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  On December - 05 christina "Dina" Koudijs-van Appeldoorn, pianist/composer, dies at 54   

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

1953  On December - 05 death of jorge Negrete, Mexican singer and actor (b. 1911)   

1955  On December - 05 paul Harvey, actor (Calamity Jane, Heldorado, Jamboree), dies at 73   

1958  Ferdinand Bruckner, writer, dies at 67 on December - 05.   

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

1963  On this day in history herbert H Lehman, (Gov-D-NY), dies   

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 December - 05.   

1966  Sylveer Maes, Belgian bicylist, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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

1971  On December - 05 hugh Wakefield, actress (Blithe Spirit), dies   

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

1975  Jimmy Nervo, actor (Frozen Limits), dies on this day in history.   

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

1984  Death of Adam Malik, Third Vice President of Indonesia (b. 1917) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1990  On December - 05 steven Shaw, dies at 25   

1991  Aad Mansfield, soccer player/trainer (ADO/Feyenoord/FC Utrecht), dies on this day in history.   

1992  Hilary Tindall, dies of cancer at 54 on December - 05.   

1993  On this day in history alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer (Harem), dies at 87   

1994  Harry Horner, Czech/US set designer/director (Our Town), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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

1996  On December - 05 peter Hall, folklorist/musician, dies at 60   

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1377  Jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402) was born on this day in history.   

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

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  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 December - 05.   

1547  On December - 05 birth of ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian   

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