Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 06

1926  Claude [Oscar] Monet, French painter (impressionist), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1933  Auguste Chapuis, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1934  Death of Duke Charles Michael of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1863) on December - 06.   

1940  Charlie Hime, cricketer (one Test for S Africa 1895), dies on this day in history.   

1943  Firmin Baes, Flemish painter, dies at 69 on December - 06.   

1946  On this day in history maximilian Oseyevich Shteynberg, composer, dies at 63   

1949  Leadbelly, [Huddie William Ledbetter], blues singer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1951  On this day in history j Edward Bromberg, dies at 47   

1953  Konstanty I Galczynski, Polish poet (Zielona Ges), dies at 48 on December - 06.   

1955  Death of Honus Wagner, baseball player (b. 1874) on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history death of dr. Bhimji Ramji Ambedkar, Indian Minister of Law and architect of The Constitution of India (b. 1891)   

1958  On December - 06 erwin Bodky, composer, dies at 62   

1959  Len Doyle, actor (Harrington-Mr District Attorney), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history death of frantz Fanon, West Indian psychiatrist and writer (b. 1925)   

1963  Jozef Goossenaerts, Flem philologist (Language Boundary), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1964  On December - 06 death of consuelo Vanderbilt (b. 1877)   

1965  On December - 06 alberto Vaccari, Italian jesuit/old testament scholar, dies at 90   

1966  On this day in history hermann Heiss, composer, dies at 68   

1970  On December - 06 thomas S Power, USAF-gen (Raid on Tokyo-March 1945), dies at 65   

1971  On December - 06 hugo Godron, composer, dies at 71   

1972  Janet Munro, actress (Crawling Eye, Swiss Family Robinson), dies at 38 on this day in history.   

1973  Justus Hermann Wetzel, composer, dies at 94 on December - 06.   

1976  Death of João Goulart, President of Brazil (b. 1918) on December - 06.   

1983  Death of Lucienne Boyer, French singer (b. 1903) on this day in history.   

1984  Ruth Cummings, actress (Daybreak, Dream of Love), dies at 90 on December - 06.   

1985  On this day in history burleigh Grimes, US baseball pitcher, dies at 92   

1986  On this day in history death of malik Oussekine, Algerian/French student, killed by police at 22   

1987  James Dobson, actor (Impulse, Jet Attack, Okinawa), dies on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history bill Harris, US guitarist (Clovers-Love Potion No 9), dies at 63   

1989  Frances Beauvier, actress (Aunt Bee, Mayberry), dies at 86 on December - 06.   

1990  On this day in history tunku Abdul Rahman, PM of Malaysia (1957-70), dies   

1991  On this day in history ann Sorg Coston, actress (Anna-Aldrich Family), dies at 62   

1992  On December - 06 hank Worden, actor (Red River), dies of natural causes at 91   

1993  On this day in history don Ameche, actor (Cocoon), dies of prostate cancer at 85   

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0846  Hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874) was born on this day in history.   

1285  On this day in history birth of king Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312)   

1421  On this day in history birth of henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71)   

1478  On December - 06 birth of baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529)   

1550  Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1586  Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670) was born on December - 06.   

1608  George Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland was born on this day in history.   

1637  On December - 06 birth of sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714)