Famous Deaths In January - 06

1884  Gregor Mendel, Augustine monk/heredity pioneer, dies at 61 on January - 06.   

1885  On January - 06 peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer, dies at 72   

1907  Walter Read, cricketer (Engl batsman, 117 at no 10 v Aust 1884), dies on January - 06.   

1913  On this day in history death of frederick Hitch, English Victoria Cross Winner (b. 1856)   

1915  On this day in history reginald Wood, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1886), dies   

1917  On this day in history hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82   

1918  Georg F L P Cantor, German mathematician: collection, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1919  Theodore Roosevelt, 26th Pres (1901-09), dies in NY at 60 on this day in history.   

1922  On this day in history death of jakob Rosanes, German mathematician (b. 1842)   

1928  Alvin C Kraenzlein, track star (Olympic-4 gold-1900), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1929  On this day in history nicolas Nikolayevitch, grand-duke of Russia, dies at 72   

1933  On this day in history death of vladimir de Pachmann, Russian-German pianist (b. 1848)   

1934  Death of Herbert Chapman , Legendary Manager of Arsenal and Huddersfield Town (b. 1878) on January - 06.   

1935  George P Baker, US playwright (Dramatic Technique), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1936  Charles A Stoneham, pres (NY Giants), dies on this day in history.   

1937  On January - 06 death of andré Besette, Canadian religious figure (b. 1845)   

1939  Albert Ward, cricketer (England batsman in 7 Tests 1893-95), dies on this day in history.   

1941  Franz Hessel, writer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1942  Death of Emma Calvé, French soprano (b. 1858) on this day in history.   

1944  On January - 06 death of ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857)   

1945  Death of Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist (b. 1863) on January - 06.   

1950  On January - 06 isaiah Bowman, geographer/co-founder (Geographical Review), dies at 71   

1958  Josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1959  Jose Enrique Pedreira, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1960  Edith Barstow, choreographer (Frankie Laine Time), dies at 52 on January - 06.   

1961  Regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57   

1963  On this day in history lourens GM Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter, dies at 68   

1964  On this day in history edgar Maass, German/US author (Verdun), dies at 67   

1965  On this day in history john Larkin, dir (Circumstanial Evidence), dies of heart attack at 52   

1967  Death of Arnhem "Tata" Joseph Weiss, "the Zigeunerbaron," buried on January - 06.   

1968  On January - 06 kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81   

1972  On this day in history death of chen Yi, Chinese military commander and politician (b. 1901)   

1974  On January - 06 david Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican sculptor/muralist, dies at 77   

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1367  Richard II, Bordeaux, France, king of England (1377-99) was born on this day in history.   

1367  Richard II of England (d. 1400) was born on this day in history.   

1367  Richard II, Bordeaux, France, King of England (1377-99) (d. 1400) was born on this day in history.   

1412  On January - 06 birth of joan of Arc, Domremy, martyr   

1412  Joan of Arc, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431) was born on January - 06.   

1412  On this day in history birth of joan of Arc, Domrémy, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431)   

1486  On January - 06 birth of martin Agricola, [M Sore], German composer/cantor   

1488  On January - 06 birth of helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (Silvae)