Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In April - 21

1930  Christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Mother), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1938  On this day in history muhammad Iqbal, Brt E Indies lawyer/Pakistan national hero, dies at 65   

1939  On April - 21 herman Finck, composer, dies at 66   

1945  John Poston, British major/Montgomery's ADC, dies in battle at 25 on this day in history.   

1946  On April - 21 robert Graham, cricketer (3 wkts for S Afr in 2 Tests 1898-99), dies   

1948  Carlos Lopez Buchardo, composer, dies at 66 on April - 21.   

1952  On this day in history leslie Banks, actor (Henry V, 21 Days, Eye Witness), dies at 61   

1956  On this day in history death of charles MacArthur, American writer (b. 1895)   

1961  On this day in history james Melton, opera tenor (Ford Festival), dies at 57   

1962  On April - 21 frederick Handley Page, designer of 1st big airplane (40 seats), dies   

1965  Edward V Appleton, English physicist (Nobel Prize 1947), dies at 72 on April - 21.   

1967  On this day in history andre L Danjon, French astronomer, dies at 77   

1968  On this day in history norman Demuth, composer, dies at 69   

1971  Edmund Lowe, actor (Front Page Detective), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history ursula Jeans, actress (Cavalcade, Over the Moon), dies at 66   

1974  On April - 21 death of charles "Chic" Harley, American football player (b. 1895)   

1975  Jack Allan Westrup, composer, dies at 70 on April - 21.   

1977  Gummo [Milton] Marx, US comic (Marx Brothers), dies at 84 on April - 21.   

1978  On April - 21 sandy Denny, country singer, dies at 37   

1980  Death of Aleksandr Oparin, Russian biochemist (b. 1894) on this day in history.   

1981  Harry Lee, cricketer (scored 18 & 1 in only Test for England), dies on this day in history.   

1982  On April - 21 joe Sawyer, actor (Biff O'Hara-Adventures of Rin Tin Tin), dies at 80   

1985  On this day in history rudi Gernreich, US designer (miniskirt), dies at 62   

1986  Death of Salah Jaheen, Egyptian poet and cartoonist (b.1930) on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history edith S Green, (Rep-D-Ore), dies at 77   

1989  James Kirkwood, actor/writer (Devil's Holiday), dies at 64 on April - 21.   

1990  Johnny Beagley, winner of two 1942 World Series games, dies on April - 21.   

1991  Richard Bolling, (Rep-D-Missouri), dies at 74 on April - 21.   

1992  On this day in history death of robert Harris, murderer, executed in Calif's gas chamber at 39   

1993  Hal Schumacher, baseball pitcher, dies at 82 on April - 21.   

1994  Clement Merk, animal trainer, dies at 93 on this day in history.   

1995  Robert Elliott Storey Wyatt, cricketer, dies at 93 on April - 21.   

1996  On April - 21 a H Kardar, cricketer (3 Tests for India & 23 for Pak 1946-58), dies   

1997  Andres Rodriguez, Paraguayan president (1989-93), dies on this day in history.   

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1488  On April - 21 birth of ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot   

1546  On this day in history birth of arcangelo Crivelli, composer   

1555  Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619) was born on April - 21.   

1619  John A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder (Cape Colony) was born on April - 21.   

1651  On this day in history birth of blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711)   

1652  Michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719) was born on April - 21.   

1671  On this day in history birth of john Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729)   

1672  On this day in history birth of johann Philipp Kafer, composer