Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 06

1821  On August - 06 antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer, dies at 64   

1828  Death of Konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and statesman on August - 06.   

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

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

1853  Josif Josifovich Genishta, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history francisco Acuna de Figueroa, Uruguay national anthem, dies at 71   

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

1881  Death of James White, co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821) on this day in history.   

1884  On August - 06 death of robert Spear Hudson, English businessman (b. 1812)   

1886  Wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian, dies at 45 on August - 06.   

1890  Death of John Hart or William Kemmler, US, 1st executed in electric chair (NY) on August - 06.   

1893  On August - 06 death of jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1811)   

1895  George Frederick Root, composer, dies at 74 on August - 06.   

1900  Wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist/socialist, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1904  Death of Eduard Hanslick, Austrian music critic (b. 1825) on August - 06.   

1914  Ellen Wilson, 1st lady (1913-14), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history william Henry Grattan Flood, composer, dies at 68   

1931  Death of Bix Beiderbecke, American musician (b. 1903) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1938  On August - 06 warner Oland, actor (Werewolf of London, Jazz Singer), dies at 57   

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

1945  Death of Hiram Johnson, American politician (b. 1866) on August - 06.   

1946  Death of Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player (b. 1903) on August - 06.   

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

1959  On this day in history preston Sturges, [Edmund Biden], US director/screenwriter, dies at 60   

1961  Jozef E Van Roey, Flemish cardinal/archbishop of Mechelen, dies at 87 on August - 06.   

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  Ernest Burnelle, Belgian politician, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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1180  Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239) was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 06.   

1619  Barbara Strozzi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1638  On this day in history birth of nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher   

1644  Francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV was born on this day in history.   

1651  Francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time) was born on August - 06.   

1651  On this day in history birth of johann Michael Zacher, composer