Famous Deaths In August - 29

1928  On August - 29 richard B Haldane, British viscount/lord-chancellor, dies at 72   

1930  On August - 29 death of william Archibald Spooner, English writer (b. 1844)   

1931  On August - 29 death of david Abercrombie, Abercrombie & Fitch founder   

1933  Georgy Eduardovich Konyus, composer, dies at 70 on August - 29.   

1935  On August - 29 astrid S L T Bernadotte, Queen of Belgium/Princess of Sweden, dies   

1940  On August - 29 arthur De Greef, composer, dies at 77   

1941  Death of Henri Louis, French officer/resistance fighter, executed at 40 on August - 29.   

1946  On August - 29 death of j E Feenstra, Nazi military police commandant, executed   

1960  Alexander Gauge, actor (Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 46 on August - 29.   

1966  Death of Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian theoretician (b. 1906) on this day in history.   

1968  Victor Sutherland, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history mary Clare, dies at 76   

1972  On this day in history lale [Liselotte H] Anderson, Ger night club performer/singer, dies   

1973  On August - 29 michael Dunn, short actor (Justine, Boom, Madigan), dies at 38   

1975  Eamon de Valera, Irish president (1937..59), dies at 92 on August - 29.   

1976  Death of Anissa Jones, actress (Buffy-Family Affair), ODs at 18 on August - 29.   

1977  Jean Hagen, actress (Dead Ringer, Shaggy Dog, Arena), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history mary Marquet, actress (Landru, Paris Canaille), dies at 84   

1981  On August - 29 lowell Thomas, newscaster (High Adventure), dies in Pawling NY at 89   

1982  On this day in history ingrid Bergman, actress (Anastasia, Gaslight), dies on 67th birthday   

1983  Simon Oakland, actor (Toma, Kolchak, Baa Baa Black Sheep), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1984  On August - 29 death of muhammad Naguib, Egyptian statesman (b. 1901)   

1985  On this day in history alexander Abramsky, composer, dies at 87   

1986  Ellis Achong, cricketer (West Indies 1933-35, "chinaman"), dies on August - 29.   

1987  Lee Marvin, actor (Cat Ballou, Gorky Park), dies in Tucson Ariz at 63 on this day in history.   

1989  On August - 29 death of peter Scott, English explorer, naturalist, and painter (b. 1909)   

1990  On August - 29 sandy, dog in the play Annie, dies at 16   

1991  On this day in history dallas Adams, British painter/writer/actor (Terror from Within), dies   

1992  Mary Norton, children book author (Borrowers), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history dorian Corey, actor (Paris is Burning), dies of AIDs at 56   

1994  Arthur Ernest Mourant, haematologist, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1995  Frank Perry, US dir (Diary of Mad Housewife, David & Lisa), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

2000  On August - 29 death of willie Maddren, English footballer (b. 1951)   

2001  On August - 29 death of graeme "Shirley" Strachan, Australian singer (Skyhooks), TV and radio star (b. 1952)   

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1387  Henry V, king of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19) was born on this day in history.   

1434  On August - 29 birth of janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator   

1476  On August - 29 birth of kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting)   

1561  On this day in history birth of bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry)   

1609  On August - 29 birth of sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna)   

1619  Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron was born on August - 29.   

1628  On August - 29 birth of john Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701)   

1632  On this day in history birth of john Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance