Famous Deaths In April - 05

1922  Charles F A Woeste, Belgian count/min of Justice, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1923  On April - 05 death of george Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English financier (b. 1866)   

1928  On this day in history jane Ellen Harrison, scholar/archaeologist, dies   

1934  Salvatore Di Giacomo, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1935  Emil Mlynarski, composer, dies at 64 on April - 05.   

1939  William Cooper, cricketer (two Tests for Australia 1882-84), dies on this day in history.   

1941  Death of Sir Nigel Gresley, Steam locomotive engineer (b. 1876) on April - 05.   

1943  Death of AleÅ¡ Hrdlička, Czech anthropologist (b. 1869) on April - 05.   

1944  On this day in history isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter), dies at 90   

1945  On this day in history huldreich Georg Fruh, composer, dies at 41   

1946  Vincent Millie Youmans, US composer (Tea For Two), dies at 47 on April - 05.   

1951  Edward Rigby, dies at 72 on April - 05.   

1952  Henri Vandeputte, Belgian writer (L'Autre Vie), dies at 75 on April - 05.   

1954  Claude Delvincourt, composer, dies at 66 on April - 05.   

1958  On this day in history jozef Brems, Flemish apostole vicar of Denmark, dies at 87   

1960  Alma Kruger, actor (Made For Each Other), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1963  On April - 05 jacobus JP Old, architect/co-founder (The Style), dies at 73   

1964  On April - 05 douglas MacArthur, US general (Pacific theater-WW II), dies at 84   

1966  Sven Fleuron, writer, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history death of hermann Joseph Muller, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (b. 1890)   

1968  Lois Andrews, dies of lung cancer at 44 on April - 05.   

1969  On April - 05 gabriel M-E-R Chevallier, French author (La Peur), dies at 73   

1970  On April - 05 jacob H "Jaap" Stotijn, oboist/conductor, dies at 78   

1972  Brian Donlevy, actor (Steve-Dangerous Assignment), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1973  Death of John Coleman, Australian rules footballer (b. 1928) on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history william Hudson, actor (I Led 3 Lives), dies at 49   

1975  Inez Courtney, dies at 67 on April - 05.   

1976  On this day in history howard Hughes, reclusive billionaire, dies at 72   

1977  John Marriott, dies at 83 on April - 05.   

1979  Death of Eugène Gabritschevsky, Russian biologist and artist (b. 1893) on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history bob "Bear" Hite, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a heart attack at 36   

1982  Abe Fortas, Supreme court justice, dies at 71 on April - 05.   

1983  On this day in history death of danny Rapp, American musician (Danny & the Juniors) (b. 1941)   

1984  On April - 05 arthur Travors Harris, marshal of British RAF, dies   

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1288  Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336) was born on this day in history.   

1472  On this day in history birth of bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510)   

1523  On April - 05 birth of blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596)   

1588  On April - 05 birth of thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan)   

1595  On April - 05 birth of john Wilson, composer   

1598  Laurentius Erhard, composer was born on April - 05.   

1604  On this day in history birth of charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675)   

1622  Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703) was born on April - 05.