Famous Deaths In May - 07

1915  Alfred G Vanderbilt, US millionaire, dies aboard Lusitania on this day in history.   

1922  Death of Max Wagenknecht, German composer (b. 1857) on May - 07.   

1925  Death of William Hesketh Lever, First Viscount Leverhulme (b. 1851) on this day in history.   

1928  On May - 07 alexander Afanasii Spendiaryan, composer, dies at 56   

1929  Death of Albert Anselmi, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone on May - 07.   

1932  On May - 07 albert Thomas, French social minister of Weapon production, dies   

1934  Edward Naylor, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1940  Death of George Lansbury, Labour Party Leader (b. 1859) on May - 07.   

1941  On this day in history david Wijnkoop, revolutionary socialist, dies   

1942  Felix Paul von Weingartner, Austria conductor/composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1946  Death of Anton A Mussert, engineer/NSB leader, executed on May - 07.   

1951  On this day in history warner Baxter, dies at 62   

1953  Ormerod Pearse, cricketer (55 runs & 3 wkts in 3 Tests for S Af), dies on May - 07.   

1958  Nyogen Senzaki, 1st Zen teacher to reside in USA, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1962  Jimmy Conlin, dies at 77 on May - 07.   

1967  On May - 07 judith Evelyn, dies of cancer at 54   

1968  Lurleen Burns, wife of George Wallace/gov of Alabama, dies at 41 on May - 07.   

1970  Carlos Estrada, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1971  On May - 07 willem Banning, Dutch theologist/sociologist (Karl Marx), dies at 83   

1977  On this day in history irwin Fischer, composer, dies at 73   

1981  On May - 07 mieczyslaw Kolinski, composer, dies at 79   

1982  Alfred Adam, dies at 72 on May - 07.   

1983  On this day in history peter Edel, writer, dies   

1985  Dawn Addams, actress (Alan Young Show, Star Maidens), dies at 54 on May - 07.   

1986  Gaston Deferre, French politician, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1987  Colin Blakely, dies at 56 on May - 07.   

1988  Harris Glenn Divine, dies of natural causes at 42 on May - 07.   

1989  Guy Williams, actor (Zorro, Lost in Space), dies in Argentina at 65 on May - 07.   

1990  Jessica James, actress (Spring Break), dies of breast cancer at 60 on May - 07.   

1993  On May - 07 mary Philbin, actress (Phantom of the Opera), dies at 89   

1994  On May - 07 clement Greenberg, US art critic (Art & Culture), dies at 85   

1995  On May - 07 ernest H Martin, impressario, dies at 75   

1996  Albert Meltzer, anarchist, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1998  On May - 07 death of allan McLeod Cormack, South African physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1924)   

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1328  Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1365) was born on May - 07.   

1530  On May - 07 birth of louis I Condé, French prince/leader of hugenots   

1574  On May - 07 birth of innocent X, [Giambattista Pamfili], 236th pope (1644-55)   

1643  On this day in history birth of stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (d. 1700)   

1700  On May - 07 birth of gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist   

1704  On May - 07 birth of carl Heinrich Graun, composer   

1724  Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general (d. 1797) was born on this day in history.   

1740  Nikolai Arkharov, Russian general (d. 1814) was born on May - 07.