Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 16

1920  On May - 16 death of levi P. Morton, United States Vice President under Benjamin Harrision (b. 1824)   

1926  Mehmed VI Vahideddin (Mohammed Osman), last sultan of Turkey, dies on this day in history.   

1928  Edmund William Grosse, poet/author, dies on this day in history.   

1929  On this day in history lilli Lehmann, soprano, dies   

1932  On May - 16 death of ki Imukai, premier of Japan (1931-32), murdered   

1938  On May - 16 stephen Fairbairn, oarsman/coach, dies   

1942  On this day in history bronislaw Kasper Malinowski, anthropologist, dies   

1943  Death of Alfred Hoche, German psychiatrist (b. 1865) on May - 16.   

1944  On this day in history george Ade, US novelist/playwright (Counsel Widow), dies at 78   

1947  Death of Frederick Hopkins, English biochemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1861) on May - 16.   

1949  William Newzam Prior Nicholson, painter/engraver, dies on this day in history.   

1952  Alec Hearne, cricketer (scored 9 in Test for Eng v S Afr 1892), dies on May - 16.   

1953  Death of Django Reinhardt, Belgian musician (b. 1910) on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (Vienna State Opera), dies at 61   

1955  On May - 16 james Agee, US critic/writer (Death in Family), dies in NY   

1956  On this day in history death of h. B. Reese, American founder of Reese's (b. 1876)   

1957  Death of Eliot Ness, American federal agent (b. 1903) on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history jeroom Verten [Jozef F Vermetten], Flemish playwright, dies at 49   

1959  Joe Cook, Stage comedian, dies at 69 on May - 16.   

1961  Death of George A. Malcolm, American jurist & educator (b. 1881) on this day in history.   

1966  Death of Randolph Turpin, boxer, shot dead in his home on this day in history.   

1969  On May - 16 johnny Jordan, cameraman (You Only Live Twice), dies at 44   

1972  Maxime Dumoulin, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1975  On May - 16 death of michael X, (Abdul Malik), hanged in Trinidad, for murder   

1979  Asa Philip Randolph, labor leader & civil rights pioneer, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1981  Death of Ernie Freeman, American pianist and arranger (b. 1922) on this day in history.   

1983  On May - 16 carel Brons, composer, dies at 52   

1984  Andy Kaufman, comedian (Latka-Taxi), dies of cancer at 35 on May - 16.   

1985  Margaret Hamilton, actress (Wicked Witch-Wizard of Oz), dies at 82 on May - 16.   

1988  On this day in history kay Baxter, best bodybuilder in the world (1983-85), dies in car crash at 42   

1989  Death of Hassan Khaled, sheik of Lebanon, murdered on May - 16.   

1990  On May - 16 death of dag Drollet, Cheyenne Brando's boyfriend killed by brother Christian   

1991  Prudence Nesbitt, British actress/TV producer, dies on May - 16.   

1992  On May - 16 marisa Mell, actress (Hostages), dies of cancer at 53   

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1558  On this day in history birth of andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)   

1578  On this day in history birth of everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606)   

1609  On May - 16 birth of ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands   

1641  Dudley North, financier/economist was born on this day in history.   

1659  On this day in history birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

1710  On May - 16 birth of william Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)   

1718  Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.   

1748  On May - 16 birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch