2008 Bettie Page, dies in Los Angeles, California, at 85 2004 Arthur Lydiard, New Zealander Athlete 1999 Ed Jones, Representative-D-Tennessee 1969 - 1989 1997 Kenneth WIlliam Gatland, aerospace scientist, dies at 73 1996 Herbert Sally Frankel, economist, dies at 93 Robert Bromston Thesiger Daniell, soldier, dies at 95 W G G Duncan-Smith, fighter pilot, dies at 82 William George Rushton, actor (TW3)/author/cartoonist, dies at 59 1995 Arthur Mullard, comedian, dies at 82 John Heawood, actor singer/choreographer (Pleasure Garden), dies at 75 Robert Shelton (Shapiro), journalist, dies at 69 1994 Stanislaw Maczek, Polish/British general-major (WW II), dies at 102 Yao Yilin, Vice Prime Minister of China 1979, dies 1993 Ales Gartner, Slavic ski trainer of Norway, dies at 45 Eliva "Elvire" Popesco, Romanian/French actress (Le roi), dies at 99 1992 Michael Robbins, actor (Lunch Hour, On the Buses), dies at 62 Vilma Banky, silent film actress (Eagle, Rebel), dies at about 90 1991 Artur Lundkvist, Swedish writer and Professor (Swedish Academy), dies Daniel Simon Scott, dies of Alzheimer's disease at 71 Headman Tshabala, musician (Ladysmith Black Mambazo), slain at 44 Robert Q Lewis, U.S. comic/TV panel member (RQL Show), dies at 70 1990 Fernand J Collin, Belgian economist/banker, dies at 92 1986 Paul Keenan, actor (Summer Fantasy), dies at 30 1984 George Waggner, director/writer, dies at 90 1979 Claire Carleton, New York City, actress (Alice-Cimarron City), dies at 66 1974 Reed Hadley, actor (Racket Squad, Public Defender), dies at 63 1972 Semjon I Kirsanov, Ukrainian poet (Zolushka), dies at 66 1968 Nadine Riga, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 59 Bob Bartlett, American Politician 1967 Howard Freeman, actor (Double Dynamite), dies after illness in New York City Richard Stohr, composer, dies at 93 Victor De Sabata, composer, dies at 75 1964 Percy Kilbride, actor (Ma and Pa Kettle), dies at 76 Sam Cooke, rock vocalist, shot to death at 29 1955 Franz Adolf Syberg, composer, dies at 51 Johan C Altorf, sculptor (October 3 Monument), dies at 79 1933 Emile C Wauters, Belgian painter (Van der Goes Klooster), dies at 87 1930 Friedrich von Bernhardi, German war theorist/historian, dies at 81 1918 Ivan Cankar, Slavic author (Hlapec Jernej), dies at 42 1911 Thomas Ball, U.S. sculptor/painter/singer, dies at 92 1903 Patrick McShane, cricket player/ump (1884-85 Ashes series), dies 1902 Matthias Hohner, German manufacturer (harmonica), dies at 68 1899 Andrew "Andy" Wauchope, British general-major, dies in battle Lord Winchester, British marquis/major, dies in battle 1891 Johan C J van Schagen, Dutch poet and writer (Narrenwijsheid), dies 1857 Francois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze, composer, dies at 73 1847 Moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet, dies at 25 1831 John George Schetky, composer, dies at 55 1817 Max von Schenkendorf, German poet, dies at 34 1756 Theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king, dies 1748 Ewald G von Kleist, German lawyer/inventor of condensator, dies at 55 1718 Charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718), shot dead 1686 Louis II Conde, duke of Bourbon, dies at 65 1610 Adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, buried at 32 Forges Dimitri 2, czar of Russia, murdered 1595 Philip III van Croij, prince of Chimay/general, dies at 69 1582 Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, marquis of Soria, dies at about 75 1573 Alardus/Eilard de Waterlant, duke of Alva, hanged 1524 Henry Van Zutphen, Dutch protestant martyr, burned at stake 1282 Llywelyn ab Gruffydd, monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies Michael VIII, Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1259-82), dies 711 Justitianus II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42