Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In February - 21
Monday, 05 January 2026
1925 On this day in history alfred Baldwin Sloan, composer, dies at 52 

1926 On this day in history heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1913), dies at 72 

1938 Albert Huybrechts, composer, dies at 39 on February - 21. 

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

1944 On February - 21 death of ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-born race car driver (b. 1873) 

1945 Eric Liddell, Scottish runner (Olympic-gold 1924), dies at 43 on February - 21. 

1946 Death of José Streel, Belgian World War II collaborator (b. 1911) on this day in history. 

1948 Frederick Archibald Lamond, composer, dies at 80 on February - 21. 

1949 On this day in history ernest Walker, composer, dies at 78 

1951 On this day in history anton Roemer, Dutch actor (Gay Death), dies at 63 

1956 On February - 21 edwin Franko Goldman, composer, dies at 78 

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 this day in history. 

1965 Death of Malcolm X, [Little], black Moslem leader, assassinated in NYC at 39 on this day in history. 

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 this day in history. 

1969 Jose de Capriles, Mexican-born US Olympic fencer, dies on this day in history. 

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

1972 Death of Bronislava Nijinska, Polish-Russian ballet dancer (b. 1891) on this day in history. 

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

1976 On February - 21 florence Ballard, rocker (Supremes), dies at 32 

1978 On this day in history death of mieczysław Żywczyński, Polish historian and priest (b. 1901) 

1979 On this day in history glendon Gibbs, cricketer (Test Cricket WI v Australia 1955), dies 

1980 On this day in history chester H Lauck, actor (2 Weeks to Live, Goin' to Town), dies at 78 

1982 Death of Murray the K, American impresario and disc jockey (b. 1922) on February - 21. 

1984 On February - 21 michail A Sholochov, Russian writer (Ocean Don, Nobel 1965), dies 

1985 On this day in history eric Herfst, Dutch cabaret performer (Floris), dies at 47 

1986 Death of Shigechiyo Izumi, Japanese sugarcane farmer, also the world's oldest man ever (b. 1865) on this day in history. 

1989 On this day in history death of alex Thépot, French footballer (b. 1906) 

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

1992 Eva A Jessye, US singer/actress (Eva Jessye Choir), dies at 97 on February - 21. 

1993 On February - 21 ferrucci Lamborghini, car maker (Lamborghini), dies at 76 

1994 Frederick Edward Nicklin, architect, dies at 68 on this day in history. 

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