Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In April - 01

1922  Charles I, emperor (Austria)/King of Hungary (Charles IV), dies on this day in history.   

1925  On this day in history francis William Davenport, composer, dies at 77   

1930  Cosima Liszt, wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner, dies at 92 on this day in history.   

1933  On April - 01 frederick Lord Chelmsford, viceroy of Brit-Ind (1916-21), dies at 64   

1936  Mikhail Vladimirovich Ivanov-Boretsky, composer, dies at 61 on April - 01.   

1941  Hippolyte Delehaye, Flemish historian, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1946  On April - 01 noah Beery, actor (Beau Geste, Cimarron Kid, Mammy), dies at 62   

1947  On April - 01 george II, king of Greece, dies at 56   

1950  Charles R Drew, surgeon/developer of blood bank concept, dies at 45 on April - 01.   

1951  On this day in history clement D'Hooghe, composer, dies at 51   

1955  Silvio d'Amico, Italian theater critic (Il Teatro Italian), dies at 68 on April - 01.   

1957  Gheorge Tatarescu, premier Romania (1933-37, 39-40), dies on this day in history.   

1960  Piet[er O] Bakker, Dutch journalist/writer (Ciske), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1964  Bozidar Kunc, composer, dies at 60 on April - 01.   

1965  On this day in history henry D G Crerar, Canadian general (WW I, Normandy), dies at 76   

1966  On April - 01 karl B Adam, German theologist (Jesus Christ), dies at 89   

1968  Lev D Landau, Russian physicist (Nobel 1962), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history arthur Wood, cricket wicket-keeper (England 1938-39), dies   

1974  Alfred Ernest Whitehead, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history eugeen Yoors, Flemish draftsman/glass painter, dies at 95   

1976  On April - 01 freddie Lennon, father of John Lennon (Beatles), dies at 63   

1979  On this day in history marinus Peijnenburg, Dutch politician, dies at 51   

1981  D[ennis] F[eltham] Jones, sci-fi author (Colossus), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1984  Death of Marvin Gaye, singer (Sexual Healing), shot to death by his father Marvin Gaye Sr in LA at 44 on April - 01.   

1985  Death of Douglass Wallop, American novelist and playwright (b. 1920) on April - 01.   

1988  On this day in history jim Jordan, actor (Fibber McGee), dies from a blod clot at 91   

1989  Henk Gortzak, Dutch MP (CPN/PSP), dies at 57 on April - 01.   

1991  On April - 01 martha Graham, US, choreographer (Appalachian Spring), dies at 96   

1992  Juanito, soccer star (Madrid Real 1977-87), dies at 37 in car crash on April - 01.   

1993  Alan Kulwicki, stock car racer, dies in plane crash at 38 on April - 01.   

1994  Leon Degrelle, Belgium general, dies on this day in history.   

1995  Cheryl Waltz, author/film producer, dies at 50 on April - 01.   

1996  On April - 01 alfredo Nobre Coast, PM of Portugal (1978), dies   

1997  Jolie Gabor, mother of Zsa Zsa & Eva, dies at 97 on April - 01.   

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1220  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272)   

1283  On this day in history birth of ludwig IV of Baveria, Roman Catholic Bavarian emperor (1314-47)   

1543  François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (d. 1626) was born on this day in history.   

1578  William Harvey, England, physician (discovered blood circulation) was born on this day in history.   

1582  On April - 01 birth of gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter   

1582  Thomas Simpson, composer was born on April - 01.   

1610  On April - 01 birth of charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (d. 1703)   

1640  On this day in history birth of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697)