Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 05

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

1929  On this day in history death of millicent Fawcett, British suffragist (b. 1847)   

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

1932  Israel Querido, writer (Jordan), dies on August - 05.   

1934  On August - 05 neville Quinn, cricketer (12 Tests for S Africa), dies at 26   

1940  On this day in history frederick A Cook, US, explorer (North Pole), dies at 75   

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

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

1946  On August - 05 death of wilhelm Marx, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863)   

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

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  On August - 05 carmen Miranda, singer/actress (Down Argentine Way), dies at 42   

1957  On August - 05 heinrich O Wieland, German chemist (Nobel 1927), dies at 80   

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 August - 05.   

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

1964  On August - 05 moa Martinson, writer, dies   

1966  On this day in history austin Diamond, cricketer (Australian capt to America 1913), dies   

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 August - 05.   

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

1977  On this day in history 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  Wanda Rotha, actress (Mrs Fitzherbert), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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  Theodore Sturgeon, sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1987  Zygmunt Mycielsky, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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

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