Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 21

1945  On this day in history george S Patton, US General (Sicily/Normandy), dies in car crash at 60   

1948  On December - 21 death of seishiro Itagaki, Japanese General/min of War, hanged   

1955  Dorothy Bernard, actress (Margaret-Life With Father), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1956  Lewis M Terman, psychologist (Genetic studies of genius), dies at 79 on December - 21.   

1957  Eric Coates, composer, dies at 71 on December - 21.   

1958  H[arry] B[yron] Warner, actor (10 Commandments, New Moon), dies at 83 on December - 21.   

1959  On December - 21 death of rosanjin, Japanese calligrapher, restaurateur and ceramicist (b. 1883)   

1963  On this day in history jack Hobbs, cricketer (61 Tests for England), dies   

1964  Death of Carl Van Vechten, American writer and photographer (b. 1880) on this day in history.   

1965  Claude Adonai Champagne, composer, dies at 74 on December - 21.   

1967  On this day in history louis Washkansky, 18 days after 1st heart transplant, dies at 55   

1972  Horace Mann Bond, president of Lincoln University (Pa), dies at 70 on December - 21.   

1974  Richard Long, actor (Nanny & Professor), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1975  On December - 21 william Lundigan, announcer (CBS Mystery Theater), dies at 61   

1976  Edward Bartlett, cricketer (WI Test batsman in 5 Tests 1928-31), dies on December - 21.   

1979  Bill Anderson, cricketer (Test for NZ 1946, scored five & one), dies on December - 21.   

1980  Marc Connelly, playwright (One Minute Please), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1981  On December - 21 death of allan Dwan, Canadian-born American director and screenwriter (b. 1885)   

1983  Rod Cameron, actor (Santa Fe Passage, Stampede), dies at 73 on December - 21.   

1987  On this day in history robert Paige, actor (Son of Dracula, Pardon My Sarong), dies   

1988  Bob Steele, [Robert Bradbury], dies after short illness at 60 on this day in history.   

1989  Jan Cikker, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1990  Death of Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, American aeronautical engineer (Lockheed Skunk Works; b. 1910) on this day in history.   

1992  On December - 21 albert King, US blues singer/guitarist (Crosscut Saw), dies at 71   

1993  On December - 21 philip Christison, British general (Rangoon), dies at 100   

1994  Dean Rusk, US Sect of State, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1995  On December - 21 robert Francis Vere Heuston, professor of law, dies at 72   

1996  Margaret E Rey, author of children's books, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1997  On this day in history bruce Woodcock, boxer, dies at 76   

1998  On this day in history death of roger Avon, Durham actor (b. 1914)   

2001  On this day in history death of dick Schaap, American sports journalist (b. 1934)   

2003  On this day in history death of prince Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Spanish playboy and businessman (b. 1924)   

2004  On this day in history death of autar Singh Paintal, Indian medical scientist (b. 1925)   

2005  Death of Elrod Hendricks, American baseball player and coach (b. 1940) on December - 21.   

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1117  On December - 21 birth of thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury   

1401  Tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428) was born on December - 21.   

1518  On December - 21 birth of mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician   

1537  Johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92) was born on December - 21.   

1596  Petro Mohyla, Moldovan Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of Kiev and Galicia (d. 1646) was born on December - 21.   

1603  On this day in history birth of roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (d. 1684)   

1616  On this day in history birth of pietro Andrea Ziani, composer   

1628  On this day in history birth of samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer