Monday, November 15, 2010

Famous Deaths on 16 Nov

Famous Deaths on 16 Nov

1093 - Saint Margaret of Scotland, wife of Malcolm III of Scotland
1240 - Edmund Rich, St. Edmund of Canterbury
1272 - King Henry III of England (b. 1207)
1328 - Prince Hisaaki, Japanese shogun (b. 1276)
1613 - Trajano Boccalini, Italian satirist (b. 1556)
1628 - Paolo Quagliati, Italian composer
1632 - King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (killed in battle) (b. 1594)
1695 - Pierre Nicole, French philosopher (b. 1625)
1724 - Jack Sheppard, English burglar (hanged) (b. 1702)
1745 - James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish statesman and soldier (b. 1665)
1773 - John Hawkesworth, English writer
1779 - Pehr Kalm, Finnish explorer and naturalist (b. 1716)
1790 - Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, American Continental Congressman (b. 1723)
1797 - Frederick William II of Prussia (b. 1744)
1802 - André Michaux, French botanist (b. 1746)
1806 - Moses Cleaveland, founder of Cleveland, Ohio (b. 1754)
1836 - Christian Hendrik Persoon, Dutch mycologist (b. 1761)
1884 - František Chvostek, Moravian physician (b. 1835)
1885 - Louis Riel, Canadian politician (b. 1844)
1907 - Robert I, Duke of Parma, last ruling Duke of Parma (b. 1848)
1908 - Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French-born Canadian politician (b. 1829)
1911 - Albert Alonzo Ames, Mayor of Minneapolis (b. 1842)
1922 - Max Abraham, German physicist (b. 1875)
1939 - Pierce Butler, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1866)
1950 - Bob Smith, American doctor, co-founder of the Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1879)
1960 - Clark Gable, American actor (b. 1901)
1961 - Sam Rayburn, U.S. Speaker of the House (b. 1882)
1971 - Edie Sedgwick, American socialite and heiress (b. 1940)
1972 - Vera Karalli, Russian ballerina and actress (b. 1889)
1973 - Alan Watts, English writer/philosopher (b. 1915)
1981 - William Holden, American actor (b. 1918)
1982 - Arthur Askey, British comedian (b. 1900)
1982 - Pavel Sergeevich Alexandrov, Russian mathematician (b. 1896)
1982 - Lenny Murphy, Leader of Belfast's notorious Shankill Butchers (b. 1952)
1984 - Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (b. 1906)
1986 - Siobhán McKenna, Irish stage and screen actress, Gok (b. 1923)
1987 - Zubir Said, Singaporean composer who composed Singapore's national anthem (b. 1907)
1987 - Jim Brewer, Major League Baseball relief pitcher (b. 1937)
1989 - Jean-Claude Malépart, Quebec politician (b. 1938)
1993 - Lucia Popp, Slovakian soprano (b. 1939)
1993 - Achille Zavatta, French clown (b. 1915)
1994 - Doris Speed, British actress (b. 1899)
1994 - Dino Valente, American musician (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (b.1943)
1995 - Jack Finney, American author (b. 1911)
1999 - Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1928)
2000 - DJ Screw, American hiphop DJ (b. 1971)
2000 - Joe C., American rapper (b. 1974)
2001 - Tommy Flanagan, American jazz pianist (b. 1930)
2003 - Bettina Goislard, French relief worker (b. 1974)
2004 - Margaret Hassan, Irish-born aid worker (b. 1945)
2005 - Donald Watson, English founder of the Vegan Society (b. 1910)
2005 - Robert Tisch, American football team owner (b. 1926)
2005 - Henry Taube, Canadian-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
2006 - Milton Friedman, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
2006 - Yuri Levada, Russian sociologist (b. 1930)
2007 - Harold Alfond, American businessman (b. 1914)
2007 - Grethe Kausland, Norwegian actress and singer (b. 1947)
2007 - Trond Kirkvaag, Norwegian comedian and author (b. 1946)

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