Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In April - 21

1930  Christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Mother), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1938  Muhammad Iqbal, Brt E Indies lawyer/Pakistan national hero, dies at 65 on April - 21.   

1939  Herman Finck, composer, dies at 66 on April - 21.   

1945  On this day in history john Poston, British major/Montgomery's ADC, dies in battle at 25   

1946  Robert Graham, cricketer (3 wkts for S Afr in 2 Tests 1898-99), dies on this day in history.   

1948  On April - 21 carlos Lopez Buchardo, composer, dies at 66   

1952  Leslie Banks, actor (Henry V, 21 Days, Eye Witness), dies at 61 on April - 21.   

1956  On April - 21 death of charles MacArthur, American writer (b. 1895)   

1961  James Melton, opera tenor (Ford Festival), dies at 57 on April - 21.   

1962  Frederick Handley Page, designer of 1st big airplane (40 seats), dies on this day in history.   

1965  On April - 21 edward V Appleton, English physicist (Nobel Prize 1947), dies at 72   

1967  On April - 21 andre L Danjon, French astronomer, dies at 77   

1968  On April - 21 norman Demuth, composer, dies at 69   

1971  On this day in history edmund Lowe, actor (Front Page Detective), dies at 81   

1973  On this day in history ursula Jeans, actress (Cavalcade, Over the Moon), dies at 66   

1974  Death of Charles "Chic" Harley, American football player (b. 1895) on April - 21.   

1975  Jack Allan Westrup, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history gummo [Milton] Marx, US comic (Marx Brothers), dies at 84   

1978  Sandy Denny, country singer, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history death of aleksandr Oparin, Russian biochemist (b. 1894)   

1981  Harry Lee, cricketer (scored 18 & 1 in only Test for England), dies on April - 21.   

1982  On April - 21 joe Sawyer, actor (Biff O'Hara-Adventures of Rin Tin Tin), dies at 80   

1985  On this day in history rudi Gernreich, US designer (miniskirt), dies at 62   

1986  Death of Salah Jaheen, Egyptian poet and cartoonist (b.1930) on this day in history.   

1987  Edith S Green, (Rep-D-Ore), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history james Kirkwood, actor/writer (Devil's Holiday), dies at 64   

1990  Johnny Beagley, winner of two 1942 World Series games, dies on April - 21.   

1991  On April - 21 richard Bolling, (Rep-D-Missouri), dies at 74   

1992  Death of Robert Harris, murderer, executed in Calif's gas chamber at 39 on April - 21.   

1993  Hal Schumacher, baseball pitcher, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history clement Merk, animal trainer, dies at 93   

1995  On this day in history robert Elliott Storey Wyatt, cricketer, dies at 93   

1996  On April - 21 a H Kardar, cricketer (3 Tests for India & 23 for Pak 1946-58), dies   

1997  Andres Rodriguez, Paraguayan president (1989-93), dies on April - 21.   

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1488  On April - 21 birth of ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot   

1546  Arcangelo Crivelli, composer was born on April - 21.   

1555  Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619) was born on this day in history.   

1619  On April - 21 birth of john A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder (Cape Colony)   

1651  On this day in history birth of blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711)   

1652  Michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719) was born on April - 21.   

1671  John Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729) was born on this day in history.   

1672  Johann Philipp Kafer, composer was born on April - 21.