Famous Deaths In August - 06

1821  On August - 06 antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer, dies at 64   

1828  On August - 06 death of konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and statesman   

1848  On this day in history nicola Vaccai, Italian composer, dies at 58   

1850  Death of Edward Walsh, Irish poet (b. 1805) on August - 06.   

1853  Josif Josifovich Genishta, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history francisco Acuna de Figueroa, Uruguay national anthem, dies at 71   

1866  On this day in history death of john Mason Neale, English divine, scholar and hymnwriter (b. 1818)   

1881  On August - 06 death of james White, co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)   

1884  Death of Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman (b. 1812) on this day in history.   

1886  Wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian, dies at 45 on August - 06.   

1890  On this day in history death of john Hart or William Kemmler, US, 1st executed in electric chair (NY)   

1893  On August - 06 death of jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1811)   

1895  George Frederick Root, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist/socialist, dies at 74   

1904  On this day in history death of eduard Hanslick, Austrian music critic (b. 1825)   

1914  Ellen Wilson, 1st lady (1913-14), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1920  On this day in history death of stefan Bastyr, Polish aviator, first flight in independent Poland (b. 1890)   

1924  On this day in history john Henry Roberts, composer, dies at 76   

1928  William Henry Grattan Flood, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1931  On this day in history death of bix Beiderbecke, American musician (b. 1903)   

1935  Alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1937  Annie E F Horniman, England, theater owner (Abbey Theatre), dies at 76 on August - 06.   

1938  Warner Oland, actor (Werewolf of London, Jazz Singer), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1943  Tom Garrett, cricketer (last survivor of 1st Test in 1877), dies on August - 06.   

1945  On August - 06 death of hiram Johnson, American politician (b. 1866)   

1946  On this day in history death of tony Lazzeri, American baseball player (b. 1903)   

1954  Theo[by] Van Reijn, sculptor/drawer/lithograph, dies at 70 [or 8/10] on August - 06.   

1959  Preston Sturges, [Edmund Biden], US director/screenwriter, dies at 60 on August - 06.   

1961  On August - 06 jozef E Van Roey, Flemish cardinal/archbishop of Mechelen, dies at 87   

1963  Tom Keene, actor (Our Daily Bread), dies of cancer at 68 on August - 06.   

1964  On this day in history cedric Hardwicke, actor (Capt Hook-Peter Pan), dies at 71   

1965  Aksel Sandemose, writer, dies on August - 06.   

1966  On August - 06 paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, sci-fi author (Space Lords), dies at 53   

1968  Ernest Burnelle, Belgian politician, dies at 60 on August - 06.   

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1180  Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239) was born on this day in history.   

1504  Matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury was born on this day in history.   

1609  On this day in history birth of richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675)   

1619  On this day in history birth of barbara Strozzi, composer   

1638  On August - 06 birth of nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher   

1644  On this day in history birth of francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV   

1651  Francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time) was born on August - 06.   

1651  On this day in history birth of johann Michael Zacher, composer