Famous Deaths In January - 25

1925  Death of Ivan Vucetic, Croatian anthropologist (b. 1858) on January - 25.   

1940  Death of Elias Simojoki, Finnish clergyman and politician (b. 1899) on January - 25.   

1942  On January - 25 eugene Samuel-Holeman, composer, dies at 78   

1947  Al Capone, Chicago gangster, dies of syphilis at 48 on this day in history.   

1949  Emil Axman, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1952  Sveinn Bjornsson, Danish 1st pres of Iceland (1944-52), dies at 70 on January - 25.   

1957  On January - 25 death of kiyoshi Shiga, Japanese physician and bacteriologist (b. 1871)   

1960  On January - 25 diana Barrymore, actress (Ladies Courageous), dies at 38   

1963  On January - 25 wilson Kettle, Nfld, dies at 102, leaving 582 living descendents   

1965  Staff Nees, Flemish composer (Maria-oratorio), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history virginia Maskell, actress (Only Two Can Play), dies at 31   

1969  On January - 25 death of irene Castle, English dancer (b. 1887)   

1970  On this day in history eunice Hunton Carter, 1st black female DA in NY, dies at 70   

1972  On this day in history death of erhard Milch, German field marshal (b. 1892)   

1975  On this day in history vivien Kellems, TV hostess (The Power of Women), dies at 78   

1977  On this day in history donald Kerr, actor (Devil Bat, Killer Bats), dies at 85   

1978  On January - 25 tango Duke, dies in Australia at 42; oldest known thoroughbred horse   

1979  J Robertson Hare, actor (Fighting Stock), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history david Newell, actor (Dangerous Curves, White Heat), dies at 75   

1981  On this day in history adele Marie Astaire, sister of Fred Astaire, dies at 82   

1982  Mihail A Suslov, Soviet party ideologist, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1986  On January - 25 ernst Schnabel, writer, dies at 72   

1987  Emil Hlobil, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history colleen Moore, actress (These Girls Won't Talk), dies at 87   

1990  On this day in history alexander Lockwood, actor (Duel), dies   

1991  On this day in history stanley Brock, actor (Tin Men), dies of heart attack at 59   

1992  John Touchstone, actor (Across Five Aprils), dies of cirrhosis at 59 on this day in history.   

1994  On January - 25 stephen Cole Kleene, mathematician (Regular Expressions), dies at 85   

1995  On this day in history peter Black, TV critic, dies at 82   

1996  On January - 25 death of jonathan Larson, composer, dead Aortic aneurysm at 35   

1997  On January - 25 herbert Eugene Caen, columnist, dies at 80   

1998  On January - 25 mohammad Yusuf Khan, prime minister of Afganistan in (1963-65), dies   

1999  Death of Sarah "Sadie" Delany, American author (b. 1889) on January - 25.   

2003  Death of Samuel Weems, Arkansas judge (b. 1936) on this day in history.   

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1037  Su Tung-p'o, [J Sotoba], China, layman/poet/administrator [or Dec 19] was born on this day in history.   

1477  On this day in history birth of anna de Bretagne, wife of Maximilian of Austria & Louis XII   

1509  On this day in history birth of giovanni Morone, Italian theologist/diplomat/cardinal/"heretic"   

1540  On this day in history birth of edmund Campion, London, saint/Jesuit martyr (Decem Rationes)   

1615  On January - 25 birth of govert Flinck, Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob)   

1626  On January - 25 birth of john van de Cappelle, Amsterdam, landscape painter   

1627  Robert Boyle, Ireld, physicist/chemist/author (experiments with color) was born on January - 25.   

1634  Gaspar Fagel, lawyer/pension advisor of Holland (1672-88) was born on this day in history.