Famous Deaths In February - 09

1918  Emiel van der Straeten, [Delrue], Flemish playwright, dies at 30 on February - 09.  

1924  Nils Kj'r, Norwegian playwright (Det Lykkelige Valg), dies at 53 on this day in history.  

1932  Death of Junnosuke Inouye, Japanese minister of Finance, murdered on this day in history.  

1935  On this day in history karl Nef, Swiss musicologist, dies at 61  

1936  On this day in history jacques Bainville, French historian/essayist/journalist, dies at 57  

1938  On this day in history truby King, pioneer of mothercraft, dies  

1940  On February - 09 death of eugene Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist (b. 1857)  

1943  Death of ... Reydons, wife of General Reydons, shot to death by resistance on this day in history.  

1945  On this day in history george J L Maduro, resistance fighter (Madurodam), dies in Dachau  

1948  Karl Valentin, German comic/writer, dies at 65 on February - 09.  

1949  Poul Julius Ouscher Schierbeck, composer, dies at 60 on February - 09.  

1951  On this day in history death of eddy Duchin, American musician (b. 1910)  

1952  Norman Douglas, essayist/novelist, dies on February - 09.  

1957  Miklos Horthy von Nagybanya, Hung admiral/regent (1920-44), dies at 88 on this day in history.  

1960  Ernst von Dohnanyi, US composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1961  Grigory Levenfish, Intl chess grandmaster from Russia, dies at 70 on February - 09.  

1964  Willie Bryant, singer (Sugar Hill Times), dies at 55 on February - 09.  

1966  Sophie Tucker, Russ/US singer/actress (My Yiddish Mama), dies at 79 on February - 09.  

1968  Barbara Everest, actress (Inquest, Madeleine), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1969  Manuel Plaza Reyes, Chilean marathoner (Oly-gold 1928), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1973  On February - 09 max Yasgur, owner Woodstock-festival farmland, dies at 53  

1974  Cees de Lange, Dutch conferencier, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1975  Constant Burniaux, Belgian art historian (L'amour Vivre), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1976  Death of Percy Faith, Canadian musician (b. 1908) on this day in history.  

1977  Denys Amiel, French dramatist/playwright (Le mouton noir), dies at 92 on February - 09.  

1978  Death of Kimberly Leach, killed by Ted Bundy in Lake City Fla at 12 on February - 09.  

1979  On February - 09 c I J Smith, cricket all-rounder (5 Tests for England 1935-37), dies  

1980  Antoine Pompe, Belgian architect, dies at 106 on February - 09.  

1981  On this day in history bill Haley, vocalist (Rock Around Clock), dies of heart attack at 55  

1984  Balasaraswathi, Indian classical dancer, dies in Madras on this day in history.  

1989  Death of Osamu Tezuka, Japanese manga artist (b. 1928) on this day in history.  

1991  On February - 09 death of james Cleveland, American gospel singer (b. 1931)  

1993  On this day in history david Willis, British journalist (BBC World Service), dies at 54  

1994  On this day in history arnold Smith, Brit 1st sec-gen of Commonwealth (1965-75), dies at 79  

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1404  On February - 09 birth of constantine XI Dragases, last Byzantine Emperor  

1441  On February - 09 birth of ali Sjir Neva'i [Fani], Turkish poet/author (Mahbub al-kulub)  

1533  On this day in history birth of shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese samurai (d. 1611)  

1578  Giambattista Andreini, Italian playwright/actor (L'adamo) was born on this day in history.  

1579  On this day in history birth of john Meursius, [van Meurs], Dutch historian  

1602  Franciscus van de Enden, Flemish jesuit/free thinker/tutor of Spinoza was born on February - 09.  

1607  Abraham Megerle, composer was born on this day in history.  

1645  On this day in history birth of johann Aegidius Bach, German violistian (d. 1716)