Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 05

1927  Tom Groube, cricketer (Test for Australia 1880), dies on August - 05.   

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

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 August - 05.   

1943  On August - 05 adam Kuckhoff, writer, dies at 55   

1944  Maurice Turnbull, cricketer (England)/rugby (Wales), dies on this day in history.   

1946  Death of Wilhelm Marx, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1960  On this day in history death of arthur Meighen, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)   

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

1962  On this day in history 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  On this day in history moa Martinson, writer, dies   

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

1968  Death of Luther Perkins American guitarist on August - 05.   

1971  Josef Stanislav, composer, dies at 74 on August - 05.   

1972  On this day in history frederic Tozere, actor (Mr Phillips-Stanley), dies at 71   

1976  On August - 05 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 August - 05.   

1980  Death of Harold Runnels, American politician (b. 1924) on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506)   

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

1604  On August - 05 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 this day in history.   

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