Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In January - 06
Friday, 04 July 2025
1884 On January - 06 gregor Mendel, Augustine monk/heredity pioneer, dies at 61
1885 Peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer, dies at 72 on this day in history.
1907 Walter Read, cricketer (Engl batsman, 117 at no 10 v Aust 1884), dies on January - 06.
1913 On this day in history death of frederick Hitch, English Victoria Cross Winner (b. 1856)
1915 Reginald Wood, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1886), dies on January - 06.
1917 On this day in history hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82
1918 Georg F L P Cantor, German mathematician: collection, dies at 72 on January - 06.
1919 Theodore Roosevelt, 26th Pres (1901-09), dies in NY at 60 on January - 06.
1922 Death of Jakob Rosanes, German mathematician (b. 1842) on this day in history.
1928 On this day in history alvin C Kraenzlein, track star (Olympic-4 gold-1900), dies at 51
1929 Nicolas Nikolayevitch, grand-duke of Russia, dies at 72 on this day in history.
1933 On this day in history death of vladimir de Pachmann, Russian-German pianist (b. 1848)
1934 Death of Herbert Chapman , Legendary Manager of Arsenal and Huddersfield Town (b. 1878) on this day in history.
1935 George P Baker, US playwright (Dramatic Technique), dies at 68 on January - 06.
1936 On January - 06 charles A Stoneham, pres (NY Giants), dies
1937 On January - 06 death of andré Besette, Canadian religious figure (b. 1845)
1939 Albert Ward, cricketer (England batsman in 7 Tests 1893-95), dies on this day in history.
1941 On this day in history franz Hessel, writer, dies at 60
1942 On January - 06 death of emma Calvé, French soprano (b. 1858)
1944 On this day in history death of ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857)
1945 On January - 06 death of vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist (b. 1863)
1950 On January - 06 isaiah Bowman, geographer/co-founder (Geographical Review), dies at 71
1958 Josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun, dies at 85 on January - 06.
1959 On January - 06 jose Enrique Pedreira, composer, dies at 54
1960 On January - 06 edith Barstow, choreographer (Frankie Laine Time), dies at 52
1961 Regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76 on January - 06.
1962 Jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57 on January - 06.
1963 On this day in history lourens GM Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter, dies at 68
1964 Edgar Maass, German/US author (Verdun), dies at 67 on January - 06.
1965 John Larkin, dir (Circumstanial Evidence), dies of heart attack at 52 on this day in history.
1967 On this day in history death of arnhem "Tata" Joseph Weiss, "the Zigeunerbaron," buried
1968 On this day in history kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81
1972 Death of Chen Yi, Chinese military commander and politician (b. 1901) on January - 06.
1974 On this day in history david Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican sculptor/muralist, dies at 77
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