Famous Deaths In May - 07

1915  Alfred G Vanderbilt, US millionaire, dies aboard Lusitania on May - 07.   

1922  On May - 07 death of max Wagenknecht, German composer (b. 1857)   

1925  Death of William Hesketh Lever, First Viscount Leverhulme (b. 1851) on May - 07.   

1928  On this day in history alexander Afanasii Spendiaryan, composer, dies at 56   

1929  On May - 07 death of albert Anselmi, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone   

1932  On May - 07 albert Thomas, French social minister of Weapon production, dies   

1934  Edward Naylor, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1940  Death of George Lansbury, Labour Party Leader (b. 1859) on May - 07.   

1941  David Wijnkoop, revolutionary socialist, dies on this day in history.   

1942  Felix Paul von Weingartner, Austria conductor/composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1946  Death of Anton A Mussert, engineer/NSB leader, executed on May - 07.   

1951  Warner Baxter, dies at 62 on May - 07.   

1953  On May - 07 ormerod Pearse, cricketer (55 runs & 3 wkts in 3 Tests for S Af), dies   

1958  On May - 07 nyogen Senzaki, 1st Zen teacher to reside in USA, dies at 81   

1962  Jimmy Conlin, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history judith Evelyn, dies of cancer at 54   

1968  On this day in history lurleen Burns, wife of George Wallace/gov of Alabama, dies at 41   

1970  On this day in history carlos Estrada, composer, dies at 60   

1971  Willem Banning, Dutch theologist/sociologist (Karl Marx), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history irwin Fischer, composer, dies at 73   

1981  Mieczyslaw Kolinski, composer, dies at 79 on May - 07.   

1982  On this day in history alfred Adam, dies at 72   

1983  Peter Edel, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1985  Dawn Addams, actress (Alan Young Show, Star Maidens), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1986  Gaston Deferre, French politician, dies at 75 on May - 07.   

1987  On May - 07 colin Blakely, dies at 56   

1988  On this day in history harris Glenn Divine, dies of natural causes at 42   

1989  On May - 07 guy Williams, actor (Zorro, Lost in Space), dies in Argentina at 65   

1990  On this day in history jessica James, actress (Spring Break), dies of breast cancer at 60   

1993  Mary Philbin, actress (Phantom of the Opera), dies at 89 on May - 07.   

1994  Clement Greenberg, US art critic (Art & Culture), dies at 85 on May - 07.   

1995  Ernest H Martin, impressario, dies at 75 on May - 07.   

1996  On this day in history albert Meltzer, anarchist, dies at 76   

1998  On May - 07 death of allan McLeod Cormack, South African physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1924)   

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1328  On May - 07 birth of louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1365)   

1530  On this day in history birth of louis I Condé, French prince/leader of hugenots   

1574  Innocent X, [Giambattista Pamfili], 236th pope (1644-55) was born on this day in history.   

1643  On May - 07 birth of stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (d. 1700)   

1700  On May - 07 birth of gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist   

1704  On this day in history birth of carl Heinrich Graun, composer   

1724  Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general (d. 1797) was born on May - 07.   

1740  Nikolai Arkharov, Russian general (d. 1814) was born on May - 07.