Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 21

1945  On December - 21 george S Patton, US General (Sicily/Normandy), dies in car crash at 60   

1948  On this day in history death of seishiro Itagaki, Japanese General/min of War, hanged   

1955  On this day in history dorothy Bernard, actress (Margaret-Life With Father), dies at 65   

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

1957  On December - 21 eric Coates, composer, dies at 71   

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

1959  Death of Rosanjin, Japanese calligrapher, restaurateur and ceramicist (b. 1883) on this day in history.   

1963  Jack Hobbs, cricketer (61 Tests for England), dies on this day in history.   

1964  Death of Carl Van Vechten, American writer and photographer (b. 1880) on December - 21.   

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

1967  Louis Washkansky, 18 days after 1st heart transplant, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1972  On December - 21 horace Mann Bond, president of Lincoln University (Pa), dies at 70   

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  On December - 21 edward Bartlett, cricketer (WI Test batsman in 5 Tests 1928-31), dies   

1979  On this day in history bill Anderson, cricketer (Test for NZ 1946, scored five & one), dies   

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

1981  Death of Allan Dwan, Canadian-born American director and screenwriter (b. 1885) on this day in history.   

1983  Rod Cameron, actor (Santa Fe Passage, Stampede), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

1988  On this day in history bob Steele, [Robert Bradbury], dies after short illness at 60   

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  Albert King, US blues singer/guitarist (Crosscut Saw), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1993  Philip Christison, British general (Rangoon), dies at 100 on this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history dean Rusk, US Sect of State, dies at 85   

1995  Robert Francis Vere Heuston, professor of law, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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  Death of Roger Avon, Durham actor (b. 1914) on December - 21.   

2001  On December - 21 death of dick Schaap, American sports journalist (b. 1934)   

2003  On December - 21 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  On this day in history death of elrod Hendricks, American baseball player and coach (b. 1940)   

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1117  Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury was born on December - 21.   

1401  On this day in history birth of tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428)   

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  On this day in history birth of petro Mohyla, Moldovan Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of Kiev and Galicia (d. 1646)   

1603  Roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (d. 1684) was born on this day in history.   

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

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