Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 16

1920  Death of Levi P. Morton, United States Vice President under Benjamin Harrision (b. 1824) on this day in history.   

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

1928  On May - 16 edmund William Grosse, poet/author, dies   

1929  On May - 16 lilli Lehmann, soprano, dies   

1932  On this day in history death of ki Imukai, premier of Japan (1931-32), murdered   

1938  On May - 16 stephen Fairbairn, oarsman/coach, dies   

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

1943  On this day in history death of alfred Hoche, German psychiatrist (b. 1865)   

1944  On May - 16 george Ade, US novelist/playwright (Counsel Widow), dies at 78   

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  On this day in history alec Hearne, cricketer (scored 9 in Test for Eng v S Afr 1892), dies   

1953  Death of Django Reinhardt, Belgian musician (b. 1910) on this day in history.   

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 May - 16.   

1956  On May - 16 death of h. B. Reese, American founder of Reese's (b. 1876)   

1957  On this day in history death of eliot Ness, American federal agent (b. 1903)   

1958  Jeroom Verten [Jozef F Vermetten], Flemish playwright, dies at 49 on May - 16.   

1959  Joe Cook, Stage comedian, dies at 69 on May - 16.   

1961  On May - 16 death of george A. Malcolm, American jurist & educator (b. 1881)   

1966  Death of Randolph Turpin, boxer, shot dead in his home on May - 16.   

1969  On this day in history johnny Jordan, cameraman (You Only Live Twice), dies at 44   

1972  On this day in history maxime Dumoulin, composer, dies at 79   

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

1979  Asa Philip Randolph, labor leader & civil rights pioneer, dies at 90 on May - 16.   

1981  Death of Ernie Freeman, American pianist and arranger (b. 1922) on this day in history.   

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

1984  On May - 16 andy Kaufman, comedian (Latka-Taxi), dies of cancer at 35   

1985  On May - 16 margaret Hamilton, actress (Wicked Witch-Wizard of Oz), dies at 82   

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

1989  On this day in history death of hassan Khaled, sheik of Lebanon, murdered   

1990  On this day in history death of dag Drollet, Cheyenne Brando's boyfriend killed by brother Christian   

1991  On May - 16 prudence Nesbitt, British actress/TV producer, dies   

1992  On this day in history marisa Mell, actress (Hostages), dies of cancer at 53   

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1558  On this day in history birth of andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)   

1578  On this day in history birth of everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606)   

1609  Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands was born on this day in history.   

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

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on this day in history.   

1710  William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782) was born on May - 16.   

1718  On May - 16 birth of maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)   

1748  On this day in history birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch