Famous Deaths In April - 05

1922  On this day in history charles F A Woeste, Belgian count/min of Justice, dies at 85  

1923  Death of George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English financier (b. 1866) on April - 05.  

1928  Jane Ellen Harrison, scholar/archaeologist, dies on April - 05.  

1934  Salvatore Di Giacomo, composer, dies at 74 on April - 05.  

1935  Emil Mlynarski, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1939  On April - 05 william Cooper, cricketer (two Tests for Australia 1882-84), dies  

1941  On April - 05 death of sir Nigel Gresley, Steam locomotive engineer (b. 1876)  

1943  Death of Aleš Hrdlička, Czech anthropologist (b. 1869) on April - 05.  

1944  Isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter), dies at 90 on April - 05.  

1945  Huldreich Georg Fruh, composer, dies at 41 on April - 05.  

1946  Vincent Millie Youmans, US composer (Tea For Two), dies at 47 on this day in history.  

1951  Edward Rigby, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1952  Henri Vandeputte, Belgian writer (L'Autre Vie), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1954  On this day in history claude Delvincourt, composer, dies at 66  

1958  On April - 05 jozef Brems, Flemish apostole vicar of Denmark, dies at 87  

1960  On April - 05 alma Kruger, actor (Made For Each Other), dies at 88  

1963  Jacobus JP Old, architect/co-founder (The Style), dies at 73 on April - 05.  

1964  Douglas MacArthur, US general (Pacific theater-WW II), dies at 84 on April - 05.  

1966  Sven Fleuron, writer, dies at 91 on April - 05.  

1967  On April - 05 death of hermann Joseph Muller, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (b. 1890)  

1968  On this day in history lois Andrews, dies of lung cancer at 44  

1969  On April - 05 gabriel M-E-R Chevallier, French author (La Peur), dies at 73  

1970  Jacob H "Jaap" Stotijn, oboist/conductor, dies at 78 on April - 05.  

1972  Brian Donlevy, actor (Steve-Dangerous Assignment), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1973  On April - 05 death of john Coleman, Australian rules footballer (b. 1928)  

1974  On April - 05 william Hudson, actor (I Led 3 Lives), dies at 49  

1975  On this day in history inez Courtney, dies at 67  

1976  Howard Hughes, reclusive billionaire, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1977  John Marriott, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

1979  Death of Eugène Gabritschevsky, Russian biologist and artist (b. 1893) on April - 05.  

1981  On this day in history bob "Bear" Hite, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a heart attack at 36  

1982  Abe Fortas, Supreme court justice, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1983  Death of Danny Rapp, American musician (Danny & the Juniors) (b. 1941) on April - 05.  

1984  Arthur Travors Harris, marshal of British RAF, dies on April - 05.  

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1288  Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336) was born on this day in history.  

1472  On this day in history birth of bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510)  

1523  On this day in history birth of blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596)  

1588  Thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan) was born on this day in history.  

1595  On April - 05 birth of john Wilson, composer  

1598  Laurentius Erhard, composer was born on this day in history.  

1604  On this day in history birth of charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675)  

1622  On April - 05 birth of vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703)