Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 05

1928  On December - 05 johannes F "Johan" Bakker Sr, actor/husband of Truus Soete, dies at 61   

1931  On December - 05 death of vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)   

1935  On this day in history frans, [MJ Francois] Erens, literary (Years Gone By), dies at 78   

1938  On this day in history christina "Dina" Koudijs-van Appeldoorn, pianist/composer, dies at 54   

1940  Jan Kubelik, composer, dies at 60 on December - 05.   

1942  Death of Buck Jones, Hollywood's last cowboy hero actor (Headin' East), buried on this day in history.   

1950  Death of Shri Aurobindo, Indian guru (b. 1872) on this day in history.   

1951  "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, of baseball's black sox scandal, dies on December - 05.   

1953  On this day in history death of jorge Negrete, Mexican singer and actor (b. 1911)   

1955  On this day in history paul Harvey, actor (Calamity Jane, Heldorado, Jamboree), dies at 73   

1958  On December - 05 ferdinand Bruckner, writer, dies at 67   

1959  On this day in history k S Duleepsinhji, cricketer (12 Tests for England, 995 runs), dies   

1963  Herbert H Lehman, (Gov-D-NY), dies on December - 05.   

1964  Remy Angenot, Flemish actor (Tailor Wibbel), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history death of joseph Erlanger, American physiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1874)   

1966  Sylveer Maes, Belgian bicylist, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1968  Fred Clark, actor (Zotz, Auntie Mame), dies of liver ailment at 54 on December - 05.   

1971  On this day in history hugh Wakefield, actress (Blithe Spirit), dies   

1974  On December - 05 hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, tennis player (US Open 1909-11), dies at 87   

1975  Jimmy Nervo, actor (Frozen Limits), dies on December - 05.   

1977  Death of Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Soviet military commander (b. 1895) on December - 05.   

1980  On December - 05 don Taylor, cricketer (3 Tests for NZ 1947-56, 159 runs), dies   

1983  Robert Aldrich, dir/producer (Last Sunset), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history death of adam Malik, Third Vice President of Indonesia (b. 1917)   

1986  Carmol Taylor, country songwriter, dies at 53 of cancer on December - 05.   

1987  "Fat" Larry James, US drummer (Fat Larry's Band-Zoom), dies at 38 on this day in history.   

1989  On December - 05 john M Pritchard, British conductor, dies at 68   

1990  On this day in history steven Shaw, dies at 25   

1991  On December - 05 aad Mansfield, soccer player/trainer (ADO/Feyenoord/FC Utrecht), dies   

1992  On this day in history hilary Tindall, dies of cancer at 54   

1993  On this day in history alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer (Harem), dies at 87   

1994  On December - 05 harry Horner, Czech/US set designer/director (Our Town), dies at 84   

1995  Robert Charles Evans, mountaineer/doctor, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1996  Peter Hall, folklorist/musician, dies at 60 on December - 05.   

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1377  On this day in history birth of jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402)   

1443  Pope Julius II (d. 1513) was born on this day in history.   

1495  Nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish grammarian (d. 1542) was born on this day in history.   

1537  On December - 05 birth of ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597)   

1539  On this day in history birth of fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian (d. 1604)   

1545  Janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], Dutch politician/poet was born on this day in history.   

1547  On this day in history birth of ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian   

1661  Robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14) was born on December - 05.