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1965 Francis Cherry, American politician (b.1960 Set Persson, Swedish communist politician, dies at 63.1960 Lawrence Tibbett, American baritone (Metropolitan Opera, 1923-50), dies after surgery at 63.1947 Walter Donaldson, American pianist and popular song composer ("Makin' Whoopee" "My Blue Heaven" "My Buddy"), dies at 54.1947 Henry Kolker, German-American actor and director (Holiday, Baby Face, Mad Love), dies at 72.1946 Razor Smith, English cricket spin bowler (245 first class matches, Surry CCC), dies at 68.1942 Denis Moloney, cricketer (during WW II 3 Tests for NZ 1937), dies.1940 Robert Wadlow, American who was world's tallest known person (8'11.1"), dies at 22.1940 Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist (introduced the term schizophrenia to describe the disorder previously known as dementia praecox), dies at 82.1940 Donald Calthrop, British actor (Blackmail, Scrooge, Rome Express), dies from a heart attack at 52.1939 Percy Scott Worthington, architect, dies.1939 Johon Mellanby, physiologist, dies.1935 Pieter WA Cort van de Linden, Dutch premier (1913-18), dies at 89.1934 Jules Renkin, Belgian politician (28th Prime Minister of Belgium 1931-32), dies at 71.1933 Irving Babbitt, American writer (Democracy & Leadership), dies at 67.1857 Carl Czerny, Czech-Austrian pianist, composer (Schule der Virtuosen), and teacher, dies at 66.1856 Margaretha J de Neufville, author (The Kidnap), dies at 81.1854 Wincenty Studzinski, Polish violinist and composer, dies at 39.1844 Claude Charles Fauriel, French historian (b.
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1839 Winthrop Mackworth Praed, English politician and poet, dies at 36.1828 Jean Antoine Houdon, French sculptor (b.1810 Jean-Baptiste Rey, composer, dies at 75.1798 Gaetano Pugnani, Italian violinist and composer, dies at 66.1789 Jacques Duphly, French composer and harpsichordist, dies at 74.1784 Johan B Straub, South German sculptor, dies.1782 Robert Wainwright, English composer and church organist, dies at 33.1782 Farinelli, Italian singer, dies at 77.1767 Michael Bruce, Scottish poet (Elegy written in Spring), dies at 21.1765 Charles-André Van Loo, French Rococo painter, dies at 60.1750 Vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman, dies at 73.1738 Baruch Leibov, converted Russian Naval officer to Judaism, executed.1738 Antonio Maria Pacchioni, Baroque composer, dies at 84.1738 Alexander Voznitsyn, Rus Naval officer converted to Judaism, executed.1685 James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, bastard son of English king Charles II, executed at 36.