Famous Deaths In August - 10

1915  Death of Henry Moseley, English physicist (b. 1887) on this day in history.  

1918  On this day in history death of erich Lowenhardt, Germany flying ace of World War I (b. 1897)  

1920  Death of Ádám Politzer, Austrian physician (b. 1835) on this day in history.  

1921  John M Martin, last confederate congress member, dies on this day in history.  

1928  Death of Rex Cherryman, American actor (b. 1897) on this day in history.  

1929  Aletta Henriette Jacobs, 1st Dutch female doctor/feminist, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1930  On August - 10 william H Taft, US president (1909-13), dies  

1932  On August - 10 slang, writer, dies  

1934  John Kane, Scotish/US miner/painter, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1938  On August - 10 joseph Moorat, composer, dies at 73  

1943  C Bergsma, Dutch resistance fighter (Waalsdorpervlakte), dies on August - 10.  

1944  On this day in history berthold Schenk von Stauffenberg, attempt Hitler assassination, dies  

1945  Robert H Goddard, US, rocket pioneer, dies at 62 on August - 10.  

1948  E Ball-Hennings, writer, dies at 63 on August - 10.  

1958  On this day in history death of frank Demaree, baseball player (b. 1910)  

1960  On August - 10 emil Strauss, German writer (Vaterland), dies  

1962  On this day in history ted Husing, sportscaster (Monday Night Fights), dies at 60  

1963  Estes Kefauver, (Sen-D-Tn), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1965  Rayford Robinson, cricketer (Test Aust v England 1937), dies on August - 10.  

1966  On this day in history felix A Vening Meinesz, geophysicist (black force), dies at 79  

1967  On this day in history john Francis Larchet, composer, dies at 83  

1969  On this day in history death of leno LaBianca, American businessman (murdered) (b. 1925)  

1970  Death of Bernd-Alois Zimmermann, Germ composer (Requiem), commits suicide at 52 on August - 10.  

1973  Douglas Kennedy, actor (Lone Ranger & Lost City of Gold), dies at 57 on August - 10.  

1974  On August - 10 ilona Massey, actress/singer (Ilona Massey Show), dies at 64  

1976  On August - 10 bert Oldfield, cricketer (54 Tests, 52 stumpings), dies  

1977  Vince Barnett, actor (Star is Born, Human Jungle), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1979  Dick Foran, actor (OK Crackerby), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1985  On August - 10 kenny Backer, comedian (Time Bandits), dies of a heart attack at 72  

1987  Calvin Culver, actor (Score), dies on August - 10.  

1988  Adela Rogers St John, journalist (Free Soul, Honeycomb), dies at 94 on August - 10.  

1990  On this day in history richard Haines, director (Splatter University), dies  

1991  On this day in history josef Lipski, Polish politician, dies  

1993  On this day in history ken England, US screenwriter (Good Girls Go to Paris), dies at 82  

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1267  On this day in history birth of king James II of Aragon (d. 1327)  

1296  John the Blind, King of Bohemia/Count of Luxembourg was born on August - 10.  

1360  On this day in history birth of francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (d. 1417)  

1397  On August - 10 birth of albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1439)  

1489  On August - 10 birth of jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (d. 1553)  

1520  Madeleine de Valois, wife of James V of Scotland (d. 1537) was born on this day in history.  

1556  Philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer was born on August - 10.  

1560  On this day in history birth of hieronymus Praetorius, composer