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 August - 14.   

1932  Rin Tin Tin, US Hollywood-dog, dies on this day in history.   

1936  On this day in history death of rainey Bethea, hanged, last US public execution   

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 August - 14.   

1941  Death of Josef Jakobs, German spy, executed in Tower of London on August - 14.   

1943  On August - 14 death of joe Kelley, American baseball player (b. 1871)   

1946  On August - 14 death of susan St James, [Susan Jane Miller], LA Calif, actress (Kate & Allie)   

1949  Death of Husni al-Barazi, premier of Syria, shot to death on August - 14.   

1951  On this day in history william Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher, dies in Beverly Hills   

1955  Fiske Kimball, US architect/art historian, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history bertold Brecht, German writer (Mother Courage), dies at 58   

1958  On this day in history big Bill Broonzy, rocker, dies of cancer at 65   

1961  Clarke Ashton Smith, sci-fi author (Lost Worlds), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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  Leonard Sidney Woolf, English publisher/writer, dies at 88 on August - 14.   

1970  On this day in history 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  Dudley Nourse, cricketer (34 Tests for South Africa, 2960 runs), dies on this day in history.   

1982  Patrick Magee, Irish actor (Clockwork Orange, King Lear), dies at 58 on August - 14.   

1984  On August - 14 john Boynton Priestley, English, stagewriter (Magicians), dies at 89   

1985  On August - 14 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 this day in history.   

1994  Bill Cowley, creator (Lyke Wake Walk), dies at 78 on August - 14.   

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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 August - 14 birth of princess Catherine of York (d. 1527)   

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

1575  Robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629) was born on this day in history.   

1586  William Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.