Death-a-Day

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1471, twice deposed King Henry VI of England dies in the Tower of London.

In 1934, The bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed and killed by police in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.

In 1941, Yankees Lou Gehrig died.

In 1968, Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated.

Alan Turing died in 1954.

In 1376, Edward, the Black Prince, son of Edward III of England and father of Richard II, died.

In 1492, Elizabeth Woodville, wife of Edward IV.

In 1183, Henry the Young King of England son of Henry II died. He was crowned titular King of England in 1170, but died before his father and never got to be officially king.

In 1488, King James III of Scotland dies in battle against Rebel lords.

In 1727, George I of Great Britain.

Anton Yeltsin, who played Chekov in the new Star Trek films, died today at 27.

In 1837, King William IV of the United Kingdom died.

In 1377, King Edward III of England died.

On 1908, Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th President of the United States, died.

On 2014, actor Eli Wallach.

In 1291, Eleanor of Provence, wife of King Henry III of England, died.

In 1533, Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII and brief wife of Louis XII of France.

In 1876, General George Armstrong Custer died in the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

In 1830, King George IV of the United Kingdom died.

Today, Elie Wiesel, Romanian-born American writer, political activist, and Holocaust survivor died at 87.

Belated one for July 1st:
Eudoxie Baboul. Oldest living French person. Died yesterday aged 114y 274d.
Also lost Nicholas Winton at 106y 43d last year.

In 1826, both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, presidents of the U.S., died on the same day.

1831, James Monroe, another U.S. President died.

1934, Marie Curie.