Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In April - 21

1930  On this day in history christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Mother), dies at 79   

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

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  Robert Graham, cricketer (3 wkts for S Afr in 2 Tests 1898-99), dies on April - 21.   

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

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  Frederick Handley Page, designer of 1st big airplane (40 seats), dies on April - 21.   

1965  Edward V Appleton, English physicist (Nobel Prize 1947), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1967  Andre L Danjon, French astronomer, dies at 77 on April - 21.   

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  Ursula Jeans, actress (Cavalcade, Over the Moon), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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  Sandy Denny, country singer, dies at 37 on April - 21.   

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

1981  On this day in history harry Lee, cricketer (scored 18 & 1 in only Test for England), dies   

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  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 April - 21.   

1993  On this day in history hal Schumacher, baseball pitcher, dies at 82   

1994  On this day in history clement Merk, animal trainer, dies at 93   

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 April - 21.   

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1488  Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot was born on this day in history.   

1546  On April - 21 birth of arcangelo Crivelli, composer   

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

1619  On this day in history birth of john A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder (Cape Colony)   

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

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

1671  On April - 21 birth of john Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729)   

1672  On April - 21 birth of johann Philipp Kafer, composer