Famous Deaths In July - 04

1857  Death of William L. Marcy, American statesman (b. 1786) on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history paul Joseph Revere, US grandson of Paul Revere/Union brig-gen, dies   

1881  On July - 04 death of johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish statesman (b. 1806)   

1882  Death of Joseph Brackett, American composer (b. 1797) on this day in history.   

1888  On July - 04 theodor Storm, German judge/author (Schimmelreiter), dies at 70   

1889  Auguste Mermet, composer, dies at 79 on July - 04.   

1891  Frederic Louis Ritter, composer, dies at 67 on July - 04.   

1901  John Fiske, [Edmund Fisk Green], US historian/philosopher, dies on July - 04.   

1902  On July - 04 death of swami Vivekananda, Indian spiritual leader (b. 1863)   

1905  On July - 04 death of Élisée Reclus, French anarchist (b. 1830)   

1910  On July - 04 giovanni V Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (Mars), dies at 75   

1916  Death of Alan Seeger, American war poet (b. 1888) on July - 04.   

1917  On this day in history johan H C Kern, Dutch linguist (Sanskreet), dies at 84   

1922  Death of Lothar von Richthofen, German pilot (b. 1894) on July - 04.   

1923  Florimond Fonteyne, Flemish priest/politician (Volkseeuw), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1926  Death of Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian Saint (b. 1901) on July - 04.   

1929  On July - 04 otto Taubmann, composer, dies at 70   

1931  On this day in history emanuele F duke of Aosta, Italian WW I-general/fascist, dies at 62   

1934  "Madame" Marie Curie-Sklodovska, Polish/French chemist, dies on this day in history.   

1938  Otto Bauer, Austrian social democrat, dies at 56 on July - 04.   

1941  On July - 04 death of antoni Łomnicki, Polish mathematician (b. 1881)   

1943  Wladyslaw Sikorski, gen/PM of Poland in exile (1939-43), dies at 62 on July - 04.   

1946  On July - 04 othenio Able, Austria paleontology, dies at 71   

1948  On July - 04 death of monteiro Lobato, Brazilian writer (b. 1882)   

1952  On this day in history walter Long, dies at 73   

1957  Judy Tyler, actress (Princess-Howdy Doody), dies at 24 in car crash on this day in history.   

1958  On July - 04 adolf Herckenrath, Flemish playwright/poet (Avondvlam), dies at 79   

1961  On July - 04 franklyn Farnum, dies of cancer at 83   

1962  Rex Bell, actor/lt-gov (Nevada), dies of heart attack at 56 on July - 04.   

1963  Fritz Reuter, composer, dies at 66 on July - 04.   

1970  Harold Vanderbilt, America Cup winner (1930, 34, 37), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1971  On July - 04 don McPherson, rocker, dies at 29   

1973  Leonid Stein, Russian chess player, dies at about 39 on July - 04.   

1974  On July - 04 mohammed SA al-Hoesseini, Mufti of Jerusalem/pres Com Palestine, dies   

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1330  Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (d. 1367) was born on July - 04.   

1546  On this day in history birth of murad III, sultan of Turkey (1574-95)   

1546  On July - 04 birth of murat III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1595)   

1610  On this day in history birth of cornelis Evertsen, the Elder, Dutch/Swiss vice-admiral   

1610  Paul Scarron, French playwright (Virgile Travesti) was born on July - 04.   

1669  On July - 04 birth of alexander von Papenhoven, Flemish religious sculptor   

1694  Louis-Claude Daquin, [d'Acquin], French organist/composer (La Rose) was born on this day in history.   

1715  On this day in history birth of christian F Gellert, Saxony, poet/novelist (Fables & Tales)