Famous Deaths In February - 19

1892  On this day in history monty Bowden, cricket Capt (England v S Africa 1889), dies at 26  

1894  Ernesto Camillo Sivori, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1897  Karl T Weierstrass, German mathematician, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1915  On February - 19 gopal Krishna Gokhale, India's social reformer/politician, dies  

1916  On this day in history ernst Mach, Austrian physicist/philosopher/psychologist, dies at 78  

1923  Jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1927  On this day in history georg Brandes, [Cohen], Danish literary-historian/critic, dies at 85  

1933  Arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn, composer, dies at 77 on February - 19.  

1936  On February - 19 death of charles Harding Firth, British historian (b. 1857)  

1941  Alexander Josiah Webbe, English cricket keeper (v Aus 1879), dies on this day in history.  

1942  On February - 19 death of frank Abbandando, American gangster (executed) (b. 1910)  

1944  Siegfried Garibaldi Kallenberg, composer, dies at 76 on February - 19.  

1945  On February - 19 death of wim Speelman, Dutch resistance fighter, executed at 26  

1949  On February - 19 auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx, composer, dies at 83  

1950  Edyth Walker, US singer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1951  On this day in history andre[-Paul-Guillaume] Gide, French writer (Nobel 1947), dies at 82  

1952  Knut Hamsun, writer, dies at 92 on February - 19.  

1957  On this day in history death of maurice Garin, French cyclist (b. 1871)  

1962  Albert Israel Elkus, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1965  On February - 19 forrest Taylor, actor (This is Life, Man Without a Gun), dies at 81  

1967  Wilmer King, 1st casuality on Tappan Zee Bridge NY, dies on February - 19.  

1968  On February - 19 ralph Dunn, actor (Mr Rudge-Norby), dies at 65  

1969  On February - 19 death of madge Blake, American actress (b. 1899)  

1970  On February - 19 ralph Edward Flanders, (Sen-VT), dies at 89  

1972  On February - 19 death of john Grierson, Scottish documentary filmmaker (b. 1898)  

1975  Luigi Dallapiccola, Italian 12-tone composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1977  On February - 19 death of mike González, Cuban baseball player (b. 1890)  

1980  Bon Scott, Aust rock vocalist (AC/DC-Whole Lotta Rosie), dies at 33 on February - 19.  

1981  Frank Merrik, composer, dies at 94 on February - 19.  

1983  On February - 19 alice White, actress (Employees' Entrance), dies at 78 of a stroke  

1984  Ina Ray Hutton, orch leader (Ina Ray Hutton Show), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1985  On February - 19 elizabeth Julesberg, author (Dick & Jane), dies  

1986  On this day in history adolfo Celi, actor (Thunderball), dies at 63  

1988  Death of André Frédéric Cournand, French-born physician, Nobel laureate (b. 1895) on February - 19.  

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1473  Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543) was born on February - 19.  

1526  On February - 19 birth of charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609)  

1552  Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630) was born on February - 19.  

1588  On February - 19 birth of pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies  

1611  On this day in history birth of andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71)  

1616  On this day in history birth of jacques de Saint-Luc, composer  

1630  On February - 19 birth of shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680)  

1660  Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742) was born on this day in history.