Deaths in History on June 14

1801 Benedict Arnold, Revolutionary War general, dies in London at 60

1824 Agustín de Betancourt, Spanish civil engineer (steam engines, hot air balloons), dies at 68

1825 Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French-born American architect who laid out Washington, D.C., dies at 70

1828 Karl August, grand duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, dies (b. 1757)
1837 Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet and philosopher (The Poems of Leopardi), dies at 38
1864 Leonidas Polk, Lt. Gen. (Confederate Army), killed in action in Battle of Pine Mt at 58
1873 Friedrich von Raumer, German historian/parliamentarian, dies at 92
1883 Edward FitzGerald, English poet (b. 1809)
1886 Aleksandr Ostrovsky [Alexander Ostrovsky], Russian playwright (Artists & Admirers), dies at 63
1907 A Adolf Daens, Belgian priest/politician (CVP), dies
1908 Frederick Arthur Stanley, Governor general of Canada (b. 1841)
1916 João Simões Lopes Neto, Brazilian writer (b. 1865)
1920 Max Weber, German sociologist, economist and historian (Ancient Judaism), dies at 56
1926 Mary Cassatt, American Impressionist artist (b. 1844)
1927 Jerome K. Jerome, English writer (The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow), dies at 68

1928 Emmeline Pankhurst, British suffragette who formed the Women's Social & Political Union (1903), dies at 69

1932 Dorimène Roy Desjardins, Canadian business pioneer
1936 Hans Poelzig, German architect (Grosses Schauspielhaus), dies at 67
1936 G. K. Chesterton [Gilbert Keith], English writer/poet (Father Brown), dies at 62
1938 William W Campbell, American astronomer and Director of Lick Observatory, dies at 76
1941 Pieter J Kromsigt, theologist/publicist (John Knox), dies at 74
1944 Lubor Niederle, Czech archaeologist and anthropologist, dies at 78
1944 Robert H Iseley, US pilot/lt-comdr (Saipan), dies in battle

1946 John Logie Baird, Scottish inventor and father of the television, dies of a stroke at 57

1968 Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian poet/essayist (Nobel 1959), dies at 66

1986 Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine author (Book of Sand), dies in Geneva at 86

1991 Joy Finzi, [Joyce A Black], British painter, dies at 84
1993 Vincent T Hamlin, cartoonist (Alley Oop), dies at 93
1994 Denys Hay, British historian, dies at 78
1994 Mark Alexander Lees, rowing Coach, dies at 38
1994 Simon Prior, British auto maker, dies of injuries
1995 Gesualdo Bufalino, novelist, dies at 74
1995 Gordon Greig, journalist, dies at 63
1995 Roger Joseph Zelazny, sci-fi writer, dies of cancer at 60
1996 Ted Nightingale, former colonial governor, dies at 91
1997 Henry C Gordon, USAF/astronaut (Dynasoar), dies at 71
1997 Tesslynn O'Cull, American child abuse victim (b. 1995)
2000 Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet and writer (b. 1911)
2002 June Jordan, Carribean-American playwright and poet (His Own Where), dies at 65
2004 Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountain guide (b. 1900)
2005 Mimi Parent, Canadian painter (b. 1924)
2006 Jean Roba, Belgian comics author (Boule et Bill), dies at 75
2007 Ruth Graham [Bell], American Christian author and wife of evangelist Billy Graham, dies at 87
2007 Robin Olds, American fighter pilot (b. 1922)
2007 Kurt Waldheim, Austrian 4th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1972-81) and 9th President of Austria (1986-92), dies at 88
2009 Bob Bogle, founding member of The Ventures

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