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*mmddyyyy Birthdays *-------- ------------------------------------------------------------ B0227280 Constantine the Great: Roman emperor B02291468 Pope Paul III B02141473 Nicolaus Copernicus: Polish astronomer B02071478 Sir Thomas More B02241500 Emperor Charles V (Charles I of Spain) B02181516 Mary I: Queen of England B02111535 Pope Gregory XIV B02061564 Christopher Marlowe: playwright B02151564 Galileo Galilei: Italian astronomer & mathematician B02121567 Thomas Campion: composer & poet B02081612 Samuel Butler: satirist B02231633 Samuel Pepys: diarist & naval officer B02021650 (Eleanor) Nell Gwyn: actress & mistress of Charles II B02171653 Arcangelo Corelli: Italian composer B02061655 Queen Anne B02231685 George Frederic Handel: composer B02091700 Daniel Bernouilli: Swiss mathematician B02151710 Louis XV, King of France B02191717 David Garrick: actor B02221732 George Washington: first president of the U.S.A. B02191743 Luigi Boccherini: Italian composer B02231743 Meyer Amschel Rothschild: banker B02181745 Count Alessandro Volta: Italian physicist B02101775 Charles Lamb: essayist & poet B02171781 René Laënnec: French doctor who invented the stethoscope B02181784 Niccolò Paganini: Italian violinist & composer B02241786 Wilhelm Grimm: folklorist B02051788 Sir Robert Peel: founder of police force B02291792 Gioacchino Antonio Rossini: Italian composer B02111800 William Henry Fox Talbot: pioneer of photography B02211801 Cardinal John Henry Newman B02061802 Sir Charles Wheatstone: inventor & physicist B02261802 Victor-Marie Hugo: French writer B02271807 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: U.S. poet B02031809 Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: German composer B02121809 Abraham Lincoln: 16th president of the U.S.A. B02121809 Charles Darwin: naturalist B02071812 Charles John Huffam Dickens: writer B02081819 John Ruskin: writer, artist & art critic B02081820 William Tecumseh Sherman: U.S. general B02281820 Sir John Tenniel: artist & illustrator B02031821 Elizabeth Blackwell: first woman medical practitioner B02281824 Charles Blondin: French tight-rope walker B02081828 Jules Verne: French novelist B02211836 Léo Delibes: French composer B02061838 Sir Henry Irving (John Henry Brodribb): actor B02181838 Ernst Mach: Austrian physicist B02051840 John Boyd Dunlop: inventor of pneumatic tyre B02051840 Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim: invented the Maxim machine gun B02291840 John Philip Holland: U.S. pioneer of the submarine B02191843 Adelina Patti: operatic soprano B02261846 William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill): U.S. showman B02111847 Thomas Alva Edison: U.S. inventor B02271847 Dame Ellen Terry: actress B02271848 Sir Charles Parry: composer B02131849 Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill: statesman B02141856 Frank Harris: Irish journalist & author B02221857 Robert Baden-Powell: founder of the Boy Scouts B02011859 Victor Herbert: U.S. composer B02171862 Sir Edward German: composer B02091863 Anthony Hope: novelist B02171864 Andrew Barton ('Banjo') Paterson: Australian poet & journalist B02091865 Mrs Patrick Campbell: actress B02121870 Marie Lloyd: music hall artist B02011872 Dame Clara Butt: contralto singer B02251873 Enrico Caruso: Italian singer B02131873 Feodor Chaliapin: Russian operatic singer B02271873 Enrico Caruso: Italian operatic tenor B02031874 Gertrude Stein: U.S. writer & critic B02151874 Sir Ernest Shackleton: Antarctic explorer B02021875 Fritz Kreisler: Violinist B02161876 George Macaulay Trevelyan: historian B02261879 Frank Bridge: composer B02131881 Eleanor Farjeon: writer B02021882 James Augustine Joyce: Irish writer B02151882 John Barrymore: U.S. actor B02231883 Victor Fleming: U.S. film director B02211885 Sacha Guitry: French actor & playwright B02241885 Chester Nimitz: U.S. admiral B02201888 Dame Marie Rambert: founder of the Ballet Rambert B02251888 John Foster Dulles: U.S. statesman B02051889 'Patsy' Elias H. Hendren: cricketer B02101889 Howard Spring: novelist B02251890 Dame Myra Hess: classical pianist B02281890 Vaclav Nijinsky B02101890 Boris Leonidovich Pasternak: Russian novelist B02181890 Edward Arnold: U.S. film actor B02091891 Ronald Colman: actor B02231892 Kathleen Harrison: actress B02101893 Jimmy Durante: U.S. comedian B02101894 Maurice Harold Macmillan: statesman & publisher B02081894 King Wallis Vidor: U.S. film director B02141894 Jack Benny: U.S. comedian & actor B02181894 Andrés Segovia: Spanish guitarist B02011895 John Ford: U.S. film director B02061895 George Herman ('Babe') Ruth: U.S. baseball player B02161895 Louis Calhern: U.S. film actor B02291896 William A. Wellman: U.S. film director B02101898 Berthold Brecht: German playwright & poet B02161898 Katherine Cornell: U.S. actress B02231899 Erich Kästner: German poet & writer for children B02011900 Stephen Meredith Potter: author & 'gamesman' B02051900 Adlai Stevenson: U.S. statesman & ambassador B02221900 Louis Buñuel: Spanish film director B02011901 William Clark Gable: U.S. film actor B02021901 Jascha Heifetz: Violinist B02131901 Georges Simenon: Belgian novelist B02171901 Marian Anderson: U.S. operatic contralto B02251901 'Zeppo' Marx: comedian & film actor B02041902 Charles Augustus Lindbergh: U.S. aviator B02271902 Gene Sarazen: U.S. golfer B02271902 John Steinbeck: U.S. writer B02291902 Jimmy Dorsey: U.S. bandleader B02081906 Chester Floyd Carlson: U.S. inventor of Xerox photocopying B02101906 Lon Chaney Jr.: U.S. actor B02031907 James Michener: U.S. novelist B02151907 Cesar Romero: U.S. film actor B02211907 Winston Hugh Auden: poet B02111907 Ernest (E.W.) Swanton: sporting author & commentator B02221907 Robert Young: U.S. film actor B02111908 Sir Vivian Fuchs: Antarctic explorer B02221908 John Mills (later Sir John): actor & director B02111909 Joseph Mankiewicz: U.S. film writer & director B02101910 Joyce Grenfell: actress, writer & entertainer B02211910 Douglas Bader: World War II legless fighter ace B02021911 Jussi Björling: Swedish opera singer B02061911 Ronald Reagan: former president of the U.S.A. B02191911 Merle Oberon: U.S. film actress B02061912 Eva Braun: Hitler's mistress B02131912 Margaretta Scott: actress B02281913 Vicente Minnelli: U.S. film director B02031914 Doris Speed: TV actress B02041914 Ida Lupino: British/U.S. actress B02071914 Ralph Whitlock: farmer, writer & radio broadcaster B02101914 Larry Adler: harmonica player B02221914 Warren Tute: novelist & playwright B02241914 David Langdon: cartoonist B02011915 Sir Stanley Matthews: former footballer B02181915 Phyllis Calvert: actress B02251917 Anthony Burgess: writer B02281917 George Malcolm: composer B02011918 Muriel Spark: novelist B02051919 Red Buttons: U.S. actor & comedian B02241919 Betty Marsden: actress B02021920 Hughie Green: quizmaster B02041920 Norman Wisdom: comedian B02051920 Frank Muir: writer & broadcaster B02061920 Zsa Zsa Gabor: Hungarian/U.S. actress B02081920 Lana Turner: U.S. film actress B02111920 Farouk I: King of Egypt B02161920 Patti Andrews: One of the 'Andrews Sisters', U.S. wartime pop singers B02171920 Elleston Trevor: writer B02181920 Jack Palance: U.S. film actor B02291920 Michèle Morgan: French film actress B02011921 Peter Sallis: actor B02261921 Betty Hutton: U.S. film actress B02011922 Renata Tebaldi: Italian operatic soprano B02061922 Patrick MacNee: actor B02061922 Dennis Norden: writer & broadcaster B02091922 Kathryn Grayson: U.S. actress & singer B02161922 Sir Geraint Evans: Welsh operatic baritone B02181922 Helen Gurley Brown: U.S. writer B02261922 Margaret Leighton: actress B02071923 The Earl of Harewood B02091923 Brendan Behan: Irish playwright B02121923 Franco Zeffirelli: Italian film director B02061924 Billy Wright: former England football captain B02071924 Dora Bryan: actress B02211924 Robert Mugabe: president of Zimbabwe B02081925 Jack Lemmon: U.S. film actor B02111925 Kim Stanley: U.S. film actress B02021926 Valéry Giscard d'Estaing: former French president B02031926 Shelley Berman: U.S. comedian B02101926 Danny Blanchflower: footballer B02111926 Sir Alexander Gibson: conductor B02121926 Paul Hamlyn: publisher B02161926 John Schlesinger: film director B02021927 Elaine Stritch: U.S. actress & singer B02101927 Leontyne Price: U.S. soprano B02141927 Lois Maxwell: Canadian actress. Miss Moneypenny in James Bond films B02201927 Sidney Poitier: U.S. film actor B02211927 Hubert de Givenchy: French fashion designer B02031928 Frankie Vaughan: singer B02221928 Bruce Forsyth: TV entertainer B02261928 Fats Domino: U.S. singer B02291928 Joss Ackland: actor B02291928 Alan Loveday: violinist B02031929 Val Doonican: Irish singer B02061929 Keith Waterhouse: writer B02151929 Gerald Harper: actor B02151929 Graham Hill: racing driver B02171929 Yasser Arafat: Arab leader B02171929 Patricia Routledge: actress B02181929 Len Deighton: novelist B02101930 Robert Wagner: U.S. actor B02171930 Ruth Rendell: crime novelist B02271930 Joanne Woodward: U.S. film actress B02021931 Glynn Edwards: actor B02061931 Fred Trueman: former England cricketer B02061931 Rip Torn: U.S. film actor & director B02081931 James Dean: U.S. film actor B02151931 Claire Bloom: actress B02181931 Ned Sherrin: TV presenter & producer B02241931 Brian Close: former England cricket captain B02281931 Peter Alliss: golfer & TV commentator on the sport B02061932 François Truffaut: French film director B02111932 Dennis Skinner: Labour M.P. B02181932 Milos Forman: film director B02221932 Senator Edward Kennedy: U.S. statesman B02241932 Michel Legrand: French musician B02261932 Johhny Cash: U.S. singer B02271932 Elizabeth Taylor: actress B02281932 Brian Moore: football commentator B02021933 Les Dawson: comedian B02061933 Leslie Crowther: comedian & quizmaster B02131933 Caroline Blakiston: actress B02131933 Kim Novak: U.S. film actress B02181933 Bobby Robson: football manager B02221933 The Duchess of Kent B02221933 Sheila Hancock: actress B02111934 Mary Quant: fashion designer B02111934 John Surtees: motor & motor-cycle racing champion B02121934 Annette Crosbie: actress B02131934 George Segal: U.S. film actor B02171934 Alan Bates: actor B02171934 Barry Humphries: Australian entertainer B02181934 Yoko Ono: widow of John Lennon, one of the Beatles B02211934 Nina Simone: U.S. singer B02251934 Bernard Bresslaw: actor B02031935 Jeremy Kemp: actor B02171935 Jim Brown: U.S. film actor B02091936 Clive Swift: actor B02111936 Burt Reynolds: U.S. film actor B02071937 Peter Jay: writer & broadcaster B02211937 Harald V, King of Norway B02211937 Jilly Cooper: writer & journalist B02251937 Tom Courtenay: actor B02021938 Norman Fowler: politician B02071938 Caroline Bingham: writer B02101938 Roberta Flack: U.S. singer B02131938 Oliver Reed: actor B02241938 James Farentino: U.S. film actor B02251938 Farokh Engineer: Indian cricketer B02091939 Janet Suzman: actress B02191939 Gwen Taylor: actress B02271939 Antoinette Sibley: ballerina B02021940 David Jason: actor B02061940 Jimmy Tarbuck: comedian B02201940 Jimmy Greaves: TV commentator & ex-footballer B02211940 Peter McEnery: actor B02231940 Peter Fonda: U.S. actor B02241940 Denis Law: footballer B02291940 Mario Andretti: U.S. racing driver B02171941 Julia McKenzie: actress & singer B02171941 Gene Pitney: U.S. popular singer B02251941 David Puttnam: film producer B02271941 Paddy Ashdown: leader of the Liberal Democratic Party B02051942 Susan Hill: novelist & playwright B02221942 Judy Cornwell: actress B02061943 Gayle Hunnicutt: U.S. actress B02071943 Gareth Hunt: actor B02161943 Anthony Dowell: director of the Royal Ballet B02181943 Graham Garden: actor & scriptwriter B02251943 George Harrison: former Beatle B02021944 Andrew Davis: conductor B02091945 Mia Farrow: U.S. actress B02251945 Elkie Brooks: singer B02021946 Farrah Fawcett: U.S. TV actress B02051946 Charlotte Rampling: actress B02161946 Ian Lavender: actor B02271946 Tom Chadbon: actor B02181947 José-Maria Canizares: Spanish golfer B02261947 Sandie Shaw: pop singer B02181948 Sinead Cusack: actress B02241948 Dennis Waterman: actor B02091949 Bernard Gallacher: golfer B02141949 Christopher Lillicrap: actor & musician B02201949 Eddie Hemmings: cricketer B02221949 Niki Lauda: Austrian motor-racing champion B02261949 Emma Kirkby: soprano B02281949 Stephanie Beacham: actress B02101950 Mark Spitz: swimmer B02171950 Prunella Gee: actress B02211950 Jacqueline Tong: actress B02221950 Julie Walters: actress B02141951 Kevin Keegan: footballer B02151951 Jane Seymour: actress B02241951 Derek Randall: cricketer B02171954 Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxembourg B02181954 John Travolta: U.S. actor B02101955 Greg Norman: Australian golfer B02091958 Sandy Lyle: golfer B02161959 John McEnroe: U.S. tennis player B02181960 Greta Scacchi: film actress B02251960 Jean Germany: showjumper B02191960 H.R.H. the Duke of York B02281961 Barry McGuigan: boxer B02191965 Hana Mandlikova: Australian tennis player *mmddyyyy Events *-------- ------------------------------------------------------------ S02021141 King Stephen was defeated & captured at the Battle of Lincoln S02071301 Edward of Caernarvon, later Edward II was created Prince of Wales S02221370 Robert II acceded to the throne of Scotland S02021461 At the Battle of Mortimer's Cross, the Yorkists defeated the S02021461CLancastrians S02171461 At the Battle of St. Albans, the Yorkists were defeated by the S02171461CLancastrians S02031488 Bartholomew Diaz landed at Mossal Bay, Cape of Good Hope S02251570 Queen Elizabeth I was excommunicated by Pope Pius V S02021535 Buenos Aires was founded by Pedro de Mendoza S02101635 Académie Française founded S02201653 Admiral Blake defeated the Dutch fleet off Portsmouth S02191674 New Netherlands (New York) became British S02181678 John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress first published S02061685 James II acceded to the throne of Great Britain S02131689 William & Mary ascended the throne S02131692 Massacre of the MacDonald clan by the Campbells at Glencoe S02011709 Alexander Selkirk, the castaway, was taken off the isle of S02011709CJuan Fernandez, by Captain Woodes Rogers S02081725 Catherine I became Empress of Russia S02181725 The Order of the Bath was revived S02101764 The Treaty of Paris ceding Canada to Britain was signed S02251774 The rules of cricket were published in the 'Star & Garter, Pall Mall S02051782 The Spanish captured Minorca from the British S02061788 Massachusetts became the 6th of the United States S02121797 Last invasion of England attempted by the French at Fishguard S02141797 The Spanish Fleet was defeated off Cape St. Vincent S02261797 The first pound note produced by the Bank of England S02021801 The first parliament assembled of Great Britain & Ireland S02211804 Richard Trevithick demonstrated a self-powered railway locomotive S02211804Cin Glamorgan S02161808 Spain was invaded by France S02031809 Illinois was organised as a Territory of the U.S. S02201809 The French defeated the Spanish at Battle of Saragossa S02051811 The Prince of Wales ('Prinny') was declared Prince Regent S02201811 Austria declared itself bankrupt S02261815 Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from the isle of Elba S02051816 Rossini's opera 'The Barber of Seville' first performed in Rome S02051818 Charles XIV was proclaimed King of Sweden S02221819 Florida was ceded to the U.S.A. by Spain S02231820 The Cato Street Conspiracy was discovered S02161824 The Athenaeum Club in London was founded S02261832 Russia annexed Poland S02241836 The Battle of the Alamo began S02261839 The Grand National was first run at Aintree S02101840 Queen Victoria married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg Gotha S02071845 The Portland Vase, at the British Museum was smashed by William Lloyd S02021848 The war between United States & Mexico ended S02261848 The Second French Republic was proclaimed S02111858 The Miracle of Lourdes occurred to Saint Bernadette S02141859 Oregon became the 33rd of the United States S02171859 Verdi's opera 'Un Ballo in Maschera' first performed in Rome S02081861 The Confederate States of America were formed S02201861 The tower of Chichester Catherdral was blown off in great storm S02201861C& much damage was done to the Crystal Palace S02221862 Jefferson Davis was inaugurated as president of the Confederate S02221862CStates of America S02061865 General Robert E. Lee became Commander of Confederate armies S02071865 The 'Pall Mall Gazette' was first published S02181865 Charleston, U.S.A., was taken by the Union fleet S02131867 Strauss's waltz 'The Blue Danube' first performed in Vienna S02231874 Lawn tennis was patented S02021878 Greece declared war on Turkey S02111878 The first weekly weather forecast was issued by the Met. Office S02191878 The phonograph was patented by Thomas Edison S02221879 Frank Winfield Woolworth opened his first store in New York S02291880 The Saint Gotthard Tunnel was completed S02101881 Offenbach's opera 'The Tales of Hoffman' first performed in Paris S02051887 Verdi's opera 'Othello' first performed in Milan S02121889 London County Council was formed S02051891 The first London performance of comic opera 'Maid Marian' S02011884 The first volume of the 'Oxford English Dictionary' was published S02011893 Puccini's 'Manon Lescaut' first performed in Turin, Italy S02091893 Verdi's opera 'Falstaff' first performed in Milan S02011896 Puccini's 'La Bohème' first performed in Turin, Italy S02231898 Émile Zola, in France was imprisoned for writing 'J'accuse' S02271900 British Labour Party founded S02281900 Relief of Ladysmith in South Africa S02151900 Relief of Kimberley in South Africa S02211901 The Apollo Theatre in London opened S02081904 Russian-Japanese war began when Port Arthur was besieged S02171904 Puccini's opera 'Madame Butterfly' first performed in Milan S02241905 The Simplon Tunnel was completed S02101906 The British battleship 'Dreadnought' launched at Portsmouth S02091908 Sybil Thorndyke made her London debut in 'The Marquis' S02011910 British State Labour Exchanges first opened S02121912 China became a republic S02141912 Arizona became the 48th of the United States S02071914 The Tivoli Theatre in London closed S02041915 Submarine warfare began by Germany S02041915 A naval blockade of Germany was announced by Britain S02081915 The film 'Birth of a Nation' by D.W. Griffiths, was first shown S02111915 The Welsh Guards was founded S02181915 Germany's blockade of Britain by submarine began S02211916 The Battle of Verdun in World War I began S02021917 Bread rationing introduced in Britain S02101917 The musical 'Maid of the Mountains' first produced in London S02061918 An Act of Parliament granted votes for women over 30 S02251918 Meat & butter were on ration in the south of England S02031919 The first meeting of the League of Nations was held in Paris S02231919 Benito Mussoline founded the Fascist Party in Italy S02051921 'The Globe' newspaper was last issued S02141922 Marconi began regular radio transmissions in England S02171923 The inner tomb of Tutankhamun was opened at Luzor, in Egypt S02241923 The 'Flying Scotsman' train went into service S01121924 George Gershwin's 'Rhapsody in Blue' first performed in New York S02031926 The first London performance of 'The Student Prince' S02111929 Vatican City independence S02141929 The St. Valentine's Day Massacre took place in Chicago S02031931 The cities of Napier & Hastings were almost destroyed in an S02031931Cearthquake. 256 people died S02101931 New Delhi was inaugurated as capital of India S02211931 The 'New Statesman' was founded S02241932 Sir Malcolm Campbell set a world land speed record of 253.96 mph S02271933 The Reichstag in Berlin was burned down S02161934 First production of the musical 'Conversation Piece' in London S02051937 The first London performance of the musical 'On Your Toes' S02201938 Anthony Eden resigned as British Foreign Secretary S02241938 Nylon toothbrushes were first produced in the U.S.A. S02141939 The German battleship 'Bismarck' was launched S02251939 The Gaiety Theatre in the Strand, in London, closed S02161940 HMS 'Cossack' rescued British prisoners on board the 'Altmark' in S02161940CNorwegian waters S02011942 Vidkun Quisling became prime minister of Norway S02091942 Soap rationing began in Britain S02091942 The French liner 'Normandie' burned & sank in New York harbour S02151942 Singapore surrendered to the Japanese S02191942 Darwin, Australia, was bombed by Japanese aircraft S02271942 The Japanese forces attacked Java S02021943 German capitulation at Stalingrad S02211943 General Eisenhower became supreme commander of Allied forces S02211943Cin N. Africa S02101944 'Pay As You Earn' income tax was introduced S02151944 The Monte Cassino monastery in Italy was bombed by the Allies S02031945 Yalta conferance began S02031945 Berlin was bombed by a thousand bomber raid S02051945 U.S. troops entered Manila, in the Philippines S02151945 British troops reached the river Rhine S02161945 U.S. forces took Bataan, in the Philippines, from the Japanese S02191945 U.S. troops landed on Iwo Jima S02141946 The Bank of England was nationalised S02221946 The discovery of the drug streptomycin S02241946 Juan Perón was elected president of Argentina S02071947 The main group of the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered S02041948 Ceylon (later Sri Lanka) became an independent state S02281948 British troops left India S02011949 Clothes rationing ended in Britain S02121950 The European Broadcasting Union was founded S02061952 Queen Elizabeth II succeeded to throne S02211952 Identity cards were abolished in Britain S02261952 Britain produced its first atomic bomb S02111953 The first London performance of 'Paint Your Wagon' S02091956 'The Threepenny Opera' had its first London performance S02291956 Pakistan became an Islamic republic S02121957 Borazon, a material harder than diamonds, was made in the U.S.A. S02061958 Seven members of Manchester United football team were among 21 S02061958Ckilled in an air crash at Munich S02161959 Fidel Castro became prime minister of Cuba S02031960 Harold Macmillan made his 'Wind of Change' speech in Cape Town S02111960 The first London performance of 'Fings Ain't Wot They Used t'Be' S02161960 The U.S. nuclear submarine 'Triton' set off on an underwater S02161960Cround-the-world voyage. S02291960 Agadir, in Morocco, was almost totally destroyed by an S02291960Cearthquake folowed by tidal wave. More than 12,000 killed S02051961 The 'Sunday Telegraph' first published S02041962 The Sunday Times issued the first colour supplement in Britain S02201962 John Glenn, U.S. astronaut, was launched into space in the S02201962C'Mercury' capsule, 'Friendship 7' S02141963 Harold Wilson became leader of the Labour Party S02191963 The U.S.S.R. withdrew its armed forces from Cuba S02061964 Agreement was reached between Britain & France on Channel Tunnel S02181965 The Gambia became an independent state within the Commonwealth S02031966 The Soviet spacecraft 'Luna 9' reached the moon S02161967 The first London production of 'Fiddler on the Roof' musical S02041968 The world's largest hovercraft was launched at Cowes, IOW S02281968 The first performance in London of the musical 'Cabaret' S02291968 The discovery of the first 'pulsar' S02201969 The first London production of 'Mame' took place S02231970 Guyana became a republic within the Commonwealth S02151971 Britain changed over to decimal currency S02171972 A majority in the House of Commons decided that the U.K. should S02171972Cjoin the European Economic Community S02251972 The U.S. 'Pioneer 10' was launched on a mission to Jupiter S02131974 Alexander Solzhenitsyn was expelled from the U.S.S.R. S02221974 Pakistan recognised the independence of Bangladesh S02111975 Margaret Thatcher became the first woman leader of a political party S02281975 An underground train crashed at Moorgate Station, in London, S02281975Ckilling 42 people S02011977 Over 100 deaths resulted from blizzards in the north-east U.S. S02051982 Laker Airways crashed with debts of £270 million S02111990 Nelson Mandela released from prison after 27 years S02011991 Some 1,200 were killed after earthquake in Afghanistan & S02011991CPakistan S02091991 Lithuania voted to secede from the Soviet Union S02271991 The Gulf War with Iraq ended *mmddyyyy Deaths *-------- ------------------------------------------------------------ D02161279 Alfonso III: King of Portugal D02031399 John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster D02141400 King Richard II D02171405 Tamerlane the Great: Mongol leader D02201431 Pope Martin V D02201437 James I, King of Scotland was assassinated D02231447 Pope Eugene IV D02181455 Fra Angelico: Italian painter D02161503 Henry Deane: Archbishop of Canterbury D02221512 Amerigo Vespucci: Italian navigator D02211513 Pope Julius II D02131542 Catherine Howard, 5th wife of Henry VIII, was executed D02181546 Martin Luther: German Protestant reformer D02121553 Lady Jane Grey, Queen for nine days, was executed D02181564 Michelangelo Buonarroti: Italian painter D02101567 Henry Stuart, Lord Darnly, murdered D02131571 Benvenuto Cellini: Italian sculptor & goldsmith D02211595 Robert Southwell: poet, Jesuit & martyr, was hanged D02041881 Thomas Carlyle D02081587 Mary, Queen of Scots, executed D02021594 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Italian composer D02251601 Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex was executed D02291604 John Whitgift, Archbisop of Canterbury B02281648 Christian IV, King of Denmark D02011650 René Descartes: French scientist & philosopher D02061685 King Charles II D02011691 Pope Alexander VIII D02241704 Marc-Antoine Charpentier: French composer D02081709 Giuseppe Torelli: Italian composer D02271735 John Arbuthnot: the creator of the character 'John Bull' D02211741 Jethro Tull: agricultural writer D02171673 Molière: French playwright D02271706 John Evelyn: diarist D02251723 Sir Christopher Wren: architect D02081725 Peter the Great: Tsar of Russia D02041746 Robert Blair: Scottish poet D02031762 Richard 'Beau' Nash: gambler & dandy D02021769 Pope Clement XIII D02071779 William Boyce: organist & composer D02141779 Captain James Cook: murdered by natives in Hawaii D02061783 Lancelot 'Capability' Brown: landscape gardener D02231792 Joshua Reynolds (later Sir): painter D02061804 Joseph Priestley: cleric & chemist D02221806 James Barry: Irish painter D02241810 Henry Cavendish: scientist D02091811 Nevil Maskelyne: Astronomer Royal D02231821 John Keats: poet D02241822 Thomas Coutts: banker D02241825 Thomas Bowdler: editor & censor D02171827 Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi: Swiss educationalist D02161834 Lionel Lukin: inventor of the lifeboat D02071837 Gustavus IV: King of Sweden D02101837 Pope Leo XII D02221845 Sydney Smith: social reformer D02171847 William Collins: painter D02231848 John Quincy Adams: 6th president of the U.S.A. D02011851 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: author of 'Frankenstein' D02291852 John Landseer: painter & engraver D02151857 Mikhail Ivanocich Glinka: Russian composer D02061865 Isabella Mary Beeton: author of household & cookery books D02071873 Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu: novelist D02071878 Pope Pius IX D02051881 Thomas Carlyle: author & historian D02091881 Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky: Russian novelist D02131883 Richard Wagner: German composer D02271887 Alexander Borodin: Russian composer D02141891 William Tecumseh Sherman: U.S. general D02071894 Adolphe Sax: inventor of the saxophone D02081894 Robert Michael Ballantyne: writer of boys' books D02121894 Hans Guido von Bülow: German pianist & conductor D02191897 Charles Blondin: French tight-rope walker D02261898 Frederick Tennyson: poet D02251899 Paul Julius von Reuter: founder of the world-famous news agency D02261903 Richard Gatling: U.S. inventor of the first machine gun D02021907 Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleyev: Russian chemist D02171909 Geronimo: Red Indian Apache chief D02101912 Joseph Lister: surgeon & pioneer of anaesthetics D02131914 Alphonse Bertillon: French criminologist D02251914 Sir John Tenniel: artist D02281916 Henry James: U.S. author D02191916 Ernst Mach: Austrian physicist D02201920 Robert Peary: U.S. Arctic explorer D02101923 Wilhelm Konrad von Röntgen: German physicist D02151924 Lionel Monckton: composer D02231924 Woodrow Wilson: 28th president of the U.S.A. D02031925 Oliver Heaviside: physicist D02241927 Sir Edward Marshall Hall: lawyer D02121929 Lillie Langtry (Emilie Charlotte Le Breton): actress D02111931 Sir Charles Parsons: inventor of multi-stage steam turbine D02231931 Dame Nellie Melba: Australian operatic singer D02101932 Edgar Wallace: thriller writer D02181933 James John Corbett ('Gentleman Jim'): U.S. boxer D02171934 Albert I: King of the Belgians D02231934 Edward Elgar (later Sir): composer D02271936 Ivan Pavlov: Russian physiologist D02101939 Pope Pius XI D02111939 Franz Schmidt: Austrian composer D02111940 John Buchan (later Sir): Governor-General of Canada & novelist D02051941 Andrew Barton ('Banjo') Paterson: Australian journalist/poet D02191941 Sir Herbert Hamilton Harty: composer & conductor D02231944 Leo Baekeland: Belgian/U.S. inventor of Bakelite D02031946 Edward Phillips Oppenheim: novelist D02051946 George Arliss: actor D02111948 Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein: Russian film director D02131950 Rafael Sabatini: Italian novelist D02221950 Sir Max Pemberton: writer D02261950 Sir Harry Lauder: Scottish comedian & singer D02131951 Lloyd Cassel Douglas: U.S. novelist D02061952 King George VI D02261952 Sir Patrick Hastings: lawyer D02181956 Gustave Charpentier: French composer D02161957 Sir Isaac Leslie Hore-Belisha: statesman D02131958 Dame Christabel Harriette Pankhurst: suffragette D02111960 Ernö von Dohnányi: Hungarian composer D02201961 Percy Grainger: Australian composer D02051962 Jacques Ibert: French composer D02151965 Nat 'King' Cole: U.S. singer D02211965 Malcolm X (Little): U.S. black leader, murdered D02231965 Stan Laurel: film comedian partner of Oliver Hardy D02011966 Buster Keaton: silent film comedian D02101966 Sophie Tucker: U.S. popular singer D02201966 Chester Nimitz: U.S. admiral D02081967 Sir Victor Gollanz: publisher & writer D02181967 Jacob Robert Oppenheimer: U.S. physicist D02171968 Sir Donald Wolfit: actor D02231968 Fannie Hurst: U.S. novelist D02031969 Boris Karloff: film actor D02021970 Bertrand Russell: philosopher D02261971 Fernandel: French actor & comedian D02121973 Benjamin Frankel: composer D02221973 Elizabeth Bowen: novelist D02231973 Laurence Lowry: painter D02141975 Sir Pelham Grenville (P.G.) Wodehouse: writer D02141975 Sir Julian Huxley: biologist & philosopher D02111976 Lee J. Cobb: U.S. actor D02131976 Lily Pons: U.S. singer D02181976 Hans Richter: U.S. painter & film director D02271976 John Dickson Carr: U.S. detective story writer D02191977 Anthony Crosland D02091977 Sergei Vladimirovich Ilyushin: Russian aircraft designer D02131979 Jean Renoir: French film director D02171980 Graham Vivian Sutherland: painter D02091981 Bill Haley: U.S. rock musician D02171982 Lee Strasberg: U.S. actor D02041983 Karen Carpenter: U.S. popular singer D02021983 Alistair Maclean: novelist D02231983 Sir Adrian Boult: conductor D02251983 Tennessee Williams: U.S. playwright D02121984 Tom Keating: faker of paintings D02151984 Ethel Merman: U.S. singer & actress D02201984 Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokov: Russian writer D02061985 James Hadley Chase: novelist D02121985 Henry Hathaway: U.S. film director D02161985 Henry Cabot Lodge: U.S. statesman D02211985 Louis Hayward: film actor D02101986 Brian Aherne: film actor D02211986 Victor Canning: writer D02211986 Shiegochiyo Izumi: A Japanese aged 120 D02041987 Liberace: U.S. entertainer D02051988 Emeric Pressburger: film producer D02061988 Marghanita Laski: writer D02031989 John Cassavetes: U.S. actor, director & screenwriter D02071990 Jimmy Van Heusen: U.S. popular composer D02021993 Bernard Braden: broadcaster D02061993 Arthur Ashe: U.S. tennis player D02241993 Bobby Moore: footballer D02271993 Lillian Gish: U.S. film actress D02281993 Joyce Carey: actress & writer D02281993 Ruby Keeler: U.S. film actress & dancer D02231995 James Alfred Wight (alias James Herriot), the world famous D02231995CYorkshire vet & writer. He left over £5 million in his will