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2013 Event - Actor Gerard Depardieu is granted citizenship by Russian President, Vladimir Putin; Depardieu renounced his French citizenship due to the country's high taxes

1997 Death - Gerard McLarnon, actor and writer, dies at 82

1996 Death - Brother Eugene Gerard Salois, teacher, dies at 76

1995 Death - Gerard Tebroke, 5/10 km-dasher, dies at 45

1995 Death - Gerard Thomas Victory, composer, dies at 73

1995 Event - British heavyweight Nigel Benn hits Gerard McClellan in hospital

1995 Death - Gerard W. Taylor, South African/British surgeon, dies at 74

1994 Death - Gerard John Toorenaar, Amsterdam police commissar, dies at 69

1994 Death - Wijnanda MC "Nan" Aberson, friend of Gerard Van de Reve Sr, dies at 82

1994 Death - Gerard van de Groenekan, furniture maker/designer, dies at 90

1993 Death - Gerard "Ge" Nabrink, Dutch anarchist/NVSH-founder, dies at 90

1992 Death - Gerard Sonder, Dutch radio host (AVRO), dies

1990 Death - Gerard Blitz, Belgian swimmer/founder (Club Med), dies at 88

1989 Death - Gerard Walschap, Flemish writer, dies

1988 Death - Gerard Holt, architect, dies at 83

1985 Death - Gerard Schmook, Flemish literature historian/custodian, dies at 86

1983 Event - Nobel prize for economy awarded to Gerard Debreu

1982 Event - Gerard Nijboer (2:15:16) and Rosa Mota (2:36:04) win marathon

1982 Death - Gerard[us PM] Knuvelder, literature historian (Anthology), dies

1982 Death - Gerard[us M] Rutten, director (Sterren stralen overal), dies

1982 Event - "Forbidden Broadway" by/with Gerard Alessandrini premieres in New York City

1980 Event - Gerard Nijboer runs Dutch record marathon (2:09:01)

1979 Death - Gerard Blitz, Dutch 400m swimmer (WR), dies at 78

1977 Birthday - Danny Gerard, Mount Vernon, New York, actor, Alan Silver-Brooklyn Bridge

1976 Death - Gerard Romsee, Flemish nationalist, dies at 74

1969 Birthday - Gerard Butler, Scottish Actor

1969 Birthday - Gerard de Nooijer, Dutch soccer player, Sparta

1968 Death - Gerard den Brabander, Jan G Jofriet, poet (Nothing New), dies at 67

1960 Birthday - Gerard Joling, Dutch singer, Love is in Your Eyes

1959 Death - Gerard Philipe, actor/dir (La Ronde, Gambler), dies of cancer at 36

1959 Death - Gerard Philipe, French actor (El Cid, Don Carlos), dies at 36

1959 Death - Gerard J Arbous, actor/publicist (Bohemian Amsterdam), dies at 83

1959 Death - Gerard Hoffnung, artist/humorist/musician, dies

1958 Death - Gerard Hordijk, Dutch architect/painter, dies at 59

1954 Birthday - Gerard Hadders, Dutch postage stamp designer, 1991 children stamp

1949 Event - Gerard Kuiper discovers Nereid, (2nd satellite of Neptune)

1948 Birthday - Gerard Depardieu, France, actor, Get Out Your Handkerchiefs, Danton

1948 Birthday - Beeb Birtles, Gerard Birtlekamp, rock guitarist, Little River Band

1948 Birthday - Leo Sayer, Gerard, England, singer, When I Need Love

1948 Event - 52nd Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:31:02

1947 Birthday - Gerard Schwarz, born in Weehawken, New Jersey, trumpeter/conductor, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

1944 Event - Dutch resistance fighter Gerard Musch arrested

1944 Event - 48th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:31:50.4

1944 Birthday - Gerard Schoenaker, Dutch singer, Les Baroques

1943 Death - Gerard W. Kerncamp, historian/editor-in-chief (Green Amsterdam), dies

1943 Event - 47th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:28:25.8

1943 Birthday - Gil Gerard, Little Rock, Arkansas, actor, Buck Rogers in 25th Century

1942 Death - Gerard L F Philips, Dutch manufacturer (Philips), dies at 83

1940 Event - 44th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:28:28.6

1939 Birthday - Gerard van Tongeren, Dutch singer, Buffoons

1937 Death - Gerard Vissering, banker/president of Dutch Bank, dies at 72

1936 Birthday - K Schippers, Gerard Stigter, Dutch author

1936 Birthday - Gerard Masson, born in Paris, France, composer, studied in Cologne with Kalheinz Stockhausen

1935 Death - Gerard Brucken Fock, composer, dies at 75

1932 Birthday - Gerard van den Berg, Dutch TV host, Like Father, Like Son

1931 Birthday - Gerard van Muiden, Dutch MP, CDA

1930 Birthday - Gerard Blain, Paris, France, actor, Hatari

1929 Birthday - Richard Long, born in London, England, Richard Gerard Long, 4th Viscount Long, politician, Conservative Party

1928 Birthday - Gerard van Leijenhorst, Dutch undersecretary of the Interior, CDA

1928 Birthday - Edward Gerard Schurmann, composer

1925 Birthday - Gerard John Toorenaar, political commissar in Amsterdam, 1975-79

1925 Birthday - Gerard Hoffnung, Berlin Germany, artist/humorist/musician

1924 Birthday - Gerard Wernars, Dutch graphic designer, Library stamps 1991

1923 Event - Gerard K "Simon" van het Reve, Dutch writer (Evenings)

1923 Birthday - Gerard K "Simon" van het Reve, Dutch writer, Evenings, Dear Guys

1923 Birthday - Gerard Vaughn, MP, Conservative

1922 Birthday - Gerard Philipe, Cannes France, actor, Caligula, Le Diable au Corps

1921 Birthday - Gerard Thomas Victory, composer

1921 Birthday - Gerard Victory, composer

1921 Birthday - Gerard Debreu, France, economist, Nobel 1983

1920 Death - Gerard Leman, Belgian general, war hero, provided King Albert I of Belgium with his military education, commander of the forts surrounding Liege in World War One, captured as a prisoner of War by the Germans and released at the end of the War, dies

1920 Birthday - Gerard W. Taylor, South African/British surgeon

1918 Birthday - Gerard Souzay, Angers France, baritone, Le Nozze di Figaro

1918 Birthday - Barry Morse, actor, Fugitive-Lt Philip Gerard, Winds of War

1916 Death - [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Ot and Sien), dies at 57

1915 Birthday - Gerard McLarnon, actor/writer

1912 Birthday - Wijnanda M C "Nan" Aberson, friend of Gerard Reve Sr

1909 Birthday - Gerard Croiset, Dutch paragnost

1905 Birthday - Gerard Kuiper, Dutch/U.S. astronomer, moons of Uranus, Neptune

1904 Birthday - Gerard Holt, Dutch architect

1903 Birthday - Gerard "Ge" Nabrink, Dutch anarchist/co-founder, NVSH

1902 Birthday - Gerard[us M] Rutten, director, Miraculous Life of Willem Parel

1902 Birthday - Gerard P M Knuvelder, Dutch literature historian, Vocation, Kitty

1901 Birthday - Gerard Romsee, Flemish nationalist

1901 Birthday - Gerard Blitz, Belgian swimmer/founder, Club Mediterranee

1900 Birthday - Gerard den Brabander, Jan G Jofriet, poet, Nothing New

1899 Birthday - Gerard Hordijk, Dutch architect/painter

1899 Death - Gerard Keller, Dutch writer (Vlugmaren), dies at 69

1898 Birthday - Gerard Schmook, Flemish librarian/historian/custodian

1898 Birthday - Gerard Walschap, Flemish writer/journalist, Mary, Revolt in Congo

1898 Birthday - Gerard Bertouille, composer

1890 Birthday - Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker, born in Holland, aircraft pioneer, Spider

1889 Death - Gerard Manley Hopkins, poet, dies at 54

1876 Birthday - Gerard J Arbous, actor/publicist, Prince William of Orange

1865 Birthday - Gerard Vissering, Dutch banker and president, Bank of Java

1864 Birthday - Gerard W. Kernkamp, Dutch historian/editor, Groene Amsterdammer

1859 Birthday - Gerard Brucken Fock, composer

1859 Birthday - [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator, Nog bij mother, Ot and Sien

1858 Birthday - Gerard L F Philips, Dutch engineer/manufacturer, Philips

1855 Death - Gerard de Nerval, Labrunie, French poet and writer, dies at 46

1851 Birthday - Gerard Leman, born in Liege, Belgium, Belgian general, war hero, provided King Albert I of Belgium with his military education, commander of the forts surrounding Liege in World War One, captured as a prisoner of War by the Germans and released at the end of the War

1848 Death - Henri-Philippe Gerard, composer, dies at 87

1844 Birthday - Gerard Manley Hopkins, England, poet, Windhover

1837 Death - Francois Gerard, French baron/painter, dies at 66

1829 Birthday - Gerard Keller, writer, Netherlands Spectator

1808 Birthday - Gerard De Nerval, French Novelist

1808 Birthday - Gerard de Nerval, Labrunie, French poet and writer, Sylvia

1772 Death - Gerard of Swieten, botanist/painter of Maria Theresia, dies at 72

1760 Birthday - Henri-Philippe Gerard, composer

1760 Death - Gerard George Clifford, head of East-Indian Company, dies at 75

1758 Death - Gerard Van Wage, historian, dies at 75

1725 Death - Gerard Noodt, lawyer, dies at 77

1722 Death - Gerard Callenbach, Dutch admiral, dies at 80

1711 Death - Gerard Lairesse, painter, buried

1700 Birthday - Gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist

1685 Birthday - Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company

1683 Birthday - Gerard van Loon, Dutch historian

1681 Death - Gerard Terborch, the Younger, Dutch painter/etcher, dies

1675 Death - Gerard Dou, Dutch painter, buried

1662 Death - Gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies

1656 Death - Gerard van Honthorst, painter, dies at 65

1647 Birthday - Gerard Noodt, Dutch lawyer

1642 Birthday - Gerard Callenbach, Dutch admiral

1613 Birthday - Gerard Dou, Dutch painter, Night School

1613 Event - Gerard Reynst appointed Dutch Governor-General of East-Indies

1591 Death - Gerard de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies

1590 Birthday - Gerard van Honthorst, Dutch painter













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