Famous Deaths In August - 05

1927  On this day in history tom Groube, cricketer (Test for Australia 1880), dies   

1929  On August - 05 death of millicent Fawcett, British suffragist (b. 1847)   

1931  On August - 05 ullrich Haupt, actor (Morocco, Du Barry-Woman of Passion), dies at 43   

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

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 August - 05.   

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

1946  Death of Wilhelm Marx, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863) on August - 05.   

1947  On August - 05 joannes D M Cornelissen, historian (Johann de White), dies   

1950  Emil Abderhalden, Swiss physiologist/bio-chemistry, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1952  Death of Sameera Moussa, Egyptian nuclear scientist (b. 1917) on August - 05.   

1955  On this day in history carmen Miranda, singer/actress (Down Argentine Way), dies at 42   

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  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 August - 05 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 August - 05 death of salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (b. 1898)   

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

1966  Austin Diamond, cricketer (Australian capt to America 1913), dies on August - 05.   

1968  On this day in history 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 August - 05.   

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

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 August - 05.   

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

1982  On this day in history wanda Rotha, actress (Mrs Fitzherbert), dies at 72   

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

1984  On this day in history howard Culver, actor (Howie-Gunsmoke), dies at 66   

1985  On August - 05 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  On August - 05 birth of edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330)   

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 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 this day in history.   

1607  Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 05.