19 Apr 0843
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Judith French empress/2nd wife of Louis de Vrome, dies
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19 Apr 1012
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Ælfheah of Canterbury, English archbishop and saint (b. 954) |
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19 Apr 1044
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Gothelo duke of Netherlands-Lotharingen, dies
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19 Apr 1054
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Pope Leo IX (b. 1002) |
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19 Apr 1054
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death
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Leo IX [Bruno von Egesheim und Dagsburg] Pope (1049-54), dies at 51
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19 Apr 1321
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Gerasimus I of Constantinople |
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19 Apr 1390
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Robert II of Scotland (b. 1316) |
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19 Apr 1529
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death
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John Cuspinianus [Spiessheimer] German physician, dies at about 55
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19 Apr 1560
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Philipp Melanchthon, German theologian and reformer (b. 1497) |
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19 Apr 1560
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death
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Philipp Melanchton [Schwazerd] church reformer, dies at 63
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19 Apr 1567
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Michael Stifel, German monk and mathematician (b. 1487) |
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19 Apr 1578
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Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese daimyo (b. 1530) |
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19 Apr 1588
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Paolo Veronese, Italian painter (b. 1528) |
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19 Apr 1608
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death
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Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset, English poet, playwright, and politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1536) |
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19 Apr 1608
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Earl of Dorset poet/statesman, dies
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19 Apr 1618
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Thomas Bastard, English priest and author (b. 1566) |
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19 Apr 1629
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death
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Sigismondo d'India, Italian composer (b. 1582) |
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19 Apr 1645
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death
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Anton van Diemen Governor-General (Netherlands East Indies), dies at about 51
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19 Apr 1645
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William Smith composer, dies at 42
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19 Apr 1658
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death
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Robert Rich 2nd earl of Warwick English Lord High Admiral, dies at 70
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19 Apr 1686
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Antonio de Solís y Ribadeneyra, Spanish historian and playwright (b. 1610) |
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19 Apr 1689
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Christina, Queen of Sweden (b. 1626) |
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19 Apr 1706
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death
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Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen Dutch baptist leader, dies
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19 Apr 1733
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death
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Elizabeth Hamilton, Countess of Orkney (b. 1655) |
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19 Apr 1739
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death
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Nicholas Saunderson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1682) |
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19 Apr 1768
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Canaletto, Italian painter and etcher (b. 1697) |
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19 Apr 1768
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death
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Filippo della Valle Italian sculptor, dies at about 70
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19 Apr 1770
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death
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Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard composer, dies at 74
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19 Apr 1772
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Johann Peter Kellner composer, dies at 66
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19 Apr 1773
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death
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Florian Johann Deller composer, dies at 43
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19 Apr 1776
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death
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Jacob Emden, German rabbi and author (b. 1697) |
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19 Apr 1776
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death
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Jacob Israel Emden [Jacob ben Tswi] German rabbi, dies at 78
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19 Apr 1783
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death
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Filip Lastrić, Bosnian friar and writer (b. 1700) |
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19 Apr 1791
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death
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Richard Price, Welsh-English preacher and philosopher (b. 1723) |
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19 Apr 1799
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death
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Pieter Hellendaal violinist/organist/composer (Glees), dies at 78
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19 Apr 1813
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Benjamin Rush, American physician and educator (b. 1745) |
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19 Apr 1824
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death
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George Gorden Noel "Lord" Byron: Poet, dies at 36
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19 Apr 1824
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Lord Byron, English-Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1788) |
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19 Apr 1831
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death
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Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1765) |
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19 Apr 1833
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James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier, Bahamian-English admiral and politician, 36th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1756) |
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19 Apr 1840
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Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Canadian bishop (b. 1777) |
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19 Apr 1852
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Vasili A Zjukovski Russian folk poet/translator (Homerus), dies at 69
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19 Apr 1854
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Robert Jameson, Scottish mineralogist and academic (b. 1774) |
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19 Apr 1862
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death
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Simon Fraser Canadian explorer, dies
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19 Apr 1862
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Louis Powell Harvey US Governor of Wisconsin, drowns
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19 Apr 1867
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death
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Robert Smirke British architect, dies
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19 Apr 1870
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death
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Andreas Schelfhout painter/etcher/lithographer, dies at 83
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19 Apr 1870
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Camille Marie Stamaty composer, dies at 59
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19 Apr 1870
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William Henry Havergal composer, dies at 77
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19 Apr 1874
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Owen Jones architect, dies
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19 Apr 1876
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death
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Samuel Sebastian Wesley composer, dies at 65
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19 Apr 1881
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Benjamin Disraeli, English journalist and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1804) |
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19 Apr 1881
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death
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Michel Abeloos Flemish sculptor, dies at 53
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19 Apr 1882
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Charles Darwin, English biologist and theorist (b. 1809) |
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19 Apr 1882
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death
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Charles Robert Darwin evolutionist (Origin of Species), dies
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19 Apr 1889
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death
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Warren De La Rue astronomer/chemist, dies
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19 Apr 1892
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Pelham Dale, English priest (b. 1821) |
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19 Apr 1893
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Martin Körber, Estonian-German pastor, composer, and conductor (b. 1817) |
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19 Apr 1893
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John Addington Symonds critic/poet, dies
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19 Apr 1895
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George Scharf critic, dies
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19 Apr 1895
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death
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Victor J van Hinsbergh South Netherlands engraver (PTT-stempels), dies at 70
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19 Apr 1900
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Ivan K A
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19 Apr 1901
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Alfred Horatio Belo, American publisher, founded The Dallas Morning News (b. 1839) |
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19 Apr 1906
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Spencer Gore, English tennis player and cricketer (b. 1850) |
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19 Apr 1906
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death
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Pierre Curie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859) |
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19 Apr 1914
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death
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Charles Sanders Peirce, American mathematician and philosopher (b. 1839) |
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19 Apr 1914
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death
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Charles Pierce philosopher/scientist, dies
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19 Apr 1916
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Ephraim Shay, American engineer, designed the Shay locomotive (b. 1839) |
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19 Apr 1923
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death
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Thomas Paine Westendorf composer, dies at 75
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19 Apr 1926
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death
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Alexander Alexandrovich Chuprov, Russian-Swiss statistician and theorist (b. 1874) |
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19 Apr 1926
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death
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Squire Bancroft [Butterfield] actor/manager (Haymarket), dies at 84
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19 Apr 1930
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death
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Georges-Casimir Dessaulles, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1827) |
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19 Apr 1932
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death
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Wladyslaw Rzepko composer, dies at 77
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19 Apr 1937
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death
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William Morton Wheeler, American entomologist and zoologist (b. 1865) |
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19 Apr 1937
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death
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Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington, English cartographer and politician (b. 1856) |
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19 Apr 1937
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death
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William M Conway English historian/explorer (Spitzbergen), dies at 81
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19 Apr 1938
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death
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Henry John Newbolt poet/author (Studies Green & Gray), dies at 75
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19 Apr 1938
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19 Apr 1941
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death
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Johanna Müller-Hermann, Austrian composer (b. 1878) |
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19 Apr 1941
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death
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Johanna Muller-Hermann composer, dies at 63
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19 Apr 1943
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death
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Alexander Schmorell German resistance fighter, beheaded
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19 Apr 1943
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death
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Gustave Doret composer, dies at 76
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19 Apr 1943
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death
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Kurt Huber German resistance fighter, beheaded
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19 Apr 1943
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death
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Willy Graf German resistance fighter, beheaded
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19 Apr 1944
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death
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Tommy Hitchcock polo player (Westchester Cup 1924, 27), dies at 44
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19 Apr 1945
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death
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J P Heyboer resistance fighter, executed
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19 Apr 1949
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death
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Ulrich Salchow, Danish-Swedish figure skater (b. 1877) |
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19 Apr 1950
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death
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Ernst Robert Curtius, French-German philologist and scholar (b. 1886) |
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19 Apr 1950
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death
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Tyrwhitt-Wilson 14th baron Berners/composer, dies at 66
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19 Apr 1954
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death
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Joe Laurie Jr comedian (Can You Top This?), dies at 61
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19 Apr 1955
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death
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Jim Corbett, Indian colonel, hunter, and author (b. 1875) |
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19 Apr 1956
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death
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Lionel K P "Buster" Crabb: British diver (WWII), dies at 47
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19 Apr 1956
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death
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Ernst R Curtius German literature historian, dies at 70
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19 Apr 1956
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19 Apr 1957
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death
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Charles Funk Encylopediest (Funk & Wagnalls), dies at 76
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19 Apr 1957
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death
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Johan W Albarda 1st Dutch SDAP minister (1939-45), dies at 79
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19 Apr 1958
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death
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Artur Kukk, Estonian wrestler (b. 1899) |
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19 Apr 1960
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death
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Beardsley Ruml, American economist and statistician (b. 1894) |
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19 Apr 1961
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death
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Max Hainle, German swimmer (b. 1882) |
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19 Apr 1964
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death
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Cyril Merry cricketer (West Indies batsman in 2 Tests 1933), dies
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19 Apr 1965
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death
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George Davis actor (Private Lives, Devil May Care), dies at 75
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19 Apr 1966
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death
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Javier Solís, Mexican singer and actor (b. 1931) |
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19 Apr 1966
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death
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Eduards Smiļģis, Latvian actor and director (b. 1886) |
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19 Apr 1966
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death
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19 Apr 1967
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death
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Konrad Adenauer, German politician, 1st Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876) |
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19 Apr 1967
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death
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Conrad Adenauer West Germany chancellor (1949-63), dies at 91
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19 Apr 1968
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death
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Tommy Bridges US baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), dies at 61
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19 Apr 1969
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death
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Casper H
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19 Apr 1971
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death
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Luigi Piotti, Italian race car driver (b. 1913) |
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19 Apr 1972
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death
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Adolf Bach German philologist/sociologist, dies at 82
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19 Apr 1975
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death
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Percy Lavon Julian, American chemist and academic (b. 1899) |
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19 Apr 1978
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death
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Emile de Strijker Belgian philosopher, dies at 70
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19 Apr 1980
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death
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Alfred [Joseph] Hitchcock dies in Los Angeles CA from renal failure at 80
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19 Apr 1980
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death
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Ethel Wilson actress (Aunt Harriet-Aldrich Family), dies at 88
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19 Apr 1980
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death
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Tony Beckley actor (Assault, When a Stranger Calls), dies at 51
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19 Apr 1981
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death
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Ernst Levy composer, dies at 85
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19 Apr 1983
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death
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Lorene Scott actress (Faraway Hill), dies at 74
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19 Apr 1983
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death
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Jerzy Andrzejewski writer (Ashes & Diamonds), dies at 73
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19 Apr 1986
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death
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Alvin Childress actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 78
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19 Apr 1986
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death
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Dag Ivar Wiren composer, dies at 80
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19 Apr 1987
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death
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Hugh "Lumpy" Brannum: Actor (Mr Green Jeans), dies at 77
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19 Apr 1987
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death
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Maxwell D Taylor US commander 101st airborne (WWII), dies at 85
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19 Apr 1987
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death
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Hugh "Lumpy" Brannum Actor (Mr Green Jeans), dies at 77
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19 Apr 1988
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death
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Kwon Ki-ok, North Korean pilot (b. 1901) |
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19 Apr 1989
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death
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Daphne du Maurier, English author and playwright (b. 1907) |
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19 Apr 1990
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death
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Vladislav Ivanovich Gulyayev Russia, cosmonaut, dies at 52
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19 Apr 1991
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death
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Stanley Hawes, English-Australian director and producer (b. 1905) |
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19 Apr 1992
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death
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Frankie Howerd, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1917) |
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19 Apr 1992
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death
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Alice Mary Riley entertainer, dies of cancer at 51
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19 Apr 1992
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death
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Frankie [Francis Alex] Howerd actor (Mr Mustard-Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Carry on Doctor, Up the Front, That Was the Week That Was), dies from a heart attack at 70
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19 Apr 1992
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death
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Pat Thompson actress (Strictly Ballroom), dies at 51
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19 Apr 1992
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death
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Robert F Clayton drummer (Jody Grind), dies at 26 in a car crash
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19 Apr 1992
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death
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Robert Paul Haynes bassist (Jody Grind), dies at 26 in a car crash
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19 Apr 1993
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death
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Joseph Wallace, American murder victim (b. 1990) |
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19 Apr 1993
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death
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Timos Perlegas, Greek actor (b. 1938) |
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19 Apr 1993
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death
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George S. Mickelson, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor of South Dakota (b. 1941) |
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19 Apr 1993
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death
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David Koresh, American religious leader (b. 1959) |
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19 Apr 1993
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death
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George Mickelson Governor of South Dakota, & 7 others, die in a plane crash
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19 Apr 1994
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death
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Frederick Ferrari crazy Gang Member, dies at 81
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19 Apr 1994
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death
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Larry Davis blues Singer/Guitarist, dies at 57
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19 Apr 1994
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death
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Louis Simmonds bookseller, dies at 87
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19 Apr 1994
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death
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Michael Carreras film Director, dies at 67
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19 Apr 1994
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death
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Michel van Rooy Dutch actor (Doctor Vlimmen, The Attack), dies at 43
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19 Apr 1995
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death
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"King" Herbert Whitaker: Tenor sax, dies at 66
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19 Apr 1995
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death
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J Peter Grace, Jr.: CEO (W R Grace), dies at 81
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19 Apr 1995
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death
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Joseph Peter Grace: Businessman, dies at 61
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19 Apr 1995
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death
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"King" Herbert Whitaker tenor sax, dies at 66
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19 Apr 1995
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death
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Igor Hajek translator/writer, dies at 64
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19 Apr 1995
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death
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J[oseph] Peter Grace CEO (W R Grace), dies at 82
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19 Apr 1995
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death
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Kenneth Burslam Gardner librarian/Orientalist, dies at 70
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19 Apr 1996
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death
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John Martin Scripps, English murderer (b. 1959) |
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19 Apr 1996
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death
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Bernard Edwards bass player, dies at 44
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19 Apr 1996
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death
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Norman Oldfield cricketer (scored 99 runs in Test for England), dies
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19 Apr 1996
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death
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Peg Ridge peace campaigner, dies at 72
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19 Apr 1997
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death
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Eldon Hoke, American singer and drummer (Mentors and The Screamers) (b. 1958) |
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19 Apr 1998
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death
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Octavio Paz, Mexican poet, philosopher, and academic Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914) |
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19 Apr 1999
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death
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David Sanes, Puerto Rican security guard (b. 1954) |
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19 Apr 1999
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death
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Hermine Braunsteiner, Austrian-German SS officer (b. 1919) |
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19 Apr 2000
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death
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Louis Applebaum, Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1918) |
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19 Apr 2001
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death
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Meldrim Thomson, Jr.. American publisher and politician, 73rd Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1912) |
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19 Apr 2003
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death
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Mirza Tahir Ahmad, Indian-English caliph (b. 1928) |
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19 Apr 2004
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death
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John Maynard Smith, English biologist and geneticist (b. 1920) |
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19 Apr 2004
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death
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Norris McWhirter, English author and activist co-founded the Guinness World Records (b. 1925) |
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19 Apr 2005
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death
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Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish bassist and composer (b. 1946) |
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19 Apr 2005
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death
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Clement Meadmore, Australian-American sculptor and author (b. 1929) |
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19 Apr 2005
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death
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Ruth Hussey, American actress (b. 1911) |
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19 Apr 2005
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death
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George P. Cosmatos, Italian-Greek director and screenwriter (b. 1941) |
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19 Apr 2006
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death
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Albert Scott Crossfield, American engineer, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1921) |
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19 Apr 2007
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death
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Helen Walton, American businesswomen (b. 1919) |
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19 Apr 2007
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death
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Jean-Pierre Cassel, French actor and singer (b. 1932) |
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19 Apr 2008
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death
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Alfonso López Trujillo, Colombian cardinal (b. 1935) |
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19 Apr 2008
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death
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John Marzano, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1963) |
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19 Apr 2009
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death
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J. G. Ballard, Chinese-English author (b. 1930) |
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19 Apr 2010
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death
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Carl Williams, Australian murderer and drug trafficker (b. 1970) |
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19 Apr 2010
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death
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Edwin Valero, Venezuelan boxer (b. 1981) |
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19 Apr 2010
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death
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Guru, American rapper, producer, and actor (Gang Starr) (b. 1961) |
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19 Apr 2011
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death
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Elisabeth Sladen, English actress (b. 1946) |
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19 Apr 2012
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death
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Valeri Vasiliev, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1949) |
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19 Apr 2012
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death
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Murtaza Razvi, Pakistani journalist (b. 1964) |
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19 Apr 2012
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death
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Levon Helm, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The Band) (b. 1940) |
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19 Apr 2012
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death
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Greg Ham, Australian saxophonist, songwriter, and actor (Men at Work) (b. 1953) |
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19 Apr 2012
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death
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Leopold David de Rothschild, English financier and philanthropist (b. 1927) |
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19 Apr 2013
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death
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Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Russian-American terrorist (b. 1986) |
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19 Apr 2013
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death
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Al Neuharth, American journalist, author, and publisher, founded USA Today (b. 1924) |
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19 Apr 2013
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death
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E. L. Konigsburg, American author and illustrator (b. 1930) |
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19 Apr 2013
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death
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François Jacob, French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920) |
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19 Apr 2013
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death
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Patrick Garland, English actor and director (b. 1935) |
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19 Apr 2013
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death
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Mike Denness, Scottish-English cricketer and referee (b. 1940) |
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19 Apr 2013
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death
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Günseli Başar, Turkish model, Miss Europe 1952 (b. 1932) |
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19 Apr 2013
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death
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Allan Arbus, American actor and photographer (b. 1918) |
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19 Apr 2013
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death
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Sivanthi Adithan, Indian businessman (b. 1936) |
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19 Apr 2014
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death
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Frits Thors, Dutch journalist (b. 1909) |
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19 Apr 2014
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death
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Sonia Silvestre, Dominican singer (b. 1952) |
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19 Apr 2014
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death
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Kevin Sharp, American singer (b. 1970) |
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19 Apr 2014
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death
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Ian McIntyre, Scottish journalist and producer (b. 1930) |
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19 Apr 2014
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death
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Mimi Kok, Dutch actress and singer (b. 1934) |
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19 Apr 2014
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death
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Lindy Berry, American football player (b. 1927) |
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19 Apr 2014
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death
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Bashir Ahmad, Indian-Bangladeshi singer-songwriter (b. 1940) |
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19 Apr 2015
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death
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Oktay Sinanoğlu, Italian-Turkish chemist and academic (b. 1935) |
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19 Apr 2015
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death
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Hiroyuki Nishimoto, Japanese actor (b. 1927) |
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19 Apr 2015
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death
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Tom McCabe, Scottish social worker and politician (b. 1954) |
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19 Apr 2015
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death
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Roy Mason, English miner and politician, Secretary of State for Defence (b. 1924) |
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19 Apr 2015
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death
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Freddie Gray, American criminal (b. 1989) |
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19 Apr 2015
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death
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William Price Fox, American journalist and author (b. 1926) |
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19 Apr 2015
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death
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Raymond Carr, English historian and academic (b. 1919) |
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