Famous Deaths In April - 21

1930  On this day in history christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Mother), dies at 79   

1938  Muhammad Iqbal, Brt E Indies lawyer/Pakistan national hero, dies at 65 on April - 21.   

1939  On April - 21 herman Finck, composer, dies at 66   

1945  John Poston, British major/Montgomery's ADC, dies in battle at 25 on April - 21.   

1946  On this day in history robert Graham, cricketer (3 wkts for S Afr in 2 Tests 1898-99), dies   

1948  On this day in history carlos Lopez Buchardo, composer, dies at 66   

1952  On this day in history leslie Banks, actor (Henry V, 21 Days, Eye Witness), dies at 61   

1956  On April - 21 death of charles MacArthur, American writer (b. 1895)   

1961  James Melton, opera tenor (Ford Festival), dies at 57 on April - 21.   

1962  Frederick Handley Page, designer of 1st big airplane (40 seats), dies on this day in history.   

1965  On April - 21 edward V Appleton, English physicist (Nobel Prize 1947), dies at 72   

1967  On April - 21 andre L Danjon, French astronomer, dies at 77   

1968  Norman Demuth, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1971  Edmund Lowe, actor (Front Page Detective), dies at 81 on April - 21.   

1973  Ursula Jeans, actress (Cavalcade, Over the Moon), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1974  Death of Charles "Chic" Harley, American football player (b. 1895) on April - 21.   

1975  On April - 21 jack Allan Westrup, composer, dies at 70   

1977  On April - 21 gummo [Milton] Marx, US comic (Marx Brothers), dies at 84   

1978  Sandy Denny, country singer, dies at 37 on April - 21.   

1980  On April - 21 death of aleksandr Oparin, Russian biochemist (b. 1894)   

1981  Harry Lee, cricketer (scored 18 & 1 in only Test for England), dies on April - 21.   

1982  Joe Sawyer, actor (Biff O'Hara-Adventures of Rin Tin Tin), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history rudi Gernreich, US designer (miniskirt), dies at 62   

1986  Death of Salah Jaheen, Egyptian poet and cartoonist (b.1930) on April - 21.   

1987  Edith S Green, (Rep-D-Ore), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1989  James Kirkwood, actor/writer (Devil's Holiday), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1990  On April - 21 johnny Beagley, winner of two 1942 World Series games, dies   

1991  On April - 21 richard Bolling, (Rep-D-Missouri), dies at 74   

1992  On this day in history death of robert Harris, murderer, executed in Calif's gas chamber at 39   

1993  On this day in history hal Schumacher, baseball pitcher, dies at 82   

1994  On April - 21 clement Merk, animal trainer, dies at 93   

1995  On April - 21 robert Elliott Storey Wyatt, cricketer, dies at 93   

1996  On this day in history a H Kardar, cricketer (3 Tests for India & 23 for Pak 1946-58), dies   

1997  On this day in history andres Rodriguez, Paraguayan president (1989-93), dies   

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1488  On this day in history birth of ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot   

1546  On this day in history birth of arcangelo Crivelli, composer   

1555  On April - 21 birth of ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619)   

1619  John A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder (Cape Colony) was born on April - 21.   

1651  On April - 21 birth of blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711)   

1652  On this day in history birth of michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719)   

1671  John Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729) was born on April - 21.   

1672  On this day in history birth of johann Philipp Kafer, composer