Famous Deaths In January - 13

1885  On this day in history death of schuyler Colfax,American politician (b.1823)  

1889  Death of Solomon Bundy, American politician (b. 1823) on January - 13.  

1892  Charles Albert White, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1894  On this day in history death of nadezhda von Meck, Russian patroness of Pyotr Tchaikovsky (b. 1831)  

1901  Carlo Angeloni, composer, dies at 66 on January - 13.  

1905  Death of George Thorn, Premier of Queensland (b. 1838) on January - 13.  

1906  Death of Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859) on this day in history.  

1913  Thomas P Krag, Norw author/novelist (Jon Graeff, Ulf Ran), dies at 44 on January - 13.  

1914  On January - 13 bernardus H Heldt, Dutch MP, dies at 72  

1915  On January - 13 death of mary Slessor, Scottish missionary (b. 1848)  

1924  Georg H Quincke, German physicist (Test of Quincke), dies at 89 on this day in history.  

1928  On this day in history johan Peter Koch, Danish officer/explorer, dies at 57  

1929  On January - 13 wyatt Earp, US marshall (OK Corral), dies at 80  

1930  C-E Auguste Rateau, French inventor (R-steam turbine), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1932  On this day in history death of sophia of Prussia, consort of Constantine I of Greece (b. 1870)  

1934  Jean-Baptiste Marchand, soldier/explorer (Sudan), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1937  On this day in history walter Brearley, cricketer (17 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng 1905-12), dies  

1939  On this day in history jacob Ruppert, CEO (NY Yankees, 1915-39), dies  

1941  On this day in history james Joyce, novelist (Ulysses), dies in Zurich Switzerland, at 58  

1943  On this day in history death of sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss artist (b. 1889)  

1947  On January - 13 veit Valentin, German/US historian (German People), dies at 61  

1954  Roland Diggle, composer, dies at 69 on January - 13.  

1958  Edna Purviance, actress (Charlie Chaplin, Sunnyside), dies at 61 on January - 13.  

1960  Sibilla Aleramo, [Rina Faccio], Ital poet (Una Donna), dies at 83 on this day in history.  

1962  Ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42 on this day in history.  

1963  On January - 13 leonardus G Kortenhorst, Dutch MP (KVP), dies at 76  

1968  On this day in history bill Masterson, NHL player for the Minnesota Northstars checked into the boards, dies two days later  

1969  Fred Price, cricket wicket-keep (Engld, v Aust Headingley 1938), dies on this day in history.  

1971  Bernard "Heinz" Lammerding, Germ SS-gen/contractor (Tulle), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1974  On January - 13 death of raoul Jobin, Canadian tenor (b. 1906)  

1976  Margaret Leighton, Brit actress (Much ado about nothing), dies at 53 on this day in history.  

1978  Hubert Humphrey, (Sen-D-Minn, VP), dies at 66 in Waverly, Minn on this day in history.  

1979  Death of Donny Hathaway, Chicago Ill, rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33 on January - 13.  

1980  On this day in history andre Kostelanetz, Russian conductor, dies at 78  

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1334  On January - 13 birth of king Henry II of Castile (d. 1379)  

1381  On January - 13 birth of st Colette, abbess/reformer (Poor Clares)  

1406  On this day in history birth of matteo Palmieri, Italian writer (Della vita civile)  

1505  Joachim II Hector, ruler (Brandenburg) was born on this day in history.  

1562  Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (d. 1601) was born on this day in history.  

1596  On this day in history birth of jan J Goyen, Dutch landscape painter  

1610  Maria Anna of Austria, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1665) was born on January - 13.  

1616  Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic/French religious fanatic was born on this day in history.