Friday 2 July 2021

20 PEOPLE WHO LEFT THE WORLD ON DECEMBER 26TH

 

  267 Dionysius, bishop of Rome and saint

1476 Galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered

1627 Gonzaga, Italian monarch of Mantua and Monferrato

1776 Johann Gottlieb Rall, mercenary Hessian colonel killed in battle

1862 in Mankato Minnesota, 38 Santee Sioux Indians were hanged

1890 Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist aged 86 

1956 Holmes Herbert, actor 74 

1966 Noel Gallon, composer 75

1971 Robert Lowery, actor aged 57 

1972 Harry Truman the 33rd President of the U.S. died in Kansas City aged 88

1973 William Haines, actor 73

1974 Jack Benny, comedian aged 80

1977 Howard Hawks, director, aged 81

1985 Dian Fossey, zoologist specializing in Gorillas, murdered aged 53

1986 Elsa Lanchester, actress 84

1988 John Loder, actor aged 90 

1992 Constance Carpenter, actress, dies of stroke aged 87

1993 Jeff Morrow, actor aged 80

1994 Robert Emhardt, actor, 80

1997 John Whitley, air-Marshal, aged 92

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