3 December Deaths

Published : 03 Dec 2017, 11:20

Jagoroniya Desk

December 3 is the 337th day of the year (338th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 28 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Thursday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Tuesday or Wednesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Friday or Sunday (56).

Deaths

311 – Diocletian, Roman emperor (b. 244)
649 – Birinus, French-English bishop and saint (b. 600)
860 – Abbo, bishop of Auxerre
937 – Siegfried, Frankish nobleman
978 – Abraham, Coptic pope of Alexandria
1038 – Emma of Lesum, Saxon countess and Saint
1099 – Saint Osmund (b. 1065)
1154 – Pope Anastasius IV (b. 1073)
1265 – Odofredus, Italian lawyer and jurist
1266 – Henry III the White, Duke of Wroclaw
1309 – Henry III, Duke of Głogów (b. 1251/60)
1322 – Maud Chaworth, Countess of Leicester (b. 1282)
1532 – Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (b. 1502)
1533 – Vasili III of Russia (b. 1479)
1542 – Jean Tixier de Ravisi, French scholar and academic (b. 1470)
1552 – Francis Xavier, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1506)
1592 – Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1545)
1610 – Honda Tadakatsu, Japanese general and daimyo (b. 1548)
1668 – William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury (b. 1591)
1706 – Countess Emilie Juliane of Barby-Mühlingen (b. 1637)
1765 – Lord John Sackville, English cricketer and politician (b. 1713)
1789 – Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter (b. 1714)
1815 – John Carroll, American archbishop (b. 1735)
1876 – Samuel Cooper, American general (b. 1798)
1882 – Archibald Tait, Scottish-English archbishop (b. 1811)
1888 – Carl Zeiss, German physicist and lens maker, created the optical instrument (b. 1816)
1890 – Billy Midwinter, English-Australian cricketer (b. 1851)
1892 – Afanasy Fet, Russian author and poet (b. 1820)
1894 – Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist (b. 1850)
1902 – Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect, designed the Otago Boys' High School and Knox Church (b. 1833)
1904 – David Bratton, American water polo player (b. 1869)
1910 – Mary Baker Eddy, American religious leader and author, founded Christian Science (b. 1821)
1912 – Prudente de Morais, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Brazil (b. 1841)
1917 – Harold Garnett, English-French cricketer (b. 1879)
1919 – Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter and sculptor (b. 1841)
1928 – Ezra Meeker, American farmer and politician (b. 1830)
1934 – Charles James O'Donnell, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1849)
1935 – Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (b. 1868)
1941 – Pavel Filonov, Russian painter and poet (b. 1883)
1949 – Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-American actress and educator (b. 1876)
1952 – Rudolf Margolius, Czech lawyer and politician (b. 1913)
1956 – Manik Bandopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1908)
1956 – Alexander Rodchenko, Russian sculptor, photographer, and graphic designer (b. 1891)
1967 – Harry Wismer, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1913)
1972 – William Manuel Johnson, American bassist (b. 1872)
1973 – Emile Christian, American trombonist, cornet player, and composer (b. 1895)
1979 – Dhyan Chand, Indian field hockey player and coach (b. 1905)
1980 – Oswald Mosley, English lieutenant, fascist, and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1896)
1981 – Walter Knott, American farmer, founded Knott's Berry Farm (b. 1889)
1984 – Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin, Azerbaijani-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1919)
1989 – Fernando Martín Espina, Spanish basketball player (b. 1962)
1989 – Connie B. Gay, American businessman, founded the Country Music Association (b. 1914)
1993 – Lewis Thomas, American physician, etymologist, and academic (b. 1913)
1996 – Georges Duby, French historian and author (b. 1919)
1998 – Pierre Hétu, Canadian pianist and conductor (b. 1936)
1999 – John Archer, American actor (b. 1915)
1999 – Scatman John, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1942)
1999 – Madeline Kahn, American actress, comedian, and singer (b. 1942)
1999 – Horst Mahseli, Polish footballer (b. 1934)
1999 – Jarl Wahlström, Finnish 12th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1918)
2000 – Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet and educator (b. 1917)
2000 – Hoyt Curtin, American composer and producer (b. 1922)
2002 – Adrienne Adams, American illustrator (b. 1906)
2002 – Glenn Quinn, Irish-American actor (b. 1970)
2003 – David Hemmings, English actor (b. 1941)
2004 – Shiing-Shen Chern, Chinese-American mathematician and academic (b. 1911)
2005 – Frederick Ashworth, American admiral (b. 1912)
2005 – Herb Moford, American baseball player (b. 1928)
2007 – James Kemsley, Australian cartoonist and actor (b. 1948)
2008 – Robert Zajonc, Polish-American psychologist and author (b. 1923)
2009 – Leila Lopes, Brazilian actress and journalist (b. 1959)
2009 – Richard Todd, Irish-born British soldier and actor (b. 1919)
2010 – Abdumalik Bahori, Azerbaijani poet and author (b. 1927)
2011 – Dev Anand, Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1923)
2012 – Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil, Iraqi-Lebanese archbishop (b. 1938)
2012 – Kuntal Chandra, Bangladeshi cricketer (b. 1984)
2012 – Fyodor Khitruk, Russian animator, director, and screenwriter (b. 1917)
2012 – Diego Mendieta, Paraguayan footballer (b. 1980)
2012 – Janet Shaw, Australian cyclist and author (b. 1966)
2013 – Paul Aussaresses, French general (b. 1918)
2013 – Reda Mahmoud Hafez Mohamed, Egyptian air marshal (b. 1952)
2013 – Ahmed Fouad Negm, Egyptian poet and educator (b. 1929)
2014 – Herman Badillo, Puerto Rican-American lawyer and politician (b. 1929)
2014 – Jacques Barrot, French politician, French European Commissioner (b. 1937)
2014 – Nathaniel Branden, Canadian–American psychotherapist and author (b. 1930)
2014 – Ian McLagan, English-American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (b. 1945)
2014 – James Stewart, Canadian mathematician and academic (b. 1941)
2015 – Gladstone Anderson, Jamaican singer and pianist (b. 1934)
2015 – Eevi Huttunen, Finnish speed skater (b. 1922)
2015 – Scott Weiland, American singer-songwriter (b. 1967)

Source: wikipedia

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