Famous Deaths In April - 21

1930  On this day in history 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  On this day in history herman Finck, composer, dies at 66   

1945  On this day in history 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  On April - 21 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  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  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 this day in history.   

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  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  On this day in history gummo [Milton] Marx, US comic (Marx Brothers), dies at 84   

1978  On April - 21 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  On April - 21 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 April - 21.   

1987  Edith S Green, (Rep-D-Ore), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

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

1991  On this day in history richard Bolling, (Rep-D-Missouri), dies at 74   

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

1995  On this day in history robert Elliott Storey Wyatt, cricketer, dies at 93   

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

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

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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  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 this day in history.   

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  John Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729) was born on April - 21.   

1672  Johann Philipp Kafer, composer was born on this day in history.