Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In February - 16

1916  On February - 16 jeltje de Bosch Kemper, Dutch feminist, dies at 79   

1917  On February - 16 death of octave Mirbeau, French writer (b. 1848)   

1919  On February - 16 death of vera Kholodnaya, Russian film star (b. 1893)   

1928  On February - 16 death of eddie Foy, American singer and dancer (b. 1856)   

1932  On this day in history death of ferdinand Buisson, French pacifist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1841)   

1933  On this day in history archie Jackson, cricketer (of TB, Aus bat too briefly Avg 47.4), dies   

1934  On this day in history eduard Bagritsky, [Dzjubin], Russ poet/journalist, dies at 38   

1936  On this day in history death of tommy Ward, S African cricket wicket keeper (23 Tests), electrocuted   

1938  On February - 16 otto zur Linde, German author (Lieder of the Leids), dies at 64   

1939  Jura Soyfer, writer, dies at 26 on this day in history.   

1944  Edmund von Borck, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

1945  Billy Frank, cricketer (Test S Afr v Eng 1896, 5 & 2, 1-52), dies on this day in history.   

1950  David Denton, cricketer (England batsman in 11 Tests 1905-10), dies on February - 16.   

1951  Henri Velge, 1st chairman (Belgian Council of State), dies at 65 on February - 16.   

1952  Knut [Pedersen] Hamsun, Norwegian writer (Wanders, Nobel 1920), dies on February - 16.   

1957  On this day in history leslie Hore-Belisha, [Lord Halifax], Brit min of Transport, dies at 63   

1963  On February - 16 laszlo Lajtha, composer, dies at 70   

1966  Hendrik W Tilanus, artillery officer/leader (CHU 1939-63), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1967  Smiley Burnette, cowboy (Charlie-Petticoat Junction), dies at 55 on February - 16.   

1968  On this day in history healey Willan, composer, dies at 87   

1973  Pieter Van der Bijl, cricketer (outstanding S Af bat in 1938-39), dies on February - 16.   

1974  Death of John Garand, Canadian rifle engineer and manufacturer (b. 1888) on this day in history.   

1975  On February - 16 death of morgan Taylor, American athlete (b. 1903)   

1978  Death of E. Roland Harriman, American financier (b. 1895) on February - 16.   

1979  Louise Allbritton, actress (Celia-Stage Door), dies at 58 on February - 16.   

1980  On this day in history death of erich Hückel, German physicist (b. 1895)   

1981  On February - 16 howard Hanson, composer, dies at 84   

1984  On February - 16 ken Williams, TV announcer (Video Village), dies at 69   

1985  Larry Ward, actor (Frank Ragan-Dakotas), dies at 69 on February - 16.   

1986  On this day in history howard Da Silva, Cleve Oh, actor (Ben Franklin-1776), dies at 76   

1987  On February - 16 dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky, composer, dies at 82   

1988  Death of Jean Carignan, French Canadian fiddler (b. 1916) on February - 16.   

1990  Keith Haring, artist/cartoonist (brilliant baby), dies of AIDs at 31 on this day in history.   

1991  Enrique B Varela, commandant Nicaragua contra's, dies on this day in history.   

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1032  Emperor Yingzong of China (d. 1067) was born on February - 16.   

1075  On this day in history birth of ordericus Vitalis, French monk/historian/poet   

1497  Philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie) was born on February - 16.   

1519  Gaspard de Coligny, Huguenot leader/French admiral was born on this day in history.   

1543  Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (d. 1590) was born on this day in history.   

1620  On February - 16 birth of frederick William, Great Elector, founder of Brandenburg-Prussia   

1643  John Sharp, English Archbishop of York (d. 1714) was born on February - 16.   

1669  On this day in history birth of arnold Boonen, Dutch portrait painter