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939 - The Major Occultation, or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi
951 - Paris is founded
1099 - First Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on.
1283 - War of the Sicilian Vespers: Battle of Malta
1497 - Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama departs for on his first voyage - becomes first European to reach India by sea
1579 - Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, was discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan.
1663 - King Charles II of England grants a charter to Rhode Island
1672 - Willem II becomes captain-/admiral-general

1680 - The first confirmed tornado in America kills a servant at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1693 - NYC authorizes 1st police uniforms in American colonies
1709 - Battle of Poltava; Russians defeat Swedes
1716 - Great Northern War: Battle of Dynekilen, a Danish-Norwegian force under Peter Tordenskjold trapped and defeated a similar Swedish force
1758 - British & Colonial assault on French forces at Ticonderoga, NY
King Charles IIKing Charles II 1776 - Col John Nixon gave 1st public reading of Decaration of Independence (Philadelphia)
1777 - Vermont introduces new constitution making it 1st US state to abolish slavery
1778 - George Washington headquarters at West Point for his Continental Army
1792 - France declares war on Prussia
1796 - US State Dept issues 1st American passport
1797 - 1st US senator (William Blount of Tennessee) expelled by impeachment
1800 - Dr Benjamin Waterhouse gives 1st cowpox vaccination in the US to his son to prevent smallpox
1805 - American Bill Richmond knocks out Jack Holmes, Kilburn Wells, England
1816 - Frost in Waltham, MA
1822 - Chippewas turn over huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom.
1833 - Russia & Turkey sign defense treaty
1835 - Liberty Bell cracks (again)
Naturalist Charles DarwinNaturalist Charles Darwin 1836 - HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Saint-Helena
1838 - Arabs attack Jewish community of Safed
1849 - St Paul's Place in the Bronx named
1853 - Commodore Matthew Perry sails his frigate Susquehanna into Tokyo Bay
1859 - King Charles XV/Carl IV accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway.
1861 - CS Gen Sibley is given command of rebel troops in NM territory
1861 - Skirmish at Florida, MI - A rebel encampment is attacked & dispersed
1862 - Odore R Timby patents revolving gun turret
1864 - The Shinsengumi sabotage the Choshu-han shishi's planned attack on Kyoto, Japan at Ikedaya. This event is known as Ikedaya Jiken.
1870 - US Congress authorizes registration of trademarks
1870 - Gov Holden of NC declares Casswell County in a state of insurrection
1874 - The Mounties (North West Mounted Police) begin their March West from Fort Dufferin
1876 - White terrorists attack Black Republicans in Hamburg SC, killing 5
1889 - John L Sullivan KOs Jake Kilrain in 75 rounds (last bare-knuckle bout)
1889 - Wall Street Journal begins publishing
1891 - 61°F, highest temp for July 1891, in Baltimore & Phila
1892 - American Psychological Association organized, Worcester, Mass
1892 - St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
1895 - Delagoa Bay Railway opens in South-Africa
Politician William Jennings BryanPolitician William Jennings Bryan 1896 - William Jennings Bryan's "cross of gold" speech at Democrat convention
1896 - Charles Tupper resigns as Prime Minister of Canada after losing the June 23rd election, his 69-day term the shortest in Canadian history
1897 - Harbor Hospital formally opens
1898 - Phillies' Red Donahue no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0
1898 - US battle fleet under Admiral Dewey occupies Isla Grande at Manila
1898 - The shooting death of crime boss Soapy Smith releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
1900 - 1st night baseball, league game (Zanesville at Grand Rapids)
1902 - John McGraw, accused by Ban Johnson of trying to wreck Baltimore & Washington clubs, negotiates his release from the Orioles
1905 - Part of Angel Island allocated for Immigration Detention Center
1905 - 22nd Wimbledon Women's Tennis: May Bundy beats D Chambers (6-3 6-4)
1905 - 29th Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Laurence Doherty beats N Brookes (8-6 6-2 6-4)
6th Prime Minister of Canada Charles Tupper6th Prime Minister of Canada Charles Tupper 1905 - The soldiers of the Russian ship "Potemkin" who mutinied, surrender to Rumanian authorities, who turn ship over to Russian authorities soon after
1907 - Florenz Ziegfeld staged 1st `Follies' on NY Theater roof
1908 - Uprisings spread throughout Turkey
1909 - 1st pro baseball game (minor league) played under lights
1911 - Nan Aspinwall is 1st woman to make solo transcont trip by horse
1911 - 35th Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Anthony Wilding beats H Roper-Barrett (6-4 4-6 2-6 6-2)
1912 - G E V Crutchley (Oxford) 99 retired measles v Cambridge
1912 - Giants Rube Marquard loses after winning 21 straight
1912 - 29th Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Ethel Larcombe beats C Sterry (6-3 6-1)
1912 - 36th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Anthony Wilding beats A Gore (6-4 6-4 4-6 6-4)
1915 - The Germans reply to Wilson's second Lusitania note by saying that Americans may sail on clearly marked neutral ships, but Germany does not deal with Wilson's other demands
Baseball Legend Babe RuthBaseball Legend Babe Ruth 1918 - Babe Ruth's blast over the fence in Fenway scores Amos Strunk, the Red Sox win 1-0 over Cleve, prevailing rules reduce Babe's HR to a triple
1919 - Pres Wilson returns to NYC from Versailles Peace Conference
1922 - 35th Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats M Mallory (6-2 6-0)
1923 - Harding becomes 1st sitting president to visit Alaska (Metlakahtla)
1923 - Walter Mittelholzer flies Junkers F-13 to Spitsbergen/Oostland
1928 - Phillies set record of errorless 25 inning doubleheader
1932 - Depression low point of Dow Jones Industrial Average, 41.22
1932 - Herbert Sutcliffe scores his 100th 100, Yorkshire v Gloucs
1933 - 46th Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Helen Moody beats D Round (6-4 6-8 6-3)
1933 - Public Works Administration becomes effective
1933 - 68th British Golf Open: Denny Shute shoots a 292 at Old Course at St Andrews
Golfer and Three-Time Major Championship Winner Denny ShuteGolfer and Three-Time Major Championship Winner Denny Shute 1935 - 3rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-1 at Municipal Stadium, Cleve
1938 - Would be start of England v Australia Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout
1938 - 73rd British Golf Open: Reg Whitcombe shoots a 295 at Royal St George's Golf Club
1939 - 59th Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Bobby Riggs beats E Cooke (2-6 8-6 3-6 6-3 6-2)
1941 - 9th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-5 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit
1941 - All Jews living in Baltic States are obligated to wear a Jewish Star
1943 - 4th day of battle at Kursk: Gen Model uses last tank reserve
1943 - British air raid sinks U-232
1943 - NSB-leader A Mussert meets with Heinrich Himmler
1943 - US invasion fleet passes Bizerta Tunisia
1944 - British troops march into Caen
1944 - Japanese kamakize attacks on US lines at Saipan
Tennis Player and Three-Time Major Champion Bobby RiggsTennis Player and Three-Time Major Champion Bobby Riggs 1946 - "Tidbits of 1946" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 8 performances
1946 - Baseball grants $5,000 minimum salary
1947 - 14th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-1 at Wrigley Field, Chicago
1947 - Demolition begins for UN HQ in NYC
1947 - Reports are broadcast that a UFO has crashed landed in Roswell, New Mexico.
1948 - 500th anniversary Russian orthodox church celebrated in Moscow
1949 - Monte Irvin & Hank Thompson are 1st blacks to play for NY Giants
1949 - The Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, Act No 55 prohibiting marriage or a sexual relationship between White people and people of other race groups is passed in South Africa
1950 - 33.4 cm rain fall at York, Nebraska (state record)
1950 - 57th Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Louise Brough beats M duPont (6-1 3-6 6-1)
1950 - Gen Douglas MacArthur named commander-in-chief, UN forces in Korea

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 199
1528 - Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherland
1545 - Don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II
1574 - Giovanni Battista Stefanini, composer
1593 - Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian painter (d. 1653)
1604 - Heinrich Albert, Germany, composer (Arien oder Melodien)
1621 - Jean de la Fontaine, French poet (Fables)
1637 - Johann Georg Ebeling, composer
1638 - Matteo Coferati, composer
1757 - Richard Wainwright, composer
1760 - Christian Kramp, French mathematician (d. 1826)
1766 - Dominique Jean Larrey, French surgeon (d. 1842)
1792 - Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen, queen of Bavaria (d. 1854)
1809 - Ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja)
1819 - Alexander Hays, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), (d. 1864)
1819 - Vatroslav Lisinski, composer
1819 - Francis Leopold McClintock, British naval officer and explorer (d. 1907)
1821 - William Harvey Lamb Wallace, Brigadier General (Union volunteers)
1824 - Waldimir "Kriz" Krzyzanowski, Brigadier General (Union volunteers)
1826 - Benjamin Henry Grierson, Major General (Union volunteers)
1826 - Robert Kingston Scott, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1829 - Pierre A Vicomte de Ponson du Terrail, French serial writer
1830 - Frederick William Seward, United States Assistant Secretary of State (d. 1915)
1830 - Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna of Altenburg (d. 1911)
1836 - Joseph Chamberlain, British minister of Commerce/Colonies
Inventor Ferdinand von ZeppelinInventor Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838) 1838 - Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Baden Germany, inventor (rigid dirigibles), (d. 1917)
1839 - John D. Rockefeller, Richford New York, US capitalist/founder (Standard Oil), (d. 1937)
1844 - Mary Johnson Lincoln, educator (Boston Cooking School)
1851 - Arthur J Evans, English archaeologist (Crete)
1857 - Rudolf Dellinger, composer
1867 - Kathe Kollwitz, Germany, print maker/sculptor (Bauernkrieg)
1869 - William V Moody, US poet (Death of Eve, Faith Healer)
1870 - Marie C of Zeggelen, Dutch novelist (Koloniaaltje)
1871 - Clement Harris, composer
1871 - Kornelis ter Laan, 1st Dutch socialist mayor (Zaandam)
1878 - Jimmy Quinn, Scottish footballer (d. 1945)
1882 - Percy Grainger, composer/pianist/conductor (Hill Songs), born in Melbourne, Victoria
Oil Industrialist John D. RockefellerOil Industrialist John D. Rockefeller (1839) 1882 - Waverley John Anderson, Scottish viscount/governor of Bengal
1885 - Ann Jemima Flower, oldest resident of Netherlands
1885 - Emil Bloch, German philosopher
1889 - Eugene Pallette, Winfield KS, actor (Adv of Robin Hood, Mark of Zorro)
1890 - W Hasenvlever, writer
1891 - Elisabeth Zernike, Dutch writer (Poor Part, Bruidstijd)
1891 - Josef Hora, Czech writer/poet (Working Day)
1892 - Richard Aldington, writer
1892 - Pavel Korin, Russian painter (d. 1967)
1893 - Fritz Perls, father of Gestalt therapy
1894 - Clemens VI Trefois, Flemish architect/sociologist
1895 - Anton G J van de Velde, Flemish writer/director (God & the Worms)
1898 - Alec Waugh, novelist (Island in the Sun); brother of Evelyn, born in London, England
1898 - Melville Ruick, Boise Idaho, actor (Barton-City Hospital)
1899 - David Eli Lilienthal, US government organizer (Wisconsin)
1900 - George Antheil, Trenton NJ, composer (Airplane Sonata)
1901 - Donald Benjamin Harden, archaeologist
1904 - Bill Challis, arranger/pianist
1904 - Henri Cartan, French mathematician
1905 - Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator (d. 1997)
1906 - Philip Johnson, Cortalyou architect, born in Cleveland, Ohio
1907 - George W Romney, (Gov-R-Mich)/US Secretary of HUD (1969-73)
1907 - Kishio Hirao, composer
Musician Louis JordanMusician Louis Jordan (1908) 1908 - Louis Jordan, Ark, alto saxman (Caldonia)
1908 - Nelson A Rockefeller, (Gov-R-NY) 41st VP (1974-77)
1909 - Petar Segedin, Croatian novelist (Holy Devil)
1910 - Govan AM Mbeki, South African leader (ANC/SACP)
1911 - Gertrude Niesen, NY, actress (Start Cheering)
1911 - Ken Farnes, cricket bowler (fast England in pre-WW II years)
1912 - Jacques Stehman, composer
1913 - Walter Kerr, NY drama critic (Sad Clowns)
1914 - Billy Eckstine, jazz singer (Tenderly, A Fool in Love), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1914 - Jyoti Basu, Indian politician
1915 - Charles Hard Townes, Greenville SC, physicist (developed lasers)
1917 - Faye Emerson, Elizabeth La, actress (I've Got a Secret)
1917 - Glenn Langan, actor (Amazing Colossal Man, Margie), born in Denver, Colorado
1917 - Pamela Brown, actress (Cleopatra, Beckett), born in London, England
1918 - Craig Stevens, Liberty Mo, actor (Craig-Dallas, Peter Gunn)
1919 - Walter Scheel, German Foreign minister/president
1920 - Dolph Sweet, actor (Gimme a Break, Which Way is Up), born in NYC, New York
1920 - Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish industrialist (Lego Group) (d. 1995)
1923 - Harrison Dillard, Cleve, 100m runner (Oly-4 gold-1948, 52)
1924 - Johnnie Johnson, American blues musician (d. 2005)
1926 - Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, author/physician/educator
1926 - John D Dingell, (Rep-D-Michigan, 1955- )
1927 - Carlo Franci, composer
1927 - Maurice Hayes, Irish politician
1928 - Carol Henry, Newark NJ, choreographer (Garry Moore Show)
1928 - Norma Donaldson, singer/actress (Poetic Justice, 5 Heartbeats)
1929 - Shirley Ann Grau, author (Keepers of the House)
1930 - Valeri Aleksandrovich Yazdovsky, Russian cosmonaut
1931 - Jerry Vale, [Genaro Louis Vitaliano], American singer (Arriverderci Roma), born in NYC (d. 2014)
1931 - Louis Ballard, composer
Sports Broadcasting Pioneer and President of ABC Sports Roone ArledgeSports Broadcasting Pioneer and President of ABC Sports Roone Arledge (1931) 1931 - Roone Arledge, American President of ABC Sports (Monday Night Football), born in NYC, New York
1933 - Antonio Lamer, French Canadian lawyer and chief justice
1934 - Marty Feldman, comedian (Young Frankenstein), born in London, England
1934 - Ed Lumley, Canadian corporate executive and former politician
1935 - John David Crow, football player (Heisman Trophy 1957)
1935 - Steve Lawrence, Bkln, singer/actor (Go Away Little Girl, Lonely Guy)
1935 - Vitali Ivanovich Sevastiyanov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 9, 18B)
1936 - Rudolf W de Korte, Dutch Unilever-director/minister EA (L)
1937 - Barbara Ann Loden, actress (Ernie Kovac's Show)
1938 - Marian Ackerman, women's rights advocacy administrator
1940 - Marcia Rodd, actress (Little Murders, T R Baskins)

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 17 of 17
1290 - Princess Margaret (15), daughter of Edward I of England marries John II of Brabant at Westminster Abbey
1551 - Willem of Orange weds countess Anna van Egmond & Buren
Magician Jean Eugène Robert-HoudinMagician Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin (1830) 1830 - Magician Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin (24) weds Josèphe Cecile
1835 - Mathematician Ada Lovelace [Ada Byron] (19) weds Earl of Lovelace, William King (30)
1891 - Future president Harding marries Florence K DeWolfe in Marion Ohio
1891 - US President Warren G. Harding (25) weds publisher Florence Kling DeWolfe (30) in Marion, Ohio
1942 - British born actor "His Girl Friday" Cary Grant (38) weds American heiress and socialite Barbara Hutton (29)
1968 - MLB baseball player Reggie Jackson (22) weds his college sweetheart Jennie Campos
1972 - English prince Richard marries Birgitte of Deurs (Henriksen)
1977 - NFL coach Mike Ditka (21) weds Diana Trantham in Dallas County, Texas
1979 - Singer Marianne Faithfull (32) weds Ben Briefly
1989 - Emmy Award-winning actor Bryan Cranston (33) weds actress Robin Dearden (35)
Actor Bryan CranstonActor Bryan Cranston (1989) 1991 - "Sanford and Son" actor-comedian Redd Foxx (68) weds Ka Ho Cho at The Little Church of the West in Las Vegas
2000 - Olympic figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi (28) weds Carolina Hurricanes ice hockey player Bret Hedican (29) at the Mauna Lani Resort in Kona, Hawaii
2006 - "Good Day L.A." co-host Jillian Barberie (39) weds actor Grant Reynolds in San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles
2006 - "The Surreal Life" actress Brigitte Nielsen (43) weds model Mattia Dessi (27) at the Radisson SAS Golden Sands Resort and Spa in Malta
2013 - Model Amber Rose (29) weds rapper Wiz Khalifa (25) in Pennsylvania

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 99 of 99
810 - Pepin, son of Charlemagne, King of Italy, dies (birth date unknown)
975 - Edgar, King of England (959-75), dies
1115 - Petrus van Amiens, French Crusades predictor, dies
1153 - Eugene III, [Bernardo], Italian Pope (1145-53), dies
1249 - Alexander II, King of Scots (1215-49), dies at 51
1253 - Thibaud IV, poet/count of Champagne/King of Navarra, dies
1496 - Benedetto Bonfiglio, Italian painter, dies
1531 - Tilman Riemenschneider, German sculptor, dies at 71
1538 - Diego de Almagro, Spanish conquistador (Chile/Peru), killed at Las Salinas at about 63
Conquistador Diego de AlmagroConquistador Diego de Almagro (1538) 1623 - Gregory XV, [Alessandro Ludovisi], bishop of Bologna/Pope, dies at 69
1656 - Alexander van der Capellen, mister of Aartsbergen, dies at about 64
1679 - Samuel J Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies
1681 - Georg Neumark, composer, dies at 60
1689 - Edward Wooster, English Connecticut pioneer (b. 1622)
1695 - Christiaan Huygens, Dutch scientist (b. 1629)
1716 - Robert South, English churchman (b. 1634)
1721 - Elihu Yale, American benefactor of Yale University (b. 1649)
1726 - John Ker, Scottish spy (b. 1673)
1784 - Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist (b. 1735)
1822 - Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet (Prometheus unbound), drowns at 29
1826 - Luther Martin, American statesman (b. 1748)
1850 - Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (b. 1774)
1855 - Sir William Edward Parry, English Arctic explorer (b. 1790)
1859 - F J Oscar I, King of Sweden/Norway (1844-59), dies at 60
1863 - Francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore, dies at 65
1870 - John D Zocher Jr, architect (Soestdijk Palace), dies at 79
1876 - Josef Dessauer, composer, dies at 78
1885 - Henry Waelput, Flemish composer/conductor (Blessing of Arms), dies
1894 - Vladimir Nikitich Kashperov, composer, dies
1895 - Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian scientist (b. 1821)
1898 - Soapy Smith, American con artist (b. 1860)
1905 - Walter Kittredge, American musician (b. 1834)
1909 - Gaston AA marquis de Gallifet, Fren min of War (1899-1900), dies at 79
1913 - Louis Hémon, French-born writer (b. 1880)
1917 - Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877)
1932 - Florenz Ziegfeld, US theatre producer (Ziegfeld Follies), dies
1933 - Anthony Hope, British author (b. 1863)
1934 - Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer (b. 1848)
1939 - [Henry] Havelock Ellis, English sexologist (Man & Woman), dies at 80
1941 - Philippe Gaubert, composer, dies at 62
1941 - Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, senator, historian and orientalist (b. 1874)
1942 - Catherinus Elling, composer, dies at 83
1943 - Harry Oakes, Canadian ruler of Bahamas, murdered
1943 - Jean "Max" Moulin, French resistance fighter, executed
1946 - Aleksander V Aleksandrov, Russian composer/conductor, dies at 63
1948 - Dave Nourse, cricketer (45 Tests for South Africa 1902-24), dies
1949 - Antun Sa'ada, Syrian rightwing politician, executed in Lebanon
1949 - Riccadro Pick-Mangiagalli, composer, dies at 66
1950 - Othmar Spann, Austrian economist/sociologist (Wahre State), dies at 71
1956 - Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, dutch min of Justice (Nobel 54), dies
1956 - Giovanni Papini, Italian author/poet (Un Uomo Finito), dies at 75
1957 - Grace Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29), dies at 78
1957 - Henry Fevrier, composer, dies at 81
1957 - William Cadbury, chocolate maker, dies at 89
1959 - Dale Buisand & Chester Ovnand, 1st Americans killed in Vietnam War
1961 - Julian Bautista, composer, dies at 60
1962 - Georges Bataille, French writer and philosopher (b. 1897)
1967 - Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani political figure (b. 1893)
1971 - Charlie Shavers, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1920)
1973 - Wilfred Rhodes, cricketer (4187 1st-class wickets, most ever), dies
1979 - Michael Wilding, actor (Waterloo, Zarakm Naked Edge), dies
1979 - Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1906)
1979 - Robert B. Woodward, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1917)
1981 - Loring Smith, actor (Hartmans), dies at 86
1982 - Isa Miranda, model/actress (Summertime), dies of infected bone at 77
1984 - Christine McIntyre, actress (3 Stooges), dies at 73
1985 - Gardner Cowles Jr, US publisher (Look Magazine), dies at 82
1985 - Phil Foster, comedian (Frank De Fazio-Laverne & Shirley), dies at 72
1985 - Simon Kuznets, US economist (Nobel 1971), dies at 84
1986 - Skeeter Webb, American baseball player (b. 1909)
1987 - Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet (b. 1896)
1987 - Lionel Chevrier, Canadian politician (b. 1903)
1988 - Ray Barbuti, American athlete (b. 1905)
1990 - Howard Duff, actor (Heist, Knots Landing), dies of heart attack at 72
1990 - Malcolm Hilton, English cricket slow left-arm (4 Tests), dies
1991 - James Franciscus, actor (Mr Novak), dies at of emphysema 57
1991 - Lotte Palfi Andor, actress (Lovesick, All the Jazz), dies
1994 - Christian-Jaque, French director (Babette s'and va-t-and guerre), dies
1994 - Dick Sargent, actor (Darren-Bewitched), dies of cancer at 64
1994 - Dominic Lucero, dancer/singer, dies of lymphatic cancer
1994 - Kim Il Sung, president of North-Korea (1948-94), dies at 82
1994 - Lars-Eric Lindblad, Swedish-American entrepreneur and explorer (b. 1927)
1995 - Elizabeth Adams, madam, dies at 65
1996 - Amschel Rothschild, banker, dies at 41
1996 - Ernest Armstrong, miner/politician, dies at 81
1996 - James Woodie Alexander, songwriter/vocalist, dies at 80
1996 - Thomas Mitchell, architect/engineer, dies at 90
1997 - Charles Drake, geologist, dies of heart attack at 92
1999 - Pete Conrad, American astronaut (b. 1930)
2001 - John O'Shea, New Zealand film director (b. 1920)
2002 - Ward Kimball, American animator (b. 1914)
2004 - Paula Danziger, American author (b. 1944)
2004 - Jean Lefebvre, French actor (b. 1922)
2006 - June Allyson, American actress (b. 1917)
2006 - Peter Hawkins, British actor/voice actor (b. 1924)
2011 - Roberts Blossom, American actor and poet (b. 1924)
2011 - Mary Fenech Adami, First Lady of Malta (b. 1933)
US First Lady Betty FordUS First Lady Betty Ford (2011) 2011 - Betty Ford, First Lady of the United States (b. 1918)
2012 - Ernest Borgnine, American actor (Ice station Zebra, Marty), dies from renal failure at 95




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