Famous Deaths In July - 02

1915  On July - 02 gen Porfirio [Jose de la Cruz] Diaz, president Mexico, dies   

1917  Herbert Beerbohm Tree, English actor/director (Hamlet), dies on this day in history.   

1918  Mohammed V Resjad, sultan of Turkey (1909-18), dies on July - 02.   

1920  Death of William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (b. 1846) on July - 02.   

1921  Edwin Evans, cricketer (6 Tests for Australia), dies on this day in history.   

1926  Emile Coué, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion), dies on July - 02.   

1929  Gladys Brockwell, actress (Oliver Twist), dies at 34 on July - 02.   

1930  Anders Randolf, actor (Love of Sunya, Dangerous Curves), dies at 59 on July - 02.   

1932  Manoel II, last king of Portugal (1908-10), dies at 43 on July - 02.   

1935  On July - 02 alfred Dreyfus, french colonel, dies   

1936  Harry Northrup, actor (Who's Knocking at My Door), dies at 60 on July - 02.   

1937  On this day in history amelia Earhart Putnam, Dutch pilot/1st female to fly Atl, dies at 40   

1939  On July - 02 alfred R Zimmerman, mayor of Rotterdam (1906-22), dies   

1940  On July - 02 ben[jamin] Turpin, US comic (Saps at Sea, His New Job), dies   

1941  On this day in history mohammad Baqa Jilani, cricketer (Test for India), dies at 29   

1946  Anthony Overton, publisher/cosmetics manufacturer/banker, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1949  On July - 02 georgi Dimitrov, Bulgaria premier (1946-49), dies at 67   

1951  On July - 02 earnest F Sauerbruch, German nazi/surgeon, dies at 75   

1952  On this day in history henriette H Bosmans, Dutch cello player/pianist/composer, dies at 56   

1955  Death of Edward Lawson, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1873) on July - 02.   

1961  Death of Ernest Hemingway, writer, commits suicide at 61 on July - 02.   

1964  On July - 02 glenn "Fireball" Roberts, biggest NASCAR money winner, dies in crash   

1965  Theodora E "Betsy" Ranucci-Beckmann, actress (Klatergoud), dies at 88 on July - 02.   

1966  Death of Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet (b. 1900) on July - 02.   

1968  On July - 02 francis Brennan, US cardinal of Philadelphia, dies at 74   

1969  On July - 02 death of michael DiBiase, wrestler (b. 1923)   

1970  On this day in history jessie Street, Australian civil rights activist, dies   

1971  On July - 02 edward Ballantine, composer, dies at 84   

1972  On July - 02 joseph F Smith Jr, leader US mormon chuch, dies at 95   

1973  On July - 02 betty Grable, US actress (How to Marry a Millionaire), dies at 56   

1975  On this day in history james Robertson Justice, actor (DR at Large, Dr om Love), dies at 70   

1976  On July - 02 frances Howard, actress (Swan, Shock Punch), dies at 73   

1977  On this day in history vladimir V Nabokov, Russian/US writer (Lolita), dies at 78   

1978  On this day in history death of aris Alexandrou, Greek novelist, poet and translator (b. 1922)   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Next Page »

1029  On this day in history birth of caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (d. 1094)   

1262  Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1312) was born on July - 02.   

1363  On this day in history birth of mary, Queen of Sicily (d. 1401)   

1489  On this day in history birth of thomas Cranmer, England, archbishop/reformer/martyr   

1492  On this day in history birth of elizabeth Tudor, English princess (d. 1495)   

1581  On July - 02 birth of johann Staden, composer   

1589  Guillaume van Messaus, composer was born on this day in history.   

1636  Daniel Speer, composer was born on July - 02.