Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 13

1924  On this day in history julian Aguirre, composer, dies at 56   

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 this day in history paul Joseph Guillaume Hillemacher, composer, dies at 80   

1937  On August - 13 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  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 this day in history.   

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

1959  Henry Garat, actor (Congress Dances), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1974  On August - 13 hugo Yarnold, cricketer (Umpire in 3 Tests for England), dies   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

1988  On this day in history otto E Passman, (Rep-D-La, 1947-77), dies at 88   

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

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  Bill Elverman, playwright/actor (After Hours), dies at 40 on August - 13.   

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

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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  On August - 13 birth of william Caxton, 1st English printer (Histories of Troy)   

1584  Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640) was born on August - 13.   

1617  Johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist was born on this day in history.   

1625  On August - 13 birth of rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698)   

1655  On August - 13 birth of johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet)   

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