Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 01

1865  On December - 01 constant van Crombrugghe, Flemish monastery founder, dies at 76   

1866  Death of George Everest, Welsh surveyor and namesake of Mt. Everest (d. 1790) on this day in history.   

1884  Death of William Swainson (lawyer), second, and last, Attorney-General (New Zealand) of the Crown Colony of New Zealand (b. 1809) on this day in history.   

1887  Albertus J Duymaer van Twist, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 78 on December - 01.   

1892  On this day in history death of joseph Lippens, Belgian lieutenant in Congo, murdered   

1893  Eduard Franck, composer, dies at 76 on December - 01.   

1901  On December - 01 george Lohmann, cricketer (in S Africa 18 Tests, 112 wickets), dies   

1916  On this day in history charles E Vicomte de Foucauld, French explorer, dies at 58   

1923  Death of Virginie Loveling, Belgian writer and poet (b. 1836) on this day in history.   

1925  Vicente Arregui Garay, composer, dies at 54 on December - 01.   

1926  Hans Heinrich XIV Hochberg, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1928  Death of José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian writer (b. 1888) on this day in history.   

1932  Amadeo Vives, composer, dies at 61 on December - 01.   

1934  On December - 01 death of sergei M Kirov, Josef Stalin's collaborator, assassinated in Leningrad   

1935  On this day in history bernard Schmidt, inventor (Schmidt camera), dies   

1939  On December - 01 max Fiedler, composer, dies at 79   

1941  Horace Chapman, cricketer (2 Tests for S Africa, 39 runs, 1 wkt), dies on December - 01.   

1943  Death of Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai prince and historian (b. 1862) on this day in history.   

1945  Harvey Bartlett Gaul, composer, dies at 64 on December - 01.   

1947  On this day in history aleister Edward S Crowley, British occultist, dies at 72   

1950  Ernest John Moeran, British composer, dies at 55 on December - 01.   

1951  Felix Petyrek, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1952  On this day in history victor E Orlando, Italian premier (1917-19), dies at 92   

1954  On this day in history death of fred Rose, American songwriter and music publishing executive (b. 1897)   

1960  Ion Vasilescu, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1964  On December - 01 death of j. B. S. Haldane, Scottish geneticist (b. 1892)   

1968  Hugo Haas, actor/director (Bait, Pick Up), dies of asthma at 66 on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history death of magic Sam, American blues guitarist and singer (b. 1937)   

1970  Frank Smailes, cricketer (England pace bowler Test v India 1946), dies on December - 01.   

1971  Arthur B Springarn, US NAACP chairman (1940-65), dies at 93 on December - 01.   

1972  Antonio Segni, Italian PM/pres (1955-57, 59-60, 62-64), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history david Ben-Gurion, founding father of Israel, dies in Tel Aviv at 87   

1974  Lajos Zilahy, Hungarian/US author (Angry Angel), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1975  On December - 01 nick Kenny, US columnist/songwriter (Nick Kenny Show), dies at 80   

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1081  Louis VI of France (d. 1137) was born on this day in history.   

1083  Anna Comnena, Byzantine historian (d. 1153) was born on this day in history.   

1521  On this day in history birth of takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (d. 1573)   

1525  On this day in history birth of tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600)   

1549  Johan van der Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC) was born on December - 01.   

1566  On this day in history birth of philip, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, gov of Ft Gorinchem/Nijmegen   

1573  On this day in history birth of philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostile   

1580  Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.