Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 05

1928  On December - 05 johannes F "Johan" Bakker Sr, actor/husband of Truus Soete, dies at 61   

1931  On this day in history death of vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)   

1935  Frans, [MJ Francois] Erens, literary (Years Gone By), dies at 78 on December - 05.   

1938  Christina "Dina" Koudijs-van Appeldoorn, pianist/composer, dies at 54 on December - 05.   

1940  Jan Kubelik, composer, dies at 60 on December - 05.   

1942  On this day in history death of buck Jones, Hollywood's last cowboy hero actor (Headin' East), buried   

1950  On December - 05 death of shri Aurobindo, Indian guru (b. 1872)   

1951  "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, of baseball's black sox scandal, dies on December - 05.   

1953  Death of Jorge Negrete, Mexican singer and actor (b. 1911) on December - 05.   

1955  On December - 05 paul Harvey, actor (Calamity Jane, Heldorado, Jamboree), dies at 73   

1958  Ferdinand Bruckner, writer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1959  On December - 05 k S Duleepsinhji, cricketer (12 Tests for England, 995 runs), dies   

1963  Herbert H Lehman, (Gov-D-NY), dies on this day in history.   

1964  Remy Angenot, Flemish actor (Tailor Wibbel), dies at 70 on December - 05.   

1965  On December - 05 death of joseph Erlanger, American physiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1874)   

1966  On December - 05 sylveer Maes, Belgian bicylist, dies at 57   

1968  On this day in history fred Clark, actor (Zotz, Auntie Mame), dies of liver ailment at 54   

1971  Hugh Wakefield, actress (Blithe Spirit), dies on this day in history.   

1974  Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, tennis player (US Open 1909-11), dies at 87 on December - 05.   

1975  Jimmy Nervo, actor (Frozen Limits), dies on December - 05.   

1977  On December - 05 death of aleksandr Vasilevsky, Soviet military commander (b. 1895)   

1980  Don Taylor, cricketer (3 Tests for NZ 1947-56, 159 runs), dies on December - 05.   

1983  On this day in history robert Aldrich, dir/producer (Last Sunset), dies at 65   

1984  Death of Adam Malik, Third Vice President of Indonesia (b. 1917) on this day in history.   

1986  Carmol Taylor, country songwriter, dies at 53 of cancer on December - 05.   

1987  On this day in history "Fat" Larry James, US drummer (Fat Larry's Band-Zoom), dies at 38   

1989  John M Pritchard, British conductor, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1990  Steven Shaw, dies at 25 on this day in history.   

1991  On December - 05 aad Mansfield, soccer player/trainer (ADO/Feyenoord/FC Utrecht), dies   

1992  On December - 05 hilary Tindall, dies of cancer at 54   

1993  On December - 05 alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer (Harem), dies at 87   

1994  On this day in history harry Horner, Czech/US set designer/director (Our Town), dies at 84   

1995  On December - 05 robert Charles Evans, mountaineer/doctor, dies at 77   

1996  On December - 05 peter Hall, folklorist/musician, dies at 60   

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1377  Jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402) was born on December - 05.   

1443  On this day in history birth of pope Julius II (d. 1513)   

1495  On this day in history birth of nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish grammarian (d. 1542)   

1537  Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597) was born on this day in history.   

1539  Fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian (d. 1604) was born on this day in history.   

1545  On December - 05 birth of janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], Dutch politician/poet   

1547  Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian was born on December - 05.   

1661  On December - 05 birth of robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14)