Famous Deaths In April - 05

1922  Charles F A Woeste, Belgian count/min of Justice, dies at 85 on April - 05.   

1923  Death of George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English financier (b. 1866) on April - 05.   

1928  On April - 05 jane Ellen Harrison, scholar/archaeologist, dies   

1934  On April - 05 salvatore Di Giacomo, composer, dies at 74   

1935  Emil Mlynarski, composer, dies at 64 on April - 05.   

1939  William Cooper, cricketer (two Tests for Australia 1882-84), dies on this day in history.   

1941  Death of Sir Nigel Gresley, Steam locomotive engineer (b. 1876) on this day in history.   

1943  Death of AleÅ¡ Hrdlička, Czech anthropologist (b. 1869) on this day in history.   

1944  Isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter), dies at 90 on April - 05.   

1945  On this day in history huldreich Georg Fruh, composer, dies at 41   

1946  Vincent Millie Youmans, US composer (Tea For Two), dies at 47 on April - 05.   

1951  Edward Rigby, dies at 72 on April - 05.   

1952  Henri Vandeputte, Belgian writer (L'Autre Vie), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history claude Delvincourt, composer, dies at 66   

1958  On this day in history jozef Brems, Flemish apostole vicar of Denmark, dies at 87   

1960  Alma Kruger, actor (Made For Each Other), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1963  Jacobus JP Old, architect/co-founder (The Style), dies at 73 on April - 05.   

1964  On April - 05 douglas MacArthur, US general (Pacific theater-WW II), dies at 84   

1966  On this day in history sven Fleuron, writer, dies at 91   

1967  Death of Hermann Joseph Muller, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (b. 1890) on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history lois Andrews, dies of lung cancer at 44   

1969  Gabriel M-E-R Chevallier, French author (La Peur), dies at 73 on April - 05.   

1970  Jacob H "Jaap" Stotijn, oboist/conductor, dies at 78 on April - 05.   

1972  On April - 05 brian Donlevy, actor (Steve-Dangerous Assignment), dies at 73   

1973  Death of John Coleman, Australian rules footballer (b. 1928) on this day in history.   

1974  William Hudson, actor (I Led 3 Lives), dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1975  On April - 05 inez Courtney, dies at 67   

1976  Howard Hughes, reclusive billionaire, dies at 72 on April - 05.   

1977  On April - 05 john Marriott, dies at 83   

1979  Death of Eugène Gabritschevsky, Russian biologist and artist (b. 1893) on April - 05.   

1981  On this day in history bob "Bear" Hite, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a heart attack at 36   

1982  Abe Fortas, Supreme court justice, dies at 71 on April - 05.   

1983  On this day in history death of danny Rapp, American musician (Danny & the Juniors) (b. 1941)   

1984  Arthur Travors Harris, marshal of British RAF, dies on this day in history.   

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1288  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336)   

1472  Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510) was born on this day in history.   

1523  Blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596) was born on April - 05.   

1588  On this day in history birth of thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan)   

1595  John Wilson, composer was born on April - 05.   

1598  On April - 05 birth of laurentius Erhard, composer   

1604  Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675) was born on April - 05.   

1622  On April - 05 birth of vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703)