Famous Deaths In January - 09

1902  On January - 09 gustaaf Rolin-Jaequemyns, Belgian lawyer/Interior minister, dies at 66  

1904  Alfred Richard, cricketer (6 & 0 in only Test for S Af 1895-96), dies on January - 09.  

1908  Abraham Goldfaden, US Yiddish stage performer (Shulamis), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1911  Edwin Arthur Jones, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

1918  On January - 09 death of Émile Reynaud, French scientist (b. 1844)  

1923  Katherine Mansfield, NZ/British writer (Dove's Nest), dies at 34 on January - 09.  

1927  On this day in history houston S Chamberlain, British/German race theorist, dies at 71  

1929  Heiner Muller, writer, dies on this day in history.  

1930  On this day in history edward W Buck, Dutch/US editor (Ladies Home Journal), dies at 66  

1931  Claude Anet [Jean Schopfer], French writer (La fille perdue), dies on January - 09.  

1936  On January - 09 john Gilbert, actor (Love, Downstairs), dies at 40  

1939  Johann Strauss, Austrian conductor/Royal ball director, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1941  On January - 09 ko Boezeman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies  

1943  On January - 09 robin G Collingwood, English philosopher (Roman Britain), dies at 53  

1945  Death of Jüri Uluots, Estonian Prime Minister (b. 1890) on January - 09.  

1946  On January - 09 countee Cullen, US poet (Black Christ, One Way to Heaven), dies at 42  

1947  Karl Mannheim, sociologist (Diagnosis of Our Time), dies at 53 on January - 09.  

1949  Amilcare Zanella, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1953  Hans Aanrud, Norwegian author (Storken), dies at 89 on January - 09.  

1957  Mary Carr Moore, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

1958  Paul Fechter, German writer/historian (God's Magician), dies on this day in history.  

1959  On this day in history paul Malengreau, composer, dies at 71  

1960  On this day in history death of elsie J. Oxenham, British children's author (b. 1880)  

1961  Death of Emily Greene Balch, American writer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1867) on this day in history.  

1962  On January - 09 leRoy B Shield, US pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68  

1964  Halide Edib Adevar/Salih, Turkish feminist (Handan), dies at about 80 on this day in history.  

1966  Haro Levoni Step'anyan, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1968  Death of Kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide on this day in history.  

1969  On this day in history ladislav Vycpalek, composer, dies at 86  

1971  On this day in history death of giannis Christou, Greek composer (b. 1926)  

1972  On January - 09 ted Shawn, US dancer, dies at 80  

1975  On this day in history john Slater, actor (Deadlock, 3 on a Spree), dies at 58  

1977  On January - 09 alexey Kozlovsky, composer, dies at 71  

1978  Eddie Gilbert, cricket (Aboriginal Qld quick got Don for a duck), dies on this day in history.  

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1554  On this day in history birth of gregory XV, [Alessandro Ludovisi], pope (1621-23)  

1571  Karel Bonaventura Buquoy, French soldier (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.  

1574  On January - 09 birth of christoph Buel, composer  

1620  Johann Weichmann, composer was born on this day in history.  

1624  Empress Meishō (d. 1696) was born on this day in history.  

1695  John E Loovens, lawyer was born on this day in history.  

1699  On this day in history birth of robert J Pothier, French lawyer  

1728  Thomas Warton, poet laureate of England (Pleasures of Melancholy) was born on this day in history.