Famous Deaths In January - 10

1968  Basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73 on January - 10.   

1969  Death of John Brownlee, Australian tenor (b. 1900) on January - 10.   

1970  On this day in history pavel Ivanovich Belyayev, USSR, cosmonaut (Voskhod II), dies at 44   

1971  On January - 10 gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer, dies at 87   

1972  Al Goodman, Russian/US orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1976  Chester Arthur Burnett, US blues pianist/harmonica player, dies at 65 on January - 10.   

1978  On this day in history john D Rockefeller III, US billionaire/philanthropist, dies at 71   

1980  George Meany, labor leader, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1981  On January - 10 richard Boone, actor (Paladin-Have Gun Will Travel), dies at 63   

1982  On January - 10 lazar Weiner, composer, dies at 84   

1984  On this day in history suvanna Phuma, premier of Laos, dies at 82   

1985  Death of Anton Karas, Austrian zither player and composer (b. 1906) on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history joseph Kraft, US columnist, dies at 61   

1987  Death of Marion Hutton, American singer and actress (b. 1919) on January - 10.   

1989  On January - 10 death of herbert Morrison, American radio reporter (b. 1905)   

1990  Juliet Berto, screenwriter/actress (Bastienne Bastien), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1991  Dimitris Myrat, dies of cancer at 62 on this day in history.   

1992  Barbara Couper, British actress (Last Days of Dolwyn), dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1993  Diana Adams, ballerina, dies on January - 10.   

1994  Catharina I "Ien" Dales, min of Internal affairs (1989-94), dies at 62 on January - 10.   

1995  On January - 10 elaine Greene, literary Agent, dies at 74   

1996  Alexander Robertus, organic chemist, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1997  On this day in history death of alvinio Misciano, Italian tenor, killed in a fall from a window   

1999  On this day in history death of sir Edward Williams, Australian judge (b. 1921)   

2000  Death of Sam Jaffe, American producer (b. 1901) on January - 10.   

2002  Death of W.A. Criswell, American (Baptist) preacher (b. 1909) on this day in history.   

2004  Death of Spalding Gray, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1941) on this day in history.   

2005  On January - 10 death of gene Baylos, American comedian (b. 1906)   

2005  On this day in history death of death of Joséphine-Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (b. 1927)   

2007  On this day in history death of carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (b. 1912)   

2008  On January - 10 death of christopher Bowman, American figure skater (b. 1967)   

2009  Death of William Frederick "Bill" Stone, British World War I veteran (b. 1900) on this day in history.   

2017  Death of Roman Herzog, 11th President of Germany on this day in history.   

2017  Death of Oliver Smithies, British-American Nobel geneticist on this day in history.   

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1480  On January - 10 birth of margaret of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands (d. 1530)   

1502  On this day in history birth of hendrik Niclaes, German/Dutch merchant/cult leader (Children of God)   

1538  Louis of Nassau, Dutch general (d. 1574) was born on this day in history.   

1573  Simon Marius, German astronomer (d. 1624) was born on January - 10.   

1607  Isaac Jogues, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1646) was born on January - 10.   

1628  On this day in history birth of jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff, [Jan Maet], seascape painter)   

1638  Niels Stensen, Danish astronomer was born on January - 10.   

1638  On this day in history birth of nicolas Steno, Danish geologist (d. 1686)