Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 13

1924  On August - 13 julian Aguirre, composer, dies at 56   

1927  On this day in history 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  On August - 13 paul Joseph Guillaume Hillemacher, composer, dies at 80   

1937  Death of Arthur Plunkett, English civil engineer (b. 1890) on this day in history.   

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

1946  On August - 13 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  On this day in history dmitri Arakishvili, composer, dies at 80   

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

1956  Harry Donnan, cricketer (5 Tests for Australia 1891-96), dies on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history adeline De Walt Reynolds, actress (Son of Dracula), dies at 78   

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

1967  Jane Darwell, actress (Girls in Prison), dies of heart attack at 87 on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history 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 August - 13 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  On this day in history henry Williamson, English author (Tarka the Otter), dies   

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 this day in history.   

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  Vincent Persichetti, US composer (Sibyl), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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 August - 13 jack Ryan, inventor (Barbie Doll, Hot Wheels), dies at 65   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640) was born on August - 13.   

1617  On August - 13 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  On August - 13 birth of johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet)   

1662  On August - 13 birth of charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748)