Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 05

1928  On December - 05 johannes F "Johan" Bakker Sr, actor/husband of Truus Soete, dies at 61   

1931  On December - 05 death of vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)   

1935  On December - 05 frans, [MJ Francois] Erens, literary (Years Gone By), dies at 78   

1938  Christina "Dina" Koudijs-van Appeldoorn, pianist/composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1940  Jan Kubelik, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1942  Death of Buck Jones, Hollywood's last cowboy hero actor (Headin' East), buried on this day in history.   

1950  Death of Shri Aurobindo, Indian guru (b. 1872) on December - 05.   

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

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  Herbert H Lehman, (Gov-D-NY), dies on December - 05.   

1964  Remy Angenot, Flemish actor (Tailor Wibbel), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1965  Death of Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1874) on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history sylveer Maes, Belgian bicylist, dies at 57   

1968  On December - 05 fred Clark, actor (Zotz, Auntie Mame), dies of liver ailment at 54   

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

1974  Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, tennis player (US Open 1909-11), dies at 87 on December - 05.   

1975  Jimmy Nervo, actor (Frozen Limits), dies on December - 05.   

1977  Death of Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Soviet military commander (b. 1895) on this day in history.   

1980  On December - 05 don Taylor, cricketer (3 Tests for NZ 1947-56, 159 runs), dies   

1983  On this day in history robert Aldrich, dir/producer (Last Sunset), dies at 65   

1984  On this day in history death of adam Malik, Third Vice President of Indonesia (b. 1917)   

1986  Carmol Taylor, country songwriter, dies at 53 of cancer on this day in history.   

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 December - 05.   

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

1991  On December - 05 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 this day in history alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer (Harem), dies at 87   

1994  On December - 05 harry Horner, Czech/US set designer/director (Our Town), dies at 84   

1995  Robert Charles Evans, mountaineer/doctor, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1996  Peter Hall, folklorist/musician, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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

1443  On this day in history birth of pope Julius II (d. 1513)   

1495  On this day in history birth of nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish grammarian (d. 1542)   

1537  On December - 05 birth of ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597)   

1539  On this day in history birth of fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian (d. 1604)   

1545  Janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], Dutch politician/poet was born on this day in history.   

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.