Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In April - 21

1930  Christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Mother), dies at 79 on April - 21.   

1938  Muhammad Iqbal, Brt E Indies lawyer/Pakistan national hero, dies at 65 on April - 21.   

1939  On April - 21 herman Finck, composer, dies at 66   

1945  On April - 21 john Poston, British major/Montgomery's ADC, dies in battle at 25   

1946  Robert Graham, cricketer (3 wkts for S Afr in 2 Tests 1898-99), dies on April - 21.   

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 April - 21.   

1956  On this day in history death of charles MacArthur, American writer (b. 1895)   

1961  On April - 21 james Melton, opera tenor (Ford Festival), dies at 57   

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 this day in history.   

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  On April - 21 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 this day in history.   

1975  On April - 21 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 this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history 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  On this day in history johnny Beagley, winner of two 1942 World Series games, dies   

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

1992  On April - 21 death of robert Harris, murderer, executed in Calif's gas chamber at 39   

1993  Hal Schumacher, baseball pitcher, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1997  On this day in history andres Rodriguez, Paraguayan president (1989-93), dies   

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

1546  On April - 21 birth of arcangelo Crivelli, composer   

1555  On April - 21 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  Michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719) was born on this day in history.   

1671  On April - 21 birth of john Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729)   

1672  Johann Philipp Kafer, composer was born on April - 21.