Famous Deaths In May - 19

1907  Death of Benjamin Baker, English engineer (b. 1840) on this day in history.  

1912  On this day in history death of bolesÅ‚aw Prus, Polish writer (b. 1847)  

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 May - 19.  

1918  On this day in history death of raoul Lufbery, French-American World War I fighter pilot and flying ace (b. 1885)  

1922  On this day in history heinrich I Quincke, German internist (postural drainage), dies at 79  

1924  Billy Zulch, cricketer (S Afr batsman scored 2 Test centuries), dies on May - 19.  

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

1935  Charles Martin Tornow Loeffler, French composer, dies at 74 on May - 19.  

1942  On May - 19 [Nicoline] Magdalene Anchor-Roll, Norwegian author (Enken), dies at 69  

1943  Death of Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter (b. 1865) on May - 19.  

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

1946  Death of Booth Tarkington, American novelist (b. 1869) on this day in history.  

1953  Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish gen/min of War, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1954  Aart A van Schelven, church historian (Willem of Orange), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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

1961  On this day in history joe Howard, singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at 94  

1965  Maria Dabrowska, Polish writer (Znaki Zycia), dies on May - 19.  

1966  Tortoise, reportedly given to Tonga's King by Capt Cook (1773), dies on this day in history.  

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

1971  Bernard Wagenaar, Neth/US composer, dies at 76 on May - 19.  

1978  On this day in history george Gladstone, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1930), dies  

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

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

1987  On this day in history alice B[radley] Sheldon, sci-fi author (Byte Beautiful), dies at 71  

1988  Virginia Farmer, actresss (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 90 on this day in history.  

1989  Able J Herzberg, Russ/Neth lawyer (Eichmann in Jerusalem), dies on May - 19.  

1991  Douglas L Mays, cartoonist (Punch), dies on May - 19.  

1993  On this day in history nemesio Antunes, Chilean painter, dies at 75  

1994  Henry Morgan, TV panalist (To Tell the Truth), dies of cancer at 74 on this day in history.  

1996  On May - 19 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 May - 19.  

1999  On this day in history death of james Blades, English percussionist (b. 1901)  

2000  On this day in history death of yevgeny Khrunov, cosmonaut (b. 1933)  

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

1611  Innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89) was born on May - 19.  

1616  On this day in history birth of johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer  

1700  On May - 19 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 May - 19.  

1746  Johann Friedrich Peter, composer was born on this day in history.  

1755  Gabriele Prota, composer was born on May - 19.