Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 02

1903  On this day in history martha Jane Cannary, [Calamity Jane], US desperado, dies   

1914  On August - 02 gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont, composer, dies at 36   

1916  On this day in history hamish MacCunn, composer, dies at 48   

1920  Death of Ormer Locklear, American stunt pilot (b. 1891) on this day in history.   

1921  On this day in history enrico Caruso, Italian opera singer, dies at 48   

1922  On this day in history alexander Graham Bell, Scottish/US physicist (telephone), dies   

1923  On August - 02 warren Harding, 29th Pres (1921-23), dies at Palace Hotel SF at 57   

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

1932  Gheorghe Cucu, composer, dies at 50 on August - 02.   

1934  On August - 02 paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Hindenburg, soldier/statesman, dies at 86   

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

1939  Death of Harvey Spencer Lewis, American Rosicrucian mystic (b. 1883) on August - 02.   

1941  Jose Juan Tablada, Mexican poet (La Feria), dies at 70 on August - 02.   

1942  On August - 02 friedrich Aereboe, Dutch landlord, dies at 77   

1945  On this day in history emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, composer (Donna Diana), dies at 85   

1954  On August - 02 rene Amengual, composer, dies at 42   

1955  Ruprecht, crown prince of Bayern/general-fieldmarshal, dies on this day in history.   

1956  Albert Woolson, last veteran US Union army, dies at 109 on this day in history.   

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

1959  Prospero Bisquertt, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history giovanni B Angioletti, Italian writer (I grandi ospiti), dies at 64   

1963  Oliver Hazzard Perry La Farge, US anthropologist/writer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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  Claude A Barnett, founder (Associated Negro Press), dies at 77 on August - 02.   

1969  Clarence Dickinson, composer, dies at 96 on August - 02.   

1971  Ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history brian Cole, vocalist/bassist (Association), dies of overdose at 29   

1973  On this day in history jean-Pierre Melville, director (Bob Le Flambeur), dies at 57   

1974  On August - 02 death of w. Douglas Hawkes, British racing driver (b. 1893)   

1976  Fritz Lang, director (Cloak & Dagger, Metropolis), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1978  On August - 02 carlos Chavez y Ramires, Mexican composer, dies at 79   

1979  Death of Thurmon Munson, NY Yankee, killed in a plane crash at Akron Oh at 32 on this day in history.   

1980  Verdun John Scott, cricketer (ten Tests for NZ), dies on this day in history.   

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1455  Johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99) was born on this day in history.   

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

1627  Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter was born on August - 02.   

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

1672  Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733) was born on August - 02.   

1674  Philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 02.