Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In April - 23

1853  Auguste Laurent, chemist, dies on this day in history.   

1865  James Dearing, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 24 on this day in history.   

1878  On this day in history friedrich Preller, landscape painter, dies   

1880  Guess Saleh, [Sarief Bastaman], Javanese painter, dies on April - 23.   

1885  William Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1889  On April - 23 death of jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, French writer (b. 1808)   

1895  On this day in history karl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig, physiologist, dies   

1897  On this day in history clement Harris, composer, dies at 25   

1905  Karel Komzak, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1907  Death of Alfred Packer, American Cannibal (b. 1842) on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history rupert Chawner Brooke, English poet (Lithuania), dies at 27   

1918  On April - 23 percy Thomson Dean, lt-commander, killed at Zeebrugge, dies   

1925  On this day in history andre Caplet, French composer (Le miroir de Jesus), dies at 45   

1926  Joseph Pennell, artist/author, dies on this day in history.   

1929  Rudolf W Nilsen, Norwegian poet (Hverdagen), dies at 28 on April - 23.   

1936  On this day in history death of teresa de la Parra, Venezuelan writer (b. 1889)   

1942  Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, pres of Argentina (1922-28), dies at 73 on April - 23.   

1945  On this day in history albrecht Haushofer, writer, dies at 42   

1946  Jesus Castillo, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1951  Death of Charles G. Dawes, Vice President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1865) on April - 23.   

1952  Elisabeth Schumann, singer, dies on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history robert H Woltjer, classical/AR-First-Member of parliament, dies at 76   

1957  William Orlamond, actor (Flesh & Devil, Words & Music), dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1960  On April - 23 cornelis Jan Bakkerr, Dutch/US nuclear physicist, dies   

1965  Josephina J "Fien" de la Mar, Dutch actress (Pygmalion), dies at 67 on April - 23.   

1969  Krzystzof Komeda, composer, dies at 37 on April - 23.   

1970  Herb Shriner, humorist/TV host (Herb Shriner Show), dies at 51 on April - 23.   

1971  On this day in history william Tubman, president of Liberia (1944-71), dies at 76   

1973  Otto Eissfeldt, German old testament scholar, dies at 85 on April - 23.   

1975  Death of Pete Ham, rocker (Badfinger), commits suicide by hanging himself at 27 on April - 23.   

1976  James Flavin, actor (Man With a Camera), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history death of blair Peach, New Zealand-born anti-fascist (b. 1946)   

1980  Jane Froman, US singer (JF's USA Canteen), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1981  On April - 23 death of josep Pla, Catalan journalist and writer (b. 1897)   

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1170  Isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190) was born on this day in history.   

1185  King Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223) was born on April - 23.   

1464  Johanna van Valois, Queen of France was born on April - 23.   

1464  On April - 23 birth of robert Fayrfax, composer   

1484  Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things) was born on April - 23.   

1500  On this day in history birth of alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician   

1500  Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565) was born on this day in history.   

1516  Georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571) was born on this day in history.