Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In April - 21

1930  Christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Mother), dies at 79 on April - 21.   

1938  On April - 21 muhammad Iqbal, Brt E Indies lawyer/Pakistan national hero, dies at 65   

1939  On this day in history herman Finck, composer, dies at 66   

1945  On April - 21 john Poston, British major/Montgomery's ADC, dies in battle at 25   

1946  On this day in history robert Graham, cricketer (3 wkts for S Afr in 2 Tests 1898-99), dies   

1948  Carlos Lopez Buchardo, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1952  On this day in history leslie Banks, actor (Henry V, 21 Days, Eye Witness), dies at 61   

1956  On April - 21 death of charles MacArthur, American writer (b. 1895)   

1961  On this day in history james Melton, opera tenor (Ford Festival), dies at 57   

1962  On April - 21 frederick Handley Page, designer of 1st big airplane (40 seats), dies   

1965  Edward V Appleton, English physicist (Nobel Prize 1947), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1967  Andre L Danjon, French astronomer, dies at 77 on April - 21.   

1968  Norman Demuth, composer, dies at 69 on April - 21.   

1971  Edmund Lowe, actor (Front Page Detective), dies at 81 on April - 21.   

1973  Ursula Jeans, actress (Cavalcade, Over the Moon), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history death of charles "Chic" Harley, American football player (b. 1895)   

1975  Jack Allan Westrup, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1977  On April - 21 gummo [Milton] Marx, US comic (Marx Brothers), dies at 84   

1978  On this day in history sandy Denny, country singer, dies at 37   

1980  On this day in history death of aleksandr Oparin, Russian biochemist (b. 1894)   

1981  On this day in history harry Lee, cricketer (scored 18 & 1 in only Test for England), dies   

1982  On this day in history joe Sawyer, actor (Biff O'Hara-Adventures of Rin Tin Tin), dies at 80   

1985  Rudi Gernreich, US designer (miniskirt), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1986  Death of Salah Jaheen, Egyptian poet and cartoonist (b.1930) on this day in history.   

1987  On April - 21 edith S Green, (Rep-D-Ore), dies at 77   

1989  James Kirkwood, actor/writer (Devil's Holiday), dies at 64 on April - 21.   

1990  On this day in history johnny Beagley, winner of two 1942 World Series games, dies   

1991  On April - 21 richard Bolling, (Rep-D-Missouri), dies at 74   

1992  On April - 21 death of robert Harris, murderer, executed in Calif's gas chamber at 39   

1993  Hal Schumacher, baseball pitcher, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history clement Merk, animal trainer, dies at 93   

1995  Robert Elliott Storey Wyatt, cricketer, dies at 93 on April - 21.   

1996  A H Kardar, cricketer (3 Tests for India & 23 for Pak 1946-58), dies on April - 21.   

1997  On this day in history andres Rodriguez, Paraguayan president (1989-93), dies   

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1488  Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot was born on this day in history.   

1546  Arcangelo Crivelli, composer was born on this day in history.   

1555  Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619) was born on this day in history.   

1619  John A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder (Cape Colony) was born on April - 21.   

1651  On this day in history birth of blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711)   

1652  On this day in history birth of michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719)   

1671  On this day in history birth of john Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729)   

1672  On this day in history birth of johann Philipp Kafer, composer