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  Ullrich Haupt, actor (Morocco, Du Barry-Woman of Passion), dies at 43 on this day in history.   

1932  On this day in history israel Querido, writer (Jordan), dies   

1934  Neville Quinn, cricketer (12 Tests for S Africa), dies at 26 on August - 05.   

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

1943  Adam Kuckhoff, writer, dies at 55 on August - 05.   

1944  On August - 05 maurice Turnbull, cricketer (England)/rugby (Wales), dies   

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

1947  Joannes D M Cornelissen, historian (Johann de White), dies on August - 05.   

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

1952  On this day in history death of sameera Moussa, Egyptian nuclear scientist (b. 1917)   

1955  Carmen Miranda, singer/actress (Down Argentine Way), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1957  Heinrich O Wieland, German chemist (Nobel 1927), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1958  On August - 05 joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80   

1959  Edgar Guest, US poet/newspaperman, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1960  On August - 05 death of arthur Meighen, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)   

1961  Eva JC Beck, actress (Elckerlyc, Resurrection), dies at 63 on August - 05.   

1962  Death of Marilyn Monroe, found dead of apparent self-inflicted drug OD at 35 on this day in history.   

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

1964  Moa Martinson, writer, dies on this day in history.   

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

1968  On August - 05 death of luther Perkins American guitarist   

1971  On this day in history josef Stanislav, composer, dies at 74   

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  On August - 05 charles Carson, actor (Cry the Beloved Country), dies at 87   

1978  Queenie Smith, actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at 79 on August - 05.   

1980  On August - 05 death of harold Runnels, American politician (b. 1924)   

1982  Wanda Rotha, actress (Mrs Fitzherbert), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1983  Judy Canova, singer/comedienne (Chatterbox), dies of cancer at 66 on this day in history.   

1984  Howard Culver, actor (Howie-Gunsmoke), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1985  Theodore Sturgeon, sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar), dies at 67 on August - 05.   

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

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1301  On August - 05 birth of edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330)   

1397  Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474) was born on August - 05.   

1461  Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506) was born on August - 05.   

1540  On this day in history birth of joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating   

1604  John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized was born on August - 05.   

1607  Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer was born on August - 05.   

1623  Antonio Cesti, composer was born on this day in history.   

1624  On August - 05 birth of william, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America