Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In January - 06

1884  Gregor Mendel, Augustine monk/heredity pioneer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1885  Peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1907  Walter Read, cricketer (Engl batsman, 117 at no 10 v Aust 1884), dies on January - 06.   

1913  Death of Frederick Hitch, English Victoria Cross Winner (b. 1856) on this day in history.   

1915  Reginald Wood, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1886), dies on this day in history.   

1917  On January - 06 hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82   

1918  On January - 06 georg F L P Cantor, German mathematician: collection, dies at 72   

1919  Theodore Roosevelt, 26th Pres (1901-09), dies in NY at 60 on this day in history.   

1922  On January - 06 death of jakob Rosanes, German mathematician (b. 1842)   

1928  On this day in history alvin C Kraenzlein, track star (Olympic-4 gold-1900), dies at 51   

1929  Nicolas Nikolayevitch, grand-duke of Russia, dies at 72 on January - 06.   

1933  Death of Vladimir de Pachmann, Russian-German pianist (b. 1848) on this day in history.   

1934  Death of Herbert Chapman , Legendary Manager of Arsenal and Huddersfield Town (b. 1878) on this day in history.   

1935  On this day in history george P Baker, US playwright (Dramatic Technique), dies at 68   

1936  On January - 06 charles A Stoneham, pres (NY Giants), dies   

1937  On this day in history death of andré Besette, Canadian religious figure (b. 1845)   

1939  On this day in history albert Ward, cricketer (England batsman in 7 Tests 1893-95), dies   

1941  Franz Hessel, writer, dies at 60 on January - 06.   

1942  On this day in history death of emma Calvé, French soprano (b. 1858)   

1944  Death of Ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857) on this day in history.   

1945  On January - 06 death of vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist (b. 1863)   

1950  Isaiah Bowman, geographer/co-founder (Geographical Review), dies at 71 on January - 06.   

1958  Josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1959  On January - 06 jose Enrique Pedreira, composer, dies at 54   

1960  Edith Barstow, choreographer (Frankie Laine Time), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1961  Regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76 on January - 06.   

1962  Jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history lourens GM Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter, dies at 68   

1964  On January - 06 edgar Maass, German/US author (Verdun), dies at 67   

1965  John Larkin, dir (Circumstanial Evidence), dies of heart attack at 52 on January - 06.   

1967  Death of Arnhem "Tata" Joseph Weiss, "the Zigeunerbaron," buried on this day in history.   

1968  Kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81 on January - 06.   

1972  On January - 06 death of chen Yi, Chinese military commander and politician (b. 1901)   

1974  On this day in history david Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican sculptor/muralist, dies at 77   

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1367  On January - 06 birth of richard II, Bordeaux, France, king of England (1377-99)   

1367  Richard II of England (d. 1400) was born on January - 06.   

1367  Richard II, Bordeaux, France, King of England (1377-99) (d. 1400) was born on this day in history.   

1412  On this day in history birth of joan of Arc, Domremy, martyr   

1412  On this day in history birth of joan of Arc, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431)   

1412  Joan of Arc, Domrémy, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431) was born on this day in history.   

1486  Martin Agricola, [M Sore], German composer/cantor was born on this day in history.   

1488  Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (Silvae) was born on January - 06.