Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 06

1821  On this day in history antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer, dies at 64   

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

1848  On this day in history nicola Vaccai, Italian composer, dies at 58   

1850  Death of Edward Walsh, Irish poet (b. 1805) on this day in history.   

1853  On August - 06 josif Josifovich Genishta, composer, dies at 57   

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 August - 06.   

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

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

1886  Wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1890  Death of John Hart or William Kemmler, US, 1st executed in electric chair (NY) on this day in history.   

1893  Death of Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1811) on this day in history.   

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 August - 06 ellen Wilson, 1st lady (1913-14), dies at 54   

1920  Death of Stefan Bastyr, Polish aviator, first flight in independent Poland (b. 1890) on August - 06.   

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

1928  William Henry Grattan Flood, composer, dies at 68 on August - 06.   

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

1935  On this day in history alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer, dies at 70   

1937  On August - 06 annie E F Horniman, England, theater owner (Abbey Theatre), dies at 76   

1938  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of hiram Johnson, American politician (b. 1866)   

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

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 August - 06 jozef E Van Roey, Flemish cardinal/archbishop of Mechelen, dies at 87   

1963  On this day in history tom Keene, actor (Our Daily Bread), dies of cancer at 68   

1964  Cedric Hardwicke, actor (Capt Hook-Peter Pan), dies at 71 on August - 06.   

1965  Aksel Sandemose, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1966  On August - 06 paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, sci-fi author (Space Lords), dies at 53   

1968  On this day in history ernest Burnelle, Belgian politician, dies at 60   

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1180  Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239) was born on August - 06.   

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

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  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 August - 06 birth of francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time)   

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