Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In February - 21
Tuesday, 18 March 2025
1925 On February - 21 alfred Baldwin Sloan, composer, dies at 52
1926 Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1913), dies at 72 on this day in history.
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 February - 21.
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 February - 21 death of josé Streel, Belgian World War II collaborator (b. 1911)
1948 On February - 21 frederick Archibald Lamond, composer, dies at 80
1949 On this day in history ernest Walker, composer, dies at 78
1951 Anton Roemer, Dutch actor (Gay Death), dies at 63 on February - 21.
1956 On this day in history edwin Franko Goldman, composer, dies at 78
1958 Death of Duncan Edwards, English footballer (b. 1936) on this day in history.
1961 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1966 Death of Paul Comtois, French Canadian politician (b. 1895) on February - 21.
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 On this day in history jose de Capriles, Mexican-born US Olympic fencer, dies
1971 On this day in history adolph Weiss, composer, dies at 79
1972 Death of Bronislava Nijinska, Polish-Russian ballet dancer (b. 1891) on this day in history.
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 mieczysław Żywczyński, Polish historian and priest (b. 1901)
1979 Glendon Gibbs, cricketer (Test Cricket WI v Australia 1955), dies on February - 21.
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 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 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 Margot Fonteyn, ballerina (1st lady of British Ballet), dies at 71 on this day in history.
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 February - 21.
1994 On this day in history frederick Edward Nicklin, architect, dies at 68
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