Famous Deaths In April - 21

1930  On April - 21 christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Mother), dies at 79   

1938  On this day in history muhammad Iqbal, Brt E Indies lawyer/Pakistan national hero, dies at 65   

1939  Herman Finck, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1945  John Poston, British major/Montgomery's ADC, dies in battle at 25 on this day in history.   

1946  On April - 21 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  Leslie Banks, actor (Henry V, 21 Days, Eye Witness), dies at 61 on April - 21.   

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  Frederick Handley Page, designer of 1st big airplane (40 seats), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1968  Norman Demuth, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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

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

1974  Death of Charles "Chic" Harley, American football player (b. 1895) on this day in history.   

1975  On April - 21 jack Allan Westrup, composer, dies at 70   

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  Harry Lee, cricketer (scored 18 & 1 in only Test for England), dies on April - 21.   

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

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

1986  Death of Salah Jaheen, Egyptian poet and cartoonist (b.1930) on April - 21.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1991  Richard Bolling, (Rep-D-Missouri), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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

1993  On this day in history hal Schumacher, baseball pitcher, dies at 82   

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

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

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

1997  Andres Rodriguez, Paraguayan president (1989-93), dies on April - 21.   

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1488  On this day in history birth of ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot   

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

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

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

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

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  Johann Philipp Kafer, composer was born on April - 21.