Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In April - 27

1950  Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski, composer, dies at 70 on April - 27.   

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

1952  On this day in history death of guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician (b. 1865)   

1957  On this day in history mario A Gianini, creator (maraschino cherry), dies   

1959  On this day in history gordon Armstrong, inventor (baby incubator), dies   

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 April - 27.   

1965  On this day in history alan Bunce, actor (Albert-Ethel & Albert), dies at 61   

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

1970  On this day in history arthur Shields, actor (Your Show Time), dies at 73   

1972  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1978  Death of Mohammed Daud, premier/president of Afghanistan, murdered on April - 27.   

1982  On this day in history tom Tully, actor (Line-up, Shane), dies at 85   

1984  On April - 27 piet Kraak, Dutch soccer player, dies at 63   

1988  Death of David Scarboro, British actor (b. 1968) on this day in history.   

1989  Death of Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese industrialist (b. 1894) on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history ken Curtis, actor (Lost, Freckles, Calif Gold Rush), dies at 74   

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

1993  Hans Sahl, German/US writer (Tie Exil im Exil), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1994  On April - 27 jerome Lejeune, physiologist, dies at 69   

1995  Death of Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer (b. 1921) on this day in history.   

1996  On April - 27 joan Sterndale Bennett, actress (Elizabeth-Dark Shadows), dies at 86   

1997  Paul Lambert, actor (Tom-Executive Suite), dies at 73 on April - 27.   

1998  On this day in history death of carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-born writer (b. 1925)   

1999  Death of Al Hirt, American trumpeter (b. 1922) on this day in history.   

2000  Death of Vicki Sue Robinson, American singer (b. 1954) on this day in history.   

2002  On April - 27 death of george Alec Effinger, American author (b. 1947)   

2006  Death of Julia Thorne, ex-wife of John Kerry (b. 1944) on April - 27.   

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 April - 27.   

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1410  On April - 27 birth of john Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia   

1495  Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566) was born on April - 27.   

1623  On April - 27 birth of johann Adam Reincken, composer   

1650  On April - 27 birth of charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714)   

1701  Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia was born on this day in history.   

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

1718  Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.   

1724  On April - 27 birth of ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer