Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 02

1903  Martha Jane Cannary, [Calamity Jane], US desperado, dies on this day in history.   

1914  Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1916  On August - 02 hamish MacCunn, composer, dies at 48   

1920  On this day in history death of ormer Locklear, American stunt pilot (b. 1891)   

1921  Enrico Caruso, Italian opera singer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1922  Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish/US physicist (telephone), dies on this day in history.   

1923  Warren Harding, 29th Pres (1921-23), dies at Palace Hotel SF at 57 on this day in history.   

1929  On this day in history death of mae Costello, American actress (b. 1882)   

1932  On this day in history gheorghe Cucu, composer, dies at 50   

1934  On this day in history paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Hindenburg, soldier/statesman, dies at 86   

1938  Bjarni Thorsteinsson, composer, dies at 76 on August - 02.   

1939  On this day in history death of harvey Spencer Lewis, American Rosicrucian mystic (b. 1883)   

1941  Jose Juan Tablada, Mexican poet (La Feria), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history friedrich Aereboe, Dutch landlord, dies at 77   

1945  On August - 02 emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, composer (Donna Diana), dies at 85   

1954  Rene Amengual, composer, dies at 42 on August - 02.   

1955  Ruprecht, crown prince of Bayern/general-fieldmarshal, dies on August - 02.   

1956  On this day in history albert Woolson, last veteran US Union army, dies at 109   

1958  On this day in history joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80   

1959  On this day in history prospero Bisquertt, composer, dies at 78   

1961  Giovanni B Angioletti, Italian writer (I grandi ospiti), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1963  Oliver Hazzard Perry La Farge, US anthropologist/writer, dies at 61 on August - 02.   

1964  On August - 02 jack Kirkwood, actor (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 69   

1965  Milton B Babbitt, US composer (Widow's Lament), dies at 49 on August - 02.   

1967  On this day in history claude A Barnett, founder (Associated Negro Press), dies at 77   

1969  On this day in history clarence Dickinson, composer, dies at 96   

1971  On this day in history ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher, dies at 77   

1972  On August - 02 brian Cole, vocalist/bassist (Association), dies of overdose at 29   

1973  On August - 02 jean-Pierre Melville, director (Bob Le Flambeur), dies at 57   

1974  Death of W. Douglas Hawkes, British racing driver (b. 1893) on this day in history.   

1976  On August - 02 fritz Lang, director (Cloak & Dagger, Metropolis), dies at 85   

1978  Carlos Chavez y Ramires, Mexican composer, dies at 79 on August - 02.   

1979  On this day in history death of thurmon Munson, NY Yankee, killed in a plane crash at Akron Oh at 32   

1980  On this day in history verdun John Scott, cricketer (ten Tests for NZ), dies   

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1455  Johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99) was born on August - 02.   

1533  Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588) was born on this day in history.   

1627  On August - 02 birth of samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter   

1632  On this day in history birth of kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner)   

1672  On this day in history birth of johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733)   

1674  On this day in history birth of philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723)   

1696  On this day in history birth of mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia   

1703  Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775) was born on this day in history.