Famous Deaths 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 this day in history.  

1928  Edmund William Grosse, poet/author, dies on this day in history.  

1929  On this day in history lilli Lehmann, soprano, dies  

1932  On May - 16 death of ki Imukai, premier of Japan (1931-32), murdered  

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

1942  On May - 16 bronislaw Kasper Malinowski, anthropologist, dies  

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

1944  George Ade, US novelist/playwright (Counsel Widow), dies at 78 on May - 16.  

1947  On May - 16 death of frederick Hopkins, English biochemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1861)  

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1949  William Newzam Prior Nicholson, painter/engraver, dies on May - 16.  

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

1953  On this day in history death of django Reinhardt, Belgian musician (b. 1910)  

1954  Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (Vienna State Opera), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1955  James Agee, US critic/writer (Death in Family), dies in NY on May - 16.  

1956  On this day in history death of h. B. Reese, American founder of Reese's (b. 1876)  

1957  Death of Eliot Ness, American federal agent (b. 1903) on May - 16.  

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

1959  Joe Cook, Stage comedian, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1961  On this day in history death of george A. Malcolm, American jurist & educator (b. 1881)  

1966  On this day in history death of randolph Turpin, boxer, shot dead in his home  

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

1972  Maxime Dumoulin, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1975  On May - 16 death of michael X, (Abdul Malik), hanged in Trinidad, for murder  

1979  Asa Philip Randolph, labor leader & civil rights pioneer, dies at 90 on this day in history.  

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

1983  Carel Brons, composer, dies at 52 on May - 16.  

1984  On May - 16 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  On this day in history kay Baxter, best bodybuilder in the world (1983-85), dies in car crash at 42  

1989  On May - 16 death of hassan Khaled, sheik of Lebanon, murdered  

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

1991  Prudence Nesbitt, British actress/TV producer, dies on May - 16.  

1992  Marisa Mell, actress (Hostages), dies of cancer at 53 on May - 16.  

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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 May - 16.  

1609  On May - 16 birth of ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands  

1641  On this day in history birth of dudley North, financier/economist  

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

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

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

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