Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In February - 21

1925  Alfred Baldwin Sloan, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1926  Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1913), dies at 72 on February - 21.   

1938  On February - 21 albert Huybrechts, composer, dies at 39   

1941  Death of Frederick Banting, Canadian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1891) on February - 21.   

1944  On this day in history death of ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-born race car driver (b. 1873)   

1945  On this day in history eric Liddell, Scottish runner (Olympic-gold 1924), dies at 43   

1946  On February - 21 death of josé Streel, Belgian World War II collaborator (b. 1911)   

1948  On February - 21 frederick Archibald Lamond, composer, dies at 80   

1949  On February - 21 ernest Walker, composer, dies at 78   

1951  On this day in history anton Roemer, Dutch actor (Gay Death), dies at 63   

1956  Edwin Franko Goldman, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history death of duncan Edwards, English footballer (b. 1936)   

1961  Blaise Cendrars, [Frederic Sauser-Hall], Switz, poet, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1965  On February - 21 death of malcolm X, [Little], black Moslem leader, assassinated in NYC at 39   

1966  Death of Paul Comtois, French Canadian politician (b. 1895) on this day in history.   

1967  On February - 21 death of charles Beaumont, American writer (b. 1929)   

1968  On February - 21 anthony Asquith, British director (Court Martial), dies at 65   

1969  Jose de Capriles, Mexican-born US Olympic fencer, dies on February - 21.   

1971  Adolph Weiss, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history death of bronislava Nijinska, Polish-Russian ballet dancer (b. 1891)   

1974  Death of Tim Horton, Canadian hockey player (b. 1930) on February - 21.   

1976  Florence Ballard, rocker (Supremes), dies at 32 on this day in history.   

1978  On February - 21 death of mieczysÅ‚aw Å»ywczyÅ„ski, Polish historian and priest (b. 1901)   

1979  On this day in history glendon Gibbs, cricketer (Test Cricket WI v Australia 1955), dies   

1980  On February - 21 chester H Lauck, actor (2 Weeks to Live, Goin' to Town), dies at 78   

1982  Death of Murray the K, American impresario and disc jockey (b. 1922) on this day in history.   

1984  Michail A Sholochov, Russian writer (Ocean Don, Nobel 1965), dies on this day in history.   

1985  Eric Herfst, Dutch cabaret performer (Floris), dies at 47 on February - 21.   

1986  Death of Shigechiyo Izumi, Japanese sugarcane farmer, also the world's oldest man ever (b. 1865) on February - 21.   

1989  On this day in history death of alex Thépot, French footballer (b. 1906)   

1991  On February - 21 margot Fonteyn, ballerina (1st lady of British Ballet), dies at 71   

1992  On this day in history eva A Jessye, US singer/actress (Eva Jessye Choir), dies at 97   

1993  On this day in history ferrucci Lamborghini, car maker (Lamborghini), dies at 76   

1994  Frederick Edward Nicklin, architect, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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1417  Louis IX, Duke of Bayern (University of Ingolstadt) was born on this day in history.   

1484  Joachim I Nestor, elector (Brandenburg, Constitution) was born on February - 21.   

1556  On this day in history birth of sethus Calvisius, composer   

1674  Johann Augustin Kobelius, composer was born on February - 21.   

1675  On February - 21 birth of franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (d. 1750)   

1684  Justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator) was born on this day in history.   

1690  Christoph Stoltzenberg, composer was born on February - 21.   

1705  On February - 21 birth of edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (d. 1781)