Famous Deaths In June - 04

1926  On this day in history eugeen of Oye, Flemish writer/poet (Sparks & Radiates), dies   

1929  On this day in history death of harry Frazee, Boston Red Sox owner from 1916-1923 (b. 1881)   

1931  On June - 04 ibn Ali Hussein, King of Hejaz, dies   

1937  Donald Eligon, cricketer (Trinidad, nail in his cricket boot), dies on June - 04.   

1939  Death of Tommy Ladnier, American musician (b. 1900) on June - 04.   

1941  On this day in history wilhelm II von Hohenzollern, emperor (Germany, 1888-1918), dies   

1942  Reinhard Heydrich, German protector (Bohemia/Moravia (Lidice)), dies on June - 04.   

1943  On this day in history jean du Bela, singer/actor (Sobibor), dies at 39   

1945  Georg Kaiser, playwright, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1950  Sam Staples, cricket pace bowler (3 Tests 1927-28), dies on this day in history.   

1951  On June - 04 serge Koussevitsky, conductor/composer, dies at 76   

1954  Harold Hoffman, (Gov-NJ), dies at 58 on June - 04.   

1956  Max Kowalski, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1958  M Lichnowsky, writer, dies at 79 on June - 04.   

1959  On June - 04 charles Vidor, director (Gilda, Farewell to Arms), dies at 58   

1960  Lucien Littlefield, actor (Mr Beasley-Blondie), dies at 64 on June - 04.   

1962  William Beebe, US biologist/explorer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1964  Death of Samuil Marshak, Russian poet (b. 1887) on this day in history.   

1965  Bernard Verhoeven, poet/educator (Pleidooi near een non), dies on this day in history.   

1968  Dorothy Gish, [de Guiche], actress (Home Sweet Home), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1970  On June - 04 hjalmar Schcacht, [Horace Greeley], Nazi minister, dies   

1971  On this day in history death of georg Lukács, Hungarian philosopher (b. 1885)   

1972  On this day in history godfried Devreese, composer, dies at 79   

1973  On this day in history arna Bontemps, writer (Harlem Renaissance), dies at 72 in Nashville   

1975  On June - 04 evelyn Brent, actress (Nitwits, Last Command, Spy Train), dies at 75   

1979  Edward Dawson, cricketer (England batsman in 5 Tests 1927-30), dies on this day in history.   

1989  On June - 04 ayatalloh Ruhullah Khomeini, Iranian leader (-1989), dies at 89   

1990  On this day in history jack Gilford, comedic actor (Cocoon II), dies at 82 of stomach cancer   

1992  On this day in history carl Stotz, founder (baseball's little league), dies at 82   

1993  On this day in history june Smaney, actress (Sainted Sister), dies of apparent suicide at 71   

1994  Derek Lek Leckenby, rock guitarist (Herman's Hermits), dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1995  On June - 04 ernest Borneman, sexual researcher psychotherapist, dies at 80   

1996  On June - 04 tito Okello, president of Uganda (1985-86), dies   

1997  Kurt Adler, therapist/writer, dies at 92 on June - 04.   

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1394  Philippa of England, queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (d. 1430) was born on June - 04.   

1489  On this day in history birth of antoine, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1544)   

1604  Claudia de' Medici, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1648) was born on this day in history.   

1665  Zacharie Robutel de La Noue, Canadian soldier (d. 1733) was born on this day in history.   

1694  Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV was born on this day in history.   

1697  On June - 04 birth of jacob Israel Emden, [Jacob ben Tswi], German rabbi   

1700  Theodoor Verhaegen, Flemish sculptor was born on June - 04.   

1704  Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (d. 1776) was born on this day in history.