Famous Deaths In April - 01

1922  On this day in history charles I, emperor (Austria)/King of Hungary (Charles IV), dies   

1925  On this day in history francis William Davenport, composer, dies at 77   

1930  Cosima Liszt, wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner, dies at 92 on April - 01.   

1933  Frederick Lord Chelmsford, viceroy of Brit-Ind (1916-21), dies at 64 on April - 01.   

1936  Mikhail Vladimirovich Ivanov-Boretsky, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1941  Hippolyte Delehaye, Flemish historian, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1946  On this day in history noah Beery, actor (Beau Geste, Cimarron Kid, Mammy), dies at 62   

1947  On April - 01 george II, king of Greece, dies at 56   

1950  On this day in history charles R Drew, surgeon/developer of blood bank concept, dies at 45   

1951  On April - 01 clement D'Hooghe, composer, dies at 51   

1955  Silvio d'Amico, Italian theater critic (Il Teatro Italian), dies at 68 on April - 01.   

1957  Gheorge Tatarescu, premier Romania (1933-37, 39-40), dies on this day in history.   

1960  On April - 01 piet[er O] Bakker, Dutch journalist/writer (Ciske), dies at 62   

1964  On April - 01 bozidar Kunc, composer, dies at 60   

1965  Henry D G Crerar, Canadian general (WW I, Normandy), dies at 76 on April - 01.   

1966  Karl B Adam, German theologist (Jesus Christ), dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1968  On April - 01 lev D Landau, Russian physicist (Nobel 1962), dies at 59   

1973  On this day in history arthur Wood, cricket wicket-keeper (England 1938-39), dies   

1974  On April - 01 alfred Ernest Whitehead, composer, dies at 86   

1975  Eugeen Yoors, Flemish draftsman/glass painter, dies at 95 on this day in history.   

1976  Freddie Lennon, father of John Lennon (Beatles), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1979  On April - 01 marinus Peijnenburg, Dutch politician, dies at 51   

1981  D[ennis] F[eltham] Jones, sci-fi author (Colossus), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1984  Death of Marvin Gaye, singer (Sexual Healing), shot to death by his father Marvin Gaye Sr in LA at 44 on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history death of douglass Wallop, American novelist and playwright (b. 1920)   

1988  Jim Jordan, actor (Fibber McGee), dies from a blod clot at 91 on April - 01.   

1989  On April - 01 henk Gortzak, Dutch MP (CPN/PSP), dies at 57   

1991  On April - 01 martha Graham, US, choreographer (Appalachian Spring), dies at 96   

1992  Juanito, soccer star (Madrid Real 1977-87), dies at 37 in car crash on this day in history.   

1993  Alan Kulwicki, stock car racer, dies in plane crash at 38 on April - 01.   

1994  On this day in history leon Degrelle, Belgium general, dies   

1995  On April - 01 cheryl Waltz, author/film producer, dies at 50   

1996  Alfredo Nobre Coast, PM of Portugal (1978), dies on this day in history.   

1997  Jolie Gabor, mother of Zsa Zsa & Eva, dies at 97 on April - 01.   

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1220  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272)   

1283  On this day in history birth of ludwig IV of Baveria, Roman Catholic Bavarian emperor (1314-47)   

1543  On April - 01 birth of françois de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (d. 1626)   

1578  On April - 01 birth of william Harvey, England, physician (discovered blood circulation)   

1582  On this day in history birth of gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter   

1582  On April - 01 birth of thomas Simpson, composer   

1610  Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (d. 1703) was born on April - 01.   

1640  On April - 01 birth of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697)