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 December - 21 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  Eric Coates, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1964  On this day in history death of carl Van Vechten, American writer and photographer (b. 1880)   

1965  On December - 21 claude Adonai Champagne, composer, dies at 74   

1967  Louis Washkansky, 18 days after 1st heart transplant, dies at 55 on December - 21.   

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

1974  On this day in history richard Long, actor (Nanny & Professor), dies at 47   

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 this day in history.   

1979  Bill Anderson, cricketer (Test for NZ 1946, scored five & one), dies on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history marc Connelly, playwright (One Minute Please), dies at 90   

1981  On this day in history death of allan Dwan, Canadian-born American director and screenwriter (b. 1885)   

1983  On this day in history rod Cameron, actor (Santa Fe Passage, Stampede), dies at 73   

1987  Robert Paige, actor (Son of Dracula, Pardon My Sarong), dies on this day in history.   

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

1989  On December - 21 jan Cikker, composer, dies at 78   

1990  On December - 21 death of clarence "Kelly" Johnson, American aeronautical engineer (Lockheed Skunk Works; b. 1910)   

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

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

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

1995  Robert Francis Vere Heuston, professor of law, dies at 72 on December - 21.   

1996  On December - 21 margaret E Rey, author of children's books, dies at 90   

1997  Bruce Woodcock, boxer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1998  Death of Roger Avon, Durham actor (b. 1914) on this day in history.   

2001  Death of Dick Schaap, American sports journalist (b. 1934) on this day in history.   

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

2004  Death of Autar Singh Paintal, Indian medical scientist (b. 1925) on this day in history.   

2005  On this day in history death of elrod Hendricks, American baseball player and coach (b. 1940)   

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1117  On this day in history birth of thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury   

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

1518  Mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician was born on December - 21.   

1537  Johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92) was born on this day in history.   

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 December - 21.   

1616  Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer was born on December - 21.   

1628  Samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer was born on December - 21.