Famous Deaths In April - 21

1930  On April - 21 christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Mother), dies at 79   

1938  On this day in history muhammad Iqbal, Brt E Indies lawyer/Pakistan national hero, dies at 65   

1939  On April - 21 herman Finck, composer, dies at 66   

1945  John Poston, British major/Montgomery's ADC, dies in battle at 25 on April - 21.   

1946  Robert Graham, cricketer (3 wkts for S Afr in 2 Tests 1898-99), dies on April - 21.   

1948  On this day in history carlos Lopez Buchardo, composer, dies at 66   

1952  On this day in history leslie Banks, actor (Henry V, 21 Days, Eye Witness), dies at 61   

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

1961  On April - 21 james Melton, opera tenor (Ford Festival), dies at 57   

1962  On this day in history frederick Handley Page, designer of 1st big airplane (40 seats), dies   

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

1967  On this day in history andre L Danjon, French astronomer, dies at 77   

1968  Norman Demuth, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1971  Edmund Lowe, actor (Front Page Detective), dies at 81 on April - 21.   

1973  Ursula Jeans, actress (Cavalcade, Over the Moon), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history death of charles "Chic" Harley, American football player (b. 1895)   

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

1977  Gummo [Milton] Marx, US comic (Marx Brothers), dies at 84 on April - 21.   

1978  On this day in history sandy Denny, country singer, dies at 37   

1980  On April - 21 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  Rudi Gernreich, US designer (miniskirt), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1986  Death of Salah Jaheen, Egyptian poet and cartoonist (b.1930) on April - 21.   

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  Richard Bolling, (Rep-D-Missouri), dies at 74 on April - 21.   

1992  Death of Robert Harris, murderer, executed in Calif's gas chamber at 39 on this day in history.   

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

1994  Clement Merk, animal trainer, dies at 93 on this day in history.   

1995  On April - 21 robert Elliott Storey Wyatt, cricketer, dies at 93   

1996  A H Kardar, cricketer (3 Tests for India & 23 for Pak 1946-58), dies on this day in history.   

1997  On this day in history andres Rodriguez, Paraguayan president (1989-93), dies   

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

1546  On this day in history birth of arcangelo Crivelli, composer   

1555  On this day in history birth of ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619)   

1619  John A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder (Cape Colony) was born on this day in history.   

1651  Blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711) was born on April - 21.   

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

1671  On this day in history birth of john Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729)   

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