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| *[[1765]] - [[Edward Young]], English poet (b. [[1683]]) | *[[1765]] - [[Edward Young]], English poet (b. [[1683]]) | ||
| *[[1794]] - [[Camille Desmoulins]], French journalist and politician (b. [[1760]]) | *[[1794]] - [[Camille Desmoulins]], French journalist and politician (b. [[1760]]) | ||
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| - | *[[1900]] - [[Joseph Louis François Bertrand]], French mathematician (b. [[1822]]) | ||
| *[[1923]] - [[George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon]], English financier (b. [[1866]]) | *[[1923]] - [[George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon]], English financier (b. [[1866]]) | ||
| - | *[[1928]] - [[Roy Kilner]], English cricketer (b. [[1890]]) | ||
| - | *[[1945]] - [[Karl Otto Koch]], German SS-officer (b. [[1897]]) | ||
| - | *[[1946]] - [[Vincent Youmans]], American songwriter (b. [[1898]]) | ||
| - | *[[1952]] - [[Charles Collett]], [[GWR]] Chief mechanical engineer (b. [[1871]]) | ||
| - | *[[1964]] - [[General]] [[Douglas MacArthur]], American general (b. [[1880]]) | ||
| - | *[[1967]] - [[Hermann Joseph Muller]], American geneticist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel laureate]] (b. [[1890]]) | ||
| - | * 1967 - [[Mischa Elman]], Ukrainian violinist (b. [[1891]]) | ||
| - | *[[1969]] - [[Ain-Ervin Mere]], Estonian Nazi (b. [[1903]]) | ||
| - | * 1969 - [[Shelby Storck]], American television producer (b. [[1917]]) | ||
| - | *[[1970]] - [[Alfred Henry Sturtevant]], American geneticist (b. [[1891]]) | ||
| - | *[[1972]] - [[Brian Donlevy]], American actor (b. [[1901]]) | ||
| - | *[[1973]] - [[John Coleman (Australian footballer)|John Coleman]], Australian rules footballer (b. [[1928]]) | ||
| - | *[[1974]] - [[A. Y. Jackson]], Canadian painter (b. [[1882]]) | ||
| - | *[[1975]] - [[Chiang Kai-shek]], 1st President of the Republic of China (b. [[1887]]) | ||
| *[[1976]] - [[Howard Hughes]], American aviator (b. [[1905]]) | *[[1976]] - [[Howard Hughes]], American aviator (b. [[1905]]) | ||
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| * 1976 - [[Wilder Penfield]], Canadian surgeon (b. [[1891]]) | * 1976 - [[Wilder Penfield]], Canadian surgeon (b. [[1891]]) | ||
| *[[1979]] - [[Eugène Gabritschevsky]], Russian biologist and artist (b. [[1893]]) | *[[1979]] - [[Eugène Gabritschevsky]], Russian biologist and artist (b. [[1893]]) | ||
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- 1837 - Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet (d. 1909)
- 1901 - Melvyn Douglas, American actor (d. 1981)
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- 1926 - Roger Corman, American film director
- 1929 - Hugo Claus, Belgian writer (d. 2008)
- 1941 - Michael Moriarty, American actor
- 1942 - Peter Greenaway, Welsh film director
- 1973 - Pharrell Williams, American music producer (The Neptunes)
Deaths
- 1765 - Edward Young, English poet (b. 1683)
- 1794 - Camille Desmoulins, French journalist and politician (b. 1760)
- 1923 - George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English financier (b. 1866)
- 1976 - Howard Hughes, American aviator (b. 1905)
- 1976 - Wilder Penfield, Canadian surgeon (b. 1891)
- 1979 - Eugène Gabritschevsky, Russian biologist and artist (b. 1893)
- 1981 - Bob Hite, American singer (Canned Heat) (b. 1945)
- 1982 - Abe Fortas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1910)
- 1983 - Danny Rapp, American musician (Danny & the Juniors) (b. 1941)
- 1991 - John Tower, American politician (b. 1925)
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- 1992 - Molly Picon, French actress (b. 1898)
- 1992 - Sam Walton, American retailer (b. 1918)
- 1994 - Kurt Cobain, American musician (Nirvana (band)) (b. 1967)
- 1997 - Allen Ginsberg, American poet (b. 1926)
- 1998 - Cozy Powell, British musician (b. 1947)
- 1999 - Paul David, French Canadian cardiologist (b. 1919)
- 2000 - Lee Petty, American race car driver (b. 1914)
- 2001 - Brother Theodore, German comedian (b. 1906)
- 2002 - Layne Staley, American musician (Alice in Chains) (b. 1967)
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- 2007 - Darryl Stingley, American football player (b. 1951)
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Roger Corman
Allen Ginsberg
Hugo Claus
Allan Kaprow
Arthur Cravan
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Peter Greenaway
Edward Young
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Geuzen
Bette Davis
Saul Bellow
David Goodis
Karel Zeman
Michael Moriarty
George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon
Melvyn Douglas
Jan Luyken
Vincenzo Gioberti
Pharrell Williams
Jane Ellen Harrison
Tod Robbins
Rita Cadillac
Dennis Potter
Howard Hughes
Thomas Hobbes
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