&lt;a HREF="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fthemennompod-20%2F8010%2F5ab4134d-82eb-43a3-89cd-303b7e8af371&amp;Operation=NoScript"&gt;Amazon.com Widgets&lt;/A&gt; Prominent people and/or critters who died on this date include French explorer Jacques Cartier (1491-1557); American explorer William Clark (1770-1838); passenger pigeon Martha (1914), the last known bird of her species, at the Cincinnati Zoo; and blues player R.L. Burnside (1926-2005). Historical and/or hysterical events and a few