Today in History for 16th August 2015

Historical Events

Events 1 - 100 of 157

1384 - The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China, Emperor Dong, hears a case of couple who tore papermoney bills while fighting over them (equal to act of destroying stamped government documents - bylaw necessitated one hundred floggings). However Hongwu Emperor decides to pardon them.

1513 - Battle at Eguinegatte/Guinegate: Maximilian & Henry VIII beat France

1570 - King Janos Sigismund Zapolyai signs secret treaty with Maximilian II

1625 - Earnest Casimir of Nassau-Dietz appointed viceroy of Drenthe

1691 - Yorktown, Virginia founded

1717 - Prince Eugenius of Savoye occupies Belgrade

1743 - Earliest boxing code of rules formulated in England (Jack Broughton)

1745 - Skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots

1748 - "Geldermalsen" sails to East-Indies

1777 - Americans defeat British in Battle of Bennington, Vt

1780 - British decisively defeat Americans in Battle of Camden, SC

1794 - Hungarian revolutionary Ignác Martinovics arrested in Vienna

King of England Henry VIII

1797 - Comet C/1797 P1 (Bouvard-Herschel) approaches 0.0879 AUs of Earth

1812 - General Hull surrenders Detroit & Michigan territory to British forces

1812 - British forces under the command of Major General Sir Isaac Brock capture Fort Detroit with

the help of Indigenous warriors led by Tecumseh

1819 - Peterloo Massacre, Manchester, England: cavalry charges demonstrators.15 people killed and400-700 injured

1829 - Siamese twins Chang & Eng Bunker arrive in Boston to be exhibited

1834 - Charles Darwin climbs Mt Campana in Chile

1858 - Britain's Queen Victoria telegraphs US President James Buchanan

1861 - Pres Lincoln prohibits Union states from trading with Confederacy

1861 - Skirmishes at Fredericktown/Kirkville, Missouri

1863 - Chickamauga campaign GA

1864 - Federal assault on 4th day of battle at Deep Bottom Run, Virginia

Queen of the United Kingdom Victoria

1864 - Palace for People's industry official opens in Amsterdam

1865 - Restoration Day in the Dominican Republic: The Dominican Republic regains itsindependence after 4 years of fighting against the Spanish Annexation.

1869 - Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguay battalion made up of children is massacred by the BrazilianArmy during the War of the Triple Alliance.

1870 - Fred Goldsmith demonstrates curve ball isn't an optical illusion

1876 - Opera "Siegfried" premieres in Bayreuth

1880 - The French state commissions sculptor Auguste Rodin for a large sculpted doorway 'TheGates of Hell' for the proposed Musée des Arts Décoratifs

1882 - British under General Wolseley land in Alexandria

1890 - Alexander Clark, journalist/lawyer, named minister to Liberia

1894 - Indian chiefs from the Sioux & Onondaga tribes met to urge their people to renounceChristianity & return to their old Indian faith

1896 - Gold first discovered in Klondike, found at Bonanza Creek, Alaska by George Carmack

Sculptor Auguste Rodin

1898 - Edwin Prescott patents roller coaster

1903 - Tigers play a home game in Toledo Ohio, Yanks win 12-8

1904 - NYC begins building Grand Central Station

1905 - Mbunga-rebellion occupy German post Ifakara East-Africa

1906 - -17] 8.6 earthquake destroys Valparaiso Chile, fire kills 20,000

1907 - Mulay Hafid is proclaimed the Sultan of Morocco by supporters leading to civil war; Mulay issupported by Germany while France supports the existing Sultan

1908 - The Committee of Union and Progress, 'The Young Turks', announces a program for reformsand respect for the rights of all within the Ottoman Empire, regardless of race or religion

1913 - T?hoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day T?hoku University) admits its first femalestudents.

1914 - German army occupies last fort at Liege, Belgian general Leman caught

1914 - Zapata & Pancho Villa over run Mexico

1914 - World War I: Battle of Cer begins.

1915 - KC's Alex Main no-hits Buffalo (Federal League), 5-0

1918 - US troops overrun at Archangelsk by Bolshevik troops

1920 - Ray Chapman, of Indians is hit in head by Yanks' Carl Mays pitch; he dies next day, onlymajor league fatality

1921 - Members of the Dail (parliament) swear allegiance to the Irish Republic at their first meeting,held at Dublin House

1922 - AT&T radio station WBAY becomes WEAF (NYC)

Tennis Player Helen Wills Moody

1924 - 38th US Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Molla Mallory (6-1 6-3)

1924 - Conference about German recovery payments opens in London

1924 - Dutch-Turkish peace treaty signed

1924 - 38th U.S. Women's National Championship: Helen Wills Moody beats Molla Bjurstedt Mallory(6-1, 6-3)

1927 - 1st HR hit out of Comiskey Park Chicago (NY Yankee Babe Ruth)

1930 - The first color sound cartoon, called Fiddlesticks, is made by Ub Iwerks.

1934 - US ends occupation of Haiti (been there since 1915)

1934 - US explorer William Beebe descends 3,028' (923 m) in Bathysphere

1936 - 11th Olympic games closes in Berlin

1940 - 45 German aircrafts shot down over England

1941 - HMS Mercury, Royal Navy Signals School and Combined Signals School opens at Leydene,near Petersfield, Hampshire, England.

Soldier, Author and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill

1942 - British Premier Winston Churchill travels back to Cairo from Moscow

1943 - 1st Long Tom bombs on Italian mainland (from Sicily)

1943 - Bulgarian Tsar Boris III visits Adolf Hitler

1944 - 2nd Canadian Division occupies Falaise, Normandy

1944 - Dutch begin diplomatic contact with Vatican in London

1944 - US 15th Army corp reaches Eure, surrounds Dreux

1944 - First flight of the Junkers Ju 287.

1945 - Puyi, the last Chinese emperor and ruler of Manchukuo, was captured by Soviet troops.

1946 - Direct Action Day - riots in Calcutta between Muslim and Hindus kill over 4,000 over demandfor Pakistan separate state

1947 - Ralph Kiner becomes 1st Pirate to hit 3 consecutive HRs

1948 - Arabs blow up Latrun pumping station in Jerusalem

1948 - Israeli pound becomes legal tender

1950 - West Indies complete historic 3-1 series win against England

Dictator of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler

1953 - KTAL TV channel 6 in Shreveport-Texarkana, LA (NBC) begins

1953 - Shah of Persia & princess Soraya flee to Baghdad & Rome

1954 - "Sports Illustrated" magazine begins publishing

1954 - 200 pilgrims drown in Farahzad Iran rain storm flood

1955 - Fiat Motors orders 1st private atomic reactor

1956 - Adlai E Stevenson nominated as US Democratic presidential candidate

1956 - Indians' Rocky Colavito hits his 1st grand slam, Cleveland 5, Tigers 4

1959 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Seattle Golf Open

1959 - USSR introduces installment buying

1960 - Britain grants independence to crown colony of Cyprus

1960 - Joseph Kittinger parachutes from balloon at 31,330 m (84,700')

1960 - Republic of Congo (Zaire, Dem Rep of Congo) forms

1961 - 250,000 West Berliners demonstrate against East Berlin

1961 - Martin L King protests for black voting right in Miami

Beatles Drummer Ringo Starr

1962 - Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best as Beatles' drummer

1963 - Independence is restored to Dominican Republic

1964 - Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Omaha Jaycee Golf Open Invitational

1964 - St Louis Card Curt Flood gets 8 straight hits in a doubleheader

1965 - AFL awards its 1st expansion franchise (Miami Dolphins)

1967 - Cin Red Jim Maloney retires 19 Pirates, then gets injured & leaves

1967 - WFIQ TV channel 36 in Florence, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting

1969 - WATL TV channel 36 in Atlanta, GA begins broadcasting

SwamiSatchidananda addressing the opening ceremony at Woodstock

1969 - Second day of the Woodstock rock festival in NY

Golfer and Two-Time PGA Champion Dave Stockton

1970 - 52nd PGA Championship: Dave Stockton shoots 279 at Southern Hills OK

1970 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cincinnati Golf Open

1971 - Over 8,000 workers go on strike in Derry, Northern Ireland, in protest at the introduction ofInternment (allowing suspected terrorists to be indefinitely detained without trial)

1972 - 54th PGA Championship: Gary Player shoots a 281 at Oakland Hills Mich

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 235

1355 - Philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster

1378 - Hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425)

1397 - Albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany

1401 - Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, dauphine of France (d. 1436)

1550 - Carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar

1557 - Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (d. 1602)

1573 - Anna of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1598)

1596 - Frederick V, Elector Palatine (d. 1632)

1622 - Tsjerk H de Vries, fleet guardian

1637 - Emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, German countess and poet (d. 1706)

1645 - Jean de La Bruyère, French writer (d. 1696)

1650 - Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian cartographer and encylopedist (d. 1718)

1666 - Henriette Amalia, monarch of Nassau-Dietz

1682 - Louis, duc de Bourgogne, heir-apparent to the French throne (d. 1712)

1761 - Yevstigney Fomin, Russian composer (d. 1800)

1769 - Jean Aime Vernier, composer

1776 - Philipp Jakob Riotte, composer

1795 - Heinrich August Marschner, composer

1815 - John Bosco, Italian priest and educator (d. 1888)

1816 - Joseph Robinson, composer

1817 - Henry Winter Davis, MC (Union), (d. 1865)

1820 - Andrew Rainsford Wetmore, Canadian politician (d. 1892)

1828 - Joseph Bradford Carr, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)

1831 - Edward Payson Chapin, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), (d. 1863)

1831 - John Jones Ross, Quebec politician (d. 1901)

1832 - Wilhelm Wundt, German physiologist/psychologist/philosopher

1836 - John Farmer, composer

1837 - Emile A H Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer

1842 - Jakob Rosanes, German mathematician (d. 1922)

1845 - Gabriel Lippmann, French physicist

1846 - Justus van Maurik, Dutch cigar manufacturer/writer/editor (Groene)

1858 - Arthur Achleitner, German writer (d. 1927)

1860 - Jules Laforgue, Uruguay, French poet (Les Complaintas)

1860 - Lord Hawke, cricketer (England batsman 1890's, many official posts)

1862 - Amos Alonzo Stagg, football pioneer, inventor (tackling dummy)

1864 - Ferdinand C S Schiller, British philosopher (Riddles of the Sphinx)

1867 - Antonio Nobre, Portuguese poet (Lonely)

1868 - Charles Sanford Skilton, composer

1868 - Bernarr McFadden, American physical culture advocate and (d. 1955)

1871 - Zakhary Petrovich Paliashvili, composer

1876 - Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator (d. 1942)

1877 - Karl L Hoschna, composer

1882 - Pierre H Ritter Jr, Dutch literary/head (Utrecht Newspaper)

1884 - Adrian S Oppenheim, Dutch lawyer/adviser (British Petroleum/Shell)

1884 - Hugo Gernsback, sci-fi writer (1960 Hugo)

1884 - Walther von Reichenau, German field marshal (d. 1942)

1885 - Charles Carson, actor (Cry the Beloved Country), born in London, England

Soldier and Writer T. E. Lawrence (1888)

1888 - T. E. Lawrence Tremadoc [Lawrence of Arabia], Wales, soldier/writer

1888 - Armand J. Piron, American musician (d. 1943)

1892 - Harold Foster, cartoonist (created "Prince Valiant")

1892 - Otto Messmer, American cartoonist (d. 1983)

1894 - George Meany, labor leader (headed AFL-CIO), born in NYC, New York

1895 - Jacinto Guerrero, composer

1895 - Lucien Littlefield, San Antonia Tx, actor (Mr Beasley-Blondie)

1895 - Albert Cohen, Swiss novelist (d. 1981)

1895 - Liane Haid, Austrian actress (d. 2000)

1896 - (or the 17th) Tina Modotti, Udine Italy, Italian artist and activist

1897 - Robert Ringling, circus master

1897 - Vicente Ascone, composer

1899 - Glenn Strange, Weed NM, actor (Sam the Bartender-Gunsmoke)

1902 - Georgette Heyer, English novelist (Friday's Child)

1902 - Stefan Boleslaw Poradowski, composer

1904 - Wendell Stanley, biochemist, 1st to crystallize a virus (Nobel 1946)

1906 - Franz Josef II, prince of Liechtenstein (1938-89)

1907 - Alexander Uriah Boskovich, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Israeli composer

1907 - Mae Clarke, [Klotz], Phila, actress (Frankenstein, Waterloo Bridge)

1908 - William Maxwell, American novelist and editor (d. 2000)

1909 - Paul Smith Callaway, composer

1910 - Mae Clarke, Phila, actress (Frankenstein, Nana, Parole Girl)[or 1907]

1912 - Marga AM Klompe, 1st Netherland woman elected minister

1912 - Ted Drake, English footballer (d. 1995)

Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin (1913)

1913 - Menachem Begin, Brest Russian Empire, Israeli PM (1977-83, Nobel 1978), (d. 1992)

1914 - Tullio Pandolfini, Italy, water polo (Olympic-gold-1948)

1915 - Al Hibbler, singer (Unchained Melody)

1916 - Iggy Katona, American race car driver (d. 2003)

1917 - Roque Cordero, Panama, composer (Sonata Breve)

1920 - Charles Bukowski, Andernach Germany, US writer (Hollywood: A Novel)

1922 - Louis E Lomax, author

1923 - Joe Hutton, northumbrian piper/shepherd

1923 - Millôr Fernandes, Brazilian playwright

1925 - Fess Parker, Fort Worth Texas, actor (Davy Crockett, Old Yeller)

1925 - Willie Jones, American baseball player (d. 1983)

1928 - Ann Blyth, Mt Kisko NY, actress (Kismet, Mildred Pierce)

1928 - Eddie Kirkland, Jamaican/US blues guitarist (Have Mercy)

1929 - Bill Evans, US jazz pianist

1929 - Helmut Rahn, German footballer (d. 2003)

1929 - Fritz Von Erich, American professional wrestler (d. 1997)

1930 - Frank Gifford, American NFL halfback (NY Giants)/ABC sportscaster, born in Santa Monica,California (d. 2015)

1930 - Marion A Trabert, tennis champ (US Open-1953)

1930 - Robert Culp, Berkley California, actor (I Spy, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice)

Tennis Player and Five-Time Major Champion Tony Trabert (1930)

1930 - Tony Trabert, Cincinnati Ohio, tennis pro (1955 Wimbledon)

1932 - Eydie Gorme, [Edithe Gormezano], Bronx NY, singer (Bossa Nova), (d. 2013)

1932 - Jon Lindbergh, 2nd son of aviator Charles Lindbergh

1933 - Jan van Ginkel, graphic artist/publisher (Perscombinatie)

1933 - Reiner Kunze, writer

1933 - Stuart A "Smokey" Roosa, Durango Colo, Col USAF/astronaut (Apollo 14)

1934 - Diana Wynne Jones, UK, sci-fi author (Drowned Ammet, Witch Week)

1934 - Ed van Thijn, (Jewish) Dutch foreign min/mayor (Amsterdam, 1983-94)

1934 - John Standing, actor (Edward-Lime Street), born in London, England

1934 - Ketty Lester, [Revoyda Frierson], US singer/actress (Love Letters)

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 11 of 11

1290 - Charles van Valois weds Margaretha van Anjou

1477 - Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, weds Mary of Burgundy, the heiress to the Duchy ofBurgundy in Ghent, Belgium

1846 - Opera Composer (The Barber of Seville) Gioacchino Rossini marries 2nd wife OlympePélissier in Paris

Filmmaker and Director Cecil B. DeMille (1902)

1902 - Filmmaker Cecil B DeMille (21) weds actress Constance Adams (28) in Orange, New Jersey

1919 - NFL player Curly Lambeau (21) weds high school sweetheart Marguerite Van Kessel in GreenBay, Wisconsin

1946 - Famous ballet choreographer George Balanchine (42) weds ballerina Maria Tallchief (21)

1983 - musician Paul Simon weds actress and writer Carrie Fisher

1985 - Singer Madonna weds actor Sean Penn on her 27th birthday

1992 - Comedian Janeane Garofalo (27) weds writer Robert Cohen in Las Vegas

2008 - "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" talk show host Ellen DeGeneres (54) weds actress Portia deRossi (39) in Beverly Hills, California

2011 - Fashion designer Michael Kors (51) weds Lance LePere in Southampton, New York

Famous Divorces

Divorces 1 - 1 of 1

Singer/Actor Frank Sinatra (1968)

1968 - Singer/actor Frank Sinatra and 3rd wife actress Mia Farrow divorce after 2 years of marriage

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 100 of 126

1027 - Giorgi I, King of Georgia (b. 998)

1297 - John II of Trebizond (b. 1262)

1327 - Roch, French saint (b. 1295)

1358 - Duke Albert II of Austria (b. 1298)

1419 - Wenceslaus, King of the Romans, King of Bohemia (b. 1361)

1443 - Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1434)

1445 - Margaret of Scotland (Dauphine of France), wife of the future King Louis XI (b. 1424)

1508 - Henry van Stolberg & Wernigerode, Ger viceroy of Friesland, dies at 41

1518 - Loyset Compère, French composer

1532 - John the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony (b. 1468)

1603 - Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri), dies at 62

1661 - Thomas Fuller, English prime minister, dies at 53

1675 - Bogdan Chmilnicki, cosack leader/murderer of 300,000 Jews, dies

1678 - Andrew Marvell, English poet (Definition of Love), ODs at 57

1705 - Jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician, dies at 50

1733 - Matthew Tindal, English deist (b. 1657)

1738 - Joe Miller, English comic, dies

1748 - Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer, dies at 63

1786 - Henri-Jacques de Croes, Flemish composer/bandmaster, dies at 80

1791 - Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1719)

1799 - Vincenzo Manfredini, composer, dies at 61

1807 - Claude C Saunier, French furniture maker, dies at about 72

1831 - Eduard Brendler, composer, dies at 30

1836 - Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (b. 1755)

1854 - Duncan Phyfe, furniture maker, dies

1855 - Henry Colburn, British publisher (b. ?)

1864 - John Randolph Chambliss Jr, planter/Confederate, dies in battle at 31

1870 - Ludvig Anton Edmund Passy, composer, dies at 80

1886 - Swami Ramakrishna, Indies philosopher, dies at 50

1888 - John Pemberton, American druggist and inventor of Coca-Cola (b. 1831)

1893 - Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist (b. 1825)

1894 - Herman van der Tuuk, Dutch linguist (Toba Batak grammar), dies at 70

1899 - Robert Wilhelm Bunsen, German chemist (b. 1811)

1900 - Eca de Queiroz, writer, dies

1907 - James Hector, Scottish geologist (b. 1834)

1910 - Charles Ferdinand Lenepveu, composer, dies at 69

1911 - Karl Munzinger, composer, dies at 68

1920 - J Norman Lockyer, English physicist (discovered helium in Sun), dies

1921 - Peter I Karadjordjevic, king of Serbia/Yugoslavia, dies [or 8/26]

1929 - Frank Valentine Van der Stucken, composer, dies at 70

Singer and guitarist Robert Johnson (1938)

1938 - Robert Johnson, US Delta-blues singer/guitarist, poisoned at 27

1938 - Andrej Hlinka, Slovak politician and priest (b. 1864)

1939 - Ron Oxenham, cricketer (7 Tests for Australia, 14 wickets), dies

1940 - Billy Fiske, US RAF-pilot/2nd lieutenant, dies of injuries

1940 - Henri Desgrange, French cyclist/founder (Tour de France), dies at 75

1944 - Roman Padlewski, composer, dies at 28

1945 - Nico Richter, composer, dies at 29

1945 - Takijiro Ohnishi, led Japanese kamikaze pilots (harakiri), dies

1946 - Herman Harrell Horne, philosopher (idealism)

1948 - Babe Ruth, Baseball legend (NY Yankees), dies in NY at 53

1949 - Margaret Mitchell, US writer (Gone With the Wind), dies at 48

1951 - Louis Jouvet, actor (Volpone, Topaze, La Marseillaise), dies at 63

1952 - Lydia Field Emmet, American painter (b. 1866)

1956 - Bela Lugosi, actor (Dracula), dies of heart attack at 73

Actor Bela Lugosi (1956)

1957 - Irving Langmuir, American chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1881)

1958 - Paul Panzer, actor (Cat's Paw, Mildred Pierce), dies at 85

1959 - Pedro Humberto Allende Saron, Chilean composer (Tonados), dies at 74

1959 - William "Bull" F Halsey, US vice-admiral (WW II Pacific), dies

1959 - Wanda Landowska, Polish harpsichordist (b. 1879)

1960 - Errol Holmes, cricketer (batted in 5 Tests for England 1935), dies

1961 - Maulvi Abdul Haq, Father of Modern Urdu (b. 1870)

1964 - Jack Pennick, actor (Lady From Louisiana), dies at 68

1965 - Vasily Petrovich Shirinsky, composer, dies at 64

1966 - Jack Mather, actor (Cisco Kid), dies of heart attack at 58

1968 - Luis Gianneo, composer, dies at 71

1969 - Russ Bender, actor/writer (Air Patrol, Strangler), dies at 59

1971 - Elsie Baker, actress (Ghosts of Hanley House), dies at 78

1972 - John Barnes Chance, composer, dies at 39

1973 - Selman A Waksman, Russian/US microbiology (Nobel 1952), dies at 85

1973 - Veda Ann Borg, actress (Kid Galahad), dies at 54

1974 - Karl E Mundt, (Rep/Sen), dies

1976 - Beppie Nooij Jr, Dutch actress (Rooie Sien), dies at 83

Singer & Cultural Icon Elvis Presley (1977)

1977 - Elvis Presley, American musician, dies at Graceland at 42. Official cause of death is cardiacarrhythmia

1978 - Alidius WL Tjarda van Stachouwer, gov-gen of Neth Indies, dies at 90

1979 - John Diefenbaker, 13th Prime Minister of Canada, dies at 83

1983 - Earl Averill, American baseball player (b. 1902)

1984 - Gyorgy Kosa, composer, dies at 87

1986 - John Hurley, song writer (Son of a Preacher Man), dies at 45

1986 - Jaime Saenz, Bolivian poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1921)

1988 - Milton Adolphus, composer, dies at 75

1989 - Amanda Blake [Beverly Louise Neill], American actress (Gunsmoke), dies at 60

1990 - Pat O'Connor, New Zealand professional wrestler (b. 1925)

1991 - Robert DiMatte Jr, stage director/actor, dies at 43

1991 - Shamu the Whale, dies of respiratory failure at 16

13th Prime Minister of Canada John Diefenbaker (1979)

1991 - Stuart Karl, CEO (Karl Home Video), dies at 38 of skin cancer

1992 - Mark Heard, Christian musician, dies at 41 of a heart attack

1993 - Irene Sharaff, US costume designer (Cleopatra, Can-can), dies at 83

1993 - Joseph Towers, US pilot, dies

1993 - Stewart Granger, actor (Scaramouche), dies of cancer at 80

1993 - Tom Fuccella, actor (Paul-One Life to Live), dies of AIDs at 56

1994 - Earnest Pawel, Polish/US author (Nightmare of Reason), dies at 74

1994 - Frits de Knight, photographer, dies of AIDS at 40

1994 - Henry Geldzahler, US critic, dies

1994 - John Doucette, actor (Fighting Mad, Gang War), dies of cancer at 73

1995 - John Cameron Swayze, news anchor (NBC), dies at 89

1995 - John Priestly McCartjy, detroit DJ, dies at 62

1995 - Robert "Robby" Debarge, R&B Musician, dies at 36

1996 - Eric Cullen, actor (Huntington Tower), dies at 31

1996 - Robert Lynn, anarchist, dies at 72

1997 - Gerard McLarnon, actor/writer, dies at 82

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