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  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 this day in history.   

1943  Death of Joe Kelley, American baseball player (b. 1871) on August - 14.   

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

1958  Big Bill Broonzy, rocker, dies of cancer at 65 on this day in history.   

1961  Clarke Ashton Smith, sci-fi author (Lost Worlds), dies at 68 on August - 14.   

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

1965  On August - 14 jan van Nijlen, Flemish poet/writer (Walk at Dawn), dies   

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

1967  Death of Bob Anderson, British racing driver (b. 1931) on August - 14.   

1969  On this day in history leonard Sidney Woolf, English publisher/writer, dies at 88   

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

1971  On this day in history georg von Opel, German auto manufacturer, dies at 59   

1972  Jules Romains, French novelist (Death of Nobody), dies at 86 on August - 14.   

1975  Joris Baers, Flemish bibliographer (founder Boekengids), dies at 87 on August - 14.   

1978  Death of Nicolas Bentley, British writer (b. 1907) on this day in history.   

1980  Death of Dorothy Stratten, Playmate, murdered by boyfriend Paul Snider on August - 14.   

1981  Dudley Nourse, cricketer (34 Tests for South Africa, 2960 runs), dies on August - 14.   

1982  On this day in history patrick Magee, Irish actor (Clockwork Orange, King Lear), dies at 58   

1984  John Boynton Priestley, English, stagewriter (Magicians), dies at 89 on August - 14.   

1985  Gale Sondergaard, actress (Letter), dies of cerebral thrombosis at 86 on this day in history.   

1988  On August - 14 enzo Ferrari, Italy, sportscar manufacturer (Ferrari), dies at 90   

1991  On August - 14 douglas Kiker, newscaster (NBC-TV), dies of a heart attack at 61   

1992  Alexander Rosemeier, Indonesian/Dutch painter, dies at 104 on this day in history.   

1994  On August - 14 bill Cowley, creator (Lyke Wake Walk), dies at 78   

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1297  On August - 14 birth of emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348)   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1625  On August - 14 birth of françois de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695)