Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 24

1894  On May - 24 william Joseph Westbrook, composer, dies at 63   

1895  On May - 24 joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter, dies at 73   

1908  Death of Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (b. 1821) on this day in history.   

1919  On this day in history amado Nervo, [Juan C Ruiz de Nervo], Mexican poet, dies at 48   

1941  Lancelot Holland, British vice-admiral ((WW II/Hood), dies in battle on May - 24.   

1943  On May - 24 vladimir I Nemirovitch-Dantshenko, Russian playwright, dies at 84   

1948  On May - 24 alfred Kastner, composer, dies at 78   

1949  Death of Aleksey Shchusev, Russian architect (b. 1873) on this day in history.   

1950  Death of Archibald Wavell, British general (b. 1883) on May - 24.   

1953  On this day in history cor Hermus, actor (Bleeke Bet, William of Orange, Jantes), dies at 63   

1956  On this day in history guy Kibbee, actor (Capt Blood, Babes in Arms), dies at 74   

1959  On May - 24 john Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State (1953-59), dies at 71   

1963  Elmore James, blues guitarist, dies at 45 of a heart attack on this day in history.   

1968  Bernard Rogers, composer (Warrior, Passion), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1969  Mitzi Green, actress (Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer), dies at 48 on May - 24.   

1972  On this day in history asta Nielsen, actress (Joyless Street), dies at 88   

1974  On this day in history duke Ellington, blues singer, dies of cancer at 75   

1976  On May - 24 henk Lankhorst, pacifist/Dutch MP (PSP), dies at 62   

1979  On this day in history jan Arvan, actor (Red Skelton Show, Zorro), dies   

1981  George Jessel, actor (Diary of a Young Comic), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1984  On May - 24 death of vincent J. McMahon, American pro wrestling promoter (b. 1914)   

1986  On May - 24 gunnar Bjornstrand, actor (7th Seal, Devil's Eye), dies at 76   

1987  On May - 24 hermione Ferdinanda Gingold, actress (Gigi, Music Man), dies at 89   

1988  On May - 24 james "Hamish" Hamilton, Brit publisher (Salinger/Mitford), dies at 87   

1989  On May - 24 herwig Hensen [Flor Mielants], Flemish dramatist/poet, dies at 72   

1991  Gene Clark, folk-rocker (Byrds-Tambourine Man), dies at 49 on May - 24.   

1992  Joan Sanderson, actress (Young Wives' Tale, Fawlty Towers), dies at 79 on May - 24.   

1993  Death of Jesus Posadas Ocampo, Mexican cardinal/archbishop, shot dead at 66 on this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history jean-Pierre E Plooij, Dutch writer (Bird House), dies at 48   

1995  On May - 24 harold Wilson, British PM (1964-70, 74-76), dies of cancer at 79   

1996  Alexander Langsdorf, physicist, dies at 83 on May - 24.   

1997  Edward Mulhare, actor (Ghost & Mrs Muir), dies of lung cancer at 74 on this day in history.   

2000  On this day in history death of kurt Schork, American reporter (b. 1947)   

2002  Death of Wallace Markfield, American writer (b. 1926) on May - 24.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

1522  John Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571) was born on May - 24.   

1544  William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism) was born on May - 24.   

1605  Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church was born on this day in history.   

1610  On May - 24 birth of giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer   

1616  On May - 24 birth of john Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682)   

1619  Philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter was born on this day in history.   

1650  John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist was born on May - 24.   

1671  On May - 24 birth of gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737)