ON THIS DAY (05-October-2016)

• 578 Justinus II, Byzantine emperor (565-78), dies
• 1056 Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1017)
• 1111 Robrecht II of Jerusalem, Count of Flanders (1st Crusader), dies
• 1112 Sigebert of Gembloux, French chronicler
• 1285 King Philip III of France (b. 1245)
• 1399 Raymundus of Capua, Italian general, dies
• 1496 Ferdinand II, king of Naples, dies
• 1528 Richard Foxe, English churchman
• 1557 Il Bacchiacca, [Franceso Ubertini], Italian painter, dies at 63
• 1564 Pierre de Manchicourt, Flemish composer
• 1565 Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician (b. 1522)
• 1606 Philippe Desportes, French poet (b. 1546)
• 1631 Arabella Holles, wife of English politician Thomas Wentworth, dies
• 1707 Daniel Speer, composer, dies at 71
• 1714 Kaibara Ekiken, Japanese philosopher (b. 1630)
• 1740 Johann Philipp Baratier, German scholar (b. 1721)
• 1763 August III, king of Poland, dies at 66
• 1777 Ján Andrej Segner, Slovak and German mathematician, physicist, and physician (b. 1704)
• 1787 Thomas Stone, US attorney/signer (Dec of Ind), dies at about 44
• 1799 Antonio Dinis da Cruz e Silva, Portuguese poet (O Hissope), dies at 68
• 1805 Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, British general (b. 1738)
• 1813 Etienne Ozi, French composer, dies at 58

• 1837 Hortense de Beauharnais, French queen of Neth (1806-10), dies at 54

• 1848 Joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (b. 1781)
• 1861 Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish bishop (b. 1778)
• 1867 Thomas Taglichsbeck, composer, dies at 67
• 1880 Jacques Offenbach, German-born composer (b. 1819)
• 1892 Bill Powers, US member of Daltonbende, dies
• 1892 Bob Dalton, US leader of Daltonbende, dies
• 1892 Dick Broadwell, US member of Daltonbende, dies
• 1892 Grat Dalton, US member of Daltonbende, dies
• 1899 Johann Nepomuk Fuchs, composer, dies at 57
• 1906 Raja Ravi Varma, Indian painter, dies at 58
• 1911 Charles-Theodore Malherbe, composer, dies at 58
• 1913 Hans von Bartels, German painter (b. 1856)
• 1915 Jose Maria Usandizaga, composer, dies at 28
• 1915 Otto Valdemar Malling, composer, dies at 67
• 1918 Roland Garros, French stunt flyer, dies
• 1919 Jean Louis Nicode, composer, dies at 66
• 1924 Joseph Vezina, composer, dies at 75
• 1924 Tom Campbell, cricketer (5 Tests for South Africa, ct 7 stp 1), dies
• 1930 Christopher Birdwood Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson, British military officer (b. 1875)
• 1933 Nikolaj N Joedenitsj, Russian general/contra revolutionary, dies at 71
• 1933 Renee Adoree, actress (Big Parade), dies at 35
• 1933 Nikolai Nikolaevich Yudenich, Russian general (b. 1862)
• 1934 Jean Vigo, French filmer, dies
• 1936 Jan J Slauerhoff, Dutch ship doc/writer (Seaman's Grave), dies at 38
• 1938 Saint Faustina, Polish saint (b. 1905)
• 1940 Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican composer: Cuauhnahuac/Planos, dies at 40
• 1940 Lincoln Loy McCandless, American cattle rancher (b. 1859)
• 1940 Ballington Booth, English Officer in The Salvation Army and co-founder of Volunteers of America
• 1941 Louis D Brandeis, 1st Jewish Supreme Court Judge (1916-39), dies at 84
• 1943 Leon Roppolo, American musician (b. 1902)
• 1944 Joseph B "Aristide" Maillol, French sculptor/graphic artist, dies
• 1950 Frederic Lewy, German neurologist (b. 1885)
• 1952 Joe Jagersberger, Austrian racing driver (b. 1884 or 1885)
• 1953 Friedrich Wolf, writer, dies at 64
• 1954 Flor Alpaerts, Flem composer (Tyl Uilenspiegel/Pallieter), dies at 78
• 1965 Gustaf Adolf Tiburtius Bengtsson, composer, dies at 79
• 1967 Clifton C Williams Jr, astronaut, dies at 35, in T-38 jet crash
• 1976 Barbara Nichols, actress (Pajama Game, Loved One), dies at 46
• 1976 Lars Onsager, Norwegian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903)
• 1979 Charlie Smith, oldest American (137 year), dies
• 1981 Gloria Grahame, American actress (Sue-Rich Man Poor Man), dies at 55
• 1981 Jud Strunk, singer/comedian (Laugh-In), dies at 48
• 1983 Earl Tupper, American inventor (b. 1907)
• 1984 Leonard Rossiter, actor (2001, Water), dies of a heart attack at 57
• 1986 Hall B Wallis, US movie production (Barefoot in Park), dies at 87
• 1986 James H. Wilkinson, English mathematician (b. 1919)
• 1986 Mike Burgmann, Australian racing driver (b. 1947)
• 1990 Meir Kahane, founder of Jewish defense league, assassinated at 58
• 1992 Cornelis Berkhouwer, Dutch MP (VVD), dies
• 1992 Eddie Kendricks, American singer-songwriter (The Temptations), dies of lung cancer at 52
• 1992 Paul Acket, organizer (Music Express, North Sea Jazz Festival), dies
• 1993 Jane Nigh, American actress (Lorelei-Big Town, Blue Blood, Rawhide), dies at about 67
• 1993 Karl G Henize, astronaut (STS 51-F), dies of heart failure at 66
• 1995 Dick Henry Jurgen, bandleader, dies at 85
• 1995 Fred Fehl, photographer, dies at 89
• 1995 Peter Crichton Kirkpatrick, oarsman, dies at 79
• 1995 Linda Gary, American voice actress (b. 1944)
• 1996 Catherine Elizabeth Pennington, personal assistant, dies at 77
• 1996 Seymour Cray, computer designer, dies in auto accident at 71
• 1997 Andrew Keir, actor (Rob Roy, Absolution, Blood Hunt), dies at 71
• 1997 Dave Marr, golfer/commentator, dies at 63
• 1997 Brian Pillman, American professional wrestler (b. 1962)
• 2000 Cătălin Hîldan, Romanian footballer (b. 1976)
• 2001 Mike Mansfield, American politician (b. 1903)
• 2002 Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920)
• 2003 Denis Quilley, English actor (b. 1927)
• 2003 Dan Snyder, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1978)
• 2003 Timothy Treadwell, American bear enthusiast featured in Grizzly Man (b. 1957)

• 2004 Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-born physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1916)
• 2004 William H. Dobelle, American biomedical engineer, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine nominee (b. 1941)
• 2006 Jennifer Moss, English Actress (b. 1945)
• 2006 Antonio Peña, Mexican founder of lucha libre promotion AAA (b. 1953)
• 2007 Justin Tuveri, Italian veteran of the First World War (b. 1898)
• 2007 Walter Kempowski, German writer (German Chronicle), dies at 78
• 2010 Bernard Clavel, French novelist (b. 1923)
• 2010 Mary Leona Gage, American beauty pageant winner and actress (b. 1939)
• 2010 Steve Lee, Swiss musician and vocalist (Gotthard) (b. 1963)
• 2011 Bert Jansch, Scottish folk musician (Pentangle), dies at 67
• 2011 Charles Napier, American actor (b. 1936)
• 2011 Derrick Bell, American legal scholar and civil rights advocate (b. 1930)
• 2012 Keith H.S. Campbell, British biologist, dies at 58
• 2015 Henning Mankell, Swedish playwright and author (Wallander novels), dies of cancer at 67
• 2015 Chantal Akerman, Belgium film director (Akermania, Je Tu II Elle), dies at 65