Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In January - 06

1884  On this day in history gregor Mendel, Augustine monk/heredity pioneer, dies at 61   

1885  On January - 06 peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer, dies at 72   

1907  Walter Read, cricketer (Engl batsman, 117 at no 10 v Aust 1884), dies on this day in history.   

1913  On this day in history death of frederick Hitch, English Victoria Cross Winner (b. 1856)   

1915  Reginald Wood, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1886), dies on January - 06.   

1917  On this day in history hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82   

1918  Georg F L P Cantor, German mathematician: collection, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1919  Theodore Roosevelt, 26th Pres (1901-09), dies in NY at 60 on this day in history.   

1922  Death of Jakob Rosanes, German mathematician (b. 1842) on this day in history.   

1928  On January - 06 alvin C Kraenzlein, track star (Olympic-4 gold-1900), dies at 51   

1929  Nicolas Nikolayevitch, grand-duke of Russia, dies at 72 on January - 06.   

1933  On this day in history death of vladimir de Pachmann, Russian-German pianist (b. 1848)   

1934  On January - 06 death of herbert Chapman , Legendary Manager of Arsenal and Huddersfield Town (b. 1878)   

1935  George P Baker, US playwright (Dramatic Technique), dies at 68 on January - 06.   

1936  On January - 06 charles A Stoneham, pres (NY Giants), dies   

1937  On this day in history death of andré Besette, Canadian religious figure (b. 1845)   

1939  On this day in history albert Ward, cricketer (England batsman in 7 Tests 1893-95), dies   

1941  Franz Hessel, writer, dies at 60 on January - 06.   

1942  Death of Emma Calvé, French soprano (b. 1858) on this day in history.   

1944  On January - 06 death of ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857)   

1945  Death of Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist (b. 1863) on January - 06.   

1950  On January - 06 isaiah Bowman, geographer/co-founder (Geographical Review), dies at 71   

1958  Josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun, dies at 85 on January - 06.   

1959  On January - 06 jose Enrique Pedreira, composer, dies at 54   

1960  On January - 06 edith Barstow, choreographer (Frankie Laine Time), dies at 52   

1961  On this day in history regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76   

1962  Jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57 on January - 06.   

1963  On January - 06 lourens GM Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter, dies at 68   

1964  Edgar Maass, German/US author (Verdun), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1965  John Larkin, dir (Circumstanial Evidence), dies of heart attack at 52 on January - 06.   

1967  Death of Arnhem "Tata" Joseph Weiss, "the Zigeunerbaron," buried on January - 06.   

1968  On January - 06 kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81   

1972  Death of Chen Yi, Chinese military commander and politician (b. 1901) on January - 06.   

1974  David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican sculptor/muralist, dies at 77 on January - 06.   

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1367  On this day in history birth of richard II, Bordeaux, France, king of England (1377-99)   

1367  On January - 06 birth of richard II of England (d. 1400)   

1367  Richard II, Bordeaux, France, King of England (1377-99) (d. 1400) was born on January - 06.   

1412  On January - 06 birth of joan of Arc, Domremy, martyr   

1412  On January - 06 birth of joan of Arc, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431)   

1412  Joan of Arc, Domrémy, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431) was born on this day in history.   

1486  Martin Agricola, [M Sore], German composer/cantor was born on January - 06.   

1488  On this day in history birth of helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (Silvae)