Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 02

1937  Arthur Somervell, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

1947  Death of Dorothea Binz, Nazi war criminal (b. 1920) on this day in history.   

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

1955  On May - 02 tadeusz Jarecki, composer, dies at 66   

1957  On this day in history joseph McCarthy, commie hunting senator (R-Wisc), dies at 47   

1958  On May - 02 alfred Weber, German economist/sociologist, dies at 89   

1960  Death of Caryl Chessman, rapist executed after 12 years of appeals at 39 on this day in history.   

1961  J C White, cricketer (49 wickets in 15 Tests for Engld 1921-31), dies on May - 02.   

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

1964  On this day in history nancy N Witcher Astor, US/Eng feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor, dies   

1968  Donald L Hall, airplane designer (Spirit of St Louis), dies at 69 on May - 02.   

1969  Franz JHMM von Papen, German chancellor (1932), dies at 89 on May - 02.   

1972  Hugo Hartung, writer, dies at 69 on May - 02.   

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  On May - 02 clarrie Grimmett, cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216 wickets), dies   

1982  Death of Helmut Dantine on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history marius F Duintjer, architect, dies   

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

1985  On May - 02 hal LeRoy, dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after surgery   

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

1989  On this day in history death of giuseppe Siri, Italian Catholic Cardinal (b. 1906)   

1990  Death of David Rappaport, 3'11' actor (Wizard, LA Law), shoots himself at 38 on this day in history.   

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

1992  On this day in history joey Cuevas, dancer, dies at 34   

1993  On May - 02 julio Gallo, wine maker (Gallo), dies in a car accident at 82   

1994  On this day in history louis Calaferte, writer (Requiem of the Innocents), dies at 65   

1995  On this day in history death of michael Hordern, English actor (b. 1911)   

1996  Arthur Leslie Noel Douglas Houghton, civil servant, dies at 97 on this day in history.   

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  Death of Oliver Reed, English actor (b. 1938) on May - 02.   

2001  Death of Ted Rogers, British comedian (b. 1935) on this day in history.   

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1360  Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424) was born on May - 02.   

1451  On May - 02 birth of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)   

1458  Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525) was born on this day in history.   

1551  On this day in history birth of william Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales)   

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

1660  On this day in history birth of pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane)   

1695  On May - 02 birth of giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)   

1702  Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782) was born on May - 02.