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January 21, 2006 Ibrahim Rugova, Statesman January 21, 2002 Carrie Hamilton, actress/writer, Hollywood Arms, dies at 38 January 21, 2002 Peggy Lee, singer, Is That All There Is?, dies at 81 January 21, 2001 Sandy Baron, comic, Broadway Danny Rose, dies at 63 January 21, 1999 Jules Lederer, businessman, Budget Rent-A-Car, dies at 81 January 21, 1998 Jack Lord, actor, Hawaii Five-O, dies at 77 January 21, 1997 Dennis Main Wilson, TV and radio producer, dies at 72 January 21, 1997 Michael Duane, educationalist, dies at 81 January 21, 1997 Colonel Tom Parker, manager, promoted Elvis, dies at 87 January 21, 1996 Roman Ciesiewicz, artist/graphic designer, dies at 65 January 21, 1996 Sam Green, industrialist/inventor, dies at 88 January 21, 1995 Flavio "Negao" Pires da Conceicao, drug Trafficker, dies at 25 January 21, 1995 John Halas, animator, dies at 82 January 21, 1995 Philippe Casado, Moroccan/French cyclist, dies at 30 January 21, 1994 Basel al-Assad, Syrian President Assad son, dies in car accident at 31 January 21, 1993 Bruno Rossi, Italian Scientist January 21, 1992 William T "Champion Jack" Dupree, U.S. boxer/pianist, dies at 81 January 21, 1991 Frank Mitchell, actor (Music is Magic, Prairie Gunsmoke), dies January 21, 1991 Howard "Red" Grange, football's galloping ghost, dies at 87 January 21, 1991 Richard Bolling, (Rep-D-Mo)/US civil-rights leader, dies at 74 January 21, 1988 Abraham Sofaer, actor (Naked Jungle, Elephant Walk), dies January 21, 1987 Pieter G Buckinx, Flemish writer (7th Day), dies at 83 January 21, 1985 Barbara Cowsill, rocker (Cowsills), dies of emphysema January 21, 1984 Jackie Wilson, U.S. singer (I Get the Sweetest Feeling), dies at 49 January 21, 1983 Paul de Man, Belgian Critic January 21, 1981 Allyn Joslyn, actor (They Won't Forget, Cafe Society), dies at 79 January 21, 1981 Allan Dwan, Canadian Director January 21, 1977 John Vincent, composer, dies at 74 January 21, 1977 Zoltan Vasarhelyi, composer, dies at 76 January 21, 1975 Marie Lohr, actress (Pygmalion, Small Hotel, Escapade), dies at 84 January 21, 1974 Jan Arends, Dutch poet/author, dies at 48 January 21, 1974 Lewis L Strauss, head U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (1953-58), dies at 78 January 21, 1971 Richard B Russell, (Sen-D-Ga), dies at 73 January 21, 1967 Ann Sheridan, actress (Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies of cancer at 51 January 21, 1965 Harvey Zorbaugh, doctor/TV host (Play the Game), dies at 68 January 21, 1964 Joseph Schildkraut, actor (Cleopatra, Diary of Anne Frank), dies at 68 January 21, 1964 Carl Van Vechten, American Writer January 21, 1963 Al St. John, actor (Law and Order, Devil Riders), dies at 70 January 21, 1963 Franz Jung, writer, dies at 74 January 21, 1962 Andre Lhote, French painter/art historian, dies at 76 January 21, 1961 Blaise Cendrars, Swiss/French poet (J'ai tue), dies at 73 January 21, 1961 John Joseph Becker, composer, dies a day before 75th birthday January 21, 1959 Cecil B[lount] de Mille, producer (10 Commandments), dies at 77 January 21, 1959 Lamar Stringfield, composer, dies at 61 January 21, 1959 Cecil B. DeMille, American Producer January 21, 1957 Arthur L Bowley, English statistician/economist, dies at 87 January 21, 1955 Maarten P Vrij, Dutch lawyer/criminologist/High Council, dies at 59 January 21, 1954 Billy Jenkins, dies at 69 January 21, 1950 George Orwell, author (Animal Farm, 1984), dies in London at 46 January 21, 1948 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, composer, dies at 72 January 21, 1944 Gustaaf DFL Schamelhout, Flemish physician/writer, dies at 74 January 21, 1944 Heinrich zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, German major/pilot, shot down January 21, 1943 Otakar Sini, composer, dies at 61 January 21, 1942 Henryk Opienski, Polish composer/musicologist/conductor, dies at 72 January 21, 1937 Frank B. Kellogg, American Politician January 21, 1932 [Giles] Lytton Strachey, British biographer/critic, dies at 51 January 21, 1931 Felix Blumenfeld, composer, dies at 67 January 21, 1927 Floris H Verster, Dutch painter/cartoonist/etcher, dies at 65 January 21, 1926 Camillo Golgi, Ital medical research (malaria, Nobel 1906), dies at 81 January 21, 1926 Joseph McKenna, American Politician January 21, 1924 Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin, Russian leader, dies of a stroke at 53 January 21, 1924 Vladimir Lenin, Russian Leader January 21, 1924 Florence Harding, American First Lady January 21, 1922 Ricardo Flores Magon, Mexican Journalist January 21, 1916 Franz Joseph, Austrian Statesman January 21, 1908 Charles Eliot Norton, American Writer January 21, 1903 Hermanus J A M Schaepman, Dutch clergyman/politician, dies at 58 January 21, 1901 Elisha Gray, American Inventor January 21, 1894 Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer, dies at 24 January 21, 1892 John Couch Adams, English co-discoverer of Neptune, dies January 21, 1891 Calixa Lavallee, composer, dies at 48 January 21, 1888 Stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh, composer, dies at 83 January 21, 1884 Auguste Franchomme, composer, dies at 75 January 21, 1883 Jacopo Tomadini, composer, dies at 62 January 21, 1882 Anton Emil Titl, composer, dies at 72 January 21, 1872 Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81 January 21, 1871 John J Rochussen, gov-general of Neth-Indies (1845-51), dies at 73 January 21, 1862 Bozena Nemcova, [Barnora Panklova], Czech author, dies at 41 January 21, 1851 Gustav Albert Lortzing, composer, dies at 49 January 21, 1831 Achim vs. Arnim, writer, dies at 49 January 21, 1815 M Claudius, writer, dies at 74 January 21, 1806 Henry Knox, American Soldier January 21, 1805 Lord Nelson, British Soldier January 21, 1793 Louis XVI, French king (1774-93), beheaded by revolutionaries at 38 January 21, 1774 Mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56 January 21, 1746 Gottfried Kirkhoff, composer, dies at 60 January 21, 1704 Willem B Schepers, Dutch merchant/ship owner, dies at about 83 January 21, 1686 Nicolas-Franeois Blondel, French architect, dies January 21, 1683 Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury, dies at 61 January 21, 1670 Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright, dies at 80 January 21, 1665 Domenico Mazzocchi, composer, dies at 72 January 21, 1665 Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat therorem), dies at 63 January 21, 1626 John Dowland, English composer (In Darkness We Dwell), dies at 62 January 21, 1609 Joseph Justus Scaliger, French inventor of "Julian Period", dies at 68 January 21, 1596 John Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66 January 21, 1118 Paschalis II, [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies January 21, 879 Boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies |