Famous Deaths In August - 13

1924  Julian Aguirre, composer, dies at 56 on August - 13.   

1927  James Curwood, US journalist/writer (Valley of Silent Men), dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1928  On this day in history fernand de La Tombelle, composer, dies at 74   

1933  Paul Joseph Guillaume Hillemacher, composer, dies at 80 on August - 13.   

1937  On this day in history death of arthur Plunkett, English civil engineer (b. 1890)   

1940  On August - 13 george C Pearce, actor (Hold tat Lion, British Agent), dies at 75   

1946  H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, sci-fi author (Time Machine), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1947  On August - 13 johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist, dies   

1948  Edwin Maxwell, actor (Taming of the Shrew), dies at 62 on August - 13.   

1953  On this day in history dmitri Arakishvili, composer, dies at 80   

1954  On August - 13 hermann W S Waltershausen, German musicologist/composer, dies at 71   

1956  On August - 13 harry Donnan, cricketer (5 Tests for Australia 1891-96), dies   

1958  On this day in history death of otto Witte, acrobat and, purportedly, King of Albania (b. 1868)   

1959  On August - 13 henry Garat, actor (Congress Dances), dies at 57   

1961  Adeline De Walt Reynolds, actress (Son of Dracula), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history death of ikeda Hayato, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1899)   

1967  On this day in history jane Darwell, actress (Girls in Prison), dies of heart attack at 87   

1970  Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer, dies at 75 on August - 13.   

1971  On August - 13 death of king Curtis, [Curtis Ousley], US musician, murdered at 37   

1972  George Wiess, General Manager (NY Yankees), dies at 78 on August - 13.   

1973  On this day in history ben van Eysselsteijn, Dutch playwright (Arid Earth), dies at 75   

1974  Hugo Yarnold, cricketer (Umpire in 3 Tests for England), dies on August - 13.   

1977  Henry Williamson, English author (Tarka the Otter), dies on this day in history.   

1982  Charles Walters, US actor/choreographer/dir (High Society), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1984  Clyde Cook, actor (Dawn Patrol, Jazz Heaven), dies in his sleep at 92 on this day in history.   

1985  On August - 13 marion Martin, actress (Dakota Lil, Queen of Burlesque), dies at 67   

1986  Helen Mack, actress (Son of Kong, Milky Way), dies on August - 13.   

1987  Vincent Persichetti, US composer (Sibyl), dies at 72 on August - 13.   

1988  On August - 13 otto E Passman, (Rep-D-La, 1947-77), dies at 88   

1989  On August - 13 tim Richmond, race car driver (won 13 NASCAR races), dies of AIDS   

1990  Jimmy Starr, actor (Hot Flashes), dies at 86 on August - 13.   

1991  Jack Ryan, inventor (Barbie Doll, Hot Wheels), dies at 65 on August - 13.   

1992  On this day in history bill Elverman, playwright/actor (After Hours), dies at 40   

1994  Manfred Worner, German general/sec-gen of NATO (1988-94), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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0582  On this day in history birth of arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640)   

1311  King Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350) was born on August - 13.   

1422  William Caxton, 1st English printer (Histories of Troy) was born on this day in history.   

1584  On August - 13 birth of theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640)   

1617  Johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist was born on August - 13.   

1625  Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698) was born on August - 13.   

1655  On this day in history birth of johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet)   

1662  Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748) was born on August - 13.