Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 02

1937  On this day in history arthur Somervell, composer, dies at 73   

1945  On May - 02 martin Bormann, propoganda minister for Hitler, dies   

1947  On May - 02 death of dorothea Binz, Nazi war criminal (b. 1920)   

1954  Pauline de Cock-Manifarges, singer, dies at 82 on May - 02.   

1955  Tadeusz Jarecki, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1957  Joseph McCarthy, commie hunting senator (R-Wisc), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1958  Alfred Weber, German economist/sociologist, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1960  On May - 02 death of caryl Chessman, rapist executed after 12 years of appeals at 39   

1961  On this day in history j C White, cricketer (49 wickets in 15 Tests for Engld 1921-31), dies   

1963  Jack Crawford, cricketer (469 runs & 39 wickets in 12 Tests), dies on May - 02.   

1964  On May - 02 nancy N Witcher Astor, US/Eng feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor, dies   

1968  On this day in history donald L Hall, airplane designer (Spirit of St Louis), dies at 69   

1969  Franz JHMM von Papen, German chancellor (1932), dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history hugo Hartung, writer, dies at 69   

1973  On this day in history alan Carney, actor (Herbie-Take it from Me), dies at 61   

1979  Death of Giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903) on May - 02.   

1980  Clarrie Grimmett, cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216 wickets), dies on May - 02.   

1982  Death of Helmut Dantine on May - 02.   

1983  Marius F Duintjer, architect, dies on this day in history.   

1984  On May - 02 jack Barry, game show emcee (Joker's Wild), dies at 66   

1985  Hal LeRoy, dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after surgery on May - 02.   

1986  On May - 02 death of henri Toivonen, Finnish rallydriver (b.1956)   

1989  Death of Giuseppe Siri, Italian Catholic Cardinal (b. 1906) on May - 02.   

1990  On May - 02 death of david Rappaport, 3'11' actor (Wizard, LA Law), shoots himself at 38   

1991  Hal Bell, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1992  Joey Cuevas, dancer, dies at 34 on this day in history.   

1993  Julio Gallo, wine maker (Gallo), dies in a car accident at 82 on this day in history.   

1994  Louis Calaferte, writer (Requiem of the Innocents), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1995  On May - 02 death of michael Hordern, English actor (b. 1911)   

1996  On this day in history arthur Leslie Noel Douglas Houghton, civil servant, dies at 97   

1997  On this day in history death of paulo Freire, Brazilian educator (b. 1921)   

1998  Death of Gene Raymond, American actor (b. 1908) on this day in history.   

1999  On this day in history death of oliver Reed, English actor (b. 1938)   

2001  On May - 02 death of ted Rogers, British comedian (b. 1935)   

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1360  On May - 02 birth of yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)   

1451  René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508) was born on this day in history.   

1458  On this day in history birth of leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)   

1551  On May - 02 birth of william Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales)   

1601  Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern) was born on this day in history.   

1660  Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane) was born on May - 02.   

1695  Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766) was born on this day in history.   

1702  Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.