Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 13

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

1927  On August - 13 james Curwood, US journalist/writer (Valley of Silent Men), dies at 49   

1928  Fernand de La Tombelle, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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

1937  Death of Arthur Plunkett, English civil engineer (b. 1890) on August - 13.   

1940  George C Pearce, actor (Hold tat Lion, British Agent), dies at 75 on August - 13.   

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

1947  On this day in history johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist, dies   

1948  On this day in history edwin Maxwell, actor (Taming of the Shrew), dies at 62   

1953  On August - 13 dmitri Arakishvili, composer, dies at 80   

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

1956  On this day in history harry Donnan, cricketer (5 Tests for Australia 1891-96), dies   

1958  Death of Otto Witte, acrobat and, purportedly, King of Albania (b. 1868) on this day in history.   

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  Death of Ikeda Hayato, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1899) on August - 13.   

1967  Jane Darwell, actress (Girls in Prison), dies of heart attack at 87 on August - 13.   

1970  On this day in history viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer, dies at 75   

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

1972  On August - 13 george Wiess, General Manager (NY Yankees), dies at 78   

1973  Ben van Eysselsteijn, Dutch playwright (Arid Earth), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1974  Hugo Yarnold, cricketer (Umpire in 3 Tests for England), dies on this day in history.   

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 August - 13.   

1984  Clyde Cook, actor (Dawn Patrol, Jazz Heaven), dies in his sleep at 92 on August - 13.   

1985  Marion Martin, actress (Dakota Lil, Queen of Burlesque), dies at 67 on August - 13.   

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 August - 13.   

1989  On this day in history tim Richmond, race car driver (won 13 NASCAR races), dies of AIDS   

1990  On this day in history jimmy Starr, actor (Hot Flashes), dies at 86   

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

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

1311  On this day in history birth of king Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350)   

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  On this day in history birth of johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist   

1625  Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.   

1655  Johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet) was born on August - 13.   

1662  Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748) was born on this day in history.