5bc...................Famous Weddings. 1940 - American author and journalist The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway marries journalist Martha Gellhorn 1977 - 43rd US President George W. Bush (31) weds Laura Welch (31) at The First United Methodist Church in Midland, Texas 2005 - 2004 Indianapolis 500 racecar driver winner Buddy Rice (29) weds Michelle Noonan in Arizona Famous Deaths 1370 - Kazimierz III, the Great, King of Poland (1333-70), dies at 61 1515 - Mariotto di Bigio di Bindo Albertinelli, Italian painter, dies at 41 1559 - Kano Motonobu, Zen co-founder (Kano school of painting), dies at 83 1603 - Irini Fedorovna, Russian daughter of Boris Godunov, dies 1660 - Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle, English socialite (b. 1599) 1660 - Alexandre de Rhodes, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) 1669 - John Coccejus, German/Neth reformed theologist, dies at about 66 1675 - Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship designer, dies at 52 1680 - Gillis Valckenier, mayor of Amsterdam (1665..80), dies at about 57 1701 - Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, French-born English politician (bc. 1659) 1714 - Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician (b. 1633) 1737 - Johan W van Ripperda, Dutch diplomat/baron/duke, dies at 55 1743 - Andreas Benedikt Praelisauer, composer, dies at 44 1752 - Carl Andreas Duker, German classical scholar (b. 1670) 1758 - Hans Egede, Norwegian Lutheran missionary (b. 1686) 1772 - Johannes Schmidlin, composer, dies at 50 1772 - Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749-72), dies at 66 1801 - Norinaga Motoori, Japanese scientist, dies 1803 - Ch de Laclos, writer, dies 1804 - Elizabeth Betje Wolff-Bekker, poetess (Sara Burgerhart), dies at 66 1819 - Dirk van den Boetzelaer, regent of Holland, dies at 55 1828 - Maria Fyodorovna of Russia, second wife of Tsar Paul I of Russia (b. 1759) 1834 - Aernout Drost, Dutch literary/founder (The Guide), dies at 24 1836 - Karel Hynek Mácha, Czech poet (b. 1810) 1850 - Ferdinand KJ, archduke of Austria, dies at 69 1854 - Soimonov, Russian general, dies in battle of Inkermann 1860 - Carl Binder, composer, dies at 43 1879 - James Clerk Maxwell, Scotish physicist (speed of light), dies at 48 1883 - William Hicks, British col/commander (Egyptian army), dies in battle 1923 - Jacques dAdelswärd-Fersen, French novelist (b. 1880) 1930 - Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1858) 1933 - Texas Guinan, American saloon keeper, actress, and musician (b. 1884) 1935 - Mina Dilis-Beersmans, Flemish actress/wife of John Dilis, dies at 71 1941 - Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish pacifist (b. 1905) 1942 - George M Cohan, composer, dies at 64 1943 - Louis Schelfhout, Dutch painter/graphic artist, dies at 62 1944 - Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1873) 1946 - Sigismond Stojowski, composer, dies at 77 1950 - Jacobus J E Hondius, Dutch classicist/graphic artist, dies at 53 1951 - Agrippina J Vaganova, Russian ballet dancers/pegagoge, dies at 72 1951 - Bedrich Antonin Wiedermann, composer, dies at 67 1955 - Maurice Utrillo, French artist (b. 1883) 1956 - Art Tatum, black pianist, dies at 46 in Los Angeles 1956 - Art Tatum, American musician (b. 1909) 1960 - August Gailit, Estonian writer (Ekke Moor), dies at 69 1960 - Johnny Horton, country singer, dies at 33 1960 - Mack Sennett, director/producer (Keystone Cops), dies 1960 - Ward Bond, actor (Wagon Train), dies of heart attack at 57 1964 - Alexander Uriah Boskovich, composer, dies at 57 1964 - Lansdale Sasscer, U.S. Congressman for Marylands 5th District (b. 1893) 1968 - Estelle Hemsley, actress (Leech Woman, Take aGiant Step), dies at 81 1968 - Robert Ayres, actor (Battle Beneath the Earth), dies at 54 1969 - Itih Walracen, Sudanese widow of author William Walraven, dies 1969 - Lloyd Corrigan, actor (Prof McKillup-Hank), dies at 69 1971 - Sam Jones, baseball player (b. 1925) 1972 - Reginald Owen, actor (Above Suspicion, Love on the Run), dies at 85 1974 - Stafford Repp, actor (Chief OHara-Batman), dies at 56 1975 - Annette Kellerman, swimmer (Million Dollar Mermaid), dies at 87 1975 - Edward Lawrie Tatum, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1909) 1975 - Lionel Trilling, American critic and writer (b. 1905) 1977 - Aleksei G Stachanov, Russian model miner, dies at 72 1977 - Guy Lombardo, orchestra leader (Auld Lang Syne), dies in Houston at 75 1977 - René Goscinny, French writer (Asterix), dies at 51 1978 - Denis ODea, actor (Capt Horatio Hornblower), dies at 73 1979 - Al Capp, US cartoonist (Lil Abner), dies at 70 1982 - Gerda Brautigam, journalist/Dutch MP (PvdA), dies 1982 - Jacques Tati[scheff], French actor/director (Parade), dies at 74 1985 - Arnold Chikobava, Georgian linguist (b. 1898) 1986 - Claude Jutra, Québécois actor and film director (b. 1930) 1986 - Bobby Nunn, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1925) 1987 - Eamonn Andrews, Television Presenter (b. 1922) 1989 - Barry Sadler, singer (Green Berets), murdered at 49 in Murfreesboro Tn 1989 - Vladimir Horovitz, Ukrainian/US pianist, dies at 85 1990 - Bobby Nunn, US bassist (Coasters-Down in Mexico), dies at about 65 1990 - Herbert Berghof, actor (Belarus File), dies of heart failure at 81 1991 - Fred MacMurray, American actor (My Three Sons), dies of pneumonia at 83 1991 - Robert Maxwell, Billionaire publisher (NY Daily News), dies at 68 1992 - Arpad E Elo, Hungarian physicist (chess classification system), dies 1992 - Jan Hendrik Oort, Dutch astronomer (Oort Cloud), dies at 92 1994 - McHenry Boatwright, signer, dies at 66 1995 - Laura Weber, TV Host, dies at 70 1996 - Eddie Harris, saxophonist/composer, dies at 62 1996 - Lars-Ake Nilsson, diplomat, dies at 53 1996 - Paula Hinton, dancer, dies at 72 1996 - Ronald Ogden, engineer, dies at 81 1997 - James Robert Baker, American novelist, screenwriter (b. 1946) 1997 - Isaiah Berlin, Latvian-born historian of ideas (b. 1909) 1997 - Epic Soundtracks, English musician (Swell Maps, Crime and the City Solution, These Immortal Souls) (b. 1959) 2000 - Victor Grinich, American businessman (b. 1924) 2000 - Bibi Titi Mohammed, Tanzanian politician (b.1926) 2000 - Jimmie Davis, singer and politician (b. 1899) 2001 - Roy Boulting, English film director and producer (b. 1913) 2001 - Barry Horne, a British animal liberation activist. 2002 - Billy Guy, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1936) 2003 - Bobby Hatfield, American singer (Righteous Brothers) (b. 1940) 2005 - Rod Donald, New Zealand environmentalist (b. 1957) 2005 - John Fowles, English writer (b. 1926) 2005 - Virginia MacWatters, American soprano (b. 1912) 2006 - Bülent Ecevit, four term Turkish Prime Minister (b. 1925) 2007 - Nils Liedholm, Swedish football midfielder and coach (b. 1922) 2009 - Félix Luna, Argentine historian (b. 1925) 2010 - Adrian Păunescu, Romanian poet and politician (b. 1943) 2010 - Jill Clayburgh, American actress (b. 1944) 2010 - Shirley Verrett, American operatic mezzo-soprano (b. 1931) 2011 - Bhupen Hazarika, Indian singer, composer, lyricist, music director, and filmmaker from Assam (b. 1926) 2012 - Charles V Bush, African-American pioneer, dies from colon cancer at 72 2012 - Elliott Carter, American composer, dies from natural causes at 103 2012 - Stalking Cat [Dennis Avner], American body modifier, dies at 54 All Rights Reserved.™
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