1996 Death Piet Hein, architect/poet/mathematician/inventor, dies at 80 1994 Death Hein Fentener van Vlissingen, eccentric millionaire, dies at 73 1994 Death Hein Salomonson, architect, dies at about 83 1992 Death Mel Hein, NFLer (New York Giants), dies at 82 1988 Death [John] Hein Donner, chess grand master, dies at 61 1986 Event Hein Vergeer becomes world champion skater 1986 Event Hein Vergeer becomes European skating champ 1985 Event Hein Vergeer becomes world champion skater 1954 Death Peter Van Anrooy, conductor and composer (Piet Hein Rhapsodie), dies at 75 1944 Birthday Christoph Hein, born in Bad Duben, Germany, writer, prize-winning author, translator, studied philosophy, wrote 1982 novella The Distant Lover 1927 Birthday Hein Donner, Dutch chess master 1921 Birthday Hein J Roethof, lawyer/Dutch MP, PvdA 1914 Birthday Hein J M Jordans, Dutch conductor 1909 Birthday Mel Hein, NFL center for the New York Giants 1905 Birthday Piet Hein, poet/inventor 1879 Birthday Peter Van Anrooy, Dutch conductor and composer, Piet Hein Rhapsodie