenia, consort of Leo III of Armenia

1330 Michael Shishman of Bulgaria [Michael III], Tsar of Bulgaria (1323-30), dies in the Battle of Velbuzd

1527 Rodrigo de Bastidas, Spanish conquistador (founded city of Santa Marta), murdered by some of his men

1540 Thomas Cromwell, English chief minister for King Henry VIII, executed for treason and heresy at 54 or 55

1631 Guillén de Castro y Bellvis, Spanish dramatist (b. 1569)

1641 John Amner, English composer, dies at 61

1655 Cyrano de Bergerac, French dramatist/novelist, dies at 36 in Paris

1655 Suzuki Shosan, Samurai/monk/propagator of Zen Buddhism, dies at 76

1667 Abraham Cowley, English poet (Mistress/Sex libri plantarum), dies

1675 Bulstrode Whitelocke, English lawyer (b. 1605)

1685 Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington, English statesman (b. 1618)

1711 Gerard Lairesse, Dutch painter, buried at 69

1718 Etienne Baluze, French scholar (b. 1630)

1723 Mariana Alcoforado, Portuguese nun, dies at 63

1741 Antonio Vivaldi, Italian Baroque composer (The Four Seasons), dies at 63

1750 Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer (Art of the Fugue, Mattheus-Passion), dies at 65

1762 George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe, English politician (b. 1691)

1778 Arvid Niclas Hopken, Swedish composer, dies at 68

1794 Georges Couthon, French politician, beheaded at 39

1794 Maximilien Robespierre, French revolutionary (President of the National Convention, Member of Committee of Public Safety), executed by guillotine at 36

1802 Giuseppe Sarti, Italian composer (Il er pastore, Ifigenia), dies at 72

1811 Heinrich J von Collin, Austria dramatist/poet (Coriolan), dies

1818 Gaspard Monge, French mathematician (b. 1746)

1835 Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, French marshal (b. 1768)

1837 John Ross, British composer and organist, dies at 73

1838 Bernhard Henrik Crusell, Swedish-Finnish composer, dies at 62

1842 Clemens Brentano, German poet and author (The Story of the Just Casper and Fair Annie), dies at 63

1844 Joseph Bonaparte, older brother of Napoleon I and King of Naples and Spain, dies at 76

1849 Charles Albert, King of Sardinia (1831-49), dies at 50

1850 Stefano Pavesi, Italian composer, dies at 71

1863 James Deshler, US Confederate brigadier general, dies in battle at 30

1864 Johann Hermann Kufferath, German composer, dies at 67

1864 Samuel Benton, US Confederate brigadier general, dies in battle at about 44

1869 Carl Gustav Carus, German psychologist, philosopher and painter, dies at 80

1869 Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Czech anatomist (b. 1787)

1872 Friedrich Kaiser, Dutch astronomer (Kaiser-Compass), dies at 64

1878 George Law Curry, American newspaper publisher and Governor of Oregon, dies at 58

1895 Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1877-79), dies at 72

1895 Edward Beecher, American theologian, dies at 91

1899 Antonio Guzmán Blanco, Military leader, diplomat and politician, President of Venezuela (1870-77, 1879-84, 1886-87), dies at 70

1904 Vyacheslav von Plehve, Russian Minister of the Interior, killed by Jewish revolutionaries after a bomb is thrown at his carriage, dies at 58

1907 James Henry Lane, US Brigadier General during Civil War (Confederate) and professor, dies at 74

1915 Vilbrun Guillaume Sam, Haitian rebellion leader, President of Haiti (1915), lynched by a mob at 56

1930 Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish physician (Nobel Prize 1911), dies at 68

1934 Louis Tancred, South African cricketer (fourteen Tests batting for South Africa 1905-14), dies at 57

1934 Marie Dressler, Canadian-American actress (Dinner at 8, Anna Christie), dies at 65 of cancer

1937 Muslim Magomayev, Azerbaijani-Soviet composer, dies at 51

1937 Joseph Lee, American Father of Playgrounds movement, dies at 88

1939 William James Mayo, American surgeon and co-founder (Mayo Clinic in Minnesota), dies at 78

1940 Richard Ohlsson, Swedish composer, dies at 66

1942 Flinders Petrie, English Egyptologist (Merneptah Stele, measured the pyramids), dies at 89

1957 Edith Abbott, American social worker and educator (University of Chicago Social Sciences), dies at 80

1960 Enrique Amorim, Uruguayan author (La victoria no viene sola), dies at 60

1965 Maurice Yvain, French composer, dies at 74

1965 Minor Watson, American actor (Woman of the Year, Viva Cisco Kid), dies at 75

1965 Edogawa Ranpo, Japanese author (boy detectives club books), dies at 70

1967 Karl W. Richter, American Air Force pilot during Vietnam War (youngest to shoot down a MiG), shot down at 24

1968 Charles William Mayo, American surgeon (Mayo Clinic), dies in a car accident at 70

1968 Otto Hahn, German physicist and chemist (Nobel 1944, radiothorium/actinium), dies at 89

1969 Ernst Tittel, Austrian organist and composer, dies at 59

1969 Frank H. Loesser, American songwriter and composer (Guys & Dolls), dies at 59

1969 Gabriel von Wayditch, Hungarian American composer, dies at 80

1969 Ramón Grau, Cuban politician, 6th and 10th President of Cuba, dies at 87

1969 Frank Loesser, American songwriter and composer (Most Happy Fella), dies at 59

1971 Myril Hoag, American baseball player, dies at 63

1971 Charles E. Pont, American artist, dies at 73

1972 Helen Traubel, American soprano, dies at 73

1972 Charu Majumdar, Indian revolutionary leader, dies in custody at 53

1973 Royal Butler [Edwin Richey], American actor (Zenobia), dies at 80

1974 Jack Ellis, Australian cricketer (Victorian WK, Ashes tourist 1926), dies

1974 Truman Bradley, American TV host (Science Fiction Theater), dies at 69

1976 Jacob Soetendorp, Dutch rabbi, dies at 62

1976 Lucie Mannheim, German singer and actress (39 Steps), dies at 77

1979 Charles Shadwell, English conductor and bandleader (b. 1898)

1980 Cecil Burleigh, American composer, dies at 95

1981 Fr. Stanley Rother, American Roman Catholic Priest, Martyr and Missionary to Guatemala, dies at 1981

1982 George Kleinsinger, American composer (Tubby the Tuba), dies at 68

1983 Alec Marks, cricketer (good NSW batsman 1928-37), dies

1984 Bess Flowers, actress (View from Pompey's Head), dies at 85

1984 Ahti Sonninen, Finnish composer (Pessi and Illusia, Rauhaa, vain rauhaa), dies at 70

1985 Grant Williams, American actor (Hawaiian Eye, Incredible Shrinking Man), dies of toxic poisoning at 54

1986 Charles Aubroeck, Belgian painter and sculptor (Iron Tower), dies at 91

1986 Syd Curnow, South African cricketer (168 runs in 7 Tests), dies

1986 Cliff Melton, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1942; NL saves leader 1937; NY Giants), dies at 74

1987 James Burnham, philosopher (Coming Defeat of Communism), dies at 81