Famous Deaths In May - 07

1915  On May - 07 alfred G Vanderbilt, US millionaire, dies aboard Lusitania   

1922  On this day in history death of max Wagenknecht, German composer (b. 1857)   

1925  Death of William Hesketh Lever, First Viscount Leverhulme (b. 1851) on May - 07.   

1928  Alexander Afanasii Spendiaryan, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1929  Death of Albert Anselmi, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone on this day in history.   

1932  Albert Thomas, French social minister of Weapon production, dies on this day in history.   

1934  Edward Naylor, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1940  On May - 07 death of george Lansbury, Labour Party Leader (b. 1859)   

1941  On May - 07 david Wijnkoop, revolutionary socialist, dies   

1942  On this day in history felix Paul von Weingartner, Austria conductor/composer, dies at 79   

1946  Death of Anton A Mussert, engineer/NSB leader, executed on this day in history.   

1951  On this day in history warner Baxter, dies at 62   

1953  On May - 07 ormerod Pearse, cricketer (55 runs & 3 wkts in 3 Tests for S Af), dies   

1958  Nyogen Senzaki, 1st Zen teacher to reside in USA, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1962  Jimmy Conlin, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1967  Judith Evelyn, dies of cancer at 54 on this day in history.   

1968  Lurleen Burns, wife of George Wallace/gov of Alabama, dies at 41 on May - 07.   

1970  On May - 07 carlos Estrada, composer, dies at 60   

1971  Willem Banning, Dutch theologist/sociologist (Karl Marx), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1977  Irwin Fischer, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history mieczyslaw Kolinski, composer, dies at 79   

1982  On this day in history alfred Adam, dies at 72   

1983  Peter Edel, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history dawn Addams, actress (Alan Young Show, Star Maidens), dies at 54   

1986  Gaston Deferre, French politician, dies at 75 on May - 07.   

1987  On May - 07 colin Blakely, dies at 56   

1988  Harris Glenn Divine, dies of natural causes at 42 on this day in history.   

1989  Guy Williams, actor (Zorro, Lost in Space), dies in Argentina at 65 on this day in history.   

1990  Jessica James, actress (Spring Break), dies of breast cancer at 60 on this day in history.   

1993  Mary Philbin, actress (Phantom of the Opera), dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1994  Clement Greenberg, US art critic (Art & Culture), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1995  Ernest H Martin, impressario, dies at 75 on May - 07.   

1996  On May - 07 albert Meltzer, anarchist, dies at 76   

1998  On May - 07 death of allan McLeod Cormack, South African physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1924)   

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1328  Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1365) was born on May - 07.   

1530  Louis I Condé, French prince/leader of hugenots was born on this day in history.   

1574  Innocent X, [Giambattista Pamfili], 236th pope (1644-55) was born on May - 07.   

1643  On May - 07 birth of stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (d. 1700)   

1700  Gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist was born on this day in history.   

1704  On May - 07 birth of carl Heinrich Graun, composer   

1724  On May - 07 birth of dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general (d. 1797)   

1740  Nikolai Arkharov, Russian general (d. 1814) was born on May - 07.