Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened 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  On August - 13 paul Joseph Guillaume Hillemacher, composer, dies at 80   

1937  On August - 13 death of arthur Plunkett, English civil engineer (b. 1890)   

1940  George C Pearce, actor (Hold tat Lion, British Agent), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

1947  Johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist, dies on this day in history.   

1948  On August - 13 edwin Maxwell, actor (Taming of the Shrew), dies at 62   

1953  Dmitri Arakishvili, composer, dies at 80 on August - 13.   

1954  Hermann W S Waltershausen, German musicologist/composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

1958  Death of Otto Witte, acrobat and, purportedly, King of Albania (b. 1868) on August - 13.   

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 August - 13.   

1965  Death of Ikeda Hayato, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1899) on this day in history.   

1967  On August - 13 jane Darwell, actress (Girls in Prison), dies of heart attack at 87   

1970  On August - 13 viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer, dies at 75   

1971  Death of King Curtis, [Curtis Ousley], US musician, murdered at 37 on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history george Wiess, General Manager (NY Yankees), dies at 78   

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  On this day in history charles Walters, US actor/choreographer/dir (High Society), dies at 70   

1984  On August - 13 clyde Cook, actor (Dawn Patrol, Jazz Heaven), dies in his sleep at 92   

1985  Marion Martin, actress (Dakota Lil, Queen of Burlesque), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history helen Mack, actress (Son of Kong, Milky Way), dies   

1987  On this day in history vincent Persichetti, US composer (Sibyl), dies at 72   

1988  Otto E Passman, (Rep-D-La, 1947-77), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1989  Tim Richmond, race car driver (won 13 NASCAR races), dies of AIDS on August - 13.   

1990  Jimmy Starr, actor (Hot Flashes), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history jack Ryan, inventor (Barbie Doll, Hot Wheels), dies at 65   

1992  Bill Elverman, playwright/actor (After Hours), dies at 40 on this day in history.   

1994  On August - 13 manfred Worner, German general/sec-gen of NATO (1988-94), dies at 59   

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0582  Arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640) was born on August - 13.   

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 August - 13.   

1584  On this day in history 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  Johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet) was born on this day in history.   

1662  On this day in history birth of charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748)