Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 19

1912  Death of BolesÅ‚aw Prus, Polish writer (b. 1847) on this day in history.   

1915  Death of John Simpson Kirkpatrick stretcher bearer with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps at Gallipoli during World War I (b. 1892) on this day in history.   

1918  On May - 19 death of raoul Lufbery, French-American World War I fighter pilot and flying ace (b. 1885)   

1922  Heinrich I Quincke, German internist (postural drainage), dies at 79 on May - 19.   

1924  Billy Zulch, cricketer (S Afr batsman scored 2 Test centuries), dies on this day in history.   

1928  Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert, composer, dies at 59 on May - 19.   

1935  On May - 19 charles Martin Tornow Loeffler, French composer, dies at 74   

1942  [Nicoline] Magdalene Anchor-Roll, Norwegian author (Enken), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1943  Death of Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter (b. 1865) on this day in history.   

1945  Death of Philipp Bouhler, German nazi leader (b. 1889) on May - 19.   

1946  On May - 19 death of booth Tarkington, American novelist (b. 1869)   

1953  On this day in history damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish gen/min of War, dies at 79   

1954  Aart A van Schelven, church historian (Willem of Orange), dies at 73 on May - 19.   

1958  On May - 19 bruno Sturmer, composer, dies at 65   

1961  Joe Howard, singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at 94 on May - 19.   

1965  Maria Dabrowska, Polish writer (Znaki Zycia), dies on this day in history.   

1966  On May - 19 tortoise, reportedly given to Tonga's King by Capt Cook (1773), dies   

1969  Coleman Hawkins, US jazz musician/composer, dies on this day in history.   

1971  Bernard Wagenaar, Neth/US composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1978  George Gladstone, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1930), dies on May - 19.   

1983  Jean Rey, Belgian minister, dies on May - 19.   

1986  Death of Jimmy Lyons, American musician (b. 1931) on this day in history.   

1987  Alice B[radley] Sheldon, sci-fi author (Byte Beautiful), dies at 71 on May - 19.   

1988  On this day in history virginia Farmer, actresss (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 90   

1989  Able J Herzberg, Russ/Neth lawyer (Eichmann in Jerusalem), dies on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history douglas L Mays, cartoonist (Punch), dies   

1993  Nemesio Antunes, Chilean painter, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1994  Henry Morgan, TV panalist (To Tell the Truth), dies of cancer at 74 on May - 19.   

1996  On this day in history johnny "Guitar" Watson, musician, dies at 61   

1997  On this day in history millie, dog of President Bush (Millie's Book), dies at 12   

1998  Death of Sōsuke Uno, Japanese prime minister (b. 1922) on this day in history.   

1999  Death of James Blades, English percussionist (b. 1901) on this day in history.   

2000  Death of Yevgeny Khrunov, cosmonaut (b. 1933) on this day in history.   

2001  Death of Susannah McCorkle, American singer (b. 1946) on this day in history.   

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1469  On this day in history birth of giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor   

1611  On this day in history birth of innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89)   

1616  Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer was born on May - 19.   

1700  On this day in history birth of josé de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770)   

1724  Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779) was born on May - 19.   

1744  Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818) was born on this day in history.   

1746  On May - 19 birth of johann Friedrich Peter, composer   

1755  Gabriele Prota, composer was born on this day in history.