Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 06

1821  Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer, dies at 64 on August - 06.   

1828  On August - 06 death of konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and statesman   

1848  On August - 06 nicola Vaccai, Italian composer, dies at 58   

1850  Death of Edward Walsh, Irish poet (b. 1805) on August - 06.   

1853  On this day in history josif Josifovich Genishta, composer, dies at 57   

1862  Francisco Acuna de Figueroa, Uruguay national anthem, dies at 71 on August - 06.   

1866  Death of John Mason Neale, English divine, scholar and hymnwriter (b. 1818) on this day in history.   

1881  On this day in history death of james White, co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)   

1884  Death of Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman (b. 1812) on August - 06.   

1886  On August - 06 wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian, dies at 45   

1890  On August - 06 death of john Hart or William Kemmler, US, 1st executed in electric chair (NY)   

1893  Death of Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1811) on August - 06.   

1895  On August - 06 george Frederick Root, composer, dies at 74   

1900  Wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist/socialist, dies at 74 on August - 06.   

1904  On this day in history death of eduard Hanslick, Austrian music critic (b. 1825)   

1914  On this day in history ellen Wilson, 1st lady (1913-14), dies at 54   

1920  On this day in history death of stefan Bastyr, Polish aviator, first flight in independent Poland (b. 1890)   

1924  On August - 06 john Henry Roberts, composer, dies at 76   

1928  William Henry Grattan Flood, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1931  Death of Bix Beiderbecke, American musician (b. 1903) on August - 06.   

1935  On August - 06 alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer, dies at 70   

1937  Annie E F Horniman, England, theater owner (Abbey Theatre), dies at 76 on August - 06.   

1938  Warner Oland, actor (Werewolf of London, Jazz Singer), dies at 57 on August - 06.   

1943  Tom Garrett, cricketer (last survivor of 1st Test in 1877), dies on August - 06.   

1945  On August - 06 death of hiram Johnson, American politician (b. 1866)   

1946  Death of Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player (b. 1903) on this day in history.   

1954  On August - 06 theo[by] Van Reijn, sculptor/drawer/lithograph, dies at 70 [or 8/10]   

1959  Preston Sturges, [Edmund Biden], US director/screenwriter, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history jozef E Van Roey, Flemish cardinal/archbishop of Mechelen, dies at 87   

1963  Tom Keene, actor (Our Daily Bread), dies of cancer at 68 on this day in history.   

1964  Cedric Hardwicke, actor (Capt Hook-Peter Pan), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1965  On August - 06 aksel Sandemose, writer, dies   

1966  On this day in history paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, sci-fi author (Space Lords), dies at 53   

1968  On August - 06 ernest Burnelle, Belgian politician, dies at 60   

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1180  On August - 06 birth of emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)   

1504  On this day in history birth of matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury   

1609  Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.   

1619  Barbara Strozzi, composer was born on August - 06.   

1638  Nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher was born on this day in history.   

1644  On August - 06 birth of francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV   

1651  On this day in history birth of francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time)   

1651  Johann Michael Zacher, composer was born on August - 06.