Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In April - 27

1950  Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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

1952  On this day in history death of guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician (b. 1865)   

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

1959  Gordon Armstrong, inventor (baby incubator), dies on April - 27.   

1961  On April - 27 roy Del Ruth, director (About Face, Folies Bergere), dies at 67   

1962  On this day in history death of a. K. Fazlul Huq, Bengali statesman (b. 1873)   

1964  Georg Britting, writer, dies at 73 on April - 27.   

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

1969  On this day in history dino Terranova, actor (Young Dillinger), dies at 65   

1970  Arthur Shields, actor (Your Show Time), dies at 73 on April - 27.   

1972  Kwame Nkrumah, president of Ghana, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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  On April - 27 stanley Adams, actor (Lillies of the Field, Thunder Alley), dies at 61   

1978  Death of Mohammed Daud, premier/president of Afghanistan, murdered on April - 27.   

1982  On this day in history tom Tully, actor (Line-up, Shane), dies at 85   

1984  Piet Kraak, Dutch soccer player, dies at 63 on April - 27.   

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 this day in history ken Curtis, actor (Lost, Freckles, Calif Gold Rush), dies at 74   

1992  On this day in history olivier Messiaen, French composer, dies at 83   

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

1994  Jerome Lejeune, physiologist, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1995  Death of Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer (b. 1921) on this day in history.   

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

1997  Paul Lambert, actor (Tom-Executive Suite), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1998  On this day in history death of carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-born writer (b. 1925)   

1999  On this day in history death of al Hirt, American trumpeter (b. 1922)   

2000  On this day in history death of vicki Sue Robinson, American singer (b. 1954)   

2002  On April - 27 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  On this day in history death of mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (b. 1927)   

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  Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714) was born on this day in history.   

1701  On this day in history birth of charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia   

1707  John Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens was born on April - 27.   

1718  Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790) was born on April - 27.   

1724  Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer was born on this day in history.