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

1939  Herman Finck, composer, dies at 66 on April - 21.   

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  Carlos Lopez Buchardo, composer, dies at 66 on April - 21.   

1952  On April - 21 leslie Banks, actor (Henry V, 21 Days, Eye Witness), dies at 61   

1956  Death of Charles MacArthur, American writer (b. 1895) on April - 21.   

1961  James Melton, opera tenor (Ford Festival), dies at 57 on April - 21.   

1962  Frederick Handley Page, designer of 1st big airplane (40 seats), dies on April - 21.   

1965  Edward V Appleton, English physicist (Nobel Prize 1947), dies at 72 on April - 21.   

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

1968  On this day in history norman Demuth, composer, dies at 69   

1971  On this day in history edmund Lowe, actor (Front Page Detective), dies at 81   

1973  Ursula Jeans, actress (Cavalcade, Over the Moon), dies at 66 on April - 21.   

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

1975  On this day in history jack Allan Westrup, composer, dies at 70   

1977  Gummo [Milton] Marx, US comic (Marx Brothers), dies at 84 on April - 21.   

1978  Sandy Denny, country singer, dies at 37 on April - 21.   

1980  On April - 21 death of aleksandr Oparin, Russian biochemist (b. 1894)   

1981  Harry Lee, cricketer (scored 18 & 1 in only Test for England), dies on this day in history.   

1982  Joe Sawyer, actor (Biff O'Hara-Adventures of Rin Tin Tin), dies at 80 on April - 21.   

1985  Rudi Gernreich, US designer (miniskirt), dies at 62 on April - 21.   

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

1987  Edith S Green, (Rep-D-Ore), dies at 77 on April - 21.   

1989  On April - 21 james Kirkwood, actor/writer (Devil's Holiday), dies at 64   

1990  Johnny Beagley, winner of two 1942 World Series games, dies on April - 21.   

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

1992  Death of Robert Harris, murderer, executed in Calif's gas chamber at 39 on this day in history.   

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

1994  Clement Merk, animal trainer, dies at 93 on April - 21.   

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

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

1997  On April - 21 andres Rodriguez, Paraguayan president (1989-93), dies   

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1488  Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot was born on April - 21.   

1546  Arcangelo Crivelli, composer was born on April - 21.   

1555  On this day in history birth of ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619)   

1619  On April - 21 birth of john A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder (Cape Colony)   

1651  On April - 21 birth of blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711)   

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

1671  John Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729) was born on this day in history.   

1672  On April - 21 birth of johann Philipp Kafer, composer