Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 13

1924  Julian Aguirre, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1927  James Curwood, US journalist/writer (Valley of Silent Men), dies at 49 on August - 13.   

1928  On this day in history fernand de La Tombelle, composer, dies at 74   

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

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

1947  On August - 13 johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist, dies   

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

1953  Dmitri Arakishvili, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1954  On August - 13 hermann W S Waltershausen, German musicologist/composer, dies at 71   

1956  On August - 13 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1970  Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer, dies at 75 on August - 13.   

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 this day in history.   

1977  On August - 13 henry Williamson, English author (Tarka the Otter), dies   

1982  On this day in history charles Walters, US actor/choreographer/dir (High Society), dies at 70   

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

1985  On this day in history marion Martin, actress (Dakota Lil, Queen of Burlesque), dies at 67   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1991  Jack Ryan, inventor (Barbie Doll, Hot Wheels), dies at 65 on August - 13.   

1992  On this day in history 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  On August - 13 birth of arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640)   

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 August - 13 birth of johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist   

1625  On this day in history birth of rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698)   

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.