Famous Deaths In July - 09

1927  Death of John Drew Jr., American actor (b. 1853) on this day in history.  

1932  On July - 09 henry Howell, English cricket fast bowler (5 Tests 1920-24), dies  

1934  Otakar Zich, composer, dies at 55 on July - 09.  

1937  On this day in history death of oliver Law, first African-American commander of U.S. troops (b. 1899)  

1938  Death of Benjamin Cardozo, American jurist (b. 1870) on this day in history.  

1947  On July - 09 death of lucjan Å»eligowski, Polish general (b. 1865)  

1949  Fritz Bennicke Hart, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1951  On July - 09 harry Heilmann, baseball hall of famer outfielder (Det), dies at 56  

1955  Death of Don Beauman, British racing driver (b. 1928) on this day in history.  

1957  On July - 09 alexander Fyodorovich Gedike, composer, dies at 80  

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1960  On July - 09 edward Burlingame Hill, composer, dies at 86  

1961  On July - 09 alan Marshal, actor (Lydia, Irene, Exile Express), dies at 52  

1962  On this day in history louis A van Gasteren, Dutch actor (Willem van Oranje), dies at 74  

1963  Frank Mayo, actor (Santa Fe Trail), dies of heart attack at 74 on July - 09.  

1967  Douglas MacLean, silent film comedian turned producer, dies at 77 on July - 09.  

1968  Allyn Edwards, host (One Minute Please, Mr Citizen), dies at 53 on July - 09.  

1969  Gertrude Dixon, compiler of Shunryu Suzuki's Zen Mind, dies on this day in history.  

1972  On July - 09 death of kwame Nkrumah, re-buried in Nkroful Ghana  

1974  Sonia Gaskell, Russian/Neth choreographer (Diaghilev), dies at 70 on July - 09.  

1977  On July - 09 loren C Eiseley, US anthropologist/writer (Animal Secrets), dies at 69  

1978  On July - 09 death of abdul Razak al-Naif, premier of Iraq, murdered  

1979  On July - 09 betty Evans Grayson, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1959), dies at 53  

1980  Death of Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet and lyricist (b. 1913) on July - 09.  

1981  Allen Ludden, TV show host (Password), dies at 61 on July - 09.  

1983  Death of Keith Wickenden, British Politician (b. 1932) on this day in history.  

1984  Randall Thompson, US composer (Trip to Nahant), dies at 85 on July - 09.  

1985  On this day in history rafael Campos, actor (Ramon-Rhoda, Sancho-V), dies of cancer at 49  

1986  Death of Karl-Heinz Beckurts, West german Siemens manager, murdered on July - 09.  

1988  On July - 09 death of anthony Holland, AIDS sufferer committed suicide at 60  

1990  Brigitte D'Ortschy, Zen teacher Sanbo Kyodan line, dies in Japan at 69 on July - 09.  

1992  On this day in history eric Savareid, News correspondent (CBS), dies at 79  

1993  On July - 09 cut Meijer, [Saul Messel], historian/rabbi to Paramaribo, dies at 80  

1994  On July - 09 cornelius Boyson, bassist, dies at 57  

1995  Jacques Molicard, translator/Navigator, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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1511  On July - 09 birth of dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1571)  

1513  On this day in history birth of john van Hembyze, Flemish calvinist  

1535  On this day in history birth of emanuel van Meteren, Southern Neth, merchant/historian  

1577  On July - 09 birth of thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, English Jamestown colonist (d. 1618)  

1578  Ferdinand II, King of Bohemia/Hungary/German Emperor (1619-37) was born on this day in history.  

1589  On July - 09 birth of johannes a Sancto Thoma, [Poinset], Portuguese theologist  

1654  On this day in history birth of emperor Reigen of Japan (d. 1732)  

1686  On this day in history birth of philip Livingston, American politician (d. 1749)