Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 05

1927  On August - 05 tom Groube, cricketer (Test for Australia 1880), dies   

1929  Death of Millicent Fawcett, British suffragist (b. 1847) on August - 05.   

1931  On this day in history ullrich Haupt, actor (Morocco, Du Barry-Woman of Passion), dies at 43   

1932  Israel Querido, writer (Jordan), dies on this day in history.   

1934  On this day in history neville Quinn, cricketer (12 Tests for S Africa), dies at 26   

1940  Frederick A Cook, US, explorer (North Pole), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history adam Kuckhoff, writer, dies at 55   

1944  Maurice Turnbull, cricketer (England)/rugby (Wales), dies on August - 05.   

1946  On this day in history death of wilhelm Marx, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863)   

1947  On this day in history joannes D M Cornelissen, historian (Johann de White), dies   

1950  Emil Abderhalden, Swiss physiologist/bio-chemistry, dies at 73 on August - 05.   

1952  On August - 05 death of sameera Moussa, Egyptian nuclear scientist (b. 1917)   

1955  Carmen Miranda, singer/actress (Down Argentine Way), dies at 42 on August - 05.   

1957  On this day in history heinrich O Wieland, German chemist (Nobel 1927), dies at 80   

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

1959  On August - 05 edgar Guest, US poet/newspaperman, dies at 77   

1960  Death of Arthur Meighen, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874) on August - 05.   

1961  On this day in history eva JC Beck, actress (Elckerlyc, Resurrection), dies at 63   

1962  On August - 05 death of marilyn Monroe, found dead of apparent self-inflicted drug OD at 35   

1963  Death of Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (b. 1898) on this day in history.   

1964  On August - 05 moa Martinson, writer, dies   

1966  Austin Diamond, cricketer (Australian capt to America 1913), dies on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history death of luther Perkins American guitarist   

1971  Josef Stanislav, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1972  Frederic Tozere, actor (Mr Phillips-Stanley), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history adrian Roland Holst, poet (Past the Roads), dies at 88   

1977  Charles Carson, actor (Cry the Beloved Country), dies at 87 on August - 05.   

1978  Queenie Smith, actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1980  Death of Harold Runnels, American politician (b. 1924) on August - 05.   

1982  On August - 05 wanda Rotha, actress (Mrs Fitzherbert), dies at 72   

1983  On this day in history judy Canova, singer/comedienne (Chatterbox), dies of cancer at 66   

1984  On August - 05 howard Culver, actor (Howie-Gunsmoke), dies at 66   

1985  On this day in history theodore Sturgeon, sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar), dies at 67   

1987  On this day in history zygmunt Mycielsky, composer, dies at 79   

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1301  Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330) was born on this day in history.   

1397  Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474) was born on this day in history.   

1461  Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506) was born on this day in history.   

1540  Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating was born on August - 05.   

1604  On August - 05 birth of john Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized   

1607  On this day in history birth of philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer   

1623  On August - 05 birth of antonio Cesti, composer   

1624  William, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America was born on this day in history.