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 August - 13.   

1928  Fernand de La Tombelle, composer, dies at 74 on August - 13.   

1933  Paul Joseph Guillaume Hillemacher, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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

1940  On this day in history george C Pearce, actor (Hold tat Lion, British Agent), dies at 75   

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

1947  Johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist, dies on August - 13.   

1948  Edwin Maxwell, actor (Taming of the Shrew), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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

1954  On this day in history hermann W S Waltershausen, German musicologist/composer, dies at 71   

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

1958  On August - 13 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  On August - 13 adeline De Walt Reynolds, actress (Son of Dracula), dies at 78   

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

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 August - 13 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  On this day in history hugo Yarnold, cricketer (Umpire in 3 Tests for England), dies   

1977  Henry Williamson, English author (Tarka the Otter), dies on August - 13.   

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

1984  On this day in history 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 August - 13.   

1986  On August - 13 helen Mack, actress (Son of Kong, Milky Way), dies   

1987  On August - 13 vincent Persichetti, US composer (Sibyl), dies at 72   

1988  Otto E Passman, (Rep-D-La, 1947-77), dies at 88 on August - 13.   

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 August - 13.   

1991  Jack Ryan, inventor (Barbie Doll, Hot Wheels), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1992  On August - 13 bill Elverman, playwright/actor (After Hours), dies at 40   

1994  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1311  On August - 13 birth of king Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350)   

1422  On this day in history birth of william Caxton, 1st English printer (Histories of Troy)   

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.