Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 16

1920  On this day in history death of levi P. Morton, United States Vice President under Benjamin Harrision (b. 1824)   

1926  Mehmed VI Vahideddin (Mohammed Osman), last sultan of Turkey, dies on May - 16.   

1928  Edmund William Grosse, poet/author, dies on May - 16.   

1929  On May - 16 lilli Lehmann, soprano, dies   

1932  Death of Ki Imukai, premier of Japan (1931-32), murdered on this day in history.   

1938  Stephen Fairbairn, oarsman/coach, dies on May - 16.   

1942  Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski, anthropologist, dies on this day in history.   

1943  On May - 16 death of alfred Hoche, German psychiatrist (b. 1865)   

1944  George Ade, US novelist/playwright (Counsel Widow), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1947  Death of Frederick Hopkins, English biochemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1861) on May - 16.   

1949  On May - 16 william Newzam Prior Nicholson, painter/engraver, dies   

1952  Alec Hearne, cricketer (scored 9 in Test for Eng v S Afr 1892), dies on May - 16.   

1953  On May - 16 death of django Reinhardt, Belgian musician (b. 1910)   

1954  On this day in history clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (Vienna State Opera), dies at 61   

1955  James Agee, US critic/writer (Death in Family), dies in NY on this day in history.   

1956  Death of H. B. Reese, American founder of Reese's (b. 1876) on May - 16.   

1957  Death of Eliot Ness, American federal agent (b. 1903) on this day in history.   

1958  On May - 16 jeroom Verten [Jozef F Vermetten], Flemish playwright, dies at 49   

1959  On this day in history joe Cook, Stage comedian, dies at 69   

1961  Death of George A. Malcolm, American jurist & educator (b. 1881) on this day in history.   

1966  On May - 16 death of randolph Turpin, boxer, shot dead in his home   

1969  On May - 16 johnny Jordan, cameraman (You Only Live Twice), dies at 44   

1972  Maxime Dumoulin, composer, dies at 79 on May - 16.   

1975  On this day in history death of michael X, (Abdul Malik), hanged in Trinidad, for murder   

1979  On May - 16 asa Philip Randolph, labor leader & civil rights pioneer, dies at 90   

1981  Death of Ernie Freeman, American pianist and arranger (b. 1922) on May - 16.   

1983  Carel Brons, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history andy Kaufman, comedian (Latka-Taxi), dies of cancer at 35   

1985  Margaret Hamilton, actress (Wicked Witch-Wizard of Oz), dies at 82 on May - 16.   

1988  Kay Baxter, best bodybuilder in the world (1983-85), dies in car crash at 42 on May - 16.   

1989  Death of Hassan Khaled, sheik of Lebanon, murdered on May - 16.   

1990  On May - 16 death of dag Drollet, Cheyenne Brando's boyfriend killed by brother Christian   

1991  On this day in history prudence Nesbitt, British actress/TV producer, dies   

1992  Marisa Mell, actress (Hostages), dies of cancer at 53 on this day in history.   

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1558  On May - 16 birth of andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)   

1578  Everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606) was born on this day in history.   

1609  On this day in history birth of ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands   

1641  On May - 16 birth of dudley North, financier/economist   

1659  On May - 16 birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

1710  On this day in history birth of william Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)   

1718  Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799) was born on May - 16.   

1748  Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch was born on May - 16.