Famous Deaths In May - 02

1937  On May - 02 arthur Somervell, composer, dies at 73   

1945  Martin Bormann, propoganda minister for Hitler, dies on this day in history.   

1947  Death of Dorothea Binz, Nazi war criminal (b. 1920) on this day in history.   

1954  On May - 02 pauline de Cock-Manifarges, singer, dies at 82   

1955  Tadeusz Jarecki, composer, dies at 66 on May - 02.   

1957  On May - 02 joseph McCarthy, commie hunting senator (R-Wisc), dies at 47   

1958  Alfred Weber, German economist/sociologist, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history death of caryl Chessman, rapist executed after 12 years of appeals at 39   

1961  J C White, cricketer (49 wickets in 15 Tests for Engld 1921-31), dies on May - 02.   

1963  Jack Crawford, cricketer (469 runs & 39 wickets in 12 Tests), dies on this day in history.   

1964  Nancy N Witcher Astor, US/Eng feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor, dies on this day in history.   

1968  Donald L Hall, airplane designer (Spirit of St Louis), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1969  On May - 02 franz JHMM von Papen, German chancellor (1932), dies at 89   

1972  Hugo Hartung, writer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1973  On May - 02 alan Carney, actor (Herbie-Take it from Me), dies at 61   

1979  Death of Giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903) on May - 02.   

1980  Clarrie Grimmett, cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216 wickets), dies on May - 02.   

1982  On this day in history death of helmut Dantine   

1983  Marius F Duintjer, architect, dies on May - 02.   

1984  On this day in history jack Barry, game show emcee (Joker's Wild), dies at 66   

1985  On this day in history hal LeRoy, dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after surgery   

1986  On May - 02 death of henri Toivonen, Finnish rallydriver (b.1956)   

1989  On this day in history death of giuseppe Siri, Italian Catholic Cardinal (b. 1906)   

1990  Death of David Rappaport, 3'11' actor (Wizard, LA Law), shoots himself at 38 on May - 02.   

1991  On this day in history hal Bell, dies at 65   

1992  Joey Cuevas, dancer, dies at 34 on this day in history.   

1993  Julio Gallo, wine maker (Gallo), dies in a car accident at 82 on May - 02.   

1994  Louis Calaferte, writer (Requiem of the Innocents), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1995  On this day in history death of michael Hordern, English actor (b. 1911)   

1996  Arthur Leslie Noel Douglas Houghton, civil servant, dies at 97 on this day in history.   

1997  On May - 02 death of paulo Freire, Brazilian educator (b. 1921)   

1998  Death of Gene Raymond, American actor (b. 1908) on May - 02.   

1999  On this day in history death of oliver Reed, English actor (b. 1938)   

2001  Death of Ted Rogers, British comedian (b. 1935) on this day in history.   

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1360  On May - 02 birth of yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)   

1451  On May - 02 birth of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)   

1458  Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525) was born on May - 02.   

1551  On this day in history birth of william Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales)   

1601  Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern) was born on this day in history.   

1660  Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane) was born on May - 02.   

1695  Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766) was born on May - 02.   

1702  Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782) was born on May - 02.