Famous Deaths In September - 21

1904  On September - 21 chief Joseph, US indian chief (Nez Perces), dies   

1905  On this day in history rudolf Baumbach, writer of German student drinking songs, dies at 64   

1906  Death of Samuel Arnold, Lincoln conspirator (b. 1838) on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist/composer (Spanish Dancer), dies   

1911  Arab Pasha, "al-Misri" [Pasha Ahmad Arab), Egyptian minister, dies on this day in history.   

1915  Anthony Comstock, anti-vice crusader, dies at 71 in NYC on this day in history.   

1922  Tom Armitage, cricketer (England lob bowler v Australia 1877), dies on this day in history.   

1926  Death of Leon Charles Thevenin, French telegraph engineer (b. 1857) on September - 21.   

1937  Henri [Lucien] Capitant, French lawyer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1938  Death of Ivana Brlic-Mazuranic Croatian writer (b. 1874) on September - 21.   

1939  On this day in history death of armand Calinescu, premier of Romania, murdered   

1946  On this day in history leo Bittermieux, Flemish missionary (Congo), dies at 66   

1947  On this day in history harry Carey Sr, actor/director (Red River, Sundown), dies at 69   

1953  On September - 21 roger Quilter, British composer, dies at 75   

1954  Death of Kokichi Mikimoto, Japanese inventor (b. 1858) on September - 21.   

1956  On September - 21 death of anastasio Somoza, Nicaraguan dictator, assassinated by Roliberto Lopez   

1957  Haakon VII (CF Charles WA), Danish king of Norway (1905-57), dies on September - 21.   

1961  On this day in history earle Dickson, inventor (band-aid), dies at 68   

1963  Death of Paulino Masip, Spanish playwright (b. 1899) on September - 21.   

1964  On this day in history death of jim Koethe, Dallas Times Herald reporter, killed by karate chop   

1966  On September - 21 paul Reynaud, premier France (1940), dies   

1970  Gijsbert Friedhoff, architect (Wibautstrat tax office), dies on this day in history.   

1971  Death of Bernardo Houssay, Argentine physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887) on September - 21.   

1972  On this day in history henry M de Montherlant, French author (Port Royal), dies at 76   

1973  Diana Sands, actress (Landlord, Raisin in the Sun), dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history jacqueline Susann, author (Valley of the Dolls), dies of cancer at 53   

1976  On this day in history orlando Letelier, minister Chile, dies   

1979  On September - 21 john McQuade, actor (Charlie Wild Private Detective), dies at 73   

1980  On September - 21 ernest White, composer, dies at 80   

1981  Nigel Patrick, actor/director (Sapphire, Prize of Gold), dies at 68 on September - 21.   

1982  Death of Hovhannes Bagramyan, Soviet general (b. 1897) on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history death of gu Long, Taiwanese writer of wuxia novels (b. 1937)   

1986  Pierre Wigny, Belg minister of Foreign affairs (1958-61), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1987  Ruth Attaway, actress (Porgy & Bess, Conrack, Being There), dies on this day in history.   

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1051  On September - 21 birth of bertha of Savoy, German queen and Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1087)   

1328  On this day in history birth of hongwu Emperor of China (d. 1398)   

1372  Frederik I van Hohenzollern, monarch of Brandenburg (1417-40) was born on September - 21.   

1411  On September - 21 birth of richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (d. 1460)   

1415  Frederick III, Innsbruck Austria, German Emperor (1440-1493) was born on September - 21.   

1428  Jingtai Emperor of China (d. 1457) was born on this day in history.   

1452  Girolamo Savonarola, monk/reformer/dictator of Florence (1494-98) was born on September - 21.   

1527  Matthaus Ludecus, composer was born on this day in history.