1921 - Hans Huber composer, dies at 69

1926 - Yoshihito 123rd Emperor of Japan (1912-26), dies at 47

1930 - Harvey Worthington Loomis composer, dies at 65

1938 - Karel Capek Czechoslovakian author/antifascist (Bílá Nemoc), dies at 48

1946 - W[illiam] C[laude] Fields writer/comedian/actor (Bank Dick, It's A Gift), dies from pneumonia at 67

1951 - Harry T Moore Florida NAACP official, killed by bomb

1954 - Johnny Ace ballad singer, dies at 25 in a game of Russian Roulette

1957 - Frederick Law Olmsted US architect (Central Park), dies at 87

1977 - Charlie Chaplin actor (Modern Times), dies in Switzerland at 88

1979 - Joan Blondell actress (Real McCoys), dies at 70

1979 - Lee Bowman actor (Ellery Queen, Miami Undercover), dies at 64

1980 - Oscar Romero archbishop of El Salvador, murdered

1983 - Joan Miro Spanish surrealist, dies at his home in Majorca at 90

1985 - George Rhodes orchestra leader (Sammy Davis Jr Show), dies at 66

1989 - Billy Martin New York Yankee manager, killed in a car accident at 61

1989 - Elena Ceausescu wife of Romania's dictator Nicolea, executed

1989 - Nicolae Ceausescu dictator of Romania, executed

1995 - Dean Martin singer/actor (Return to Me), dies at 78

1996 - Jon Benet Ramsey, Colorado child beauty queen, murdered at 6

1997 - Denver Pyle actor (Dukes of Hazzard), dies at 77

1998 - Bryan MacLean, Rock & Roll singer & guitarist (Byrds), dies