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March 21st
1349 3,000 Jews killed in Black Death riots in Efurt Germany1421 Battle of Beauge-French beat British1492 Alonzo Pietro, pilot, sailed with Columbus1610 King James I addresses English House of Commons1681 3rd Exclusion Parliament meets in London1697 Czar Peter the Great begins tour through West-Europe1702 Queen Anne Stuart addresses English parliament1788 Fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans LA1788 Gustavus Vassa petitions Queen Charlotte, to free enslaved Africans1790 Thomas Jefferson reports to President Washington in New York as Secretary of State1791 Captain Hopley Yeaton of New Hampshire becomes 1st commissioned officer in USN1804 French civil Code of Napoleon adopted1824 Fire at Cairo ammunitions dump kills 4,000 horses1826 Beethoven's Quartet #13 in B flat major (Op 130) premieres in Vienna1835 Charles Darwin & Mariano Gonzales meet at Portillo Pass1843 Preacher William Miller of Massachusetts predicts the world will end today1844 Origin of Bahá'í Era-Bahá'í calendar starts here (Bahá 1, 1)1851 Yosemite Valley discovered in California1857 Earthquake hits Tokyo; about 107,000 die1859 Scottish National Gallery opens in Edinburgh1859 Zoological Society of Philadelphia, 1st in US, incorporated1860 US extradition treaty with Sweden1863 Naval Engagement at Havana Cuba-USS Henrick Hudson vs BR Wild Pigeon1864 Battle at Henderson's Hill (Bayou Rapids) Louisiana1865 Battle of Bentonville ends, last Confederate effort to stop Sherman1866 Congress authorizes national soldiers' homes1868 1st US professional women's club, Sorosis, is founded in New York NY1871 Journalist Henry M Stanley begins his famous expedition to Africa1871 Otto von Bismarck elevated Fürst1874 US Grant's daughter Nellie marries in the White House1885 2nd French government of Ferry resigns1888 Arthur Pinero's "Sweet Lavender" premieres in London1890 Austrian Jewish communities are defined by law1891 A Hatfield marries a McCoy, ends long feud in West Virginia; it started with an accusation of pig-stealing & lasted 20 years1899 British & French accord about West-Africa1907 US invades Honduras1909 Moran & MacFarland (US) win Europe's 1st 6 day bicycle race (Berlin)1913 Flood in Ohio, kills 4001914 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Theresa Weld1914 US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Norman M Scott1916 JP Van Limburg Stirum succeeds AWF Idenburg as Governor-General of Netherland Indies1917 1st female US Navy Petty Officer is Loretta Walsh1918 During WWI Germany launches Somme offensive1921 Walter Kerr Theater (Ritz, CBS, NBC, ABC) opens at 223 W 48th St NYC1922 KGW-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions1923 US foreign minister Charles Hughes refuses USSR recognition1924 1st foreign language course broadcast on US radio (WJZ, New York NY)1924 Mass Investors Trust becomes 1st mutual fund set up in US1925 Edinburgh's Murreyfield Stadium officially opens1925 Iran adopts Khorshidi solar Hijrah calendar1927 Guomindang Army conquerors Shanghai as British marines flee1931 KRO-broadcast studio initiated in Hilversum Holland1931 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Maribel Vinson1931 US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Roger Turner1933 Hitler, Göring, Prince Ruprecht, Brüning & top army meet in Berlin1934 Babe Didrikson pitches an inning in an A's-Dodgers exhibition game Walks 1, hits the next guy, 3rd guy hits into triple-play1934 Fire destroys Hakodate Japan, killing about 1,5001935 Jean Anouilh's "Y avait un presonnier" premieres in Paris France1935 Persia officially renamed Iran1937 Ponce massacre, police kill 19 at Puerto Rican Nationalist parade1939 Nazi-Germany demands Gdansk (Danzig) from Poland1941 Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon in 13 for heavyweight boxing title1942 Convoy QP9 departs Great Britain to Murmansk1942 Heavy German assault on Malta1943 Assassination attempt on Hitler fails1943 British 8th army opens assault on Mareth line, Tunisia1944 General Eisenhower postpones S France invasion until after Normandy1945 1st Japanese flying bombs (ochas) attack Okinawa1945 During WWII Allied bombers begin 4-day raid over Germany1945 Dutch Resistance fighter Hannie Schaft arrested by Nazi police1946 Kenny Washington signs with Rams, 1st black NFLer since 19331946 UN set up temporary HQ at Hunter (now Lehman) College (Bronx)1947 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fulgens radiatur1947 President Truman signs Executive Order 9835 requiring all federal employees to have allegiance to the United States1947 Test Cricket debut of Bert Sutcliffe, New Zealand vs England at Christchurch1948 "Stop the Music" with Bert Parks premieres on ABC radio1949 WTVJ TV channel 4 in Miami FL (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting1951 2,900,000 US soldiers in Korea1952 "3 Wishes for Jamie" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 94 performances1952 Alan Freed presents Moondog Coronation Ball at old Cleveland Arena, 25,000 attend 1st rock & roll concert ever1952 Tornadoes in Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama & Kentucky cause 343 deaths1953 NBA record 106 fouls & 12 players foul out (Boston-Syracuse)1954 KFBB TV channel 5 in Great Falls MT (ABC/CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting1955 Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus desires Cyprus joining Greece1955 Brooklyn Bulletin asks Dodger fans not to call their team "Bums"1956 28th Academy Awards: "Marty", Ernest Borgnine & Anna Magnani win1957 Tennessee Williams' "Orpheus Descending" premieres in New York NY1958 1st presentation of West Point's Sylvanus Thayer Award1958 USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test1959 "Juno" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 16 performances1959 21st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: California beats W Va 71-701960 Sharpeville Massacre: Police kill 72 in South Africa & outlaws ANC1961 Art Modell purchases Cleveland Browns for then record ($3,925,000)1961 Beatles' 1st appearance at the Cavern Club1962 A bear becomes the 1st creature to be ejected at supersonic speeds1962 Dutch Roman Catholic bishop Beckers of Bosch makes TV speech in Netherlands in favor of birth control1962 Philadelphia retires pitcher Robin Roberts' #361962 Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev pledged that Russia wouldcooperate with the United States in peaceful exploration of space. Thejoint American-Soviet Soyuz space mission was conducted in July 1975.1963 Alcatraz federal penitentiary in San Francisco Bay closed1963 David Hendon & Douglas Cross' musical premieres in London1964 26th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Duke 98-831964 Beatles' "She Loves You" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks1964 UCLA completes undefeated NCAA basketball season (30-0)1965 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open1965 Martin Luther King Jr begins march from Selma to Montgomery AL1965 US Ranger 9 launched; takes 5,814 pictures before lunar impact1966 Supreme Court reverses Massachusetts ruling that "Fanny Hill" is obscene1968 "Royals" chosen as the name of new Kansas City American League Baseball franchise1968 Hill, Hawkins & Coghill's musical premieres in London1968 Israeli forces cross Jordan River to attack PLO bases1968 Portuguese socialist Mario Soares banished to Sao Tomé1969 John & Yoko stage their 1st bed-in for peace (Amsterdam Hilton)1969 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site1970 32nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Jacksonville 80-691971 Gavaskar scores 1st of his 34 Test Cricket tons, 116 at Georgetown1971 Jan Ferraris wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic1971 Vermont seasonal snowfall totals 132.2"1971 WCPB TV channel 28 in Salisbury MD (PBS) begins broadcasting1972 US Supreme Court rules states can't require 1-year residency to vote1973 Frank Mahovlich becomes 5th NHLer to score 500 goals1974 Attempt made to kidnap Princess Anne in London's Pall Mall1975 Ethiopia ends monarchy after 3000 years1978 Padres fire Al Dark (2nd manager ever fired during spring training)1979 Egyptian Parliament unanimously approve peace treaty with Israel1980 On TV show Dallas, JR is shot1982 "Little Johnny Jones" opens & closes at Alvin Theater NYC1982 Jerry Pate celebrates golf win by jumping into the water hazard1982 Movie "Annie" premieres1982 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament1983 Only known typo on Time Magazine cover (control=contol), all recalled1984 Border scores 100 vs West Indies Trinidad after 98 in 1st cricket innings1984 NFL owners passed the infamous anti-celebrating rule1984 Part of Central Park is named Strawberry Fields honoring John Lennon1984 Soviet sub crashes into USS aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off Japan1985 Arthur Ashe is named to International Tennis Hall of Fame1985 Bloodbath at Langa (Uitenhage) South-Africa, 19 killed1986 199.22 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange1986 Karin Kania (German Democratic Republic) skates ladies world record 500 meter (39.52 seconds) & 3 km (4:18.02)1986 Pittsburgh Associates buy Pittsburgh Pirates for $218 million1987 PSV sells soccer player Ruud Gullit to AC Milan (ƒ17 million)1988 23rd Academy of Country Music Awards: Randy Travis & Hank Williams Jr1989 1st sea test of Trident 2 missile self-destructs, Cape Canaveral1990 "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens at Eugene O'Neill NYC for 149 performances1990 "Normal Life" starring Moon Unit & Dweezil Zappa premieres on CBS-TV1990 "Sydney" starring Valerie Bertinelli premieres on CBS-TV1990 Namibia becomes independent of South Africa, Sam Nujoma becomes president1991 27 lost at sea when 2 US Navy anti-submarine planes collide1991 Largest wrestling crowd in Japan (64,500) at Tokyo Dome1991 Tatsumi Fujinami beats Ric Flair for NWA wrestling championship1991 UN Security Council panel decided to lift the food embargo on Iraq1992 2nd WLAF season begins1992 Pakistan scores 6-264 to overhaul New Zealand in exciting World Cup semi1993 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament1993 Pope John Paul II declares Duns Scotus, a saint1993 South Africa White Wolves kill 5 year old black girl1994 66th Academy Awards: "Schindler's List", Tom Hanks & Holly Hunter win1994 Anne P Sidamon-Eristoff named chairwoman of Museum of National History1994 Dudley Moore arrested for hitting girlfriend1994 Watne Gretzky ties Gordie Howe's NHL record of 801 goals1995 New Jersey officially dedicates the Howard Stern Rest Area along Route 2951995 NYC agrees to sell it's 2 owned radio stations (WNYC AM & FM)1996 "Night of the Iguana" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 68 performances1997 World Ice Dance won by Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov (Russia)1997 World Ice Pairs Figure Skating won by Mandy Woetzel & Ingo Steuer (Germany)1997 World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Lausanne won by Tara Lipinski (USA)1997 World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Lausanne won by Elvis Stojko (Canada)1997 Wrestlemania XIII
Births
1466 French van Brederode leader Hoeksen1474 Angela Merici Italian monastery founder/saint1521 Mauritius duke/nice monarch of Saksen (1547-53)1527 Hermann Finck composer1609 Jan II Kazimierz cardinal/King of Poland (1648-68)1624 François Roberday composer1642 Georg Schmezer composer1685 Johann Sebastian Bach Eisenach Germany, composer (Matthäus-Passion)1708 Caspar Ruetz composer1713 Francis Lewis signed Declaration of Independence1716 Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger composer1763 Jean Paul writer1765 Henry Fagel Dutch/English baron/diplomat1768 Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier mathematician/Egyptologist1779 Alexis Garaude composer1806 Benito Pablo Juárez Oaxaca Mexico, President of México (1858-72)1813 James Jesse Strang king of Mormons on Beaver Island MI (1850-56)1816 Charlotte Bronte novelist/poet1820 Frank Mori composer1836 Jesus Monasterio composer1839 Modest Mussorgsky composer (Boris Gudunov, Night on Bald Mountain)1854 Alick A C Bannerman cricketer (brother of Charles, Australia 1878-1893)1863 Hugo Kaun composer1866 Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira Maury astronomer1869 Albert Kahn architect, originated modern factory design1869 Florenz Ziegfeld producer (Ziegfield Follies)1878 Thurlow Weed Lieurance composer1880 Hans Hofmann German/US painter (Search for the Real)1880 Wilhelm Pessler German sociologist1881 Hermann Sandby composer1882 Gilbert M Anderson [Max Aronson], Little Rock AR1883 Jules van Nuffel composer1884 George D Birkhoff US mathematician (Aesthetic measure)1887 Edwin Scharff German "entartet" painter/sculptor1891 Jonathan Hale actor (Saint's Double Trouble, Saint Strikes Back)1893 Geoffrey Dearmer poet19-- Ira Elliot rocker (RU Ready)19-- Lorene Yarnell Los Angeles CA, mime (Shields & Yarnell)19-- Robert Sweet rock drummer (Stryper-Against the Law)1900 Eugenie Leontovitch Moscow Russia, actor (Homicidal)1900 Paul Klecki/Kletzki Polish violinist/composer/conductor1901 Carmelita Geraghty Rushville IN, actress (My Best Girl, Texas Ranger)1901 Richard Leslie Hill historian1902 Carl Jaffe Hamburg Germany, actor (1st Man in Space, Escapement)1902 Eddie James "Son" House folk blues musician (Delta Blues)1902 William Downie Forrest journalist1904 Nikolaos Skalkottas composer1905 Phyllis McGinley US, poet (Pulitzer 1961, Love Letters)1906 John D Rockefeller III billionaire philanthropist (oil)1908 Maurice Stans rocker1910 Nick Castle Brooklyn NY, choreographer (Dinah Shore, Judy Garland)1911 John Paxton screenwriter (On The Beach, Kotch, Farewell My Lovely)1912 Peter Bull actor/author (Executioner, Tom Jones, Dr Strangelove)1913 George Ghita Ionescu academic1913 Max Youngstein New York NY, producer (United Artists)1914 Herman Siles Zuazo politician1914 Paul Tortelier composer1916 Harold Robbins US, novelist (The Carpetbaggers) [or 0521]1918 Howard Cosell Winston-Salem NC, sportscaster (Monday Night Football)1918 Joe Carveth NHL forward (scored 20 or more goals in 3 seasons)1919 Geoffrey Pinnington journalist1919 Lois Collier Salley SC, actress (Mary-Boston Blackie, Slave Girl)1921 Antony Hopkins composer1921 Arthur Grumiaux Belgian violinist1921 Logan Ramsey Long Beach CA, actor (Head, Joy Sticks, Say Yes)1923 Mort Lindsey Newark NJ, orchestra leader (Merv Griffin Show)1923 Philip Abbott Lincoln NE, actor (Arthur Ward-The FBI)1924 Karl Heinz Fussl composer1925 John E Grotberg (Representative-Republican-IL, 1985-86)1925 Peter Brook London, director (1776)/TV writer1926 André Delvaux Heverie Belgium, director/writer (Benvenuta)1926 Virginia Weidler Hollywood CA, actress (Babes on Broadway)1927 Hans-Dietrich Genscher German minister of Foreign affairs (FDP)1928 Evelyn Ruth Anderson composer1928 James W Kinnear Pittsburgh PA, CEO (Texaco)1928 Peter Hacks German playwright (Tie Windloch)1929 James Coco Bronx NY, actor (Man of La Mancha, Murder by Death)1929 Jules Bergman space & science reporter (ABC-TV)1931 Ivan William Hannaford sociologist1932 Joseph Silverstein Detroit MI, violinist (Denver Symphony Orchestra)1933 John Hall English real estate developer/multi-millionaire1933 Michael Heseltine Welsh/British minister of Defense (1986)/MP1934 Al Freeman Jr San Antonio TX, actor (One Life to Live, My Sweet Charlie)1934 Lister Carney Bellaire OH, 200 meter runner (Olympics-silver-1960)1935 Brian Clough soccer manager1935 Hubert Fichte writer1936 Marek Stachowski composer1937 Tom Flores Fresno CA, NFL quarterback/coach (Raiders)1938 Grahame Thomas cricketer (Australian batsman of the mid-60's)1938 Wilf Corrigan English/US electronic manufacturer (LSI Logic)1939 Kathleen Widdoes Wilmington DE, actress (Without a Trace)1939 Martha Hudson Eastman GA, 4X100 meter relayer (Olympics-gold-1960)1941 Dirk D Frimout Belgium, cosmonaut1941 Malcolm Francke cricketer (leg-spinner, Ceylon 1956 to Queensland 1984)1942 Françoise Dorléac Paris France, actress (That Man From Rio)1943 Antal Dunai Hungary, soccer player (Olympics-gold-1968)1943 Viv[ian] Stanshall Shillingford Oxon England, rocker (Bonzo Dog Band-I'm the Urban Spaceman)1944 Charles Edward Greene Pine Bluff AR, 4x100 meter runner (Olympics-gold-1968)1944 Henrik Colding-Jorgensen composer1944 Jamary Oliveira composer1944 Marie-Christine Barrault Paris France, actress (Stardust Memories)1945 Charles E Greene US, 100 meter sprinter (Olympics-bronze-1968)1945 Rose[mary] Stone Dallas TX, vocalist/pianist (Sly & the Family Stone-Everyday People)1945 Vernon Guy US gospel singer (Cool Sounds, Sharpees)1946 Ray Dorset rocker (Cold Blue Excursion)1946 Timothy Dalton Colwyn Bay Wales, actor (James Bond-Living Daylights, License to Kill)1948 Nancy Addison Altman New York NY, actress (Jillian Coleridge Ryan-Ryan's Hope)1949 Alvin Kallicharran cricketer (wonderful West Indies LHB 1972-81)1950 Roger Hodgson London England, rock vocalist (Supertramp-It's Raining Again)1951 Helena Antonaccio playmate (June, 1969)1951 Russell Thompkins Jr US soul singer (Stylistics-Sing Baby Sing)1952 Chris O'Connell rocker1953 Carl Wolfson Washington DC, comedian (Thicke of the Night)1953 Robert "Shotgun" Johnson Miami FL, rock drummer (KC & the Sunshine Band-Give it Up)1954 Mary Jane Smith Van Nuys CA, WPVA volleyballer (National-9th-1993)1955 Barbel Wockel-Eckert German Democratic Republic, track star (Olympics-4 gold-1976, 1980)1955 Jean Marie Hon San Francisco CA, actress (Jane-Man From Atlantis)1956 Ingrid Kristiansen Norway, marathoner (Olympics-4th-1984, Boston-86, 89)1957 Sabrina Le Beauf New Orleans LA, actress (Sondra-Crosby Show)1958 Brad Hall Santa Barbara CA, comedian (Saturday Night Live)1958 Gary Oldman actor (Sid & Nancy, Criminal Law, State of Grace)1958 Marlies Göhr German Democratic Republic, sprinter (Olympics-gold-1976, 80)1960 Ayrton Senna Brazilian formula-1 racer (1988 champion)1960 Dale Baze jockey1960 Guy Chadwick English singer/songwriter (House of Love)1961 Kassie DePaiva [Wesley] Morganfield KY, actress (Chelsea-Guiding Light, Evil Dead 2, Blair-One Life to Live)1961 Slim MacDonnell Jim Phantom rock percussionist (Stray Cats)1961 Wei Wang Beijing China, US table tennis player (Olympics-96)1962 Matthew Broderick New York NY, actor (Inspector Gadget, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, WarGames, Biloxi Blues)1962 Rosie O'Donnell comedienne (League of Their Own, Flintstones, Rosie)1963 Ronald Koeman Dutch soccer star (Ajax, PSV, Barcelona, Feyenoord)1963 Sharon June Howe Pederson Glencoe MN, rocker (Vixen-Rev It Up)1963 Shawon Dunston Brooklyn NY, infielder (San Francisco Giants)1966 Al Iafrate Dearborn MI, NHL defenseman (San Jose Sharks)1966 Karen Lunn Cowra Australia, LPGA golfer (1993 Women's British Open)1966 Matthew Maynard cricketer (big hitting Glamorgan & England player)1967 Elaina Oden Orange CA, volleyball middle blocker (Olympics-bronze-92, 96)1967 Troy Westwood CFL kicker (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)1968 Erwin Vanderbroeck Dutch soccer player (Roda JC)1968 Jeff Lazaro Waltham MA, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994)1968 Johan Garpenlov Stockholm Sweden, NHL left wing (Florida Panthers)1968 Mark Sander WLAF linebacker (Scottish Claymores)1968 Samantha Leah Dorman Lakeland FL, playmate (Sept, 1991)1968 Scott Williams NBA forward (Philadelphia 76ers)1969 Jennifer Lyn Jackson Cleveland OH, playmate (April, 1989)1969 Mark Allen Australia, Australasia golfer1971 Hason Graham NFL wide receiver (New England Patriots)1972 Boris Mironov Moscow, NHL defenseman (Team Russia Olympics-S-98, Edmonton)1972 Chris Ball Costa Mesa CA, kayak (alternate-Olympics-96)1972 Frank West CFL defensive back (Hamilton Tiger Cats)1972 John Leach CFL running back (Toronto Argonauts)1972 Michele Michael Miss Maryland-USA (1996)1973 Chiou Hai Ta Miss Taiwan Republic Of China-Universe (1997)1973 Larry Bowie running back (Washington Redskins)1975 Vitaly Potapenko NBA center (Cleveland Cavaliers)
Deaths
1487 Nicholas van Fluë Swiss saint/patron of Switzerland, dies1538 Hugo earl of Leisnig, Governor of Frisia, dies at about 791556 Thomas Cranmer archbishop of Canterbury, burned at stake at 661652 Vredius [Olivier de Wree], Flemish historian/mayor (Brugge), dies at 551654 Johann Neukrantz composer, dies at 511656 Armagh James Ussher Archbishop (said world began 4004 BC), dies at 761729 John Law Scottish financier, dies at about 571734 Gunther Jacob Wenceslaus composer, dies at 481768 Jan J Mauricius Dutch Governor-General of Suriname (1742-51), dies at 751793 Johann Michael Schmidt composer, dies at 511801 Andrea Lucchesi composer, dies at 591810 Philippe-Joseph van den Berghe graaf Limmighe Brabants ships, dies1844 Leopold F J J J van Sassen Ysselt Dutch politician, dies at 651857 Abraham J van der Aa lexicographer (Biograph dictionary), dies at 641863 Edwin Vose Sumner US Union-General-Major (Fair Oaks), dies at 661894 Jacob Rosenhaim composer, dies at 801916 Victor de Stuers Dutch art expert, dies at 721920 Federigo Tozzi Ital writer/journalist (Torre, Tre Croci), dies at 371921 "Big Jim" Colisimo US gangster, murdered by Al Capone1934 Franz Schreker composer, dies at 551934 Lilyan Tashman actor (Bulldog Drummond), dies at 341936 Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov composer (Chopiniana), dies at 701938 Oscar Apfel actor (Inspiration), dies at 601939 Evald Aav composer, dies at 391941 Robert Liefmann German economist (Kartelle und Trusts), dies at 671942 Captain Morávec Czechoslovakian resistance fighter, commit suicide1945 J Woortman Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Bergen-Belsen at 391952 A J Pieters SS-Untersturmführer, executed1952 Wilhelm Albrecht German SD-chief, executed1954 Harry Lawrence Freeman composer, dies at 841955 Muriel Aked dies at 671958 Cyril M Kornbluth US sci-fi writer (Space Merchants), dies at 341969 Gerhart Fritsch writer, dies at 441970 Marlen Haushofer writer, dies at 491973 Antoni Szalowski composer, dies at 651974 Candy Darling [James Slattery], female impersonator, dies1975 Berend Giltay composer, dies at 641975 Ralph Hawtrey economist (multiplier), dies at 951980 Gideon Fagan composer, dies at 751982 Harry H Corbett British actor (Steptoe & Son, Jabberwacky), dies at 571985 Michael Redgrave actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Mr Arkadin), dies at 771985 Salvador Ley composer, dies at 781986 August de Boodt Belgian politician, dies at 901987 Dean Paul Martin actor (Billy-Misfits of Science), dies at 351987 Robert Preston actor (Harold Hill-Music Man), diesfrom lung cancer in Montecito CA at 681989 Milton Frome actor (Family Jewels), dies1991 Leo Fender inventor (Fender guitar), dies1991 Rajiv Gandhi former Prime Minister of India, killed by bomb at 461992 John Ireland actor (Rawhide), dies of leukemia at 781994 Dack Rambo actor (Jack Ewing-Dallas), dies from AIDs at 521994 Lili Damita wife of Errol Flynn (Bridge of San Luis Rey), dies at 891994 Macdonald Carey actor (Days of Our Lives), dies of cancer at 811995 Daan Wildschut Dutch painter/author, dies at 811995 Etienne Martin French sculptor, dies at 821995 Norman Schwartz record Producer, dies at 661995 Robert Urquhart actor (Dunkirk, Bulldog Breed), dies at 721996 Eric Brand diplomat, dies at 731996 Frank Murray police Officer, dies at 51