Famous Deaths In July - 04

1857  Death of William L. Marcy, American statesman (b. 1786) on July - 04.   

1863  Paul Joseph Revere, US grandson of Paul Revere/Union brig-gen, dies on this day in history.   

1881  Death of Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish statesman (b. 1806) on July - 04.   

1882  On July - 04 death of joseph Brackett, American composer (b. 1797)   

1888  On July - 04 theodor Storm, German judge/author (Schimmelreiter), dies at 70   

1889  Auguste Mermet, composer, dies at 79 on July - 04.   

1891  Frederic Louis Ritter, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history john Fiske, [Edmund Fisk Green], US historian/philosopher, dies   

1902  Death of Swami Vivekananda, Indian spiritual leader (b. 1863) on this day in history.   

1905  Death of Élisée Reclus, French anarchist (b. 1830) on this day in history.   

1910  Giovanni V Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (Mars), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1916  Death of Alan Seeger, American war poet (b. 1888) on July - 04.   

1917  Johan H C Kern, Dutch linguist (Sanskreet), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1922  Death of Lothar von Richthofen, German pilot (b. 1894) on this day in history.   

1923  Florimond Fonteyne, Flemish priest/politician (Volkseeuw), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1926  Death of Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian Saint (b. 1901) on July - 04.   

1929  Otto Taubmann, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1931  On July - 04 emanuele F duke of Aosta, Italian WW I-general/fascist, dies at 62   

1934  "Madame" Marie Curie-Sklodovska, Polish/French chemist, dies on this day in history.   

1938  Otto Bauer, Austrian social democrat, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history death of antoni Łomnicki, Polish mathematician (b. 1881)   

1943  Wladyslaw Sikorski, gen/PM of Poland in exile (1939-43), dies at 62 on July - 04.   

1946  Othenio Able, Austria paleontology, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1948  On July - 04 death of monteiro Lobato, Brazilian writer (b. 1882)   

1952  Walter Long, dies at 73 on July - 04.   

1957  Judy Tyler, actress (Princess-Howdy Doody), dies at 24 in car crash on July - 04.   

1958  On this day in history adolf Herckenrath, Flemish playwright/poet (Avondvlam), dies at 79   

1961  On July - 04 franklyn Farnum, dies of cancer at 83   

1962  On this day in history rex Bell, actor/lt-gov (Nevada), dies of heart attack at 56   

1963  On this day in history fritz Reuter, composer, dies at 66   

1970  Harold Vanderbilt, America Cup winner (1930, 34, 37), dies at 85 on July - 04.   

1971  Don McPherson, rocker, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

1973  On July - 04 leonid Stein, Russian chess player, dies at about 39   

1974  Mohammed SA al-Hoesseini, Mufti of Jerusalem/pres Com Palestine, dies on July - 04.   

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1330  Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (d. 1367) was born on July - 04.   

1546  On July - 04 birth of murad III, sultan of Turkey (1574-95)   

1546  Murat III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1595) was born on this day in history.   

1610  Cornelis Evertsen, the Elder, Dutch/Swiss vice-admiral was born on July - 04.   

1610  Paul Scarron, French playwright (Virgile Travesti) was born on this day in history.   

1669  On July - 04 birth of alexander von Papenhoven, Flemish religious sculptor   

1694  Louis-Claude Daquin, [d'Acquin], French organist/composer (La Rose) was born on July - 04.   

1715  On this day in history birth of christian F Gellert, Saxony, poet/novelist (Fables & Tales)