Famous Deaths In May - 02

1937  On May - 02 arthur Somervell, composer, dies at 73   

1945  Martin Bormann, propoganda minister for Hitler, dies on May - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

1955  Tadeusz Jarecki, composer, dies at 66 on May - 02.   

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

1963  On May - 02 jack Crawford, cricketer (469 runs & 39 wickets in 12 Tests), dies   

1964  Nancy N Witcher Astor, US/Eng feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor, dies on this day in history.   

1968  On May - 02 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 May - 02 alan Carney, actor (Herbie-Take it from Me), dies at 61   

1979  On May - 02 death of giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)   

1980  Clarrie Grimmett, cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216 wickets), dies on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history death of helmut Dantine   

1983  Marius F Duintjer, architect, dies on May - 02.   

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  On May - 02 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  Joey Cuevas, dancer, dies at 34 on this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history julio Gallo, wine maker (Gallo), dies in a car accident at 82   

1994  Louis Calaferte, writer (Requiem of the Innocents), dies at 65 on May - 02.   

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

1996  On May - 02 arthur Leslie Noel Douglas Houghton, civil servant, dies at 97   

1997  Death of Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator (b. 1921) on May - 02.   

1998  On May - 02 death of gene Raymond, American actor (b. 1908)   

1999  On May - 02 death of oliver Reed, English actor (b. 1938)   

2001  Death of Ted Rogers, British comedian (b. 1935) on May - 02.   

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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 May - 02.   

1458  On May - 02 birth of leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)   

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 May - 02.   

1660  On May - 02 birth of pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane)   

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

1702  On this day in history birth of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)