Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In April - 27

1950  On this day in history adam Tadeusz Wieniawski, composer, dies at 70   

1951  Philip Albert Myburgh Hands, cricketer (7 Tests for S Africa), dies on April - 27.   

1952  Death of Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician (b. 1865) on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history mario A Gianini, creator (maraschino cherry), dies   

1959  On this day in history gordon Armstrong, inventor (baby incubator), dies   

1961  Roy Del Ruth, director (About Face, Folies Bergere), dies at 67 on April - 27.   

1962  Death of A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bengali statesman (b. 1873) on this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history georg Britting, writer, dies at 73   

1965  Alan Bunce, actor (Albert-Ethel & Albert), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1969  Dino Terranova, actor (Young Dillinger), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1970  Arthur Shields, actor (Your Show Time), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1972  Kwame Nkrumah, president of Ghana, dies at 62 on April - 27.   

1973  On April - 27 jim Sims, cricketer (England leg-spinner in 4 Tests 1935-37), dies   

1975  On April - 27 nicholas Soussanin, actor (Last Command), dies at 86   

1977  Stanley Adams, actor (Lillies of the Field, Thunder Alley), dies at 61 on April - 27.   

1978  Death of Mohammed Daud, premier/president of Afghanistan, murdered on this day in history.   

1982  Tom Tully, actor (Line-up, Shane), dies at 85 on April - 27.   

1984  On this day in history piet Kraak, Dutch soccer player, dies at 63   

1988  On April - 27 death of david Scarboro, British actor (b. 1968)   

1989  On April - 27 death of konosuke Matsushita, Japanese industrialist (b. 1894)   

1991  On April - 27 ken Curtis, actor (Lost, Freckles, Calif Gold Rush), dies at 74   

1992  Olivier Messiaen, French composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1993  On April - 27 hans Sahl, German/US writer (Tie Exil im Exil), dies at 90   

1994  Jerome Lejeune, physiologist, dies at 69 on April - 27.   

1995  On this day in history death of willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer (b. 1921)   

1996  On this day in history joan Sterndale Bennett, actress (Elizabeth-Dark Shadows), dies at 86   

1997  On this day in history paul Lambert, actor (Tom-Executive Suite), dies at 73   

1998  Death of Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-born writer (b. 1925) on April - 27.   

1999  Death of Al Hirt, American trumpeter (b. 1922) on this day in history.   

2000  Death of Vicki Sue Robinson, American singer (b. 1954) on this day in history.   

2002  On this day in history death of george Alec Effinger, American author (b. 1947)   

2006  Death of Julia Thorne, ex-wife of John Kerry (b. 1944) on this day in history.   

2007  Death of Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (b. 1927) on April - 27.   

2009  Death of Frankie Manning, an American dancer, instructor, choreographer, and one of the founding fathers of Lindy Hop. (b. 1914) on April - 27.   

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1410  John Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia was born on this day in history.   

1495  On April - 27 birth of suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566)   

1623  On April - 27 birth of johann Adam Reincken, composer   

1650  On this day in history birth of charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714)   

1701  Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia was born on this day in history.   

1707  On April - 27 birth of john Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens   

1718  Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.   

1724  Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer was born on April - 27.