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  Muhammad Iqbal, Brt E Indies lawyer/Pakistan national hero, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1939  On April - 21 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 April - 21 robert Graham, cricketer (3 wkts for S Afr in 2 Tests 1898-99), dies   

1948  On this day in history carlos Lopez Buchardo, composer, dies at 66   

1952  Leslie Banks, actor (Henry V, 21 Days, Eye Witness), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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

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

1962  Frederick Handley Page, designer of 1st big airplane (40 seats), dies on this day in history.   

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

1967  On April - 21 andre L Danjon, French astronomer, dies at 77   

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

1971  Edmund Lowe, actor (Front Page Detective), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1973  On April - 21 ursula Jeans, actress (Cavalcade, Over the Moon), dies at 66   

1974  Death of Charles "Chic" Harley, American football player (b. 1895) on April - 21.   

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

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

1993  Hal Schumacher, baseball pitcher, dies at 82 on April - 21.   

1994  On April - 21 clement Merk, animal trainer, dies at 93   

1995  Robert Elliott Storey Wyatt, cricketer, dies at 93 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1546  On this day in history birth of arcangelo Crivelli, composer   

1555  Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619) was born on April - 21.   

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  Michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719) was born on April - 21.   

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

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