Famous Deaths In July - 04

1857  On July - 04 death of william L. Marcy, American statesman (b. 1786)  

1863  On this day in history paul Joseph Revere, US grandson of Paul Revere/Union brig-gen, dies  

1881  Death of Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish statesman (b. 1806) on this day in history.  

1882  On this day in history death of joseph Brackett, American composer (b. 1797)  

1888  On this day in history theodor Storm, German judge/author (Schimmelreiter), dies at 70  

1889  On July - 04 auguste Mermet, composer, dies at 79  

1891  On July - 04 frederic Louis Ritter, composer, dies at 67  

1901  On July - 04 john Fiske, [Edmund Fisk Green], US historian/philosopher, dies  

1902  Death of Swami Vivekananda, Indian spiritual leader (b. 1863) on this day in history.  

1905  Death of Élisée Reclus, French anarchist (b. 1830) on this day in history.  

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1910  Giovanni V Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (Mars), dies at 75 on July - 04.  

1916  On this day in history death of alan Seeger, American war poet (b. 1888)  

1917  Johan H C Kern, Dutch linguist (Sanskreet), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

1922  On this day in history death of lothar von Richthofen, German pilot (b. 1894)  

1923  On July - 04 florimond Fonteyne, Flemish priest/politician (Volkseeuw), dies at 67  

1926  On July - 04 death of pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian Saint (b. 1901)  

1929  Otto Taubmann, composer, dies at 70 on July - 04.  

1931  On this day in history emanuele F duke of Aosta, Italian WW I-general/fascist, dies at 62  

1934  "Madame" Marie Curie-Sklodovska, Polish/French chemist, dies on July - 04.  

1938  Otto Bauer, Austrian social democrat, dies at 56 on July - 04.  

1941  Death of Antoni Łomnicki, Polish mathematician (b. 1881) on this day in history.  

1943  Wladyslaw Sikorski, gen/PM of Poland in exile (1939-43), dies at 62 on July - 04.  

1946  On this day in history othenio Able, Austria paleontology, dies at 71  

1948  Death of Monteiro Lobato, Brazilian writer (b. 1882) on July - 04.  

1952  On this day in history walter Long, dies at 73  

1957  On July - 04 judy Tyler, actress (Princess-Howdy Doody), dies at 24 in car crash  

1958  Adolf Herckenrath, Flemish playwright/poet (Avondvlam), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1961  On this day in history franklyn Farnum, dies of cancer at 83  

1962  On this day in history rex Bell, actor/lt-gov (Nevada), dies of heart attack at 56  

1963  On this day in history fritz Reuter, composer, dies at 66  

1970  On July - 04 harold Vanderbilt, America Cup winner (1930, 34, 37), dies at 85  

1971  Don McPherson, rocker, dies at 29 on this day in history.  

1973  On July - 04 leonid Stein, Russian chess player, dies at about 39  

1974  Mohammed SA al-Hoesseini, Mufti of Jerusalem/pres Com Palestine, dies on this day in history.  

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1330  On July - 04 birth of ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (d. 1367)  

1546  On this day in history birth of murad III, sultan of Turkey (1574-95)  

1546  On this day in history birth of murat III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1595)  

1610  Cornelis Evertsen, the Elder, Dutch/Swiss vice-admiral was born on this day in history.  

1610  Paul Scarron, French playwright (Virgile Travesti) was born on July - 04.  

1669  On this day in history birth of alexander von Papenhoven, Flemish religious sculptor  

1694  On July - 04 birth of louis-Claude Daquin, [d'Acquin], French organist/composer (La Rose)  

1715  Christian F Gellert, Saxony, poet/novelist (Fables & Tales) was born on July - 04.