Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In April - 01

1922  On this day in history charles I, emperor (Austria)/King of Hungary (Charles IV), dies   

1925  Francis William Davenport, composer, dies at 77 on April - 01.   

1930  On April - 01 cosima Liszt, wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner, dies at 92   

1933  On April - 01 frederick Lord Chelmsford, viceroy of Brit-Ind (1916-21), dies at 64   

1936  On this day in history mikhail Vladimirovich Ivanov-Boretsky, composer, dies at 61   

1941  On April - 01 hippolyte Delehaye, Flemish historian, dies at 81   

1946  On April - 01 noah Beery, actor (Beau Geste, Cimarron Kid, Mammy), dies at 62   

1947  On this day in history george II, king of Greece, dies at 56   

1950  On this day in history charles R Drew, surgeon/developer of blood bank concept, dies at 45   

1951  Clement D'Hooghe, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history silvio d'Amico, Italian theater critic (Il Teatro Italian), dies at 68   

1957  Gheorge Tatarescu, premier Romania (1933-37, 39-40), dies on this day in history.   

1960  On April - 01 piet[er O] Bakker, Dutch journalist/writer (Ciske), dies at 62   

1964  Bozidar Kunc, composer, dies at 60 on April - 01.   

1965  Henry D G Crerar, Canadian general (WW I, Normandy), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1966  On April - 01 karl B Adam, German theologist (Jesus Christ), dies at 89   

1968  Lev D Landau, Russian physicist (Nobel 1962), dies at 59 on April - 01.   

1973  Arthur Wood, cricket wicket-keeper (England 1938-39), dies on April - 01.   

1974  On April - 01 alfred Ernest Whitehead, composer, dies at 86   

1975  On April - 01 eugeen Yoors, Flemish draftsman/glass painter, dies at 95   

1976  On April - 01 freddie Lennon, father of John Lennon (Beatles), dies at 63   

1979  Marinus Peijnenburg, Dutch politician, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history d[ennis] F[eltham] Jones, sci-fi author (Colossus), dies at 65   

1984  Death of Marvin Gaye, singer (Sexual Healing), shot to death by his father Marvin Gaye Sr in LA at 44 on April - 01.   

1985  Death of Douglass Wallop, American novelist and playwright (b. 1920) on April - 01.   

1988  On April - 01 jim Jordan, actor (Fibber McGee), dies from a blod clot at 91   

1989  Henk Gortzak, Dutch MP (CPN/PSP), dies at 57 on April - 01.   

1991  Martha Graham, US, choreographer (Appalachian Spring), dies at 96 on this day in history.   

1992  On this day in history juanito, soccer star (Madrid Real 1977-87), dies at 37 in car crash   

1993  On this day in history alan Kulwicki, stock car racer, dies in plane crash at 38   

1994  On this day in history leon Degrelle, Belgium general, dies   

1995  On April - 01 cheryl Waltz, author/film producer, dies at 50   

1996  On April - 01 alfredo Nobre Coast, PM of Portugal (1978), dies   

1997  Jolie Gabor, mother of Zsa Zsa & Eva, dies at 97 on this day in history.   

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1220  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272)   

1283  On April - 01 birth of ludwig IV of Baveria, Roman Catholic Bavarian emperor (1314-47)   

1543  On this day in history birth of françois de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (d. 1626)   

1578  On this day in history birth of william Harvey, England, physician (discovered blood circulation)   

1582  On April - 01 birth of gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter   

1582  On April - 01 birth of thomas Simpson, composer   

1610  On April - 01 birth of charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (d. 1703)   

1640  Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697) was born on this day in history.