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 this day in history death of vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)   

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

1938  Christina "Dina" Koudijs-van Appeldoorn, pianist/composer, dies at 54 on December - 05.   

1940  On December - 05 jan Kubelik, composer, dies at 60   

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  On this day in history "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, of baseball's black sox scandal, dies   

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 this day in history ferdinand Bruckner, writer, dies at 67   

1959  K S Duleepsinhji, cricketer (12 Tests for England, 995 runs), dies on December - 05.   

1963  On this day in history herbert H Lehman, (Gov-D-NY), dies   

1964  Remy Angenot, Flemish actor (Tailor Wibbel), dies at 70 on December - 05.   

1965  Death of Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1874) on December - 05.   

1966  On December - 05 sylveer Maes, Belgian bicylist, dies at 57   

1968  On December - 05 fred Clark, actor (Zotz, Auntie Mame), dies of liver ailment at 54   

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 this day in history.   

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  Death of Adam Malik, Third Vice President of Indonesia (b. 1917) on December - 05.   

1986  On December - 05 carmol Taylor, country songwriter, dies at 53 of cancer   

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

1989  On this day in history john M Pritchard, British conductor, dies at 68   

1990  Steven Shaw, dies at 25 on this day in history.   

1991  Aad Mansfield, soccer player/trainer (ADO/Feyenoord/FC Utrecht), dies on this day in history.   

1992  Hilary Tindall, dies of cancer at 54 on this day in history.   

1993  Alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer (Harem), dies at 87 on December - 05.   

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 December - 05.   

1996  On December - 05 peter Hall, folklorist/musician, dies at 60   

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1377  On December - 05 birth of jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402)   

1443  On this day in history birth of pope Julius II (d. 1513)   

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

1537  Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597) was born on December - 05.   

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 December - 05.   

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 this day in history.