Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In January - 05

1860  St John Nepomucene Neumann, 1st male US saint, dies on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history joseph Frohlich, composer, dies at 81   

1883  On January - 05 death of charles Tompson, first Australian published poet (b. 1806)   

1888  On January - 05 henri Herz, composer, dies at a day before 85th birthday   

1891  On January - 05 guillaume L Baud, Dutch minister of Colonies (1848-49), dies at 89   

1904  On January - 05 karl A von Zittel, German geologist/paleontologist (Libya), dies at 64   

1922  Ernest H Shackleton, Brit South pole explorer (Endurance), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1933  Calvin Coolidge, 30th President (1923-29), dies in Mass at 60 on January - 05.   

1937  On January - 05 death of marie Booth, child of William and Catherine Booth (b. 1864)   

1939  Death of Amelia Earhart, American aviator declared dead after disappearance in 1937. (b. 1897) on January - 05.   

1940  Tina Modotti, [Maria del Carmen], Ital/Mexican communist, dies at 46 on January - 05.   

1941  Death of Amy Johnson, English aviator (b. 1903) on this day in history.   

1942  Death of Yves Paringaux, French chief of staff, murdered on this day in history.   

1943  On January - 05 george Washington Carver, famous black scientist, dies at 81   

1944  On January - 05 adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80   

1946  Death of Kitty Cheatham, American singer (b. 1864) on January - 05.   

1951  On January - 05 andrei P Platonov, Russian author (Prok, Kotlovan), dies at 51   

1952  On this day in history nawab of Pataudi, cricket (play polo 3 Tests for Eng 3 for Ind), dies   

1954  On January - 05 death of rabbit Maranville, American baseball player (b. 1891)   

1956  Jeanne F Bourgeois, French head mistress (Moulin Rouge), dies at 84 on January - 05.   

1960  Donald Knight, cricketer (54 runs in 2 Tests for England 1921), dies on this day in history.   

1963  On January - 05 rogers Hornsby, baseball player, dies of a heart ailment at 66   

1965  On January - 05 neil Craig, actor (Calling Dr Kildare), dies at 73   

1966  On January - 05 george Duckworth, cricketer (24 Tests for England, ct 45 stp 15), dies   

1968  Jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1969  Franz T Csokor, Austria author (Gottes General), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1970  Death of Joseph A Yablonski, candidate for United Mine Workers pres, murdered on this day in history.   

1971  Death of Douglas Shearer, Canadian film engineer (b. 1899) on January - 05.   

1973  Cornelis van Dis, Dutch MP (SGP), dies at 79 on January - 05.   

1974  Roy Bargy, orch leader (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history don Wilson, pitcher (Astro), dies at 29 of carbon monoxide poisoning   

1976  On January - 05 georges E Migot, French composer, dies at 84   

1977  Onslow Stevens, actor (Mr Fisher-This is the Life), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1979  Charles Mingus, US jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader, dies at 56 on January - 05.   

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1209  Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1272) was born on this day in history.   

1548  On January - 05 birth of francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617)   

1560  On this day in history birth of william Cobbold, composer   

1587  Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641) was born on this day in history.   

1592  Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal was born on this day in history.   

1596  Henry Lawes, English composer was born on this day in history.   

1614  Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (d. 1662) was born on January - 05.   

1661  Jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer was born on this day in history.