Famous Deaths In August - 13

1924  Julian Aguirre, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1927  James Curwood, US journalist/writer (Valley of Silent Men), dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1928  Fernand de La Tombelle, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1933  Paul Joseph Guillaume Hillemacher, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1937  Death of Arthur Plunkett, English civil engineer (b. 1890) on August - 13.   

1940  George C Pearce, actor (Hold tat Lion, British Agent), dies at 75 on August - 13.   

1946  On this day in history h[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, sci-fi author (Time Machine), dies at 79   

1947  Johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist, dies on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history edwin Maxwell, actor (Taming of the Shrew), dies at 62   

1953  Dmitri Arakishvili, composer, dies at 80 on August - 13.   

1954  Hermann W S Waltershausen, German musicologist/composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1956  On August - 13 harry Donnan, cricketer (5 Tests for Australia 1891-96), dies   

1958  On this day in history death of otto Witte, acrobat and, purportedly, King of Albania (b. 1868)   

1959  Henry Garat, actor (Congress Dances), dies at 57 on August - 13.   

1961  Adeline De Walt Reynolds, actress (Son of Dracula), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1965  On August - 13 death of ikeda Hayato, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1899)   

1967  Jane Darwell, actress (Girls in Prison), dies of heart attack at 87 on August - 13.   

1970  Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history death of king Curtis, [Curtis Ousley], US musician, murdered at 37   

1972  On August - 13 george Wiess, General Manager (NY Yankees), dies at 78   

1973  On this day in history ben van Eysselsteijn, Dutch playwright (Arid Earth), dies at 75   

1974  On this day in history hugo Yarnold, cricketer (Umpire in 3 Tests for England), dies   

1977  Henry Williamson, English author (Tarka the Otter), dies on August - 13.   

1982  Charles Walters, US actor/choreographer/dir (High Society), dies at 70 on August - 13.   

1984  On August - 13 clyde Cook, actor (Dawn Patrol, Jazz Heaven), dies in his sleep at 92   

1985  Marion Martin, actress (Dakota Lil, Queen of Burlesque), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1986  Helen Mack, actress (Son of Kong, Milky Way), dies on this day in history.   

1987  Vincent Persichetti, US composer (Sibyl), dies at 72 on August - 13.   

1988  On August - 13 otto E Passman, (Rep-D-La, 1947-77), dies at 88   

1989  Tim Richmond, race car driver (won 13 NASCAR races), dies of AIDS on August - 13.   

1990  On this day in history jimmy Starr, actor (Hot Flashes), dies at 86   

1991  On this day in history jack Ryan, inventor (Barbie Doll, Hot Wheels), dies at 65   

1992  On August - 13 bill Elverman, playwright/actor (After Hours), dies at 40   

1994  Manfred Worner, German general/sec-gen of NATO (1988-94), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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0582  On August - 13 birth of arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640)   

1311  King Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350) was born on this day in history.   

1422  On August - 13 birth of william Caxton, 1st English printer (Histories of Troy)   

1584  On this day in history birth of theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640)   

1617  On this day in history birth of johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist   

1625  Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.   

1655  Johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet) was born on this day in history.   

1662  On August - 13 birth of charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748)