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Last updated: 2008 June 28.

1933 January 3 Wilhelm Cuno German Reich's chancellor (1922-23), dies at age 56. [1] January 4 Lucas Lindeboom Dutch evangelist (Vredebond), dies at age 87. [1] January 5 Calvin Coolidge 30th President (1923-29), dies in Northampton Massachusetts at age 60. [1] January 12 Uprising of Guardia Civil in Spain, 25 dies. [1] Vaclav Suk composer, dies at age 71. [1] January 17 John Hodges cricketer (6 wickets in Australia's first two Tests), dies. [1] January 28 Theodor Birt [Beatus Rhenanus] German classicist/writer, dies at age 80. [1] January 31 John Galsworthy England, writer (Forsythe, Nobel Prize 1932), dies at age 65. [1] February 7 Albert György Earl Apponyi Hung minister of Education, dies at age 86. [1] February 12 Henri Duparc French composer, dies at age 85. [1] February 16 Archie Jackson cricketer (of TB, Australia bat too briefly average 47.4), dies. [1] February 17 Henri[cus A] Viotta Dutch composer (Handbook of Music), dies at age 84. [1] February 18 James Corbett (Gentleman Jim), heavyweight boxing champion (1892-97), dies. [1] February 19 Arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn composer, dies at age 77. [1] February 24 Spottiswoode Aitken actor (Eagle, Home Sweet Home), dies at age 64. [1] February 26 Antonio Nicolau Spanish composer/conductor, dies at age 74. [1] March 4 Willie Walker US jazz singer/guitarist (Dupree Blues), dies at age 36. [1] March 6 Anton J Cermak US mayor of Chicago, dies. [1] March 16 Alfred Her Hungarian mathematician, dies at age 47. [1] March 17 Ferdinand Von Alten actor (Champagne), dies at age 48. [1] March 18 Luigi A duke of the Abruzzi Italian explorer (Ruwenzori), dies at age 60. [1] March 20 Giuseppe [Joe] Zangara electrocuted for assassination attempt on Franklin Roosevelt. [1] March 27 Lionel Palairet cricketer (49 runs in two Tests for England 1902), dies. [1] March 29 Alexander Schmuller Russian/Dutch violinist/conductor, dies at age 52. [1] April 1 Frederick Lord Chelmsford viceroy of British-India (1916-21), dies at age 64. [1] April 2 K S Ranjitsinhji cricketer (989 Test runs, first-class average 56), dies. [1] April 7 Jan Erik/Eric Jan Hanussen Berlin astrologist/illusionist, murdered. [1] April 9 Sigfrid Karg-Elert composer, dies at age 55. [1] April 22 Frederick Henry Royce motorcar pioneer, dies. [1] April 28 Robin Irvine actor (Easy Virtue), dies at age 31. [1] April 30 Luis Sanchez Cerro President of Peru, assassinated by Hurtado de Mendoza. [1] May 13 Paul Ernst writer, dies at age 67. [1] May 15 Ernest Torrence actor (I Cover the Waterfront), dies at age 54. [1] May 21 John Henry Mackay Scottish/German author (Der Schwimmer), dies at age 69. [1] May 26 Jimmie Rodgers country singer, dies at age 35. [1] May 29 Frank Sugg cricketer (batted in two Tests for England 1888), dies. [1] June 3 William Muldoon Belfast New York, boxing commissioner, dies at age 88. [1] June 29 Death of Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle; actor (Keystone Comedies, Mabel and Fatty). [1] [5] November 8 King Nadir Shah of Afghanistan, assassinated by Abdul Khallig. [1] December 2 Josef Gruber composer, dies at age 78. [1] December 3 Richard Henry Warren composer, dies at age 74. [1] December 4 Stefan George German poet (Das neue Reich), dies at age 65. [1] December 6 Auguste Chapuis composer, dies at age 75. [1] December 9 Morice Bird cricketer (scored 280 runs in 10 Tests for England), dies. [1] December 11 Emile C Wauters Belgian painter (Van der Goes Klooster), dies at age 87. [1] December 12 Theodore Moses Tobani composer, dies at age 78. [1] December 17 Hans Vaihinger German philosopher (Side-Studies), dies at age 81. [1] December 21 Knud J V Rasmussen Danish Pole explorer (Thule), dies at age 54. [1] December 26 Lunatscharski writer, dies. [1] December 29 Joh Georghe Duca premier of Romania, murdered. [1] 1934 January 1 Death of Jakob Wassermann in Altausee, Austria at age 60 (born in Furth, Germany); novelist: Die Juden von Zirndorf, Caspar Hauser, Christian Wahnschaffe. [1] [37] January 8 Alexandre Stavisky French swindler, dies. [1] January 13 Jean-Baptiste Marchand soldier/explorer (Sudan), dies at age 70. [1] January 15 Death of Hermann Bahr in Munich, Germany, at age 70; dramatist. [1] [37] Patrick O'Malley US policeman, killed by John Dillinger. [1] January 16 Annie Patterson composer, dies at age 65. [1] January 19 Armand Parent composer, dies at age 70. [1] January 29 Fritz Haber German chemist (Nobel Prize 1918), dies at age 65. [1] February 2 Ernesto Nazareth composer, dies at age 70. [1] February 16 Eduard Bagritsky [Dzjubin], Russian poet/journalist, dies at age 38. [1] February 17 Albert I LCMM von Saksen-Coburg king of Belgium (1909-34), dies at age 58. [1] February 21 Nicaraguan patriot Augusto Cesar Sandino assassinated by National Guard. [1] February 22 Willem Kes violinist/composer/conductor, dies at age 78. [1] February 23 Augusto Sandino Nicaraguan patriot, assassinated by National Guard. [1] Edward William Elgar English composer (Coronation Ode), dies at age 76. [1] February 25 Daniel Protheroe composer, dies at age 67. [1] John J McGraw manager (New York Giants), dies at age 60. [1] March 3 Norman Houstoun O'Neill composer, dies at age 58. [1] March 13 Fritz Cortolezis composer, dies at age 56. [1] March 19 Anthony J Block lawyer (Dutch strafproces), dies at age 66. [1] March 20 A Emma W T von Waldeck-Pyrmont Dutch queen (and regent), dies at age 76. [1] March 21 Franz Schreker composer, dies at age 55. [1] Lilyan Tashman actor (Bulldog Drummond), dies at age 34. [1] March 26 Grete Gulbransson writer, dies at age 51. [1] March 31 Franz Ehrle German jesuit/head of Vatican library, dies at age 88. [1] April 4 Braulio Dueno Colon composer, dies at age 80. [1] April 5 Salvatore Di Giacomo composer, dies at age 74. [1] April 7 William Monroe Trotter civil rights activist/journalist, dies on 62nd birthday in Boston. [1] April 14 Gerald du Maurier British actor-manager (Unmarried, Escape), dies. [1] Karl Dane dies at age 57. [1] April 30 Dr William Henry Welch pathologist who played a major role in the introduction of modern medical practice and education dies at age 75. [1] May 1 Alexander Alexandrovich Davidenko composer, dies at age 35. [1] May 7 Edward Naylor composer, dies at age 67. [1] May 23 Texas and Louisiana state police shoot to death notorious criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow near Sailes, Louisiana. The Barrow Gang was believed responsible for the deaths of 13 people, including nine police officers. [1] [129] May 25 Gustav Theodore Holst English composer (Ode to Death), dies at age 59. [1] May 27 Meijer Linnewiel [Professor Kokadorus] Amsterdam street hawker, dies. [1] May 29 Eugenie Besserer actress (Anna Christie, Madame X), dies at age 65. [1] Heihatjirô Tôjô Japanese Admiral (Russian-Japanese War), dies. [1] June 30 In Germany, two days of officially instigated murders begin. Between 100 and 2000 opponents of Adolf Hitler are killed. Heinrich Himmler's Schutzstaffel (SS) kill mostly Sturm Abteilung (SA) leaders, including head Ernst Roehm. The period becomes known as the "Night of the Long Knives". [10] July 4 Chaim Nachman Bialik zionist poet, dies. [1] July 22 John Dillinger shot dead at Biograph Theater in Chicago. [1] July 25 Nazis assassinate Chancellor Dollfuss of Austria. [10] August 2 In Germany, President Paul von Hindenburg dies. [10] September 21 Birth of Leonard Cohen Montréal, singer/songwriter (Death of Ladies Man). [1] October 22 Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd shot dead by FBI in Ohio. [1] November 27 Baby Face Nelson shot by FBI agents. [1] [5] December 1 Sergei M Kirov Josef Stalin's collaborator, assassinated in Leningrad. [1] December 8 Bernhard Seklas composer, dies at age 62. [1] December 15 Maggis Lena Walker first US (black) woman to head a bank, dies at age 69. [1] December 28 Birth of Maggie Smith Ilford England, actress (Death on Nile, Clash of Titans). [1]