Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In April - 21

1930  Christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Mother), dies at 79 on April - 21.   

1938  Muhammad Iqbal, Brt E Indies lawyer/Pakistan national hero, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1939  Herman Finck, composer, dies at 66 on April - 21.   

1945  On April - 21 john Poston, British major/Montgomery's ADC, dies in battle at 25   

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

1948  Carlos Lopez Buchardo, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1952  Leslie Banks, actor (Henry V, 21 Days, Eye Witness), dies at 61 on April - 21.   

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

1961  On April - 21 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  Andre L Danjon, French astronomer, dies at 77 on April - 21.   

1968  Norman Demuth, composer, dies at 69 on April - 21.   

1971  Edmund Lowe, actor (Front Page Detective), dies at 81 on April - 21.   

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  On this day in history gummo [Milton] Marx, US comic (Marx Brothers), dies at 84   

1978  On this day in history sandy Denny, country singer, dies at 37   

1980  On this day in history death of aleksandr Oparin, Russian biochemist (b. 1894)   

1981  Harry Lee, cricketer (scored 18 & 1 in only Test for England), dies on April - 21.   

1982  On this day in history joe Sawyer, actor (Biff O'Hara-Adventures of Rin Tin Tin), dies at 80   

1985  Rudi Gernreich, US designer (miniskirt), dies at 62 on April - 21.   

1986  On April - 21 death of salah Jaheen, Egyptian poet and cartoonist (b.1930)   

1987  Edith S Green, (Rep-D-Ore), dies at 77 on April - 21.   

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

1990  On this day in history johnny Beagley, winner of two 1942 World Series games, dies   

1991  On April - 21 richard Bolling, (Rep-D-Missouri), dies at 74   

1992  Death of Robert Harris, murderer, executed in Calif's gas chamber at 39 on this day in history.   

1993  On April - 21 hal Schumacher, baseball pitcher, dies at 82   

1994  On April - 21 clement Merk, animal trainer, dies at 93   

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

1996  A H Kardar, cricketer (3 Tests for India & 23 for Pak 1946-58), dies on this day in history.   

1997  On April - 21 andres Rodriguez, Paraguayan president (1989-93), dies   

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1488  On this day in history birth of ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot   

1546  Arcangelo Crivelli, composer was born on April - 21.   

1555  On April - 21 birth of ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619)   

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

1651  Blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711) was born on this day in history.   

1652  On April - 21 birth of michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719)   

1671  John Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729) was born on April - 21.   

1672  Johann Philipp Kafer, composer was born on this day in history.