Famous Deaths In August - 02

1903  Martha Jane Cannary, [Calamity Jane], US desperado, dies on August - 02.   

1914  On August - 02 gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont, composer, dies at 36   

1916  Hamish MacCunn, composer, dies at 48 on August - 02.   

1920  On August - 02 death of ormer Locklear, American stunt pilot (b. 1891)   

1921  On August - 02 enrico Caruso, Italian opera singer, dies at 48   

1922  On this day in history alexander Graham Bell, Scottish/US physicist (telephone), dies   

1923  On August - 02 warren Harding, 29th Pres (1921-23), dies at Palace Hotel SF at 57   

1929  Death of Mae Costello, American actress (b. 1882) on August - 02.   

1932  On this day in history gheorghe Cucu, composer, dies at 50   

1934  On this day in history paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Hindenburg, soldier/statesman, dies at 86   

1938  On this day in history bjarni Thorsteinsson, composer, dies at 76   

1939  Death of Harvey Spencer Lewis, American Rosicrucian mystic (b. 1883) on August - 02.   

1941  On August - 02 jose Juan Tablada, Mexican poet (La Feria), dies at 70   

1942  On August - 02 friedrich Aereboe, Dutch landlord, dies at 77   

1945  Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, composer (Donna Diana), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1954  Rene Amengual, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1955  On August - 02 ruprecht, crown prince of Bayern/general-fieldmarshal, dies   

1956  On August - 02 albert Woolson, last veteran US Union army, dies at 109   

1958  On August - 02 joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80   

1959  Prospero Bisquertt, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1961  On August - 02 giovanni B Angioletti, Italian writer (I grandi ospiti), dies at 64   

1963  Oliver Hazzard Perry La Farge, US anthropologist/writer, dies at 61 on August - 02.   

1964  Jack Kirkwood, actor (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 69 on August - 02.   

1965  Milton B Babbitt, US composer (Widow's Lament), dies at 49 on August - 02.   

1967  Claude A Barnett, founder (Associated Negro Press), dies at 77 on August - 02.   

1969  On this day in history clarence Dickinson, composer, dies at 96   

1971  On this day in history ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher, dies at 77   

1972  On this day in history brian Cole, vocalist/bassist (Association), dies of overdose at 29   

1973  On this day in history jean-Pierre Melville, director (Bob Le Flambeur), dies at 57   

1974  Death of W. Douglas Hawkes, British racing driver (b. 1893) on this day in history.   

1976  On August - 02 fritz Lang, director (Cloak & Dagger, Metropolis), dies at 85   

1978  Carlos Chavez y Ramires, Mexican composer, dies at 79 on August - 02.   

1979  On August - 02 death of thurmon Munson, NY Yankee, killed in a plane crash at Akron Oh at 32   

1980  Verdun John Scott, cricketer (ten Tests for NZ), dies on August - 02.   

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1455  On August - 02 birth of johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99)   

1533  On August - 02 birth of theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588)   

1627  On this day in history birth of samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter   

1632  On August - 02 birth of kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner)   

1672  On this day in history birth of johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733)   

1674  Philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723) was born on August - 02.   

1696  On August - 02 birth of mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia   

1703  On August - 02 birth of lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)