Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In April - 27

1950  Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski, composer, dies at 70 on April - 27.   

1951  Philip Albert Myburgh Hands, cricketer (7 Tests for S Africa), dies on April - 27.   

1952  On this day in history death of guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician (b. 1865)   

1957  Mario A Gianini, creator (maraschino cherry), dies on April - 27.   

1959  On this day in history gordon Armstrong, inventor (baby incubator), dies   

1961  On April - 27 roy Del Ruth, director (About Face, Folies Bergere), dies at 67   

1962  Death of A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bengali statesman (b. 1873) on this day in history.   

1964  Georg Britting, writer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1965  Alan Bunce, actor (Albert-Ethel & Albert), dies at 61 on April - 27.   

1969  On this day in history dino Terranova, actor (Young Dillinger), dies at 65   

1970  Arthur Shields, actor (Your Show Time), dies at 73 on April - 27.   

1972  On this day in history kwame Nkrumah, president of Ghana, dies at 62   

1973  On this day in history jim Sims, cricketer (England leg-spinner in 4 Tests 1935-37), dies   

1975  Nicholas Soussanin, actor (Last Command), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1977  Stanley Adams, actor (Lillies of the Field, Thunder Alley), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1978  Death of Mohammed Daud, premier/president of Afghanistan, murdered on April - 27.   

1982  Tom Tully, actor (Line-up, Shane), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1984  On April - 27 piet Kraak, Dutch soccer player, dies at 63   

1988  On this day in history death of david Scarboro, British actor (b. 1968)   

1989  Death of Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese industrialist (b. 1894) on April - 27.   

1991  Ken Curtis, actor (Lost, Freckles, Calif Gold Rush), dies at 74 on April - 27.   

1992  Olivier Messiaen, French composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1993  Hans Sahl, German/US writer (Tie Exil im Exil), dies at 90 on April - 27.   

1994  Jerome Lejeune, physiologist, dies at 69 on April - 27.   

1995  On April - 27 death of willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer (b. 1921)   

1996  Joan Sterndale Bennett, actress (Elizabeth-Dark Shadows), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1997  On April - 27 paul Lambert, actor (Tom-Executive Suite), dies at 73   

1998  Death of Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-born writer (b. 1925) on April - 27.   

1999  On this day in history death of al Hirt, American trumpeter (b. 1922)   

2000  On this day in history death of vicki Sue Robinson, American singer (b. 1954)   

2002  On this day in history death of george Alec Effinger, American author (b. 1947)   

2006  Death of Julia Thorne, ex-wife of John Kerry (b. 1944) on April - 27.   

2007  Death of Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (b. 1927) on April - 27.   

2009  On April - 27 death of frankie Manning, an American dancer, instructor, choreographer, and one of the founding fathers of Lindy Hop. (b. 1914)   

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1410  On this day in history birth of john Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia   

1495  Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566) was born on April - 27.   

1623  On this day in history birth of johann Adam Reincken, composer   

1650  Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714) was born on April - 27.   

1701  Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia was born on this day in history.   

1707  John Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens was born on April - 27.   

1718  Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790) was born on April - 27.   

1724  Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer was born on this day in history.