Famous Deaths In April - 01

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

1925  Francis William Davenport, composer, dies at 77 on April - 01.  

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

1933  Frederick Lord Chelmsford, viceroy of Brit-Ind (1916-21), dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1936  On April - 01 mikhail Vladimirovich Ivanov-Boretsky, composer, dies at 61  

1941  On April - 01 hippolyte Delehaye, Flemish historian, dies at 81  

1946  Noah Beery, actor (Beau Geste, Cimarron Kid, Mammy), dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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

1950  On April - 01 charles R Drew, surgeon/developer of blood bank concept, dies at 45  

1951  Clement D'Hooghe, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

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 April - 01.  

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

1964  On April - 01 bozidar Kunc, composer, dies at 60  

1965  Henry D G Crerar, Canadian general (WW I, Normandy), dies at 76 on April - 01.  

1966  Karl B Adam, German theologist (Jesus Christ), dies at 89 on this day in history.  

1968  On this day in history lev D Landau, Russian physicist (Nobel 1962), dies at 59  

1973  Arthur Wood, cricket wicket-keeper (England 1938-39), dies on this day in history.  

1974  Alfred Ernest Whitehead, composer, dies at 86 on April - 01.  

1975  Eugeen Yoors, Flemish draftsman/glass painter, dies at 95 on April - 01.  

1976  Freddie Lennon, father of John Lennon (Beatles), dies at 63 on April - 01.  

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  On this day in history death of douglass Wallop, American novelist and playwright (b. 1920)  

1988  Jim Jordan, actor (Fibber McGee), dies from a blod clot at 91 on April - 01.  

1989  On April - 01 henk Gortzak, Dutch MP (CPN/PSP), dies at 57  

1991  Martha Graham, US, choreographer (Appalachian Spring), dies at 96 on this day in history.  

1992  On April - 01 juanito, soccer star (Madrid Real 1977-87), dies at 37 in car crash  

1993  On April - 01 alan Kulwicki, stock car racer, dies in plane crash at 38  

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

1995  Cheryl Waltz, author/film producer, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

1996  On this day in history alfredo Nobre Coast, PM of Portugal (1978), dies  

1997  On this day in history jolie Gabor, mother of Zsa Zsa & Eva, dies at 97  

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1220  Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272) was born on April - 01.  

1283  On April - 01 birth of ludwig IV of Baveria, Roman Catholic Bavarian emperor (1314-47)  

1543  On April - 01 birth of françois de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (d. 1626)  

1578  On this day in history birth of william Harvey, England, physician (discovered blood circulation)  

1582  On this day in history birth of gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter  

1582  Thomas Simpson, composer was born on this day in history.  

1610  Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (d. 1703) was born on April - 01.  

1640  Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697) was born on April - 01.