Famous Deaths In February - 21

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

1926  On February - 21 heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1913), dies at 72   

1938  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

1958  On February - 21 death of duncan Edwards, English footballer (b. 1936)   

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

1965  On this day in history death of malcolm X, [Little], black Moslem leader, assassinated in NYC at 39   

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  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  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  Glendon Gibbs, cricketer (Test Cricket WI v Australia 1955), dies on this day in history.   

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

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  On February - 21 death of shigechiyo Izumi, Japanese sugarcane farmer, also the world's oldest man ever (b. 1865)   

1989  Death of Alex Thépot, French footballer (b. 1906) on February - 21.   

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

1992  On February - 21 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  Frederick Edward Nicklin, architect, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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1417  On February - 21 birth of louis IX, Duke of Bayern (University of Ingolstadt)   

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

1556  On this day in history birth of sethus Calvisius, composer   

1674  On this day in history birth of johann Augustin Kobelius, composer   

1675  Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (d. 1750) was born on this day in history.   

1684  On this day in history birth of justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator)   

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

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