Famous Deaths In August - 14

1926  On August - 14 death of john H. Moffitt, American politician (b. 1843)   

1928  On August - 14 klabund, [Alfred Henschke], German writer (Spuk/Rasputin), dies at 37   

1932  On this day in history rin Tin Tin, US Hollywood-dog, dies   

1936  Death of Rainey Bethea, hanged, last US public execution on August - 14.   

1937  Sapper, British soldier/novelist (Bull-Dog Drummond), dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1938  On August - 14 hugh Trumble, cricketer (32 Tests for Australia, 141 wickets), dies   

1941  On this day in history death of josef Jakobs, German spy, executed in Tower of London   

1943  Death of Joe Kelley, American baseball player (b. 1871) on August - 14.   

1946  On August - 14 death of susan St James, [Susan Jane Miller], LA Calif, actress (Kate & Allie)   

1949  Death of Husni al-Barazi, premier of Syria, shot to death on this day in history.   

1951  On August - 14 william Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher, dies in Beverly Hills   

1955  Fiske Kimball, US architect/art historian, dies at 66 on August - 14.   

1956  On August - 14 bertold Brecht, German writer (Mother Courage), dies at 58   

1958  On August - 14 big Bill Broonzy, rocker, dies of cancer at 65   

1961  Clarke Ashton Smith, sci-fi author (Lost Worlds), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1963  Clifford Odets, US playwright (Golden Boy), dies at 57 on August - 14.   

1965  Jan van Nijlen, Flemish poet/writer (Walk at Dawn), dies on this day in history.   

1966  S J "Tip" Snooke, S Afr cricket all-rounder (26 Tests 1905-23), dies on this day in history.   

1967  Death of Bob Anderson, British racing driver (b. 1931) on August - 14.   

1969  On August - 14 leonard Sidney Woolf, English publisher/writer, dies at 88   

1970  On this day in history vano Il'ich Muradeli, composer, dies at 62   

1971  Georg von Opel, German auto manufacturer, dies at 59 on August - 14.   

1972  Jules Romains, French novelist (Death of Nobody), dies at 86 on August - 14.   

1975  On August - 14 joris Baers, Flemish bibliographer (founder Boekengids), dies at 87   

1978  Death of Nicolas Bentley, British writer (b. 1907) on August - 14.   

1980  On August - 14 death of dorothy Stratten, Playmate, murdered by boyfriend Paul Snider   

1981  On this day in history dudley Nourse, cricketer (34 Tests for South Africa, 2960 runs), dies   

1982  On August - 14 patrick Magee, Irish actor (Clockwork Orange, King Lear), dies at 58   

1984  On August - 14 john Boynton Priestley, English, stagewriter (Magicians), dies at 89   

1985  On August - 14 gale Sondergaard, actress (Letter), dies of cerebral thrombosis at 86   

1988  On August - 14 enzo Ferrari, Italy, sportscar manufacturer (Ferrari), dies at 90   

1991  Douglas Kiker, newscaster (NBC-TV), dies of a heart attack at 61 on this day in history.   

1992  On this day in history alexander Rosemeier, Indonesian/Dutch painter, dies at 104   

1994  Bill Cowley, creator (Lyke Wake Walk), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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1297  Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348) was born on this day in history.   

1473  On this day in history birth of margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541)   

1479  On this day in history birth of princess Catherine of York (d. 1527)   

1552  Fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher was born on this day in history.   

1575  On this day in history birth of robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629)   

1586  On August - 14 birth of william Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642)   

1599  On August - 14 birth of méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671)   

1625  On August - 14 birth of françois de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695)