Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 02

1903  Martha Jane Cannary, [Calamity Jane], US desperado, dies on August - 02.   

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

1916  Hamish MacCunn, composer, dies at 48 on August - 02.   

1920  On August - 02 death of ormer Locklear, American stunt pilot (b. 1891)   

1921  On August - 02 enrico Caruso, Italian opera singer, dies at 48   

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 August - 02 gheorghe Cucu, composer, dies at 50   

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  On August - 02 death of harvey Spencer Lewis, American Rosicrucian mystic (b. 1883)   

1941  On August - 02 jose Juan Tablada, Mexican poet (La Feria), dies at 70   

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

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

1954  Rene Amengual, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history ruprecht, crown prince of Bayern/general-fieldmarshal, dies   

1956  On August - 02 albert Woolson, last veteran US Union army, dies at 109   

1958  On August - 02 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 August - 02.   

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  On August - 02 milton B Babbitt, US composer (Widow's Lament), dies at 49   

1967  Claude A Barnett, founder (Associated Negro Press), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1969  Clarence Dickinson, composer, dies at 96 on this day in history.   

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

1972  Brian Cole, vocalist/bassist (Association), dies of overdose at 29 on this day in history.   

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 August - 02.   

1978  Carlos Chavez y Ramires, Mexican composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1979  Death of Thurmon Munson, NY Yankee, killed in a plane crash at Akron Oh at 32 on August - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

1533  On this day in history birth of theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588)   

1627  On this day in history birth of samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter   

1632  On August - 02 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  Philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.   

1696  On August - 02 birth of mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia   

1703  On this day in history birth of lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)