Famous Deaths In December - 02

1919  On this day in history henry Clay Frick, built largest coke & steel operation, dies at 69  

1923  On this day in history tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer, dies at 72  

1924  On December - 02 death of kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian philologist (b. 1879)  

1925  Julio Garreta, composer, dies at 50 on December - 02.  

1931  On this day in history paul-Marie-Theodore-Vincent D'indy, French count/composer, dies at 80  

1933  On December - 02 josef Gruber, composer, dies at 78  

1935  On this day in history death of albert Kessel, 1st to die in Calif gas chamber  

1936  On this day in history death of john Ringling, American circus owner (b. 1866)  

1943  On December - 02 nordahl Grieg, writer, dies  

1944  On December - 02 filippo T Marinetti, Italian writer (father of futurism), dies at 67  

1950  On December - 02 dino Lipatti, composer, dies at 33  

1953  On this day in history ernest Hayes, cricketer (Surrey bat played 5 Tests for England), dies  

1957  Harrison Ford, silent screen actor (Rubber Tires), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1963  On December - 02 sabu Sabu, actor (Jungle Book, Drums), dies of heart attack at 39  

1965  The Rajkumar of Vizianagram, cricketer (Indian Test capt 1936), dies on this day in history.  

1966  On December - 02 luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers, Dutch mathematician, dies at 85  

1967  Francis J "Cardinal" Spellman, archbishop of NY, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1969  Kliment J Voroshilov, president USSR (1953-60), dies on December - 02.  

1972  Friedrich Christian Christiansen, German Luftwaffe general, dies on December - 02.  

1974  Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1976  Danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pitts Pirates), dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1979  Vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1980  Death of Romain Gary, Lithuanian-born French writer (b. 1914) on this day in history.  

1981  On this day in history hershy Kay, composer, dies at 62  

1982  David Blue, rocker, dies while jogging in Greenwich Village at 41 on this day in history.  

1983  Atholl Mckinnon, cricketer (S African lefty spinner in 8 Tests), dies on this day in history.  

1985  On December - 02 alex Courtney, actor (Sword of Justice), dies  

1986  On this day in history desi Arnaz, actor (Ricky Ricardo-I Love Lucy), dies at 69 of cancer  

1987  Death of Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Russian physicist (b. 1914) on this day in history.  

1988  On this day in history death of tata Giacobetti, Italian singer and lyricist (Quartetto Cetra)  

1990  On December - 02 aaron Copeland, composer (Fanfare for Common Man), dies at 90  

1992  On December - 02 gary Mascaro, choreographer, dies at 43  

1993  Death of Pablo Escobar Gaviria, Colombian drug baron, shot to death at 44 on December - 02.  

1994  Donald John Urquhart, librarian, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

1578  Agostino Agazzari, composer was born on this day in history.  

1678  Nicolaas S Cruquius, Dutch hydraulic engineer (drained Haarlemmermeer) was born on this day in history.  

1694  On December - 02 birth of william Shirley, Colonial Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1771)  

1703  Ferdinand Konscak, Croatian explorer (d. 1759) was born on this day in history.  

1710  On December - 02 birth of bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (d. 1783)  

1728  On this day in history birth of ferdinando Galiani, Italian economist/philosopher/diplomat  

1738  On this day in history birth of richard Montgomery, Irish-born soldier (d. 1775)  

1754  William Cooper, American judge (d. 1809) was born on December - 02.