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This is a quiz result, but it had a little more info with it and I just didn't want to put it with the others. Some interesting people died on the day I was born. Take the quiz and find out who died on yours.
Unusual Deaths in 1977
* Tom Pryce, a formula one driver, and a 19-year-old track Marshal Jansen van Vuuren both died at the 1977 South African Grand Prix after van Vuuren ran across the track beyond a blind brow to attend to another car which had caught fire and was struck by Pryce's car at approximately 170mph. Pryce was struck in the face by the Marshal's fire extinguisher and was killed instantly.
Natural disasters in 1977
* 1977 Bucharest earthquake
* Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977
* Independence Day Derecho of 1977
* 1977 San Juan earthquake
People who died on May 21 (various years)
* 2006 - Billy Walker, American singer
* 2006 - Spencer Clark, American racecar driver
* 2006 - Katherine Dunham, American dancer
* 2006 - Cherd Songsri, Thai film director
* 2005 - Howard Morris, American comic actor and director
* 2003 - Alejandro de Tomaso, Argentine-Italian racing driver and car manufacturer
* 2003 - Frank D. White, American politician
* 2002 - Niki de Saint Phalle, French artist
* 2000 - Mark R. Hughes, American entrepreneur
* 2000 - Sir John Gielgud, British actor
* 2000 - Barbara Cartland, English author
* 1999 - Karnail "Bugz" Pitts, American rapper (D12)
* 1996 - Lash LaRue, American actor
* 1996 - Paul Delph, American musician and producer
* 1991 - Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India
* 1988 - Sammy Davis, Sr., American dancer
* 1984 - Ann Little, American actress
* 1981 - Patsy O'Hara, Irish hunger striker
* 1973 - Vaughn Monroe, American musician
* 1970 - E. L. Grant Watson, Australian biologist
* 1965 - Geoffrey de Havilland, British aircraft designer
* 1964 - James Franck, German-born physicist, Nobel laureate
* 1957 - Aleksandr Vertinsky, Russian singer
* 1952 - John Garfield, American actor
* 1949 - Klaus Mann, German writer
* 1935 - Jane Addams, American social worker, Nobel laureate
* 1929 - Archibald Primrose, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
* 1920 - Venustiano Carranza, 54th President of Mexico
* 1919 - Yevgraf Fyodorov, Russian mathematician
* 1915 - Leonid Gobyato, Russian general
* 1911 - Williamina Fleming, Scottish-born astronomer
* 1895 - Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer
* 1894 - August Kundt, German physicist
* 1894 - Emile Henry, French anarchist
* 1879 - Arturo Prat, Chilean naval officer
* 1862 - John Drew, Irish-born American actor
* 1844 - Giuseppe Baini, Italian composer
* 1790 - Thomas Warton, English poet
* 1786 - Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Swedish chemist
* 1771 - Christopher Smart, English poet
* 1742 - Lars Roberg, Swedish physician
* 1724 - Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, English statesman
* 1719 - Pierre Poiret, French mystic
* 1690 - John Eliot, English Puritan missionary
* 1686 - (N. S.) Otto von Guericke, German scientist
* 1670 - Niccolo Zucchi, Italian astronomer
* 1664 - Elizabeth Poole, Puritan businesswoman
* 1650 - James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, Scottish royalist
* 1647 - Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch poet
* 1639 - Tommaso Campanella, Italian theologian
* 1607 - John Rainolds, English scholar
* 1542 - Hernando de Soto, Spanish explorer
* 1524 - Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, English soldier
* 1512 - Pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena
* 1481 - King Christian I of Denmark, Norway and Sweden
* 1254 - Conrad IV of Germany
* 987 - King Louis V of France
Unusual Deaths in 1977
* Tom Pryce, a formula one driver, and a 19-year-old track Marshal Jansen van Vuuren both died at the 1977 South African Grand Prix after van Vuuren ran across the track beyond a blind brow to attend to another car which had caught fire and was struck by Pryce's car at approximately 170mph. Pryce was struck in the face by the Marshal's fire extinguisher and was killed instantly.
Natural disasters in 1977
* 1977 Bucharest earthquake
* Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977
* Independence Day Derecho of 1977
* 1977 San Juan earthquake
People who died on May 21 (various years)
* 2006 - Billy Walker, American singer
* 2006 - Spencer Clark, American racecar driver
* 2006 - Katherine Dunham, American dancer
* 2006 - Cherd Songsri, Thai film director
* 2005 - Howard Morris, American comic actor and director
* 2003 - Alejandro de Tomaso, Argentine-Italian racing driver and car manufacturer
* 2003 - Frank D. White, American politician
* 2002 - Niki de Saint Phalle, French artist
* 2000 - Mark R. Hughes, American entrepreneur
* 2000 - Sir John Gielgud, British actor
* 2000 - Barbara Cartland, English author
* 1999 - Karnail "Bugz" Pitts, American rapper (D12)
* 1996 - Lash LaRue, American actor
* 1996 - Paul Delph, American musician and producer
* 1991 - Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India
* 1988 - Sammy Davis, Sr., American dancer
* 1984 - Ann Little, American actress
* 1981 - Patsy O'Hara, Irish hunger striker
* 1973 - Vaughn Monroe, American musician
* 1970 - E. L. Grant Watson, Australian biologist
* 1965 - Geoffrey de Havilland, British aircraft designer
* 1964 - James Franck, German-born physicist, Nobel laureate
* 1957 - Aleksandr Vertinsky, Russian singer
* 1952 - John Garfield, American actor
* 1949 - Klaus Mann, German writer
* 1935 - Jane Addams, American social worker, Nobel laureate
* 1929 - Archibald Primrose, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
* 1920 - Venustiano Carranza, 54th President of Mexico
* 1919 - Yevgraf Fyodorov, Russian mathematician
* 1915 - Leonid Gobyato, Russian general
* 1911 - Williamina Fleming, Scottish-born astronomer
* 1895 - Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer
* 1894 - August Kundt, German physicist
* 1894 - Emile Henry, French anarchist
* 1879 - Arturo Prat, Chilean naval officer
* 1862 - John Drew, Irish-born American actor
* 1844 - Giuseppe Baini, Italian composer
* 1790 - Thomas Warton, English poet
* 1786 - Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Swedish chemist
* 1771 - Christopher Smart, English poet
* 1742 - Lars Roberg, Swedish physician
* 1724 - Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, English statesman
* 1719 - Pierre Poiret, French mystic
* 1690 - John Eliot, English Puritan missionary
* 1686 - (N. S.) Otto von Guericke, German scientist
* 1670 - Niccolo Zucchi, Italian astronomer
* 1664 - Elizabeth Poole, Puritan businesswoman
* 1650 - James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, Scottish royalist
* 1647 - Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch poet
* 1639 - Tommaso Campanella, Italian theologian
* 1607 - John Rainolds, English scholar
* 1542 - Hernando de Soto, Spanish explorer
* 1524 - Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, English soldier
* 1512 - Pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena
* 1481 - King Christian I of Denmark, Norway and Sweden
* 1254 - Conrad IV of Germany
* 987 - King Louis V of France
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