Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 06

1821  Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

1848  Nicola Vaccai, Italian composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

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

1853  Josif Josifovich Genishta, composer, dies at 57 on August - 06.   

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

1866  On August - 06 death of john Mason Neale, English divine, scholar and hymnwriter (b. 1818)   

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 this day in history.   

1914  Ellen Wilson, 1st lady (1913-14), dies at 54 on August - 06.   

1920  Death of Stefan Bastyr, Polish aviator, first flight in independent Poland (b. 1890) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of bix Beiderbecke, American musician (b. 1903)   

1935  Alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history annie E F Horniman, England, theater owner (Abbey Theatre), dies at 76   

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

1943  On August - 06 tom Garrett, cricketer (last survivor of 1st Test in 1877), dies   

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

1946  On this day in history death of tony Lazzeri, American baseball player (b. 1903)   

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

1959  On August - 06 preston Sturges, [Edmund Biden], US director/screenwriter, dies at 60   

1961  On August - 06 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)   

1504  Matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury was born on this day in history.   

1609  On this day in history birth of richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675)   

1619  On this day in history birth of barbara Strozzi, composer   

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

1644  On this day in history birth of francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV   

1651  Francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time) was born on this day in history.   

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