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 April - 21 muhammad Iqbal, Brt E Indies lawyer/Pakistan national hero, dies at 65   

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

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

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

1948  On this day in history carlos Lopez Buchardo, composer, dies at 66   

1952  Leslie Banks, actor (Henry V, 21 Days, Eye Witness), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1956  Death of Charles MacArthur, American writer (b. 1895) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1967  Andre L Danjon, French astronomer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

1971  On this day in history edmund Lowe, actor (Front Page Detective), dies at 81   

1973  Ursula Jeans, actress (Cavalcade, Over the Moon), dies at 66 on April - 21.   

1974  Death of Charles "Chic" Harley, American football player (b. 1895) on this day in history.   

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

1977  On April - 21 gummo [Milton] Marx, US comic (Marx Brothers), dies at 84   

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

1980  Death of Aleksandr Oparin, Russian biochemist (b. 1894) on April - 21.   

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

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

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

1989  James Kirkwood, actor/writer (Devil's Holiday), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1990  On April - 21 johnny Beagley, winner of two 1942 World Series games, dies   

1991  On this day in history richard Bolling, (Rep-D-Missouri), dies at 74   

1992  On April - 21 death of robert Harris, murderer, executed in Calif's gas chamber at 39   

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

1994  Clement Merk, animal trainer, dies at 93 on April - 21.   

1995  On this day in history robert Elliott Storey Wyatt, cricketer, dies at 93   

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

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  On this day in history birth of arcangelo Crivelli, composer   

1555  Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619) was born on this day in history.   

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

1651  On April - 21 birth of blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711)   

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

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

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