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  On February - 21 albert Huybrechts, composer, dies at 39   

1941  On February - 21 death of frederick Banting, Canadian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1891)   

1944  On this day in history death of ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-born race car driver (b. 1873)   

1945  On February - 21 eric Liddell, Scottish runner (Olympic-gold 1924), dies at 43   

1946  On February - 21 death of josé Streel, Belgian World War II collaborator (b. 1911)   

1948  On this day in history frederick Archibald Lamond, composer, dies at 80   

1949  Ernest Walker, composer, dies at 78 on February - 21.   

1951  Anton Roemer, Dutch actor (Gay Death), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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

1958  Death of Duncan Edwards, English footballer (b. 1936) on this day in history.   

1961  On February - 21 blaise Cendrars, [Frederic Sauser-Hall], Switz, poet, dies at 73   

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 this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history anthony Asquith, British director (Court Martial), dies at 65   

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

1971  Adolph Weiss, composer, dies at 79 on February - 21.   

1972  On February - 21 death of bronislava Nijinska, Polish-Russian ballet dancer (b. 1891)   

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

1976  Florence Ballard, rocker (Supremes), dies at 32 on February - 21.   

1978  On February - 21 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  On this day in history chester H Lauck, actor (2 Weeks to Live, Goin' to Town), dies at 78   

1982  On this day in history death of murray the K, American impresario and disc jockey (b. 1922)   

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

1985  Eric Herfst, Dutch cabaret performer (Floris), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

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

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

1991  On this day in history margot Fonteyn, ballerina (1st lady of British Ballet), dies at 71   

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

1993  On this day in history ferrucci Lamborghini, car maker (Lamborghini), dies at 76   

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  Sethus Calvisius, composer was born on February - 21.   

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

1675  On this day in history 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 February - 21.   

1705  Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (d. 1781) was born on February - 21.