16th
April, on this day
73 Masada,
a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege,
ending the Jewish Revolt.
556 Pelagius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1071 Bari
falls to Robert
Guiscard, ending Byzantine rule in Italy.
1346 King
Stefanus IX of Serbia proclaims himself czar of Greece
1395 Azzo
X d'Este is defeated at the Battle of Portomaggiore by Venetian-Ferrarese
troops.
1509 French army under Louis XII enters Alps
1521 Martin
Luther arrives at Diet
of Worms
1705 Queen Anne of England knights Isaac Newton at Trinity College
1724 1st Easter observed
1746 Battle
at Culloden Troops of "James VIII and III" defeat Charles
Stuart
1787 1st American comedy, "The Contrast", makes its debut
in NYC
1789 George Washington heads for 1st presidential inauguration
1799 Napoleonic Wars: Battle
of Mount Tabor – Napoleon drives Ottoman Turks across the
River Jordan near Acre.
1818 Senate ratifies Rush-Bagot amendment (unarmed US-Canada border)
1853 Opening of India's first railway
1854 San Salvador destroyed by earthquake
1854 Steamer "Long Beach" sinks off Long Beach NY, 311 die
1854 Franz Liszt's "Mazeppa", premieres
1858 The Wernerian
Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, was
wound up.
1861 US President Abraham Lincoln outlaws business with confederate
states
1862 Battle
at Lee's Mills in Virginia.
1862 Confederate President Jefferson Davis approves conscription act
for white males between 18-35
1862 Slavery abolished in District of Columbia
1863 Siege
of Vicksburg – ships led by Union Admiral David Dixon Porter
move through heavy Confederate artillery fire on approach to Vicksburg,
Mississippi.
1865 Battle of Columbus and West Point, GA (Fort Tyler)
1866 Nitroglycerine at Wells Fargo and Company office explodes
1866 Karakozov attempts to assassinate Tsar Alexander II of Russia
1869 Ebenezer Bassett, 1st US Negro diplomat, begins service in Haiti
1871 German Empire ends all anti-Jewish civil restrictions
1874 Dr David Livingstones corpse arrives in Southampton
1881 In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat
Masterson fights his last gun battle.
1883 Paul Kruger chosen President of Transvaal
1888 Drentse and Friese peat cutters go on strike
1900 US Post Office issues 1st books of postage stamps
1912 Harriet
Quimby becomes 1st woman pilot to cross the English Channel
1917 Lenin returns to Russia from Finland to start Bolshevik Revolution
1919 Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting"
in response to the British slaughter of Indian protestors in the Amritsar
Massacre.
1921 Liberal Freedom League forms in The Hague
1922
Annie Oakley sets record by breaking 100 clay targets in a row
1922 German-Russia
treaty signed in Italy, Soviet Union recognized
1925 During the Communist St
Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
1926 Book of the Month Club sends out its 1st selections "Lolly
Willowes" and "Loving Huntsman" by Sylvia Townsend
Warner
1935 Babe Ruth's 1st National League game, for Boston Braves, included
a homerun
1938 Great-Britain recognizes Italian annexation of Abyssinia
1939 Stalin requests British, French and Russian anti-nazi pact
1941 Little Theatre at Adelphi Strand closes
1941 The Italian convoy Duisburg, directed to Tunisia, is attacked
and destroyed by British ships.
1942 Japanese occupying army on Java installs film censorship
1942 The island of Malta is awarded the George Cross for the heroism
of the entire population against the continued German and Italian
bombardment during WW II
1943 40 New Zealand bombers attack Haarlem, Netherlands (85 killed)
1943 Dr.
Albert Hofmann discovers the psychedelic effects of LSD.
1945 German troops in Groningen surrender
1945 Red Army begins Battle
of Berlin
1945 US troops land on He Shima Okinawa
1945 The United States Army liberates Nazi Sonderlager (high security)
Prisoner of War camp Oflag
IVc .
1945 More than 7,000 die when the German refugee ship
Goya is sunk by a Soviet submarine torpedo.
1946 Syria gains independence.
1946 1st US launch of captured V-2 rocket, White Sands NM; 8 km altitude
1947 Lens to provide zoom effects demonstrated (New York, NY)
1947 Massive
explosion and fire kills 500 in Texas City, TX
1947 Explosions and fire on French ship Grandcamp
1947 Bernard
Baruch coins the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship
between the United States and the Soviet Union.
1948 Organization for European Economic Cooperation (EEC) forms in
Paris France
1951 British submarine Affray sank in English Channel, killing 75
1953 Queen Elizabeth II launches the Royal
Yacht Britannia, used by the British Royal Family for state visits
and diplomatic missions for the next 45 years
1956 1st solar powered radios go on sale
1957 USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
1958 French government of Gaillard falls due to Tunisia crisis
1959 Datu Abdul Rozak inaugurated as premier of Malaysia federation
1962 Brazil nationalizes US businesses
1963 Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. pens his famous Letter
from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama
for protesting against segregation.
1963 Great
Train Robbery - 12 men are sentenced to a total of 307 years.
1964 In England, 12 members of the Great Train Robbery gang are sentenced
to a total of 307 years in prison
1965 Test flight of heavy Saturn S-1C-rocket
1966 Rhodesian PM Ian
Smith breaks diplomatic relations with Britain
1969 Desmond
Dekker becomes the first Jamaican music artist to top the UK singles
charts with a song entitled 'The Israelites'
1970 70 die in an avalanche (France)
1972 Nguyen Hue Offensive – Prompted by the North Vietnamese
offensive, the United States resumes bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong.
1972 2 giants pandas (Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing) arrive in the US,
from China
1972 Apollo
16 launched; 5th manned lunar landing (Decartes Highlands)
1974 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk
USSR
1975 Cambodian Red Khmer occupy Phnom Penh
1977 Alex
Haley finds his Roots in Juffure, Gambia
1979 Failed Palestinian attack on Zaventem Airport in Belgium
1980 Arthur Ashe retires from professional tennis
1980 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1981 Columbia space shuttle returns
1982 Queen Elizabeth proclaims Canada's new constitution
1984 Briton Michael
Bettany is found guilty of spying and jailed for 23 years
1986 Brewery heiress Jennifer Guiness
is released in Dublin after being kidnapped and held hostage for 7
days
1986 To dispel rumors he's dead, Moammar
Qadhafi appears on TV
1987 British Conservative MP
Harvey Proctor appears at Bow Street Magistrates' Court in London
charged with gross indecency
1988 In Forlì, Italy, Red Brigades kill Italian Senator Roberto
Ruffilli, an advisor of Prime Minister Ciriaco de Mita.
1992 The Katina P. runs aground off of Maputo, Mozambique. 60,000
tons of crude oil spill into the ocean.
1992 Afghánistán President Najibullah
resigns
1993 Jury reaches guilty verdict in Federal case against cop who beat
Rodney King, but the verdict is not read until April 17th
1994 Singer Harry
Connick Jr (26) weds model Jill
Goodacre (30)
1996 In England, the Duke and Duchess of York - Prince Andrew and
Sarah Ferguson - announce they are to divorce
2003 The Treaty
of Accession is signed in Athens admitting 10 new member states
to the European Union.
2007 Virginia
Tech massacre: the deadliest mass shooting in modern American
history, in which a gunman shoots 32 people to death and injures 23
others before committing suicide.
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Birthdates which
occurred on 16th April :
1628 Cornelis Evertsen
de Young Vice Admiral of Zealand
1635 Frans van Mieris the Elder, Dutch painter
1648 John Luyken poet/etcher (Duytse Lyre)
1652 Clement XII [Lorenzo Corsini], Italy, Pope (1730-40)
1660 Hans Sloane England, physician/naturalist; founded British Museum
1673 Francesco Feroci composer
1682 John Hadley mathematician/inventor (1st reflecting telescope)
1696 Giovanni Battista Tupolo Italian painter
1697 Johann Gottlieb Gorner composer
1703 Caffarelli [Gaetano Majorano] Italian castra singer/duke
1728 Joseph Zwart Scottish chemist/physicist
1800 Jozef Stefani composer
1800 William Chambers author/publisher (Basis of Communication &
Coding)
1808 Caleb Blood Smith Secretary of Interior (Union), died in 1864
1816 Edward "Old Allegheny" Johnson Major General (Confederate
Army)
1820 Georg Curtius German classical linguist
1821 Ford Maddox Brown painter
1823 Mother Joseph [Esther Pariseau] religious leader (US capital)
1823 Orlando Bolivar Wilcox Brevet Major General (Union Army), died
in 1907
1832 John A Neuhuys painter
1838 Karel Bendl composer
1844 Anatole France writer (Thaïs, The Wickerwork Woman)/Nobel
1921
1850 Herbert Baxter Adams US, historian (American Historical Association)
1851 Ernst Josephson Sweden, artist
1861 Isaac Murphy US jockey (won 628 races)
1867 José de Diego Puerto Rico, patriot/Puerto Rican Secretary
of Justice
1867 Wilbur Wright of aeronautical fame (Wright Brothers)
1868 Joel Angel Russian musicologist/composer
1868 Spottiswoode Aitken Edinburgh Scotland, actor (Eagle, Home Sweet
Home)
1871 John Millington Synge Ireland, dramatist/poet (Riders to the
Sea)
1871 Martin Lunssens composer
1878 R E "Tip" Foster cricketer (287 on debut England vs
Australia SCG 1903)
1881 Edward Frederick Wood 1st Earl of Halifax/ambassador to US (1940-46)
1882 Seth Bingham composer
1885 Leo Weiner Hungary, composer (Fasching)
1886 Ernst Thälmann German communist presidential candidate
1886 Jekabs Graubins composer
1886 Konstantin Mostras composer
1889 Charlie Chaplin [The Little Tramp] Lambeth London England, comedian/actor/director
(City Lights)
1893 Federico Mompou composer
1893 Joseph Yasser composer
1897 Arthur Charles Ernest Hoeree composer
1897 Jaap Vranken Dutch organist/composer (Stabat Mater)
1897 John B Glubb British commandant/writer (A soldier with the Arabs)
1898 Marian Jordan Peoria IL, radio comedienne (Fibber McGee &
Molly)
1900 Polly Adler Russia, bordello proprieter/author (House is not
a Home)
1901 Karel Albert Flemish composer (Marieken van Nymeghen)
1901 Leo Poos nazi police officer (caught Dutch underground agents)
1904 Clifford Case (Senator-Republican-NJ)
1904 Lily Pons Draguignan France, soprano/diva (Hitting a New High)
1904 Fifi D'Orsay Montréal Québec Canada, actress (Life
Jimmy Dolan, Girl from Calgary)
1905 John Lee-Barber Admiral
1906 Pigmeat Markham Durham NC, comedian (Here Comes da Judge-Laugh
In)
1906 Bep [Elisa H] Bakhuis Dutch soccer star/writer
1906 Cobina W "Coby" Molenaar Dutch peace activist
1906 Marion Lloyd Vince Brooklyn NY, fencer (National champion 1928,
31)
1909 Herman Uyttersprot Flemish literature historian
1911 Christine McIntyre actress (3 Stooges movies)
1911 William Stearn botanist
1912 David Langton Scotland, actor (Quintet, St Joan, Abandon Ship)
1912 John Halas animator
1913 Les Tremayne London, actor (Angry Red Planet, War of the Worlds)
1913 Constance Shacklock opera singer
1913 Lord Aberconway CEO (John Brown & Company)
1914 John Hodiak Pittsburgh PA, actor (A Bell for Adamo, Lifeboat)
1915 Dany [Daniël S] Tuijnman head of Dutch traffic & water
1915 Gerard McLarnon actor/writer
1918 Spike Milligan Ahmed Nagar India, actor/comedian (Digby, 3 Musketeers)
1919 Merce Cunningham choreographer (Acrobat in Every Soul is a Circus)
1920 Barry Nelson Oakland, actor (Airport, My Favorite Husband)
1920 John William Farr Detroit MI, bank robber (FBI Most Wanted List)
1920 Dermot O'Callaghan Grubb prison governor
1920 Kees Scherer Dutch photographer (World Press Photo)
1921 Peter Ustinov London England, actor (Death on Nile, Logan's Run,
Billy Budd)
1922 Kingsley Amis London England, novelist (Lucky Jim, The James
Bond Dossier)
1922 Christopher Samuel Youd UK, sci-fi author (Tripods Trilogy)
1922 Leo Tindermans British statesman
1924 Geoffrey Johnson Smith actor (Norman Loves Rose, Drinking Games)
1924 Henry Mancini Cleveland OH, composer/conductor (Pink Panther)
1924 John Harvey-Jones CEO (ICI)
1926 Barbara Tizzard British educator
1927 Peter Mark Richman Philadelphia PA, actor (Andrew-Dynasty)
1927 Joseph Ratzinger German theologist/dogmaticus
1928 Dick [Night Train] Lane NFL defensive back (St Louis Rams, Arizona
Cardinals, Detroit Lions)
1929 Roy Hamilton singer (You'll Never Walk Alone)
1930 Herbie Mann Brooklyn NY, jazz flute/sax (Just Wallin')
1930 Frank Page British broadcaster/actor (Hudson Hawk, Dark Dancer)
1930 John Robson British ambassador (Norway)
1931 Edie Adams [Elizabeth Edith Enke] Kingston PA, actress/Mrs Ernie
Kovacs (Ernie Kovacs Show, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, Haunting
of Harrington House)
1931 Piet de Visser economist/Dutch MP (PvdA)
1932 Imre Polyak Hungary, featherweight (Olympics-gold-1964)
1932 Vince Hill singer (Roses of Picardy, La Vie en Rose)
1933 Perry Botkin Jr New York NY, orchestra leader (Bert Convy Show)
1933 Joan Bakewell British broadcaster/actress (Cold Comfort Farm)
1933 Joseph Bottoms Santa Barbara CA, actor (Blind Date, Braker)
1934 Brian Peppiatt joint CEO (SG Warburg Securities)
1934 Geoffrey Owen British editor (Financial Times)
1934 Richard Kenshaw British broadcaster
1934 Robert Stigwood producer (Saturday Night Fever, Grease)
1935 Bobby Vinton Pittsburgh PA, singer (Roses are Red, Blue on Blue)
1935 Haskell "Cool Papa" Sadler blues singer/guitarist
1936 James Rand British judge (Advocate General)
1938 Michael Hirst chief constable (Leicestershire England)
1939 Dusty Springfield [Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien]
Hampstead London England, rock vocalist (Growing Pains)
1939 Donald MacCormick British broadcaster
1939 John DeLaFose zydeco Musician
1939 Margaretha de Boer Dutch minister (PvdA)
1939 Reinier Lucassen Dutch painter (Kuifje contra James Union)
1940 Margrethe II queen of Denmark (1972- )
1940 David Holford cricketer (cousin of G S Sobers West Indies leg-spin
all-rounder)
1940 Lord Camoys deputy CEO (Barclays de Zoete Wedd)
1940 Paul Cox actor (Exile, Golden Braid, Touch Me)
1940 Stephen Lawrence Pruslin composer
1941 Cliff Stearns (Representative-Republican-FL)
1943 Ewald Vanvugt author (Kiss of Delight, Seed of Love)
1943 Johnny Watkins cricketer (New South Wales leg-spinner, bowled
6 overs for Australia)
1943 Ruth Madoc actress (Hi Di Hi)
1944 Dennis Russell Davies composer
1945 Goran Antunac Yugoslavia, International Chess Master (1975)
1945 Stefan Grossman New York NY, country blues singer (Yazoo Basin
Boogie)
1947 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar [Lew Alcindor] NBA center (Milwaukee Bucks,
Los Angeles Lakers)
1947 Gerry Rafferty Paisley Scotland, guitarist/vocalist (Baker Street)
1950 David Graf Lancaster OH, actor (Police Academy 2, 3, 4, 6, Councilman
Nash-He's the Mayor)
1951 John Bentley rocker
1952 Peter Westbrook St Louis MO, US fencer (Olympics-bronze-88, 92,
96)
1953 Jay O Sanders Austin TX, actor (Meeting Venus, V I Warshawski)
1955 Ellen Barkin Bronx NY, actress (Big Easy, Sea of Love, Switch)
1955 Charlotte Morrison English large landowner/multi-millionaire
1955 Henri Heir Apparent Prince of Luxembourg
1956 David M Brown Arlington VA, Commander USN/astronaut
1956 Marty Dickerson Middletown OH, golfer (1994 ShopRite Classic-22nd)
1958 Philip Bainbridge British cricketeer
1959 Anne Kursinski equestrian show jumper (Olympics-silver-96)
1962 David Pate Los Angeles CA, tennis star
1962 Ian MacKaye rocker (Cyrano de Bergerac)
1962 Jeanne Golay Coral Gables FL, cyclist (Olympics-16th-92, 96)
1963 Jimmy Osmond Ogden UT, singer (Donnie & Marie)
1963 Nick Berry Britain, actor (Wicksy-EastEnders)
1963 Garry Galley Montréal Québec Canada, NHL defenseman
(Buffalo Sabres)
1963 Hu Na China, tennis star
1963 Salim Malik cricketer (memorable Pakistani & Essex batsman)
1964 Dave Pirner rocker (Soul Asylum)
1964 Robert Kelker-Kelly Wichita KS, (Bo-Days of our Live)
1965 Jon Cryer actor (Pretty in Pink, Superman IV)
1965 Caren Kemner Quincy IL, volleyball outside hitter (Olympics-bronze-92,
96)
1965 Gerardo rocker
1965 Martin Lawrence comedian (Martin)
1966 Lewis Tillman NFL running back (Chicago Bears)
1967 Charles Evans NFL running back (Minnesota Vikings)
1968 Grace Kim Korea, tennis star
1969 Fernando Vina Sacramento CA, infielder (Milwaukee Brewers)
1969 Melinda Rich Muskegon MI, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-13th-1993)
1970 Fran Robinson California, actress (Lauren-Charlie & Company)
1970 Ian Franklin CFL cornerback (Edmonton Eskimos)
1970 Steve Emtman NFL defensive tackle (Miami Dolphins)
1970 Walt Williams NBA forward/guard (Toronto Raptors, Miami Heat)
1971 Frederik Nilsson Stockholm Sweden, IHL forward (Team Sweden,
Kansas City (IHL))
1971 Natasha Zvereva Minsk Belarus, tennis ace (finals 1995 Indian
Wells)
1971 Selena [Quintanilla Perez] Lake Jackson TX, tejano singer (Grammy-1994)
1971 Trey Maples Wheat Ridge CO, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Canadian)
1972 Conchita Martinez Monzon Spain, tennis star (1996 final Indian
Wells)
1972 Jim Ballard NFL/WLAF quarterback (Scottish Claymores, Buffalo
Bills)
1972 Mario Bradley WLAF cornerback (London Monarchs)
1975 Nicky Sualua NFL fullback (Dallas Cowboys)
1976 Lukas Haas West Hoolywood CA, actor (Mars Attacks, Lady in White,
Witness, Music Box, Testament, Leap of Faith)
1980 Jesse Tendler Madison WI, actor (Nick-Ellen Burstyn Show)
1987 Milton J Cross New York NY, TV announcer (Metropolitan Opera
Auditions of the Air)
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Deaths which occurred
on April 16th:
1115 Svjatopolk II great monarch of Kiev, dies [or 1113]
1446 Filippo Brunelleschi architect, dies
1496 David van Bourgondie Bishop of Utrecht (1456-96), dies at about
69
1529 Louis de Berquin French humanist/reformer/heretic, burned at
stake
1619 Denijs Calvaert/Caluwaert [Dionisio Fiamingo] Flemish painter,
dies
1687 George Villiers 2nd duke of Buckingham dies at 59
1743 Cornelis van Bijnkershoek Dutch lawyer (Roman law), dies at 69
1756 Jacques Cassini French astronomer (Discover rings of Saturn),
dies at 79
1760 Laurence 4th Earl Ferrers, executed for murder of his steward
1825 John Henry Fuseli painter/art writer (Tracks in the Snow), dies
at 84
1828 Francisco Goya y Lucientes Spanish painter/cartoonist, dies at
82
1846 Domenico Dragonetti composer, dies at 83
1850 Marie [Gresholtz] Tussaud maker of wax figures, dies
1858 Johann Baptist Cramer German/British pianist/composer/publisher,
dies at 87
1860 Carolina duchess of Berry/daughter of crown prince of Naples,
dies
1865 Robert C Tyler US Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle
1870 Anatoli O Demidov Russian ruler of Donato/traveller, dies
1876 Augustin-Philippe Peellaert composer, dies at 83
1879 Bernadette saint/(saw Virgin Mary at Lourdes), dies in Nevers
France
1881 George William Martin composer, dies at 56
1914 George W Hill US astronomer (moon orbit), dies at 76
1916 Tom Horan cricketer (15 Tests for Australia, 471 runs, 11 wickets),
dies
1920 John Conrad Nordqvist composer, dies at 80
1924 Jack Board cricket wicket-keeper (England in 6 Tests 1898-1906),
dies
1929 Abraham van Stolk Jzn art collector, dies at 57
1938 Bertram Wagstaff Mills circus proprietor, dies
1941 Josiah Charles Stamp 1st baron/statisician, dies
1948 Babe Ruth baseball legend, dies
1949 Sutan Ibrahim gelor Datuk Tan Malaka Indon communist, executed
at 54
1951 Emile Erens Dutch hagiographer (Pastor of Ars), dies at 85
1955 Abdullah Seif el-Islam brother of Yemenite king Ahmed, beheaded
1959 Charles Halton dies at 83
1968 Fay Bainter actress (Jezebel, Our Town, State Fair), dies at
76
1968 Edna Ferber author (American Beauty), dies at 78
1970 Péter Veres Hungarian minister of defense/writer, dies
at 73
1970 Richard Josef Neutra Austria/US architect (Who Bought America?),
dies at 78
1971 Mihály Váci Hungarian poet/politician, dies at
46
1972 Yasunari Kawabata Japanese author (Nobel 1968), dies at 72
1973 István Kertész Hung/German conductor (London Symphony),
dies at 43
1978 Lucius D Clay General/Governor US zone West Germany (airlift),
dies at 80
1980 Alf Sjöberg director (Fadern, Oen, Domaren), dies in a car
crash at 76
1981 Eric Hollies cricketer (13 Tests for England, 44 wickets), dies
1985 Scott Brady [Gerald Tierney] actor (Shotgun Slade), dies at 60
1987 Anthony Tudor dancer/choreographer (American Ballet Theater)
dies at 78
1988 Abu Jihad [Khalil al-Wazzir] PLO-leader, murdered
1988 Clifford Roach cricketer (16 Tests early in West Indies cricket
history), dies
1988 Jacques de Kadt Dutch 2nd chamber member (Socialist-Democrat),
dies at 90
1988 Khalil al-Wazir PLO military commander, assassinated by Israeli
commandos
1988 Warde Donovan dies at 72
1989 Tawfieq Yusuf Awwaad Lebanese writer, dies
1991 David Lean director (2 Academy Awards-Bridge on the River Kwai,
Lawrence of Arabia), dies of pneumonia at 83
1992 Andy Russell drummer/vocalist (Your Hit Parade), dies of stroke
at 72
1992 Frank Killmond dies at 58
1992 Neville Brand actor (Stalag 17), dies of emphysema at 71
1993 John P W Meefout sculptor (Laying wife), dies at 77
1994 John McLiam dies of Parkinson's disease at 75
1994 Ralph Waldo Ellison US writer (Invisible Man), dies at 80
1994 Ron Vawter US actor (Roy Cohn, Silence of the Lambs), dies at
45
1994 Samuel Selvon author, dies at 70
1995 Arthur English comedian, dies at 75
1995 Cheyenne Brando daughter of Marlon, commits suicide
1995 Cy[ril Raker] Endfield film director (Universal Soldier), dies
at 80
1995 Stewart Myles MacPherson broadcaster, dies at 86
1996 Lucille Bremer dancer/actress (Ziegfeld Follies), dies at 73
1996 Madeleine Bourdouxhe writer, dies at 89
1996 Raymond Earl Hill saxophonist, dies at 62
1996 Stavros Spyros Niarchos Greek shipowner, dies at 86
1997 Emilio Azcarraga Milmo media tycoon, dies at 66
1997 Mae Boren Axton song writer (Heartbreak Hotel), dies at 82
1997 Michael Stroka actor (Aristede-Dark Shadows), dies of cancer
at 57
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