Page 3: Famous Deaths Happened In April - 04

1959  On April - 04 stanley Snooke, cricketer (bro of S J, duck in S African Test), dies   

1961  On April - 04 death of simion Stoilow, Romanian mathematician (b. 1873)   

1962  On this day in history death of james Hanratty, executed at Bedford Prison, England, for the murder of Michael Gregsten (b. 1936)   

1963  On April - 04 endzion Barelli, dies 2 days after winning a boxing match at 18   

1967  Mischa Elman, Ukraine/US violinist, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1968  On April - 04 death of martin Luther King Jr, assassinated at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis Tennessee at 39   

1970  On this day in history byron Foulger, actor (Capt Nice, Petticoat Junction), dies at 70   

1972  Adam Clayton Powell Jr, (Rep-D-NY), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1976  Death of Harry Nyquist, Swedish contributor to information theory (b. 1889) on April - 04.   

1977  On this day in history jeno Zador, composer, dies at 82   

1978  Gino Contilli, composer, dies at 70 on April - 04.   

1979  Edgar Buchanan, actor (Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction), dies at 77 on April - 04.   

1980  Death of Red Sovine, American country music singer (b. 1917) on this day in history.   

1981  On April - 04 brad Johnson, actor (Annie Oakley), dies at 56   

1982  On April - 04 tsvetan Tsvetanov, composer, dies at 50   

1983  On this day in history gloria Swanson, actress (Airport 1975), dies of a heart ailment at 84   

1984  John Arnold, cricketer (Eng bat v NZ 1931, scored 34 only Test), dies on this day in history.   

1985  On April - 04 death of kate Roberts, Welsh nationalist and writer (b. 1891)   

1986  Frank Mortelmans, Belgian painter, dies at 87 on April - 04.   

1987  On April - 04 c[atherine] L[ucille] Moore, author (Judgment Night), dies at 76   

1991  On April - 04 john Heinz, (Sen-R-Pa), dies in a plane crash, dies at 52   

1992  Karl Tunberg, US scriptwriter (Ben Hur), dies on this day in history.   

1993  Alfred Mosher Butts, US architect/game maker (Scrabble), dies at 93 on this day in history.   

1994  Olga Lowina, Dutch yodeler (Edelweisskapel), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1995  Kenny Everett, disc Jockey, dies at 50 on April - 04.   

1996  On this day in history carl Burton Stokes, politician, dies at 68   

1999  Death of Faith Domergue, American actor (b. 1924) on April - 04.   

2001  Death of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, American custom car designer (b. 1932) on this day in history.   

2002  Death of Harry L. O'Connor, Czech film stuntman on April - 04.   

2003  Death of Anthony Caruso, American actor (b. 1916) on April - 04.   

2004  Death of Alberic Schotte, Belgian cyclist (b. 1919) on April - 04.   

2005  On this day in history death of edward Bronfman, Canadian businessman (b. 1924)   

2007  On April - 04 death of bob Clark, American film director (b. 1941)   

2008  On April - 04 death of francis Tucker, South African Rally Driver (b. 1923)   

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0186  On this day in history birth of caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217)   

1492  On April - 04 birth of ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)   

1527  Abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer was born on this day in history.   

1572  William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621) was born on April - 04.   

1593  On April - 04 birth of edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)   

1646  Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715) was born on this day in history.   

1648  On April - 04 birth of grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver   

1688  On this day in history birth of joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)