1970 Gerard Sweetman (61), Fine Gael politician and Minister for Finance (1954–7), was killed in a car crash in County Kildare. 1939 W. B. Yeats, poet, died at Roquebrune, France. 1918 Lt.-Col. John McCrae (45), Canadian surgeon and poet, who composed In Flanders Field (05/1915), died of pneumonia in Boulogne. 1547 King Henry VIII (55) ... Read more
