Famous Deaths In January - 16

1982  On January - 16 death of red Smith, American sports columnist (b. 1905)  

1985  On this day in history death of robert Fitzgerald, U.S. poet and translator (b. 1910)  

1986  On this day in history death of herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist, author, and publisher (b. 1892)  

1987  Earl Wilson, Bdwy columnist (Midnight Earl), dies in Yonkers at 79 on this day in history.  

1988  Death of Andrija Artuković, Croatian war criminal (b. 1899) on January - 16.  

1989  On this day in history pierre Boileau, screenwriter (Vertigo), dies at 82  

1992  Roselle Novelle, silent film actress, dies at 95 on January - 16.  

1993  Florence Desmond, [Dawson], actress (Sally in Our Alley), dies at 87 on this day in history.  

1994  On this day in history harry Nilsson, singer/Songwriter, dies at 52  

1995  William Dillard, trumpeter/singer, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

1996  Harry Potts, footballer/manager, dies at 75 on January - 16.  

1997  On January - 16 charlie Alfred Galbraith, jazz trombonist, dies at 76  

1998  David "Junior" Kimbrough, blues musician, dies at 67 on January - 16.  

1999  On January - 16 death of jim McClelland, Australian solicitor, politician, Minister, Royal Commissioner, judge (b. 1915)  

2000  On this day in history death of will "Dub" Jones, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1928)  

2001  Death of Laurent-Désiré Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1939) on this day in history.  

2002  Death of Robert Hanbury Brown, British-Australian astronomer and physicist (b. 1916) on this day in history.  

2003  Death of Richard Wainwright, English politician (b. 1918) on this day in history.  

2004  On this day in history death of kalevi Sorsa, Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1930)  

2005  Death of Marjorie Williams, American journalist (b. 1958) on this day in history.  

2006  On January - 16 death of stanley Biber, American physician, pioneer of transgender surgery, (b. 1923)  

2007  On January - 16 death of ron Carey, American actor (b. 1935)  

2009  On January - 16 death of joe Erskine, American boxer and long distance runner (b. 1930)  

2017  On January - 16 death of eugene Cernan, American astronaut  

2018  Death of Bradford Dillman, American actor on this day in history.  

2018  Death of Oliver Ivanović, Serbian politician on January - 16.  

2018  Death of Jo Jo White, American basketball player on this day in history.  

2018  On January - 16 death of liu Zhonghua, Chinese navy admiral  

2020  Death of Efraín Sánchez, Colombian footballer and manager on January - 16.  

2021  Death of Phil Spector, American record producer and convicted murderer (b. 1939) on January - 16.  

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1245  On January - 16 birth of edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (d. 1296)  

1409  On January - 16 birth of rené I of Naples (d. 1480)  

1477  On this day in history birth of johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (d. 1547)  

1501  On January - 16 birth of anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1559)  

1587  On this day in history birth of alexander Adriaenssen, Flemish painter  

1616  François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669) was born on January - 16.  

1626  On this day in history birth of lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (d. 1699)  

1634  On January - 16 birth of dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (d. 1716)