Famous Deaths In May - 19

1912  On May - 19 death of bolesÅ‚aw Prus, Polish writer (b. 1847)   

1915  Death of John Simpson Kirkpatrick stretcher bearer with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps at Gallipoli during World War I (b. 1892) on May - 19.   

1918  On May - 19 death of raoul Lufbery, French-American World War I fighter pilot and flying ace (b. 1885)   

1922  On this day in history heinrich I Quincke, German internist (postural drainage), dies at 79   

1924  Billy Zulch, cricketer (S Afr batsman scored 2 Test centuries), dies on May - 19.   

1928  Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert, composer, dies at 59 on May - 19.   

1935  Charles Martin Tornow Loeffler, French composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1942  On May - 19 [Nicoline] Magdalene Anchor-Roll, Norwegian author (Enken), dies at 69   

1943  On May - 19 death of kristjan Raud, Estonian painter (b. 1865)   

1945  On this day in history death of philipp Bouhler, German nazi leader (b. 1889)   

1946  Death of Booth Tarkington, American novelist (b. 1869) on May - 19.   

1953  On May - 19 damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish gen/min of War, dies at 79   

1954  On May - 19 aart A van Schelven, church historian (Willem of Orange), dies at 73   

1958  Bruno Sturmer, composer, dies at 65 on May - 19.   

1961  Joe Howard, singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at 94 on May - 19.   

1965  On May - 19 maria Dabrowska, Polish writer (Znaki Zycia), dies   

1966  On this day in history tortoise, reportedly given to Tonga's King by Capt Cook (1773), dies   

1969  On this day in history coleman Hawkins, US jazz musician/composer, dies   

1971  On this day in history bernard Wagenaar, Neth/US composer, dies at 76   

1978  On May - 19 george Gladstone, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1930), dies   

1983  On this day in history jean Rey, Belgian minister, dies   

1986  Death of Jimmy Lyons, American musician (b. 1931) on this day in history.   

1987  Alice B[radley] Sheldon, sci-fi author (Byte Beautiful), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history virginia Farmer, actresss (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 90   

1989  On May - 19 able J Herzberg, Russ/Neth lawyer (Eichmann in Jerusalem), dies   

1991  Douglas L Mays, cartoonist (Punch), dies on May - 19.   

1993  On May - 19 nemesio Antunes, Chilean painter, dies at 75   

1994  On May - 19 henry Morgan, TV panalist (To Tell the Truth), dies of cancer at 74   

1996  Johnny "Guitar" Watson, musician, dies at 61 on May - 19.   

1997  Millie, dog of President Bush (Millie's Book), dies at 12 on this day in history.   

1998  On May - 19 death of sōsuke Uno, Japanese prime minister (b. 1922)   

1999  Death of James Blades, English percussionist (b. 1901) on this day in history.   

2000  On this day in history death of yevgeny Khrunov, cosmonaut (b. 1933)   

2001  On this day in history death of susannah McCorkle, American singer (b. 1946)   

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1469  On May - 19 birth of giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor   

1611  On this day in history birth of innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89)   

1616  Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer was born on May - 19.   

1700  José de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770) was born on this day in history.   

1724  Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779) was born on this day in history.   

1744  On May - 19 birth of charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818)   

1746  Johann Friedrich Peter, composer was born on this day in history.   

1755  On May - 19 birth of gabriele Prota, composer