Famous Deaths for 31st May 2019

1504 – Engelbert II, Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz and viceroy of Luxembourg, dies at 53
1567 – Pereguin de la Grange, French minister/martyr of Reform, dies
1862 – Robert Hopkins Hatton, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies in battle at 35
1900 – John Power, Irish baronet and whiskey manufacturer (Powers Whiskey), dies in battle
1908 – C L “Boy” Johnson, cricketer (Test for South Africa 1895-96), dies
1918 – Alexander Mitscherlich, German chemist and son of Eilhard Mitscherlich, dies at 82
1978 – József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer (b. 1925)
1994 – Doug Freeman, cricketer (2 Tests of leg-spin for NZ 1933), dies
2009 – George Tiller, American abortion doctor (b. 1941)
2009 – Millvina Dean, last living survivor of the RMS Titanic disaster died. (b. 1912)

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