Famous Deaths In August - 02

1903  On August - 02 martha Jane Cannary, [Calamity Jane], US desperado, dies  

1914  On this day in history gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont, composer, dies at 36  

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 August - 02.  

1922  On August - 02 alexander Graham Bell, Scottish/US physicist (telephone), dies  

1923  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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1938  On August - 02 bjarni Thorsteinsson, composer, dies at 76  

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

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

1942  Friedrich Aereboe, Dutch landlord, dies at 77 on August - 02.  

1945  Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, composer (Donna Diana), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

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

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  Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80 on August - 02.  

1959  Prospero Bisquertt, composer, dies at 78 on August - 02.  

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

1963  On this day in history oliver Hazzard Perry La Farge, US anthropologist/writer, dies at 61  

1964  Jack Kirkwood, actor (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1965  Milton B Babbitt, US composer (Widow's Lament), dies at 49 on this day in history.  

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

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 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 August - 02.  

1976  On this day in history fritz Lang, director (Cloak & Dagger, Metropolis), dies at 85  

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

1979  On August - 02 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  On August - 02 birth of johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99)  

1533  On this day in history 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  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 August - 02.  

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.