Famous Deaths In January - 29
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1934 Fritz Haber, German chemist (Nobel 1918), dies at 65 on this day in history.
1941 Death of Ioannis Metaxas, Greek gen/dictator (1936-41), commits suicide at 69 on January - 29.
1942 Ladislao Joseph Philip Paul Zavrtal, composer, dies at 92 on this day in history.
1944 On January - 29 william Allen White, US journalist (Emporia Gazette), dies at 75
1946 On this day in history harry L Hopkins, US min of Business (Loan & Lease law), dies at 55
1947 On this day in history fred Barratt, cricket (5 wkts at 47 in 5 Tests for Eng 1929-30), dies
1948 On January - 29 death of tomislav II of Croatia, 4th Duke of Aosta, Italian aristocrat (b. 1900)
1950 On January - 29 death of ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1885)
1951 James Bridie, [Osborne Henry Mavor], dramatist, dies on this day in history.
1955 On this day in history hans Hedtoft, premier of Denmark (1947.. 55), dies at 51
1956 H[enry] L[ouis] Mencken, US essayist/critic (Smart Set), dies at 75 on January - 29.
1960 Louis Jean Heydt, actor (Joe-Waterfront), dies at 54 on January - 29.
1962 On January - 29 fritz Kreisler, Austria/US violinist/composer, dies at 86
1963 On this day in history robert Lee Frost, US poet (New Hampshire, 4 Pulitzers), dies at 88
1964 Alan Ladd, actor (Shane), dies at 50 in Palm Springs Calif on January - 29.
1965 On January - 29 john Larkin, actor (Saints & Sinners, 12 O'Clock High), dies at 52
1966 On this day in history josef Winckler, German dentist/writer (Tolle Bomberg), dies at 84
1967 Wlodzimierz Pozniak, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.
1968 On this day in history laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, cricketer (Test for India), dies
1970 Basil H Liddell Hart, English military historian, dies at 74 on January - 29.
1973 On this day in history johannes Paul Thilman, composer, dies at 67
1976 Michael Gwynn, actor (Dunkirk, Barabbas, Cleopatra), dies at 59 on January - 29.
1977 E P "Buster" Nupen, cricketer (50 wickets for S Af, lost eye), dies on this day in history.
1978 On January - 29 tim McCoy, actor (Arizona Bound), dies at 86
1980 Antonio Molina, composer, dies at 85 on January - 29.
1981 On January - 29 cozy Cole, rocker (Topsy Part II), dies
1984 On this day in history frances Goodrich, (Diary of Anne Frank), dies at 93 of lung cancer
1986 On this day in history leif Erickson, actor (John-High Chaparral), dies at 74
1987 On January - 29 ivo Lhotka-Kalinski, composer, dies at 73
1988 On January - 29 death of bantcho Bantchevsky, US opera singer, commits suicide
1989 Death of Halina Konopacka, Polish athlete (b. 1900) on January - 29.
1991 Yasushi Inoue, Japanese historian, dies on January - 29.
1992 Willie Dixon, blues composer (I'm a Man, Backdoor Man), dies at 76 on this day in history.
1993 Hank Werba, [Herman Werblowski], US journalist (Variety), dies at 79 on this day in history.
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