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 August - 05.   

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

1934  Neville Quinn, cricketer (12 Tests for S Africa), dies at 26 on this day in history.   

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

1943  Adam Kuckhoff, writer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1950  On August - 05 emil Abderhalden, Swiss physiologist/bio-chemistry, dies at 73   

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 August - 05.   

1958  Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80 on August - 05.   

1959  On this day in history edgar Guest, US poet/newspaperman, dies at 77   

1960  Death of Arthur Meighen, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874) on this day in history.   

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

1962  Death of Marilyn Monroe, found dead of apparent self-inflicted drug OD at 35 on August - 05.   

1963  On this day in history death of salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (b. 1898)   

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

1966  On August - 05 austin Diamond, cricketer (Australian capt to America 1913), dies   

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

1971  On August - 05 josef Stanislav, composer, dies at 74   

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

1976  Adrian Roland Holst, poet (Past the Roads), dies at 88 on August - 05.   

1977  On August - 05 charles Carson, actor (Cry the Beloved Country), dies at 87   

1978  On this day in history queenie Smith, actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at 79   

1980  On this day in history death of harold Runnels, American politician (b. 1924)   

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

1983  On August - 05 judy Canova, singer/comedienne (Chatterbox), dies of cancer at 66   

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

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

1987  Zygmunt Mycielsky, composer, dies at 79 on August - 05.   

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1301  Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330) was born on August - 05.   

1397  On this day in history birth of guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474)   

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  On this day in history birth of john Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized   

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

1623  Antonio Cesti, composer was born on August - 05.   

1624  On this day in history birth of william, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America