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  Death of Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician (b. 1865) on this day in history.   

1957  Mario A Gianini, creator (maraschino cherry), dies on this day in history.   

1959  Gordon Armstrong, inventor (baby incubator), dies on April - 27.   

1961  On this day in history roy Del Ruth, director (About Face, Folies Bergere), dies at 67   

1962  Death of A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bengali statesman (b. 1873) on April - 27.   

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  Arthur Shields, actor (Your Show Time), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

1973  On this day in history jim Sims, cricketer (England leg-spinner in 4 Tests 1935-37), dies   

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 April - 27 tom Tully, actor (Line-up, Shane), dies at 85   

1984  Piet Kraak, Dutch soccer player, dies at 63 on April - 27.   

1988  On April - 27 death of david Scarboro, British actor (b. 1968)   

1989  Death of Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese industrialist (b. 1894) on April - 27.   

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 April - 27 hans Sahl, German/US writer (Tie Exil im Exil), dies at 90   

1994  Jerome Lejeune, physiologist, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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

1996  On this day in history joan Sterndale Bennett, actress (Elizabeth-Dark Shadows), dies at 86   

1997  Paul Lambert, actor (Tom-Executive Suite), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

2002  On this day in history death of george Alec Effinger, American author (b. 1947)   

2006  On April - 27 death of julia Thorne, ex-wife of John Kerry (b. 1944)   

2007  Death of Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (b. 1927) on April - 27.   

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

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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 April - 27.   

1623  Johann Adam Reincken, composer was born on April - 27.   

1650  Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer