Famous Deaths for 6th February 2019

1685 – Charles II, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1660-85), dies at 54
1695 – Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95), dies at 51
1785 – Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83), dies at 48
1807 – John Reid [Robertson], British Army General and composer, dies at 85
1942 – Wobbe de Vries, Dutch linguist, dies at 78
1973 – Ira S Bowen, US physicist/astronomer (Mt Wilson/Palomar), dies at 74
1995 – Arthur S Taylor Jr, US drummer/author (Notes on notes), dies at 65
2002 – Max Perutz, Austrian molecular biologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1914)
2005 – Lazar Berman, Russian pianist (b. 1930)
2007 – Lew Burdette, American baseball player (b. 1926)

More Famous Deaths »

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *