Famous Deaths 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 December - 05.  

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

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  On December - 05 death of shri Aurobindo, Indian guru (b. 1872)  

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

1953  On December - 05 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  Herbert H Lehman, (Gov-D-NY), dies on this day in history.  

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

1965  Death of Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1874) on this day in history.  

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

1968  On this day in history 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  Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, tennis player (US Open 1909-11), dies at 87 on December - 05.  

1975  On December - 05 jimmy Nervo, actor (Frozen Limits), dies  

1977  On December - 05 death of aleksandr Vasilevsky, Soviet military commander (b. 1895)  

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

1983  On December - 05 robert Aldrich, dir/producer (Last Sunset), dies at 65  

1984  On December - 05 death of adam Malik, Third Vice President of Indonesia (b. 1917)  

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

1987  "Fat" Larry James, US drummer (Fat Larry's Band-Zoom), dies at 38 on December - 05.  

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

1990  Steven Shaw, dies at 25 on December - 05.  

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 December - 05.  

1993  On December - 05 alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer (Harem), dies at 87  

1994  On this day in history harry Horner, Czech/US set designer/director (Our Town), dies at 84  

1995  On this day in history robert Charles Evans, mountaineer/doctor, dies at 77  

1996  Peter Hall, folklorist/musician, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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1377  Jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402) was born on this day in history.  

1443  On December - 05 birth of pope Julius II (d. 1513)  

1495  On this day in history birth of nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish grammarian (d. 1542)  

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

1539  Fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian (d. 1604) was born on December - 05.  

1545  On December - 05 birth of janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], Dutch politician/poet  

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.