Historical Deaths Today: 04 October

Deaths

• 1052 - Vladimir of Novgorod (b. 1020)


• 1221 - William III Talvas, Count of Ponthieu (b. 1179)


• 1250 - Herman VI, Margrave of Baden


• 1305 - Emperor Kameyama of Japan (b. 1249)


• 1582 - Teresa of Avila, Spanish saint (b. 1515)


• 1597 - Sarsa Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1550)


• 1646 - Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English statesman (b. 1586)


• 1660 - Francesco Albani, Italian painter (b. 1578)


• 1661 - Jacqueline Pascal, French child prodigy (b. 1625)


• 1669 - Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Dutch painter (b. 1606)


• 1680 - Pierre-Paul Riquet, French engineer


• 1743 - John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish soldier (b. 1678)


• 1749 - Franz Freiherr von der Trenck, Austrian soldier (b. 1711)


• 1754 - Tanacharison, Catawba Indian chief


• 1785 - David Brearly, American statesman (b. 1703)


• 1821 - John Rennie, Scottish engineer (b. 1761)


• 1851 - Manuel de Godoy, Spanish statesman (b. 1767)


• 1859 - Karl Baedeker, German publisher (b. 1801)


• 1864 - Joseph Montferrand, French Canadian logger and strong man (b. 1802)


• 1867 - Francis Xavier Seelos German-American Roman Catholic priest (b. 1819)


• 1890 - Catherine Booth, the Mother of The Salvation Army (b. 1829)


• 1903 - Otto Weininger, Austrian philosopher (b. 1880)


• 1904 - Frédéric Bartholdi, French sculptor (b. 1834)


• 1904 - Karl Bayer, Austrian chemist (b. 1847)


• 1910 - Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer and politician, and President of the First Imperial Duma (b. 1850)


• 1935 - Jean Béraud, French painter (b. 1849)


• 1935 - Marie Gutheil-Schoder, German soprano (b. 1874)


• 1943 - Irena Iłłakowicz, Polish agent of Intelligence (b. 1906)


• 1944 - Al Smith, American politician (b. 1873)


• 1946 - Barney Oldfield, American automobile pioneer (b. 1878)


• 1947 - Max Planck, German Nobel laureate (b. 1858)


• 1951 - Willie Moretti, American gangster (b. 1894)


• 1955 - Alexander Papagos, Greek general and political leader (b. 1883)


• 1961 - Metropolitan Benjamin (Fedchenkov), Orthodox missionary and writer, Exarch of Russian Church in North America (b. 1880)


• 1969 - Natalino Otto, Italian singer (b. 1912)


• 1970 - Janis Joplin, American singer (b. 1943)


• 1974 - Anne Sexton, American poet (b. 1928)


• 1975 - Joan Whitney Payson, American heiress (b. 1903)


• 1981 - Freddie Lindstrom, Major League Baseball Hall of famer (b. 1905)


• 1982 - Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist (b. 1932)


• 1989 - Graham Chapman, British comedian (b. 1941)


• 1989 - Secretariat, American race horse (b. 1970)


• 1990 - Avis Bunnage, English actress (b. 1923)


• 1991 - J. Frank Wilson, American singer (J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers) (b. 1941)


• 1992 - Denny Hulme, New Zealand race car driver and 1967 Formula One world champion (b. 1936)


• 1993 - Jim Holton, Scottish footballer (b. 1951)


• 1994 - Danny Gatton, American guitar virtuoso (b. 1945)


• 1996 - Larry Gene Bell, American child murderer (executed by electric chair)


• 1997 - Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese game developer (b. 1941)


• 1999 - Erik Brødreskift (aka Grim), Norwegian black metal musician (b. 1969)


• 1999 - Art Farmer, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1928)


• 1999 - Bernard Buffet, French painter (b. 1928)


• 2000 - Michael Smith, Nobel laureate (b. 1932)


• 2000 - Yu Kuo-hwa, former Premier of Taiwan (b. 1914)


• 2001 - Blaise Alexander, American race car driver (b. 1976)


• 2002 - Alphonse Chapanis, founder of ergonomics (b. 1917)


• 2002 - André Delvaux, Belgian film director and screenwriter (b. 1926)


• 2003 - Sid McMath, American politician (b. 1912)


• 2004 - Gordon Cooper, American astronaut (b. 1927)


• 2004 - Rio Diaz, Filipino actress & TV hosts (b. 1959)


• 2005 - Stanley K. Hathaway, American politician (b. 1924)


• 2006 - Tom Bell, English actor on stage, television and film (b. 1933)

Historical Deaths Today: 03 October

Deaths

• 42 BC - Gaius Cassius Longinus


• 1226 - Saint Francis of Assisi (b. 1181)


• 1283 - David ap Gruffydd, Welsh prince of Gwynedd (executed)


• 1369 - Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318)


• 1568 - Elizabeth of Valois, wife of Philip II of Spain (b. 1545)


• 1596 - Florent Chrestien, French writer (b. 1541)


• 1611 - Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (b. 1554)


• 1629 - Giorgi Saakadze, Georgian military leader (b. 1570)


• 1649 - Giovanni Diodati, Swiss Protestant clergyman (b. 1576)


• 1653 - Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (b. 1612)


• 1656 - Myles Standish, English-born soldier


• 1690 - Robert Barclay, Scottish writer (b. 1648)


• 1701 - Joseph Williamson, English politician (b. 1633)


• 1801 - Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur, Marshal of France (b. 1724)


• 1833 - François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general (b. 1754)


• 1838 - Black Hawk (chief), Leader of the Sauk Native American tribe (b. 1767)


• 1867 - Elias Howe, American sewing machine pioneer (b. 1819)


• 1873 - Captain Jack, Modoc tribal leader


• 1877 - James Roosevelt Bayley, first Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, and the eighth Archbishop of Baltimore (b. 1814)


• 1881 - Orson Pratt, American religious leader (b. 1811)


• 1890 - Joseph Hergenröther, German historian (b. 1824)


• 1891 - Edouard Lucas, French mathematician (b. 1842)


• 1896 - William Morris, English writer & poet (b. 1834)


• 1929 - Jeanne Eagels, American actress (b. 1894)


• 1929 - Gustav Stresemann, Chancellor of Germany, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1878)


• 1931 - Carl Nielsen, Danish composer (b. 1865)


• 1936 - John Heisman, American football coach (b. 1869)


• 1953 - Arnold Bax, English composer (b. 1883)


• 1965 - Zachary Scott, American actor (b. 1914)


• 1967 - Woody Guthrie, American musician (b. 1912)


• 1967 - Malcolm Sargent, English conductor (b. 1895)


• 1969 - Skip James, American blues musician (b. 1902)


• 1986 - Vince DiMaggio, American Baseball Player (b. 1912)


• 1987 - Jean Anouilh, French writer (b. 1910)


• 1987 - Kalervo Palsa, Finnish artist (b. 1947)


• 1988 - Franz Josef Strauß, Bavarian politician (b. 1915)


• 1990 - Stefano Casiraghi, husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco (b. 1960)


• 1993 - Sgt. First Class Randy Shughart, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1958)


• 1993 - Master Sgt. Gary Gordon, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1960)


• 1994 - Dub Taylor, American actor (b. 1907)


• 1998 - Roddy McDowall, English actor (b. 1928)


• 1999 - Akio Morita, Japanese businessman (b. 1921)


• 2000 - Benjamin Orr, American bassist and singer (The Cars) (b. 1947)


• 2000 - John Grant, British politician (b. 1932)


• 2002 - Bruce Paltrow, American television and film producer (b. 1943)


• 2002 - Robert Krausz, Stock market advisor and investor (b. 1936)


• 2003 - Florence Stanley, American actress (b. 1924)


• 2003 - William Steig, American cartoonist and children's author (b. 1907)


• 2004 - John Cerutti, baseball player and announcer (b. 1960)


• 2004 - Janet Leigh, American actress (b. 1927)


• 2005 - Ronnie Barker, English comic actor (b. 1929)


• 2006 - Alberto Ramento, Filipina bishop (b. 1937)


• 2006 - John Crank, British mathematician (b. 1913)


• 2006 - Peter Norman, Australian track star (b. 1942)


• 2007 - M.N. Vijayan, Indian writer, orator, and academic