Famous Deaths In August - 27

1874  On August - 27 johan George Schwartze, painter, dies   

1875  Death of William Chapman Ralston, American banker (b. 1826) on this day in history.   

1879  Rowland Hill, introduced postage stamps, dies at 84 on August - 27.   

1883  On this day in history august Friedrich Pott, composer, dies at 76   

1887  Wilhelm Volkmar, composer, dies at 74 on August - 27.   

1910  Death of Clement of Maasdijk, 1st Dutch aircraft death on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history john Weiss, German new testament, dies   

1919  Louis Botha, South African soldier/statesman, dies on this day in history.   

1922  Carl Fuchs, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1929  Death of Herman Potočnik Noordung, Slovenian rocket scientist (b. 1892) on August - 27.   

1930  Didericus G van Epen, genealogist/Dutch Patriarch, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1931  On this day in history willem H Nolens, priest/2nd Chamber member, dies   

1943  On August - 27 otto Selz, German psychologist (In Auschwitz), dies   

1944  On this day in history death of georg von Boeselager, German nobleman (b. 1915)   

1948  Oley Speaks, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1949  Arthur Chesney, actor (Lodger, Chelsea Life), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1950  On this day in history cesare Pavese, Italian writer (Fuoco Grande), dies at 41   

1953  On August - 27 nicolai Berezowsky, composer, dies at 53   

1955  On August - 27 joachim Wach, philosopher/sociologist (Sociology of Religion), dies   

1958  Ernest O Lawrence, inventor (Cyclotron-Nobel 1939), dies at 57 on August - 27.   

1962  On August - 27 carlos Lavin, composer, dies at 79   

1963  On August - 27 w E B Du Bois, scholar/founder (NAACP), dies at 95 in Accra Ghana   

1964  On August - 27 alexey Semyonovich Zhivotov, composer, dies at 59   

1965  On August - 27 edmond of Dooren, Flemish painter, dies at 68   

1967  Brian Epstein, rock manager (Beatles), dies of drug overdose at 32 on August - 27.   

1968  On August - 27 marina, princess of Greece/Denmark/Dutchess of Kent, dies at 61   

1969  On August - 27 claire Whitney, silent film actress (Blind Fools), dies at 79   

1971  Bennett Cerf, (Random House)/panelist (What's My Line), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1975  On August - 27 death of emperor Haile Selassie, depossed Ethiopian emperor, strangled at 83   

1976  Death of Mukesh, Indian playback singer (b. 1923) on this day in history.   

1977  George Merritt, actor (I Monster, Canterbury Tale), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1978  On August - 27 robert Shaw, actor (Dan-Buccaneers), dies of heart attack at 51   

1979  On August - 27 boleslaw Szabelski, composer, dies at 82   

1980  Sam Levenson, humorist (Sam Levenson Show), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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1407  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (d. 1425)   

1471  George von Saksen-Meissen, German potester of Frisia was born on August - 27.   

1471  On this day in history birth of george, Duke of Saxony (d. 1539)   

1487  Anna of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark (d. 1514) was born on August - 27.   

1545  On August - 27 birth of alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma/general/diplomat   

1562  On this day in history birth of hans Leo Hassler, composer   

1583  On August - 27 birth of simon Besler, composer   

1630  On this day in history birth of maria van Oosterwijck, Dutch flower painter