Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In April - 21

1930  Christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Mother), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1938  On this day in history 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  John Poston, British major/Montgomery's ADC, dies in battle at 25 on this day in history.   

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

1948  On April - 21 carlos Lopez Buchardo, composer, dies at 66   

1952  On April - 21 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  James Melton, opera tenor (Ford Festival), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history frederick Handley Page, designer of 1st big airplane (40 seats), dies   

1965  On April - 21 edward V Appleton, English physicist (Nobel Prize 1947), dies at 72   

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 this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history ursula Jeans, actress (Cavalcade, Over the Moon), dies at 66   

1974  On April - 21 death of charles "Chic" Harley, American football player (b. 1895)   

1975  Jack Allan Westrup, composer, dies at 70 on April - 21.   

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  Death of Aleksandr Oparin, Russian biochemist (b. 1894) on this day in history.   

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

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

1985  On this day in history rudi Gernreich, US designer (miniskirt), dies at 62   

1986  On April - 21 death of salah Jaheen, Egyptian poet and cartoonist (b.1930)   

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

1989  On this day in history james Kirkwood, actor/writer (Devil's Holiday), dies at 64   

1990  Johnny Beagley, winner of two 1942 World Series games, dies on this day in history.   

1991  Richard Bolling, (Rep-D-Missouri), dies at 74 on April - 21.   

1992  On this day in history death of robert Harris, murderer, executed in Calif's gas chamber at 39   

1993  On April - 21 hal Schumacher, baseball pitcher, dies at 82   

1994  Clement Merk, animal trainer, dies at 93 on this day in history.   

1995  On April - 21 robert Elliott Storey Wyatt, cricketer, dies at 93   

1996  On this day in history a H Kardar, cricketer (3 Tests for India & 23 for Pak 1946-58), dies   

1997  Andres Rodriguez, Paraguayan president (1989-93), dies on this day in history.   

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1488  On April - 21 birth of ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot   

1546  On April - 21 birth of arcangelo Crivelli, composer   

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

1619  On this day in history birth of john A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder (Cape Colony)   

1651  Blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711) was born on April - 21.   

1652  Michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719) was born on this day in history.   

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