Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 16
Saturday, 21 December 2024
1920 Death of Levi P. Morton, United States Vice President under Benjamin Harrision (b. 1824) on this day in history.
1926 Mehmed VI Vahideddin (Mohammed Osman), last sultan of Turkey, dies on May - 16.
1928 On May - 16 edmund William Grosse, poet/author, dies
1929 On this day in history lilli Lehmann, soprano, dies
1932 On this day in history death of ki Imukai, premier of Japan (1931-32), murdered
1938 Stephen Fairbairn, oarsman/coach, dies on this day in history.
1942 On May - 16 bronislaw Kasper Malinowski, anthropologist, dies
1943 Death of Alfred Hoche, German psychiatrist (b. 1865) on May - 16.
1944 On this day in history george Ade, US novelist/playwright (Counsel Widow), dies at 78
1947 Death of Frederick Hopkins, English biochemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1861) on this day in history.
1949 On this day in history william Newzam Prior Nicholson, painter/engraver, dies
1952 On this day in history alec Hearne, cricketer (scored 9 in Test for Eng v S Afr 1892), dies
1953 On this day in history death of django Reinhardt, Belgian musician (b. 1910)
1954 Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (Vienna State Opera), dies at 61 on May - 16.
1955 James Agee, US critic/writer (Death in Family), dies in NY on May - 16.
1956 On this day in history death of h. B. Reese, American founder of Reese's (b. 1876)
1957 Death of Eliot Ness, American federal agent (b. 1903) on May - 16.
1958 Jeroom Verten [Jozef F Vermetten], Flemish playwright, dies at 49 on this day in history.
1959 Joe Cook, Stage comedian, dies at 69 on May - 16.
1961 On this day in history death of george A. Malcolm, American jurist & educator (b. 1881)
1966 On May - 16 death of randolph Turpin, boxer, shot dead in his home
1969 On May - 16 johnny Jordan, cameraman (You Only Live Twice), dies at 44
1972 Maxime Dumoulin, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.
1975 On this day in history death of michael X, (Abdul Malik), hanged in Trinidad, for murder
1979 Asa Philip Randolph, labor leader & civil rights pioneer, dies at 90 on May - 16.
1981 Death of Ernie Freeman, American pianist and arranger (b. 1922) on May - 16.
1983 Carel Brons, composer, dies at 52 on May - 16.
1984 Andy Kaufman, comedian (Latka-Taxi), dies of cancer at 35 on this day in history.
1985 On May - 16 margaret Hamilton, actress (Wicked Witch-Wizard of Oz), dies at 82
1988 Kay Baxter, best bodybuilder in the world (1983-85), dies in car crash at 42 on May - 16.
1989 On May - 16 death of hassan Khaled, sheik of Lebanon, murdered
1990 On this day in history death of dag Drollet, Cheyenne Brando's boyfriend killed by brother Christian
1991 On May - 16 prudence Nesbitt, British actress/TV producer, dies
1992 Marisa Mell, actress (Hostages), dies of cancer at 53 on May - 16.
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