Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In April - 27

1950  Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1951  Philip Albert Myburgh Hands, cricketer (7 Tests for S Africa), dies on this day in history.   

1952  On April - 27 death of guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician (b. 1865)   

1957  Mario A Gianini, creator (maraschino cherry), dies on April - 27.   

1959  Gordon Armstrong, inventor (baby incubator), dies on this day in history.   

1961  Roy Del Ruth, director (About Face, Folies Bergere), dies at 67 on April - 27.   

1962  Death of A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bengali statesman (b. 1873) on this day in history.   

1964  Georg Britting, writer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1965  On April - 27 alan Bunce, actor (Albert-Ethel & Albert), dies at 61   

1969  On April - 27 dino Terranova, actor (Young Dillinger), dies at 65   

1970  Arthur Shields, actor (Your Show Time), dies at 73 on April - 27.   

1972  On April - 27 kwame Nkrumah, president of Ghana, dies at 62   

1973  Jim Sims, cricketer (England leg-spinner in 4 Tests 1935-37), dies on April - 27.   

1975  Nicholas Soussanin, actor (Last Command), dies at 86 on April - 27.   

1977  On April - 27 stanley Adams, actor (Lillies of the Field, Thunder Alley), dies at 61   

1978  On April - 27 death of mohammed Daud, premier/president of Afghanistan, murdered   

1982  Tom Tully, actor (Line-up, Shane), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1984  Piet Kraak, Dutch soccer player, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1988  Death of David Scarboro, British actor (b. 1968) on April - 27.   

1989  On this day in history death of konosuke Matsushita, Japanese industrialist (b. 1894)   

1991  On April - 27 ken Curtis, actor (Lost, Freckles, Calif Gold Rush), dies at 74   

1992  Olivier Messiaen, French composer, dies at 83 on April - 27.   

1993  On this day in history hans Sahl, German/US writer (Tie Exil im Exil), dies at 90   

1994  On this day in history jerome Lejeune, physiologist, dies at 69   

1995  On April - 27 death of willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer (b. 1921)   

1996  Joan Sterndale Bennett, actress (Elizabeth-Dark Shadows), dies at 86 on April - 27.   

1997  On April - 27 paul Lambert, actor (Tom-Executive Suite), dies at 73   

1998  Death of Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-born writer (b. 1925) on this day in history.   

1999  On this day in history death of al Hirt, American trumpeter (b. 1922)   

2000  On April - 27 death of vicki Sue Robinson, American singer (b. 1954)   

2002  Death of George Alec Effinger, American author (b. 1947) on April - 27.   

2006  On this day in history death of julia Thorne, ex-wife of John Kerry (b. 1944)   

2007  Death of Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (b. 1927) on this day in history.   

2009  Death of Frankie Manning, an American dancer, instructor, choreographer, and one of the founding fathers of Lindy Hop. (b. 1914) on this day in history.   

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1410  John Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia was born on this day in history.   

1495  Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566) was born on this day in history.   

1623  On this day in history birth of johann Adam Reincken, composer   

1650  Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714) was born on April - 27.   

1701  On this day in history birth of charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia   

1707  On April - 27 birth of john Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens   

1718  On April - 27 birth of thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790)   

1724  Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer was born on this day in history.