Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In January - 29
Thursday, 20 March 2025
1934 Fritz Haber, German chemist (Nobel 1918), dies at 65 on this day in history.
1941 On this day in history death of ioannis Metaxas, Greek gen/dictator (1936-41), commits suicide at 69
1942 On this day in history ladislao Joseph Philip Paul Zavrtal, composer, dies at 92
1944 On January - 29 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 January - 29.
1948 Death of Tomislav II of Croatia, 4th Duke of Aosta, Italian aristocrat (b. 1900) on this day in history.
1950 On January - 29 death of ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1885)
1951 James Bridie, [Osborne Henry Mavor], dramatist, dies on this day in history.
1955 On this day in history hans Hedtoft, premier of Denmark (1947.. 55), dies at 51
1956 On this day in history h[enry] L[ouis] Mencken, US essayist/critic (Smart Set), dies at 75
1960 Louis Jean Heydt, actor (Joe-Waterfront), dies at 54 on January - 29.
1962 On January - 29 fritz Kreisler, Austria/US violinist/composer, dies at 86
1963 Robert Lee Frost, US poet (New Hampshire, 4 Pulitzers), dies at 88 on January - 29.
1964 Alan Ladd, actor (Shane), dies at 50 in Palm Springs Calif on this day in history.
1965 John Larkin, actor (Saints & Sinners, 12 O'Clock High), dies at 52 on this day in history.
1966 Josef Winckler, German dentist/writer (Tolle Bomberg), dies at 84 on January - 29.
1967 Wlodzimierz Pozniak, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.
1968 On January - 29 laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, cricketer (Test for India), dies
1970 On this day in history basil H Liddell Hart, English military historian, dies at 74
1973 Johannes Paul Thilman, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1976 Michael Gwynn, actor (Dunkirk, Barabbas, Cleopatra), dies at 59 on this day in history.
1977 On this day in history e P "Buster" Nupen, cricketer (50 wickets for S Af, lost eye), dies
1978 Tim McCoy, actor (Arizona Bound), dies at 86 on January - 29.
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 this day in history.
1986 On this day in history leif Erickson, actor (John-High Chaparral), dies at 74
1987 On this day in history ivo Lhotka-Kalinski, composer, dies at 73
1988 Death of Bantcho Bantchevsky, US opera singer, commits suicide on this day in history.
1989 On January - 29 death of halina Konopacka, Polish athlete (b. 1900)
1991 Yasushi Inoue, Japanese historian, dies on this day in history.
1992 Willie Dixon, blues composer (I'm a Man, Backdoor Man), dies at 76 on January - 29.
1993 On January - 29 hank Werba, [Herman Werblowski], US journalist (Variety), dies at 79
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