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

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 August - 02 alexander Graham Bell, Scottish/US physicist (telephone), dies   

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

1929  Death of Mae Costello, American actress (b. 1882) on this day in history.   

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

1934  Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Hindenburg, soldier/statesman, dies at 86 on August - 02.   

1938  On this day in history bjarni Thorsteinsson, composer, dies at 76   

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 this day in history.   

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  On August - 02 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 August - 02 prospero Bisquertt, composer, dies at 78   

1961  On August - 02 giovanni B Angioletti, Italian writer (I grandi ospiti), dies at 64   

1963  On August - 02 oliver Hazzard Perry La Farge, US anthropologist/writer, dies at 61   

1964  On this day in history 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  On this day in history claude A Barnett, founder (Associated Negro Press), dies at 77   

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  On August - 02 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  Death of W. Douglas Hawkes, British racing driver (b. 1893) on August - 02.   

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

1978  On this day in history 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  On this day in history verdun John Scott, cricketer (ten Tests for NZ), dies   

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1455  On this day in history birth of johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99)   

1533  On August - 02 birth of theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588)   

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

1632  On August - 02 birth of kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner)   

1672  Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733) was born on this day in history.   

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.