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1996 Death - James William Rouse, U.S. builder (shopping malls), dies at 81

1995 Death - Francis Taylor, builder, dies at 90

1995 Death - Louis Sen A Kaw, Suriname's great dam builder, dies at 75

1994 Death - William Levitt, builder (Levittown), dies of kidney failure at 86

1992 Event - "Master Builder" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 45 performances

1992 Event - "Master Builder" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 45 performances

1991 Death - Gijsbert Perlee, Amsterdam's organ builder/grinder (Arabian), dies

1988 Death - Irwan Chanin, U.S. theater builder, dies at 96

1986 Event - Actor/body builder Arnold Schwarzenegger weds newscaster Maria Shriver

1986 Death - Marcel Dassault, Bloch, French airplane builder, dies at 94

1981 Death - Cornelis Verolme, Dutch ship builder, dies at 80

1981 Death - Donald W. Douglas, U.S. aircraft pioneer/builder, dies at 88

1981 Death - Donald W. Douglas, U.S. aviation pionieer/builder, dies at 88

1978 Death - Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft builder, dies at 80

1977 Death - Sergei Ilyushin, Russian airplane builder (Ilyushin), dies at 82

1972 Death - Andrej N Tupolev, Russian aircraft builder, dies at 84

1972 Death - Charles Atlas, Angelo Siciliano, body builder, dies at 79

1972 Death - Igor Sikorsky, Russian/US helicopter builder, dies at 83

1962 Death - John Lowry, Mount Vernon NY, New York City builder, dies at 79

1962 Birthday - Lenda Murray, born in Detroit, Michigan, body builder, 4X Ms Olympia

1961 Death - Benjamin Merkelbach, architect/city builder of Amsterdam, dies at 60

1960 Birthday - Cory Everson, Racine Wisconsin, body builder, 6X Ms Olympia

1958 Death - Earnest H Heinkel, German airplane builder (WW II), dies at 70

1952 Birthday - Manfred Langer, Austrian/Dutch disco builder

1951 Birthday - Lou Ferrigno, born in Brooklyn, New York, body builder/actor, Incredible Hulk

1951 Birthday - Diana Dennis, born in Portland, Oregon, body builder, Women Physique World

1947 Birthday - Arnold Schwarzenegger, born in Austria, body builder, Commando, Terminator

1946 Birthday - Donald Trump, born in New York City, New York, billionaire, master builder, Trump Towers

1940 Death - Edmund Rumpler, Austria auto/airplane builder, dies

1939 Death - Anthony H G Fokker, Dutch airplane builder (Spider), dies at 49

1931 Birthday - Bernhard Becher, photographer, industrialist builder 19th/20th

1930 Death - Glenn Hammond Curtiss, aviation pioneer/airplane builder, dies at 52

1930 Birthday - George Steinbrenner, owner, New York Yankees, ship builder/horse owner

1929 Death - Edouard baron Empain, Belgian builder (Heliopolis), dies at 76

1928 Birthday - Anthony C B Chapman, England, sports car builder/autoracer, Formula 1

1919 Birthday - Louis Sen A Kaw, Surinam dam builder

1918 Death - Cesar A Cui, Lithuanian fort builder/composer, dies at 83

1914 Birthday - James William Rouse, U.S. builder, shopping malls/Columbia, Maryland

1909 Birthday - Harry B. Helmsley, born in New York City, billionaire builder, Empire State Building

1905 Birthday - Francis Taylor, builder

1902 Birthday - Hanns Neupert, German piano builder/author, Das Klavichord

1901 Birthday - Benjamin Merkelbach, architect/city builder of Amsterdam

1900 Birthday - Cornelis Verolme, Dutch ship builder

1898 Death - Bartel Wilton, ship builder, dies at 70

1895 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Norwood Builder"

1894 Birthday - Sergei Ilyushin, Russian airplane builder, Ilyushin

1893 Event - Canal builder De Lesseps and others sentenced to prison for fraud

1892 Birthday - Marcel Dassault, French airplane builder

1888 Birthday - Andrej N Tupolev, Russian aircraft builder

1884 Death - Paul Abadie, French master builder (Sacre-Coeur, Paris), dies at 71

1882 Birthday - John Lowry, Mount Vernon, New York, New York City builder, Radio City Music Hall

1882 Birthday - Henry J Kaiser, builder, Liberty Ships, Jeeps, Boulder Dam

1881 Birthday - Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti, Milan, race car builder, Amaz Bugattis

1872 Death - Eberhard F Walcker, organ builder (Paulskirche Frankfurt A/M), dies

1872 Birthday - Edmund Rumpler, Austria, auto/airplane builder

1870 Birthday - Joseph B Strauss, civil engineer/builder, Golden Gate Bridge

1867 Birthday - Frank Lloyd Wright, Richland Center Wisconsin, master builder, Guggenheim

1861 Death - Elisha G Otis, U.S. elevator builder (Otis), dies at 50

1860 Death - John Ackersdijk, Dutch state house builder, dies at 69

1858 Death - Cornelis Smit, Dutch ship builder/ship owner, dies at 74

1855 Death - Camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66

1852 Birthday - Edouard baron Empain, Belgian railway builder, Paris Metro

1831 Death - Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, Austrian composer/piano builder, dies at 74

1828 Birthday - Bartel Wilton, machinefabrikant/ship builder

1817 Death - Giacomo Quarenghi, master builder (Hermitage Theater), dies at 72

1812 Birthday - Paul Abadie, French master builder, renovated Notre Dame

1801 Death - Jacques-Denis Antoine, French builder (La Monnaie Paris), dies at 68

1800 Birthday - James Bogardus, U.S. inventor/builder, made cast-iron buildings

1794 Birthday - Eberhard F. Walcker, German organ builder, Paulskirche Frankfurt

1791 Birthday - Charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder

1788 Birthday - Camille Pleyel, Austria, piano builder/composer

1784 Birthday - Cornelis Smit, Dutch ship builder

1757 Birthday - Ignaz J Pleyel, Austria composer/piano builder, Piano method

1751 Death - Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, builder (Nepomukkerk, Prague), dies at 62

1751 Death - Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, Czechoslovakian master builder, dies at 62

1744 Birthday - Giacomo Quarenghi, Italian/Russian master builder, Hermitage Theater

1738 Death - Georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden), dies at 72

1733 Birthday - Jacques-Denis Antoine, French master builder, Hotel Maillebois Paris

1731 Death - Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italian piano builder, dies at 75

1719 Death - Steven J Vennekool, Amsterdam's master builder, buried

1709 Birthday - Johann H H Butz, German/Dutch organ builder

1704 Death - Menno baron van Coehoorn, fort builder/Coevorden/howitzer, dies at 63

1689 Birthday - Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, Bavarian master builder, Prague

1678 Death - Philip Vingboons, Amsterdam's master builder, buried

1676 Death - Daniel Stalpaert, Amsterdams master builder, buried

1669 Death - Pieter Jansz Post, master builder (Waag, Gouda), dies at 61

1667 Death - Thomas de Keyser, Amsterdam master builder/painter, buried

1666 Birthday - Georg Baehr, German master builder, Frauenkirche, Dresden

1655 Birthday - Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder

1653 Death - John Bicker, ship builder/merchant/regent, dies at 61

1638 Death - Paul Moreelse, Dutch painter/master builder, dies at about 66

1627 Death - Lieven de Key, Flemish master builder (Vleeshal), dies at about 67

1622 Birthday - Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder

1621 Death - Henrick de Keyser, Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56

1590 Death - Joost Jansz Bilhamer, master builder/cartographer, dies at about 49

1573 Birthday - Elias Hill, German architect/city builder, Augsburg

1565 Birthday - Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam

1557 Death - Sebastiaan Van Noyen, military master builder, dies

1518 Birthday - Elizabeth Talbot, countess of Shrewsbury/builder of country houses

1512 Death - Antoon Keldermans, Flem builder (Middelburg town hall), dies at 72

1483 Birthday - Raphael Sanzio, Italian painter and master builder, Madonna Sistina

1434 Death - Pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60

1180 Death - Guillaume de/Willem van Sens, French master builder (Canterbury), dies

76 Birthday - Hadrian, Roman Emperor, builder of Hadrian's Wall

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