Famous Deaths In May - 07

1915  On May - 07 alfred G Vanderbilt, US millionaire, dies aboard Lusitania   

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  Alexander Afanasii Spendiaryan, composer, dies at 56 on May - 07.   

1929  On May - 07 death of albert Anselmi, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone   

1932  Albert Thomas, French social minister of Weapon production, dies on May - 07.   

1934  Edward Naylor, composer, dies at 67 on May - 07.   

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  On this day in history death of anton A Mussert, engineer/NSB leader, executed   

1951  Warner Baxter, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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

1958  Nyogen Senzaki, 1st Zen teacher to reside in USA, dies at 81 on May - 07.   

1962  Jimmy Conlin, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history judith Evelyn, dies of cancer at 54   

1968  Lurleen Burns, wife of George Wallace/gov of Alabama, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history carlos Estrada, composer, dies at 60   

1971  Willem Banning, Dutch theologist/sociologist (Karl Marx), dies at 83 on May - 07.   

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

1981  Mieczyslaw Kolinski, composer, dies at 79 on May - 07.   

1982  Alfred Adam, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1983  On May - 07 peter Edel, writer, dies   

1985  On May - 07 dawn Addams, actress (Alan Young Show, Star Maidens), dies at 54   

1986  On May - 07 gaston Deferre, French politician, dies at 75   

1987  Colin Blakely, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history harris Glenn Divine, dies of natural causes at 42   

1989  Guy Williams, actor (Zorro, Lost in Space), dies in Argentina at 65 on this day in history.   

1990  On May - 07 jessica James, actress (Spring Break), dies of breast cancer at 60   

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  Ernest H Martin, impressario, dies at 75 on May - 07.   

1996  On this day in history albert Meltzer, anarchist, dies at 76   

1998  Death of Allan McLeod Cormack, South African physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1924) on May - 07.   

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

1530  On this day in history birth of louis I Condé, French prince/leader of hugenots   

1574  Innocent X, [Giambattista Pamfili], 236th pope (1644-55) was born on this day in history.   

1643  Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (d. 1700) was born on May - 07.   

1700  On this day in history birth of gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist   

1704  On this day in history 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.