1358 Ashikaga Takauji, Japanese shogun (b. 1305)
1826 Joseph von Fraunhofer, German physicist (b. 1787)
1927 Voikov, Soviet ambassador to Warsaw, murdered
1928 Chiang Tsolin, Chinese warlord of North-China, murdered
1935 Ivan V Mitsjoerin, Russian botanist, dies
2002 Mary Lilian Baels, Belgian princess (b. 1916)

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1809 Thomas Paine (b.January 29, 1737 )

1583 Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
1908 Jose FdT Coelho, Portuguese writer (Os meus amores), dies at 46
1947 Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz, president of Poland (1939-40), dies at 62
1976 Sybil Thorndike, actress (Melba, Major Barbara), dies at 93
2006 Drafi Deutscher, German Schlager singer (b. 1946)
2007 Frankie Abernathy, Former The Real World: San Diego castmate (b. 1981)

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1727 George Ludwig, German monarch of Hannover/king of England, dies at 67
1946 Ananda Mahidol, king of Siam, shot dead at 20
1994 Mary Maxwell Gates, philanthropist/mother of Bill Gates, dies at 64
1995 Masaya Hanai, businessamn, dies at 82
1996 Hugh Burnton Mitchell, US senator, dies at 89
2000 Brian Statham, English cricketer (b. 1930)

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1467 Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 70
1907 William Le Baron Jenney, US architect, dies
1917 Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist (b. 1867)
1969 Georges Pompidou, president of France, dies
1994 Nadia Gray, actress (La Dolce Vita, Naked Summer), dies at 70
2006 Herb Pearson, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1910)

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1733 Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (b. 1672)
1801 Bendix Friedrich Zinck, composer, dies at 58
1926 Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter (b. 1848)
1973 Fay Holden, actress (Mother-Andy Hardy films), dies at 77
1995 Jonas Salk, biologist (Polio vaccine), dies of heart failure
2006 Luke Graham, American wrestler (b. 1940)

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803 Matthew Thornton, Irish/US physician/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 88
1882 Joseph Joachim Raff, German opera composer (Cavatine), dies at 60
1922 Walter Rathenau, German foreign minister, killed by anti-semites at 54
1938 "Digger" Robertson, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885), dies
1977 André-Gilles Fortin, Canadian politician (b. 1943)
2005 Hakham Yedidia Shofet, Former chief rabbi of Iran (b. 1908)

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803 Matthew Thornton, Irish/US physician/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 88
1882 Joseph Joachim Raff, German opera composer (Cavatine), dies at 60
1922 Walter Rathenau, German foreign minister, killed by anti-semites at 54
1938 "Digger" Robertson, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885), dies
1977 André-Gilles Fortin, Canadian politician (b. 1943)
2005 Hakham Yedidia Shofet, Former chief rabbi of Iran (b. 1908)

Matthew, I think your first entry is a serious typo. I think you are missing at least a thousand years.

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Pluto will always be a planet to me.

Seti Ambassador
Not to late to order an Anni Shirt

1803 Matthew Thornton, Irish/US physician/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 88
1882 Joseph Joachim Raff, German opera composer (Cavatine), dies at 60
1922 Walter Rathenau, German foreign minister, killed by anti-semites at 54
1938 "Digger" Robertson, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885), dies
1977 André-Gilles Fortin, Canadian politician (b. 1943)
2005 Hakham Yedidia Shofet, Former chief rabbi of Iran (b. 1908)

Matthew, I think your first entry is a serious typo. I think you are missing at least a thousand years.

Thanks for the heads up!! It has been corrected :o)

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1253 Thibaud IV, poet/count of Champagne/King of Navarra, dies
1689 Edward Wooster, English Connecticut pioneer (b. 1622)
1826 Luther Martin, American statesman (b. 1748)
1870 John D Zocher Jr, architect (Soestdijk Palace), dies at 79
1995 Elizabeth Adams, madam, dies at 65
2001 John O'Shea, New Zealand film director (b. 1920)

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521 Magnus Felix Ennodius, bishop and Latin poet (b. 474)
1918 Trupp, lackey of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death
1918 Aleksei N Romanov, son of tsar Nicolas II, executed at 13
1967 Gertrude McCoy, silent screen actress (Blue Bird), dies at 77
1974 Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, pitcher (St Louis Cards), dies at 63
1975 Modoc, the elephant, dies at age 78

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1457 Laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50
1557 Olaus Magnus, Swedish writer (b. 1490)
1920 Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian hindu leader, dies
1977 Francis Gary Powers, US U-2 pilot, dies at 47
1995 Loudi Nijhoff, Dutch actress (Alicia, Van Geluk Gesproken), dies
1996 John Lanigan, tenor, dies at 75

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1627 Jacques Mauduit, composer, dies at 69
1772 Alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29
1957 Harald Ulrik Sverdrup, Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer (b. 1888)
1964 Palmiro Togliatti, founder (Communist Italian Party)/min of Just, dies
1970 Timothy Mather Spelman, composer, dies at 79
1991 Wolfgang Hildesheimer, German/Swiss architect, dies

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1656 Johan Georg I, ruler of Saxon (1611-56, Peace of Prague), dies at 71
1936 Red Ames, American baseball player (b. 1882)
1970 Jean Giono, French writer (Hussard Sur le Toit), dies at 75
1978 Tibor Serly, Hungarian violist/composer (American Elegy), dies at 76
1983 Joan Hackett, actress (Group, Flicks, Rivals), dies of cancer at 49
1996 Harold Watkins Shaw, musicologist, dies at 85

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1610 Honda Tadakatsu, Japanese general (b. 1548)
1941 Pavel Filonov, Russian painter (b. 1883)
1981 Walter Knott, American farmer (b. 1889)
1994 Giorgi Chanturia, Pres of Georgia, assassinated
1994 Dolf Verspoor, literary/translator (M Nijhoff prize 1958), dies at 77
2004 Shiing-Shen Chern, Chinese mathematician (b. 1911)

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1167 - Robert of Melun, English philosopher/bishop of Hereford, dies
1656 - Johan van Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer/writer/interpreter, dies
1659 - Henry Dunster, first President of Harvard College (b. 1609)
1699 - Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, English politician (b. c. 1625)
1706 - John Evelyn, diarist, dies
1720 - Samuel Parris, English-born Puritan minister (b. 1653)
1731 - Angelo Predieri, composer, dies at 76
1733 - Johann Adam Birkenstock, composer, dies at 46
1735 - John Arbuthnot, physician/mathematician, dies
1779 - Jan Nepveu, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1769-79), dies at 59
1797 - Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61
1805 - Stefan Paluselli, composer, dies at 57
1844 - Nicholas Biddle, US lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier, dies at 85
1852 - Joseph Drechsler, composer, dies at 69
1862 - Gabriele dell' Addolorata, patron of Ital Catholic youth, dies at 23
1881 - George Colley, British governor of Natal/general, dies in battle at 46
1887 - Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53
1892 - Louis Vuitton, French luggage maker (b. 1821)
1913 - Adam Sedgwick, English zoologist (Peripatus), dies at 58
1920 - Alexandru D Xenopol, Romanian historian, dies at 72
1921 - Schofield Haigh, cricketer (Eng all-rounder 11 Tests 1898-1912), dies
1923 - Charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer, dies at 67
1929 - Manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry, composer, dies at 65
1932 - William Southam, Canadian newspaper publisher (b. 1843)
1936 - Ivan P Pavlov, Russian physiologist (reflexes, Nobel 1904), dies at 86
1936 - Joshua W. Alexander, U.S. Secretary of Commerce under Woodrow Wilson (b. 1852)
1939 - Nadezjda K Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary/wife of Lenin, dies at 70
1940 - Peter Behrens, German architect, dies
1941 - William D. Byron, U.S. Congressman (b. 1895)
1942 - Karel WFM Doorman, Dutch rear-admiral (Java Sea), KIA at 52
1943 - Kostis Palamas, Greek poet, twice nominated for the Nobel prize (b. 1859)
1945 - HJ Lochtman, Dutch chaplain/resistance fighter, dies in Bergen-Belsen
1947 - Mackinnon of Mackinnon, cricketer (Tests Eng v Aust 1879), dies at 89
1950 - Ivan Goll, writer, dies at 58
1952 - Theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator 1926, dies at 74
1955 - Tom Howard, comedian (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 66
1956 - Frank Dailey, orch leader (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 54
1956 - Gunther Ramin, German organist/composer/choir conductor, dies at 57
1958 - Harry Cohn, CEO (Columbia Pictures), dies of a heart attack
1960 - Adriano Olivetti, Italian engineer/manufacturer, dies at 58
1961 - Platt Adams, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1912), dies
1962 - Willie Best, actor (Charlie-My Little Margie), dies at 45
1964 - Orry-Kelly, Australian costume designer (b. 1897)
1966 - Minerva Urecal, actress (Apache Rose, Ghost Crazy), dies at 81
1968 - Johannes Tralow, writer, dies at 85
1968 - Ludvik Podest, composer, dies at 46
1969 - John Boles, actor (Stella Dallas, Curly Top), dies at 73
1969 - Marius Barbeau, French Canadian folklorist (b. 1883)
1970 - Robert Bruce Lockhart, diplomat/writer, dies
1970 - Marie Dionne, one of the French Canadian Dionne quintuplets (b. 1934)
1972 - Pat Brady, American actor and singer (b. 1914)
1973 - Lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslav composer/conductor, dies at 72
1974 - Pat Brady, Toledo Ohio, actor (Roy Rodgers Show), dies at 59
1975 - Neville Cardus, writer/cricketer, dies
1977 - Allison Hayes, actress (Attack of 50 Foot Woman), dies at 47
1977 - John Dickson Carr, American author (b. 1905)
1978 - Vadim Nikolayevich Salmanov, composer, dies at 65

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235 - Marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered
978 - Edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15
1227 - Honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies
1314 - Jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies
1493 - John of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Neth/Zealand, dies at 82
1582 - Jean Jaurequi, Basque murderer of Willem of Orange, lynched
1583 - King Magnus of Livonia (b. 1540)
1584 - Ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53
1675 - Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1606)
1689 - John Dixwell, English judge (b. 1607)
1690 - Charles, duke of Lutherans, dies
1696 - Robert Charnock, English conspirator
1745 - Robert Walpole, 1st English premier (1722-42), dies at 68 [NS=3/29]
1746 - Anna Leopoldovna, regent of Russia (b. 1718)
1768 - Lawrence Sterne, writer (Sentimental Journey France & Italy), dies
1781 - Anne Robert Turgot, French statesman (b. 1727)
1799 - John Randall, composer, dies at 82
1816 - Johann Paul Schulthesius, composer, dies at 67
1817 - Johann Jakob Walder, composer, dies at 67
1823 - Jean-Baptiste Sebastien Breval, composer, dies at 69
1835 - Christian Gunther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian statesman and diplomat (b. 1769)
1870 - Joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide, composer, dies at 48
1871 - Augustus De Morgan, Indian-born British mathematician and logician (b. 1806)
1875 - Ferdinand Laub, composer, dies at 43
1876 - F Freiligrath, writer, dies at 65
1886 - Leopold Zunz, German intellect (Synagogue Poetry), dies at 91
1889 - William Henry Monk, composer, dies at 66
1898 - Matilda Joslyn Gage, American suffragist (b. 1826)
1899 - Douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer (rails, trains), dies at 76
1899 - Svetolik Rankovic, Serbian writer (Crushed Ideals), dies at 35
1900 - Antonio Nobre, Portuguese poet (So [Lonely]), dies at 32
1907 - Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician (b. 1827)
1913 - George I, king of Greece (1861-1913), assassinated by Schinas at 67
1917 - William Shalders, S Afr cricket batsman (12 Tests 1895-1907), dies
1918 - Willem Coenen, composer, dies at 80
1924 - John Frederick Bridge, composer, dies at 79
1928 - Paul van Ostaijen, Flemish writer (Outlawed), dies at 32

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Fess Parker died today March 18th 2010, He was 85. (August 16, 1924 – March 18, 2010)

He played Davey Crockett and Daniel Boone on TV and such.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

1999 - Tofilau Eti Alesana, former Prime Minister of Samoa (b. 1924)
2001 - Charles K. Johnson, President of the Flat Earth Society (b. 1924)
2003 - Michael Mathias Prechtl, German illustrator (b. 1926)
2003 - Émile Genest, Canadian actor (b. 1921)
2004 - Mitchell Sharp, Canadian politician (b. 1911)
2005 - John De Lorean, American automobile engineer (b. 1925)
2007 - Calvert DeForest, American actor (b. 1921)
2007 - Luther Ingram, American soul singer and songwriter (b. 1937)
2008 - Sir Arthur C. Clarke, English science fiction author and inventor (b. 1917)
2008 - Raghuvaran, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam actor (b. 1948)
2008 - Hugo Claus, Belgian writer (b. 1929)
2009 - Ion Dolănescu, Romanian singer and politician (b. 1944)

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1987 - Norman Harris, guitarist (O'Jays), dies at 39 of heart failure
1988 - Gil Evans, Canadian/US jazz composer (Out of the Cool), dies at 75
1990 - Jannetje Visser-Roosendaal, Dutch writer, dies at 90
1990 - Jev Jasjin, Russian soccer goalie, dies at 60
1990 - Lev Yashin, Soviet footballer (b. 1929)
1991 - Conor Clapton, Eric Clapton's son, falls out of 53rd floor window at 5
1992 - Avonne Taylor, actress (My Best Girl, Honor Among Lovers), dies at 93
1992 - Frank Westbrook, dancer/choreographer, dies at 82
1992 - Georges Delerue, French composer (Hiroshima, My Love), dies at 67
1993 - Claudia Yeltsin, mother of Russian president Yeltsin, dies at 85
1993 - Jonathan Ball, English youngster, killed by IRA at 3
1994 - Lewis Grizzard, American humorist (b. 1946)
1995 - Merv Harvey, cricketer (scored 12 & 31 in Test Aus v Eng 46-47), dies
1995 - Rachida Hammadi, Algerian TV journalist, murdered at 32
1995 - Sidney Kingslei, playwright, dies at 88
1995 - Sidney Kingsley, US playwright (Pulitzer prize 1934), dies at 88
1996 - Alan Ridout, composer, dies at 61
1996 - Claude Bourdet, human rights activist/journalist, dies at 86
1996 - Victor Zorza, journalist/Russian specialist, dies at 71
1997 - Carlo Fassi, figure skating coach (Fleming, Hamill), dies at 67
1997 - Grace Hefner, mother of Hugh Hefner (Playboy), dies at 101
1997 - Tony Zale, American boxer (b. 1913)
1998 - George Howard, American jazz saxophone musician

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