Famous Deaths 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  On February - 21 death of frederick Banting, Canadian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1891)   

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

1945  On February - 21 eric Liddell, Scottish runner (Olympic-gold 1924), dies at 43   

1946  Death of José Streel, Belgian World War II collaborator (b. 1911) on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history frederick Archibald Lamond, composer, dies at 80   

1949  Ernest Walker, composer, dies at 78 on February - 21.   

1951  Anton Roemer, Dutch actor (Gay Death), dies at 63 on February - 21.   

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  On February - 21 blaise Cendrars, [Frederic Sauser-Hall], Switz, poet, dies at 73   

1965  On this day in history 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 this day in history anthony Asquith, British director (Court Martial), dies at 65   

1969  On this day in history jose de Capriles, Mexican-born US Olympic fencer, dies   

1971  On this day in history adolph Weiss, composer, dies at 79   

1972  Death of Bronislava Nijinska, Polish-Russian ballet dancer (b. 1891) on this day in history.   

1974  Death of Tim Horton, Canadian hockey player (b. 1930) on this day in history.   

1976  On February - 21 florence Ballard, rocker (Supremes), dies at 32   

1978  Death of MieczysÅ‚aw Å»ywczyÅ„ski, Polish historian and priest (b. 1901) on February - 21.   

1979  On February - 21 glendon Gibbs, cricketer (Test Cricket WI v Australia 1955), dies   

1980  On this day in history chester H Lauck, actor (2 Weeks to Live, Goin' to Town), dies at 78   

1982  On February - 21 death of murray the K, American impresario and disc jockey (b. 1922)   

1984  Michail A Sholochov, Russian writer (Ocean Don, Nobel 1965), dies on February - 21.   

1985  On February - 21 eric Herfst, Dutch cabaret performer (Floris), dies at 47   

1986  Death of Shigechiyo Izumi, Japanese sugarcane farmer, also the world's oldest man ever (b. 1865) on this day in history.   

1989  Death of Alex Thépot, French footballer (b. 1906) on February - 21.   

1991  On this day in history margot Fonteyn, ballerina (1st lady of British Ballet), dies at 71   

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

1993  Ferrucci Lamborghini, car maker (Lamborghini), dies at 76 on February - 21.   

1994  On February - 21 frederick Edward Nicklin, architect, dies at 68   

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1417  On February - 21 birth of louis IX, Duke of Bayern (University of Ingolstadt)   

1484  On February - 21 birth of joachim I Nestor, elector (Brandenburg, Constitution)   

1556  Sethus Calvisius, composer was born on this day in history.   

1674  On this day in history birth of johann Augustin Kobelius, composer   

1675  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of christoph Stoltzenberg, composer   

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