Famous Deaths In December - 05

1928  Johannes F "Johan" Bakker Sr, actor/husband of Truus Soete, dies at 61 on December - 05.   

1931  Death of Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879) on December - 05.   

1935  On this day in history frans, [MJ Francois] Erens, literary (Years Gone By), dies at 78   

1938  Christina "Dina" Koudijs-van Appeldoorn, pianist/composer, dies at 54 on December - 05.   

1940  On December - 05 jan Kubelik, composer, dies at 60   

1942  On December - 05 death of buck Jones, Hollywood's last cowboy hero actor (Headin' East), buried   

1950  On this day in history death of shri Aurobindo, Indian guru (b. 1872)   

1951  On this day in history "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, of baseball's black sox scandal, dies   

1953  On this day in history death of jorge Negrete, Mexican singer and actor (b. 1911)   

1955  Paul Harvey, actor (Calamity Jane, Heldorado, Jamboree), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1958  Ferdinand Bruckner, writer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history k S Duleepsinhji, cricketer (12 Tests for England, 995 runs), dies   

1963  On December - 05 herbert H Lehman, (Gov-D-NY), dies   

1964  On December - 05 remy Angenot, Flemish actor (Tailor Wibbel), dies at 70   

1965  Death of Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1874) on December - 05.   

1966  On December - 05 sylveer Maes, Belgian bicylist, dies at 57   

1968  Fred Clark, actor (Zotz, Auntie Mame), dies of liver ailment at 54 on this day in history.   

1971  Hugh Wakefield, actress (Blithe Spirit), dies on this day in history.   

1974  On December - 05 hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, tennis player (US Open 1909-11), dies at 87   

1975  On this day in history jimmy Nervo, actor (Frozen Limits), dies   

1977  On December - 05 death of aleksandr Vasilevsky, Soviet military commander (b. 1895)   

1980  On this day in history don Taylor, cricketer (3 Tests for NZ 1947-56, 159 runs), dies   

1983  Robert Aldrich, dir/producer (Last Sunset), dies at 65 on December - 05.   

1984  Death of Adam Malik, Third Vice President of Indonesia (b. 1917) on December - 05.   

1986  On this day in history carmol Taylor, country songwriter, dies at 53 of cancer   

1987  On December - 05 "Fat" Larry James, US drummer (Fat Larry's Band-Zoom), dies at 38   

1989  John M Pritchard, British conductor, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history steven Shaw, dies at 25   

1991  On this day in history aad Mansfield, soccer player/trainer (ADO/Feyenoord/FC Utrecht), dies   

1992  Hilary Tindall, dies of cancer at 54 on this day in history.   

1993  On December - 05 alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer (Harem), dies at 87   

1994  Harry Horner, Czech/US set designer/director (Our Town), dies at 84 on December - 05.   

1995  Robert Charles Evans, mountaineer/doctor, dies at 77 on December - 05.   

1996  On this day in history peter Hall, folklorist/musician, dies at 60   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

1377  Jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402) was born on December - 05.   

1443  Pope Julius II (d. 1513) was born on this day in history.   

1495  Nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish grammarian (d. 1542) was born on December - 05.   

1537  Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597) was born on December - 05.   

1539  Fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian (d. 1604) was born on this day in history.   

1545  On December - 05 birth of janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], Dutch politician/poet   

1547  Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian was born on this day in history.   

1661  Robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14) was born on this day in history.