Famous Deaths In February - 21

1925  Alfred Baldwin Sloan, composer, dies at 52 on February - 21.   

1926  Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1913), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1938  Albert Huybrechts, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history death of frederick Banting, Canadian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1891)   

1944  Death of Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-born race car driver (b. 1873) on February - 21.   

1945  On February - 21 eric Liddell, Scottish runner (Olympic-gold 1924), dies at 43   

1946  On this day in history death of josé Streel, Belgian World War II collaborator (b. 1911)   

1948  On February - 21 frederick Archibald Lamond, composer, dies at 80   

1949  On this day in history ernest Walker, composer, dies at 78   

1951  Anton Roemer, Dutch actor (Gay Death), dies at 63 on February - 21.   

1956  On this day in history edwin Franko Goldman, composer, dies at 78   

1958  Death of Duncan Edwards, English footballer (b. 1936) on this day in history.   

1961  Blaise Cendrars, [Frederic Sauser-Hall], Switz, poet, dies at 73 on February - 21.   

1965  On February - 21 death of malcolm X, [Little], black Moslem leader, assassinated in NYC at 39   

1966  Death of Paul Comtois, French Canadian politician (b. 1895) on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history death of charles Beaumont, American writer (b. 1929)   

1968  On February - 21 anthony Asquith, British director (Court Martial), dies at 65   

1969  On this day in history jose de Capriles, Mexican-born US Olympic fencer, dies   

1971  Adolph Weiss, composer, dies at 79 on February - 21.   

1972  Death of Bronislava Nijinska, Polish-Russian ballet dancer (b. 1891) on this day in history.   

1974  On February - 21 death of tim Horton, Canadian hockey player (b. 1930)   

1976  Florence Ballard, rocker (Supremes), dies at 32 on this day in history.   

1978  Death of MieczysÅ‚aw Å»ywczyÅ„ski, Polish historian and priest (b. 1901) on February - 21.   

1979  On this day in history glendon Gibbs, cricketer (Test Cricket WI v Australia 1955), dies   

1980  On this day in history chester H Lauck, actor (2 Weeks to Live, Goin' to Town), dies at 78   

1982  Death of Murray the K, American impresario and disc jockey (b. 1922) on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history michail A Sholochov, Russian writer (Ocean Don, Nobel 1965), dies   

1985  Eric Herfst, Dutch cabaret performer (Floris), dies at 47 on February - 21.   

1986  Death of Shigechiyo Izumi, Japanese sugarcane farmer, also the world's oldest man ever (b. 1865) on February - 21.   

1989  On February - 21 death of alex Thépot, French footballer (b. 1906)   

1991  Margot Fonteyn, ballerina (1st lady of British Ballet), dies at 71 on February - 21.   

1992  On this day in history eva A Jessye, US singer/actress (Eva Jessye Choir), dies at 97   

1993  On this day in history ferrucci Lamborghini, car maker (Lamborghini), dies at 76   

1994  On this day in history frederick Edward Nicklin, architect, dies at 68   

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1417  Louis IX, Duke of Bayern (University of Ingolstadt) was born on February - 21.   

1484  Joachim I Nestor, elector (Brandenburg, Constitution) was born on February - 21.   

1556  On this day in history birth of sethus Calvisius, composer   

1674  Johann Augustin Kobelius, composer was born on this day in history.   

1675  On February - 21 birth of franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (d. 1750)   

1684  On February - 21 birth of justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator)   

1690  Christoph Stoltzenberg, composer was born on this day in history.   

1705  Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (d. 1781) was born on February - 21.