Famous Deaths In December - 21

1945  On this day in history george S Patton, US General (Sicily/Normandy), dies in car crash at 60   

1948  On December - 21 death of seishiro Itagaki, Japanese General/min of War, hanged   

1955  Dorothy Bernard, actress (Margaret-Life With Father), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history lewis M Terman, psychologist (Genetic studies of genius), dies at 79   

1957  On this day in history eric Coates, composer, dies at 71   

1958  H[arry] B[yron] Warner, actor (10 Commandments, New Moon), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1959  Death of Rosanjin, Japanese calligrapher, restaurateur and ceramicist (b. 1883) on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history jack Hobbs, cricketer (61 Tests for England), dies   

1964  Death of Carl Van Vechten, American writer and photographer (b. 1880) on this day in history.   

1965  Claude Adonai Champagne, composer, dies at 74 on December - 21.   

1967  On this day in history louis Washkansky, 18 days after 1st heart transplant, dies at 55   

1972  Horace Mann Bond, president of Lincoln University (Pa), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1974  Richard Long, actor (Nanny & Professor), dies at 47 on December - 21.   

1975  On December - 21 william Lundigan, announcer (CBS Mystery Theater), dies at 61   

1976  Edward Bartlett, cricketer (WI Test batsman in 5 Tests 1928-31), dies on December - 21.   

1979  On this day in history bill Anderson, cricketer (Test for NZ 1946, scored five & one), dies   

1980  On this day in history marc Connelly, playwright (One Minute Please), dies at 90   

1981  Death of Allan Dwan, Canadian-born American director and screenwriter (b. 1885) on this day in history.   

1983  Rod Cameron, actor (Santa Fe Passage, Stampede), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1987  Robert Paige, actor (Son of Dracula, Pardon My Sarong), dies on December - 21.   

1988  Bob Steele, [Robert Bradbury], dies after short illness at 60 on this day in history.   

1989  Jan Cikker, composer, dies at 78 on December - 21.   

1990  On this day in history death of clarence "Kelly" Johnson, American aeronautical engineer (Lockheed Skunk Works; b. 1910)   

1992  Albert King, US blues singer/guitarist (Crosscut Saw), dies at 71 on December - 21.   

1993  Philip Christison, British general (Rangoon), dies at 100 on December - 21.   

1994  Dean Rusk, US Sect of State, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1995  On this day in history robert Francis Vere Heuston, professor of law, dies at 72   

1996  Margaret E Rey, author of children's books, dies at 90 on December - 21.   

1997  On December - 21 bruce Woodcock, boxer, dies at 76   

1998  Death of Roger Avon, Durham actor (b. 1914) on this day in history.   

2001  On this day in history death of dick Schaap, American sports journalist (b. 1934)   

2003  On December - 21 death of prince Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Spanish playboy and businessman (b. 1924)   

2004  On this day in history death of autar Singh Paintal, Indian medical scientist (b. 1925)   

2005  On this day in history death of elrod Hendricks, American baseball player and coach (b. 1940)   

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1117  On December - 21 birth of thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury   

1401  On December - 21 birth of tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428)   

1518  Mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician was born on this day in history.   

1537  On December - 21 birth of johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92)   

1596  On this day in history birth of petro Mohyla, Moldovan Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of Kiev and Galicia (d. 1646)   

1603  Roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (d. 1684) was born on this day in history.   

1616  Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer was born on this day in history.   

1628  On this day in history birth of samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer