Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 14

1926  On August - 14 death of john H. Moffitt, American politician (b. 1843)   

1928  Klabund, [Alfred Henschke], German writer (Spuk/Rasputin), dies at 37 on this day in history.   

1932  On this day in history rin Tin Tin, US Hollywood-dog, dies   

1936  Death of Rainey Bethea, hanged, last US public execution on this day in history.   

1937  Sapper, British soldier/novelist (Bull-Dog Drummond), dies at 48 on August - 14.   

1938  Hugh Trumble, cricketer (32 Tests for Australia, 141 wickets), dies on this day in history.   

1941  On August - 14 death of josef Jakobs, German spy, executed in Tower of London   

1943  On this day in history death of joe Kelley, American baseball player (b. 1871)   

1946  Death of Susan St James, [Susan Jane Miller], LA Calif, actress (Kate & Allie) on this day in history.   

1949  On this day in history death of husni al-Barazi, premier of Syria, shot to death   

1951  On August - 14 william Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher, dies in Beverly Hills   

1955  On August - 14 fiske Kimball, US architect/art historian, dies at 66   

1956  On August - 14 bertold Brecht, German writer (Mother Courage), dies at 58   

1958  Big Bill Broonzy, rocker, dies of cancer at 65 on August - 14.   

1961  On this day in history clarke Ashton Smith, sci-fi author (Lost Worlds), dies at 68   

1963  Clifford Odets, US playwright (Golden Boy), dies at 57 on August - 14.   

1965  Jan van Nijlen, Flemish poet/writer (Walk at Dawn), dies on August - 14.   

1966  S J "Tip" Snooke, S Afr cricket all-rounder (26 Tests 1905-23), dies on August - 14.   

1967  Death of Bob Anderson, British racing driver (b. 1931) on this day in history.   

1969  On August - 14 leonard Sidney Woolf, English publisher/writer, dies at 88   

1970  On August - 14 vano Il'ich Muradeli, composer, dies at 62   

1971  Georg von Opel, German auto manufacturer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1972  On August - 14 jules Romains, French novelist (Death of Nobody), dies at 86   

1975  Joris Baers, Flemish bibliographer (founder Boekengids), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1978  Death of Nicolas Bentley, British writer (b. 1907) on August - 14.   

1980  On this day in history death of dorothy Stratten, Playmate, murdered by boyfriend Paul Snider   

1981  On August - 14 dudley Nourse, cricketer (34 Tests for South Africa, 2960 runs), dies   

1982  Patrick Magee, Irish actor (Clockwork Orange, King Lear), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1984  John Boynton Priestley, English, stagewriter (Magicians), dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history gale Sondergaard, actress (Letter), dies of cerebral thrombosis at 86   

1988  Enzo Ferrari, Italy, sportscar manufacturer (Ferrari), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1991  Douglas Kiker, newscaster (NBC-TV), dies of a heart attack at 61 on this day in history.   

1992  Alexander Rosemeier, Indonesian/Dutch painter, dies at 104 on August - 14.   

1994  Bill Cowley, creator (Lyke Wake Walk), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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1297  Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348) was born on August - 14.   

1473  On August - 14 birth of margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541)   

1479  On this day in history birth of princess Catherine of York (d. 1527)   

1552  Fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher was born on August - 14.   

1575  On this day in history birth of robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629)   

1586  William Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642) was born on August - 14.   

1599  On this day in history birth of méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671)   

1625  François de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695) was born on August - 14.