Famous Deaths In January - 21

1963  Al St John, actor (Law & Order, Devil Riders), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history joseph Schildkraut, actor (Cleopatra, Diary of Anne Frank), dies at 68   

1965  Harvey Zorbaugh, doctor/TV host (Play the Game), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1967  On January - 21 ann Sheridan, actress (Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies of cancer at 51   

1968  On January - 21 death of will Lang Jr., American magazine executive (b. 1914)   

1971  Richard B Russell, (Sen-D-Ga), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1974  Jan Arends, Dutch poet/author, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1975  On January - 21 marie Lohr, actress (Pygmalion, Small Hotel, Escapade), dies at 84   

1977  John Vincent, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1978  Death of Freda Utley, British scholar and author. (b. 1898) on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history allyn Joslyn, actor (They Won't Forget, Cafe Society), dies at 79   

1984  Jackie Wilson, US singer (I Get the Sweetest Feeling), dies at 49 on January - 21.   

1985  On January - 21 barbara Cowsill, rocker (Cowsills), dies of emphysema   

1987  Pieter G Buckinx, Flemish writer (7th Day), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1988  Abraham Sofaer, actor (Naked Jungle, Elephant Walk), dies on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history death of billy Tipton, American musician (b. 1914)   

1991  Frank Mitchell, actor (Music is Magic, Prairie Gunsmoke), dies on this day in history.   

1992  William T "Champion Jack" Dupree, US boxer/pianist, dies at 81 on January - 21.   

1994  On January - 21 basel al-Assad, Syrian pres Assad son, dies in car accident at 31   

1995  Flavio "Negao" Pires da Conceicao, drug Trafficker, dies at 25 on this day in history.   

1996  Roman Ciesiewicz, artist/graphic designer, dies at 65 on January - 21.   

1997  On this day in history colonel Tom Parker, manager (Elvis Presley), dies at 87   

1998  Death of Jack Lord, American actor (b. 1920) on this day in history.   

1999  Death of Charles Brown, American blues singer and pianist (b. 1920) on this day in history.   

2001  On this day in history death of byron De La Beckwith, American white supremacist (b. 1921)   

2002  Death of Peggy Lee, American singer (b. 1920) on this day in history.   

2003  Death of Paul Haines, American-born Canadian poet (b. 1933) on this day in history.   

2004  Death of Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian writer (b. 1929) on January - 21.   

2005  On January - 21 death of theun de Vries, Dutch writer (b. 1907)   

2006  Death of Ibrahim Rugova, President of Kosovo (b. 1944) on this day in history.   

2007  Death of Maria Cioncan, Romanian athlete (b. 1977) on this day in history.   

2008  On this day in history death of pam Barrett, Canadian politician (b. 1953)   

2010  On this day in history death of paul Quarrington, Canadian novelist, playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker, musician and educator (b. 1953)   

2011  Death of E V V Satyanarayana, Indian Film Director, Producer. (b. 1958) on this day in history.   

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1337  On January - 21 birth of charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80)   

1338  On January - 21 birth of king Charles V of France (d. 1380)   

1571  On this day in history birth of john I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam)   

1659  Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect was born on January - 21.   

1721  On this day in history birth of james Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794)   

1735  Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer was born on this day in history.   

1743  John Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton) was born on this day in history.   

1746  On this day in history birth of johann H Pestalozzi, Zurich Switz, educator (Leonard & Gertrude) [NS]