Died on This Day (22-Jul)
Person | Person | Description | Age | Anniv | |
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Li Peng | Li Peng was a Chinese politician who served as the fourth Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1987 to 1998, and as the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislative body, from 1998 to 2003. | Premier of the People's Republic of China | 90 | 1 | |
Dennis Farina | Donaldo Gugliermo "Dennis" Farina was an American actor. | American actor | 69 | 7 | |
Charles Taylor Manatt | Charles Taylor Manatt was a U.S. Democratic Party political figure. | American diplomat | 75 | 9 | |
Jean Charles de Menezes | Jean Charles da Silva e de Menezes was a Brazilian man killed by officers of the London Metropolitan Police Service at Stockwell station on the London Underground, after he was wrongly deemed to be one of the fugitives involved in the previous day's failed bombing attempts. | Police Shooting | 27 | 15 | |
Qusay Hussein | Qusay Saddam Hussein al-Nasiri al-Tikriti was an Iraqi politician, military leader, and the second son of Saddam Hussein. | Saddam Hussein's son | 37 | 17 | |
Frances Horwich | Frances Rappaport Horwich was an American educator, television personality and television executive. | American educator (Miss Frances) | 94 | 19 | |
Harold Larwood | Harold Larwood, MBE was a professional cricketer for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and the England cricket team between 1924 and 1938. | English cricketer | 90 | 25 | |
Fred Kaps | Fred Kaps was a Dutch magician, famous for being the only magician to become FISM Grand Prix world champion three times. | Dutch magician | 54 | 40 | |
Yan Xishan | Yan Xishan was a Chinese warlord who served in the government of the Republic of China. | Chinese general | 76 | 60 | |
William Kissam Vanderbilt | William Kissam "Willie" Vanderbilt I was an American heir, businessman, philanthropist and horsebreeder. | United States railroad manager and horse breeder | 70 | 100 |
Person | Person | Description | Age | Anniv | |
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Rene Portland | Maureen Theresa Muth "Rene" Portland was an American head coach in women's college basketball, known for her 27-year tenure with the Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team. | American basketball coach | 65 | 2 | |
Bohdan Stupka | Bohdan Sylvestrovych Stupka was a popular Ukrainian actor and the minister of culture of Ukraine. | Ukrainian actor-politician | 70 | 8 | |
Kenny Guinn | Kenneth Carroll Guinn , was an American academic administrator, businessman and politician who served as the 27th Governor of Nevada from 1999 to 2007 and interim president of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas from 1994 to 1995. | American politician | 73 | 10 | |
Illinois Jacquet | Jean-Baptiste "Illinois" Jacquet was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, best remembered for his solo on "Flying Home", critically recognized as the first R&B saxophone solo. | American jazz tenor saxophonist | 81 | 16 | |
Joyce Cooper | Margaret Joyce Cooper , later known by her married name Joyce Badcock, was an English competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain at the Olympics and European championships, and England at the British Empire Games, during the late 1920s and early 1930s. | English swimmer | 93 | 18 | |
Claude Sautet | Claude Sautet was a French film director and screenwriter. | French film director | 76 | 20 | |
Manuel Puig | Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne , commonly called Manuel Puig, was an Argentine author. | Argentine writer | 57 | 30 | |
Fritz Kortner | Fritz Kortner was an Austrian stage and film actor and theatre director. | Austrian stage and film actor and theatre director | 78 | 50 | |
Adjutor Rivard | Adjutor Rivard was a lawyer, writer, judge and linguist from Quebec, Canada. | Canadian judge | 77 | 75 | |
Alexander H. Rice | Alexander Hamilton Rice was an American politician and businessman from Massachusetts. | American politician | 76 | 125 |