Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In February - 21

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

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

1938  On February - 21 albert Huybrechts, composer, dies at 39   

1941  Death of Frederick Banting, Canadian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1891) on this day in history.   

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 February - 21.   

1946  On this day in history death of josé Streel, Belgian World War II collaborator (b. 1911)   

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

1949  On February - 21 ernest Walker, composer, dies at 78   

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

1956  Edwin Franko Goldman, composer, dies at 78 on February - 21.   

1958  Death of Duncan Edwards, English footballer (b. 1936) on February - 21.   

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 February - 21 death of paul Comtois, French Canadian politician (b. 1895)   

1967  On this day in history death of charles Beaumont, American writer (b. 1929)   

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

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

1974  Death of Tim Horton, Canadian hockey player (b. 1930) on this day in history.   

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

1978  On this day in history death of mieczysÅ‚aw Å»ywczyÅ„ski, 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  On February - 21 death of murray the K, American impresario and disc jockey (b. 1922)   

1984  On this day in history 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 February - 21.   

1989  On February - 21 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  Ferrucci Lamborghini, car maker (Lamborghini), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history frederick Edward Nicklin, architect, dies at 68   

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1417  On this day in history birth of louis IX, Duke of Bayern (University of Ingolstadt)   

1484  Joachim I Nestor, elector (Brandenburg, Constitution) was born on February - 21.   

1556  On February - 21 birth of sethus Calvisius, composer   

1674  Johann Augustin Kobelius, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1684  Justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator) was born on this day in history.   

1690  On this day in history birth of christoph Stoltzenberg, composer   

1705  Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (d. 1781) was born on this day in history.