<Li> 1997--Reimis Smith, Australian rugby league player </Li> <Ul> <Li> 189--Emperor Ling of Han, Chinese emperor (b . 156) </Li> <Li> 558--John the Silent, bishop and saint </Li> <Li> 1112--Ulric II, Margrave of Carniola </Li> <Li> 1176--Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine (b . 1119) </Li> <Li> 1285--Robert de Ros, 1st Baron de Ros </Li> <Li> 1312--Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine (b . 1263) </Li> <Li> 1573--Takeda Shingen, Japanese daimyo (b . 1521) </Li> <Li> 1619--Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch politician (b . 1547) </Li> <Li> 1704--Louis Bourdaloue, French preacher and author (b . 1632) </Li> <Li> 1726--Francesco Antonio Pistocchi, Italian singer (b . 1659) </Li> <Li> 1782--Daniel Solander, Swedish - English botanist and phycologist (b . 1736) </Li> <Li> 1807--Eliphalet Dyer, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b . 1721) </Li> <Li> 1809--Beilby Porteus, English bishop (b . 1731) </Li> <Li> 1832--Georges Cuvier, French zoologist and academic (b . 1769) </Li> <Li> 1835--John Nash, English architect, designed the Royal Pavilion (b . 1752) </Li> <Li> 1866--Nikolai Brashman, Czech - Russian mathematician and academic (b . 1796) </Li> <Li> 1878--Joseph Henry, American physicist and academic (b . 1797) </Li> <Li> 1884--Cyrus McCormick, American businessman, co-founded the International Harvester Company (b . 1809) </Li> <Li> 1885--Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, German physician, pathologist, and anatomist (b . 1809) </Li> <Li> 1903--Apolinario Mabini, Filipino lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Philippines (b . 1864) </Li> <Li> 1916--Sholem Aleichem, Ukrainian - American author and playwright (b . 1859) </Li> <Li> 1921--Jean Aicard, French author, poet, and playwright (b . 1848) </Li> <Li> 1926--Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian - American bishop (b . 1857) </Li> <Li> 1930--Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian scientist, explorer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b . 1861) </Li> <Li> 1938--Charles Édouard Guillaume, Swiss - French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b . 1861) </Li> <Li> 1941--Frederick Christian, English cricketer (b . 1877) </Li> <Li> 1941--Ōnishiki Uichirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 26th Yokozuna (b . 1891) </Li> <Li> 1945--Tubby Hall, American drummer (b . 1895) </Li> <Li> 1947--Sukanta Bhattacharya, Indian poet and playwright (b . 1926) </Li> <Li> 1948--Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington (b . 1920) </Li> <Li> 1957--Michael Fekete, Hungarian - Israeli mathematician and academic (b . 1886) </Li> <Li> 1961--Gary Cooper, American actor (b . 1901) </Li> <Li> 1962--Henry Trendley Dean, American dentist (b . 1893) </Li> <Li> 1962--Franz Kline, American painter and academic (b . 1910) </Li> <Li> 1963--Alois Hudal, Austrian - Italian bishop (b . 1885) </Li> <Li> 1972--Dan Blocker, American actor (b . 1928) </Li> <Li> 1974--Jaime Torres Bodet, Mexican poet and diplomat (b . 1902) </Li> <Li> 1974--Arthur J. Burks, American colonel and author (b . 1898) </Li> <Li> 1975--Bob Wills, American singer - songwriter and actor (b . 1905) </Li> <Li> 1977--Mickey Spillane, American mobster (b . 1934) </Li> <Li> 1985--Leatrice Joy, American actress (b . 1893) </Li> <Li> 1985--Richard Ellmann, American literary critic and biographer (b . 1918) </Li> <Li> 1988--Chet Baker, American singer and trumpet player (b . 1929) </Li> <Li> 1992--F.E. McWilliam, Irish sculptor (b . 1909) </Li> <Li> 1994--Duncan Hamilton, Irish - English race car driver (b . 1920) </Li> <Li> 1994--John Swainson, Canadian - American jurist and politician, 42nd Governor of Michigan (b . 1925) </Li> <Li> 1995--Hao Wang, Chinese - American logician, philosopher, and mathematician (b . 1921) </Li> <Li> 1999--Abd al - Aziz ibn Baz, Saudi Arabian scholar and academic (b . 1910) </Li> <Li> 1999--Gene Sarazen, American golfer and journalist (b . 1902) </Li> <Li> 2000--Paul Bartel, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b . 1938) </Li> <Li> 2000--Jumbo Tsuruta, Japanese wrestler (b . 1951) </Li> <Li> 2001--Jason Miller, American actor and playwright (b . 1939) </Li> <Li> 2002--Ruth Cracknell, Australian actress and author (b . 1925) </Li> <Li> 2002--Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b . 1939) </Li> <Li> 2005--Eddie Barclay, French record producer, founded Barclay Records (b . 1921) </Li> <Li> 2005--George Dantzig, American mathematician and academic (b . 1914) </Li> <Li> 2006--Jaroslav Pelikan, American historian and scholar (b . 1923) </Li> <Li> 2006--Johnnie Wilder, Jr., American singer (b . 1949) </Li> <Li> 2008--Saad Al - Salim Al - Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler, Emir of Kuwait (b . 1930) </Li> <Li> 2008--Ron Stone, American journalist and author (b . 1936) </Li> <Li> 2009--Frank Aletter, American actor (b . 1926) </Li> <Li> 2009--Meir Brandsdorfer, Belgian rabbi (b . 1934) </Li> <Li> 2009--Achille Compagnoni, Italian skier and mountaineer (b . 1914) </Li> <Li> 2011--Derek Boogaard, Canadian ice hockey player (b . 1982) </Li> <Li> 2011--Stephen De Staebler, American sculptor and educator (b . 1933) </Li> <Li> 2011--Wallace McCain, Canadian businessman, co-founded McCain Foods (b . 1930) </Li> <Li> 2011--Bruce Ricker, American director and producer (b . 1942) </Li> <Li> 2012--Arsala Rahmani Daulat, Afghan politician (b . 1937) </Li> <Li> 2012--Donald "Duck" Dunn, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (b . 1941) </Li> <Li> 2012--Ada Maria Isasi - Diaz, Cuban - American theologian, author, and academic (b . 1943) </Li> <Li> 2012--Lee Richardson, English speedway rider (b . 1979) </Li> <Li> 2012--Don Ritchie, Australian humanitarian (b . 1925) </Li> <Li> 2012--Nguyễn Văn Thiện, Vietnamese bishop (b . 1906) </Li> <Li> 2013--Joyce Brothers, American psychologist, author, and actress (b . 1927) </Li> <Li> 2013--Otto Herrigel, Namibian lawyer and politician (b . 1937) </Li> <Li> 2013--Jagdish Mali, Indian photographer (b . 1954) </Li> <Li> 2013--Chuck Muncie, American football player (b . 1953) </Li> <Li> 2013--Fyodor Tuvin, Russian footballer (b . 1973) </Li> <Li> 2013--Lynne Woolstencroft, Canadian politician (b . 1943) </Li> <Li> 2014--David Malet Armstrong, Australian philosopher and author (b . 1926) </Li> <Li> 2014--Malik Bendjelloul, Swedish director and producer (b . 1977) </Li> <Li> 2014--J.F. Coleman, American soldier and pilot (b . 1918) </Li> <Li> 2014--Ron Stevens, Canadian lawyer and politician (b . 1949) </Li> <Li> 2014--Morning Glory Zell - Ravenheart, American occultist and author (b . 1948) </Li> <Li> 2015--Earl Averill, Jr., American baseball player (b . 1931) </Li> <Li> 2015--Robert Drasnin, American clarinet player and composer (b . 1927) </Li> <Li> 2015--Nina Otkalenko, Russian runner (b . 1928) </Li> <Li> 2015--David Sackett, American - Canadian physician and academic (b . 1934) </Li> <Li> 2015--Gainan Saidkhuzhin, Russian cyclist (b . 1937) </Li> <Li> 2018--Margot Kidder, Canadian - American actress (b . 1948) </Li> </Ul> <Li> 189--Emperor Ling of Han, Chinese emperor (b . 156) </Li> <Li> 558--John the Silent, bishop and saint </Li>

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