Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In January - 29
Tuesday, 19 August 2025
1934 On January - 29 fritz Haber, German chemist (Nobel 1918), dies at 65
1941 Death of Ioannis Metaxas, Greek gen/dictator (1936-41), commits suicide at 69 on this day in history.
1942 On this day in history ladislao Joseph Philip Paul Zavrtal, composer, dies at 92
1944 On this day in history william Allen White, US journalist (Emporia Gazette), dies at 75
1946 On January - 29 harry L Hopkins, US min of Business (Loan & Lease law), dies at 55
1947 Fred Barratt, cricket (5 wkts at 47 in 5 Tests for Eng 1929-30), dies on this day in history.
1948 On this day in history death of tomislav II of Croatia, 4th Duke of Aosta, Italian aristocrat (b. 1900)
1950 On January - 29 death of ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1885)
1951 On January - 29 james Bridie, [Osborne Henry Mavor], dramatist, dies
1955 On this day in history hans Hedtoft, premier of Denmark (1947.. 55), dies at 51
1956 On January - 29 h[enry] L[ouis] Mencken, US essayist/critic (Smart Set), dies at 75
1960 On this day in history louis Jean Heydt, actor (Joe-Waterfront), dies at 54
1962 Fritz Kreisler, Austria/US violinist/composer, dies at 86 on January - 29.
1963 Robert Lee Frost, US poet (New Hampshire, 4 Pulitzers), dies at 88 on this day in history.
1964 On January - 29 alan Ladd, actor (Shane), dies at 50 in Palm Springs Calif
1965 On January - 29 john Larkin, actor (Saints & Sinners, 12 O'Clock High), dies at 52
1966 On this day in history josef Winckler, German dentist/writer (Tolle Bomberg), dies at 84
1967 Wlodzimierz Pozniak, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.
1968 Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, cricketer (Test for India), dies on January - 29.
1970 Basil H Liddell Hart, English military historian, dies at 74 on January - 29.
1973 Johannes Paul Thilman, composer, dies at 67 on January - 29.
1976 On January - 29 michael Gwynn, actor (Dunkirk, Barabbas, Cleopatra), dies at 59
1977 On this day in history e P "Buster" Nupen, cricketer (50 wickets for S Af, lost eye), dies
1978 On January - 29 tim McCoy, actor (Arizona Bound), dies at 86
1980 Antonio Molina, composer, dies at 85 on January - 29.
1981 On January - 29 cozy Cole, rocker (Topsy Part II), dies
1984 Frances Goodrich, (Diary of Anne Frank), dies at 93 of lung cancer on January - 29.
1986 On this day in history leif Erickson, actor (John-High Chaparral), dies at 74
1987 Ivo Lhotka-Kalinski, composer, dies at 73 on January - 29.
1988 Death of Bantcho Bantchevsky, US opera singer, commits suicide on this day in history.
1989 On this day in history death of halina Konopacka, Polish athlete (b. 1900)
1991 On January - 29 yasushi Inoue, Japanese historian, dies
1992 On this day in history willie Dixon, blues composer (I'm a Man, Backdoor Man), dies at 76
1993 Hank Werba, [Herman Werblowski], US journalist (Variety), dies at 79 on January - 29.
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