Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In February - 21

1925  Alfred Baldwin Sloan, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1926  Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1913), dies at 72 on February - 21.   

1938  Albert Huybrechts, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history death of frederick Banting, Canadian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1891)   

1944  Death of Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-born race car driver (b. 1873) on this day in history.   

1945  Eric Liddell, Scottish runner (Olympic-gold 1924), dies at 43 on this day in history.   

1946  Death of José Streel, Belgian World War II collaborator (b. 1911) on February - 21.   

1948  Frederick Archibald Lamond, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1949  Ernest Walker, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1951  Anton Roemer, Dutch actor (Gay Death), dies at 63 on February - 21.   

1956  Edwin Franko Goldman, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history death of duncan Edwards, English footballer (b. 1936)   

1961  Blaise Cendrars, [Frederic Sauser-Hall], Switz, poet, dies at 73 on February - 21.   

1965  Death of Malcolm X, [Little], black Moslem leader, assassinated in NYC at 39 on February - 21.   

1966  On this day in history death of paul Comtois, French Canadian politician (b. 1895)   

1967  Death of Charles Beaumont, American writer (b. 1929) on February - 21.   

1968  Anthony Asquith, British director (Court Martial), dies at 65 on February - 21.   

1969  Jose de Capriles, Mexican-born US Olympic fencer, dies on February - 21.   

1971  On February - 21 adolph Weiss, composer, dies at 79   

1972  Death of Bronislava Nijinska, Polish-Russian ballet dancer (b. 1891) on February - 21.   

1974  On this day in history death of tim Horton, Canadian hockey player (b. 1930)   

1976  Florence Ballard, rocker (Supremes), dies at 32 on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history death of mieczysÅ‚aw Å»ywczyÅ„ski, Polish historian and priest (b. 1901)   

1979  On February - 21 glendon Gibbs, cricketer (Test Cricket WI v Australia 1955), dies   

1980  Chester H Lauck, actor (2 Weeks to Live, Goin' to Town), dies at 78 on February - 21.   

1982  Death of Murray the K, American impresario and disc jockey (b. 1922) on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history michail A Sholochov, Russian writer (Ocean Don, Nobel 1965), dies   

1985  Eric Herfst, Dutch cabaret performer (Floris), dies at 47 on February - 21.   

1986  Death of Shigechiyo Izumi, Japanese sugarcane farmer, also the world's oldest man ever (b. 1865) on February - 21.   

1989  On February - 21 death of alex Thépot, French footballer (b. 1906)   

1991  Margot Fonteyn, ballerina (1st lady of British Ballet), dies at 71 on February - 21.   

1992  On this day in history eva A Jessye, US singer/actress (Eva Jessye Choir), dies at 97   

1993  Ferrucci Lamborghini, car maker (Lamborghini), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1994  On February - 21 frederick Edward Nicklin, architect, dies at 68   

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1417  Louis IX, Duke of Bayern (University of Ingolstadt) was born on February - 21.   

1484  On February - 21 birth of joachim I Nestor, elector (Brandenburg, Constitution)   

1556  On February - 21 birth of sethus Calvisius, composer   

1674  On February - 21 birth of johann Augustin Kobelius, composer   

1675  On February - 21 birth of franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (d. 1750)   

1684  On February - 21 birth of justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator)   

1690  Christoph Stoltzenberg, composer was born on this day in history.   

1705  On this day in history birth of edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (d. 1781)