Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 05

1928  Johannes F "Johan" Bakker Sr, actor/husband of Truus Soete, dies at 61 on December - 05.   

1931  Death of Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of buck Jones, Hollywood's last cowboy hero actor (Headin' East), buried   

1950  Death of Shri Aurobindo, Indian guru (b. 1872) on December - 05.   

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 December - 05 k S Duleepsinhji, cricketer (12 Tests for England, 995 runs), dies   

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

1964  On this day in history remy Angenot, Flemish actor (Tailor Wibbel), dies at 70   

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

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

1968  Fred Clark, actor (Zotz, Auntie Mame), dies of liver ailment at 54 on this day in history.   

1971  Hugh Wakefield, actress (Blithe Spirit), dies on December - 05.   

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

1975  On this day in history jimmy Nervo, actor (Frozen Limits), dies   

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

1980  On this day in history don Taylor, cricketer (3 Tests for NZ 1947-56, 159 runs), dies   

1983  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  John M Pritchard, British conductor, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1537  Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597) was born on this day in history.   

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  Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian was born on December - 05.   

1661  Robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14) was born on this day in history.