Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 14

1926  On this day in history death of john H. Moffitt, American politician (b. 1843)   

1928  On August - 14 klabund, [Alfred Henschke], German writer (Spuk/Rasputin), dies at 37   

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

1936  On August - 14 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1946  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1951  William Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher, dies in Beverly Hills on August - 14.   

1955  On this day in history fiske Kimball, US architect/art historian, dies at 66   

1956  Bertold Brecht, German writer (Mother Courage), dies at 58 on August - 14.   

1958  On August - 14 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  On August - 14 clifford Odets, US playwright (Golden Boy), dies at 57   

1965  Jan van Nijlen, Flemish poet/writer (Walk at Dawn), dies on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history 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  Leonard Sidney Woolf, English publisher/writer, dies at 88 on August - 14.   

1970  Vano Il'ich Muradeli, composer, dies at 62 on August - 14.   

1971  On August - 14 georg von Opel, German auto manufacturer, dies at 59   

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

1975  On this day in history joris Baers, Flemish bibliographer (founder Boekengids), dies at 87   

1978  On August - 14 death of nicolas Bentley, British writer (b. 1907)   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1992  On this day in history alexander Rosemeier, Indonesian/Dutch painter, dies at 104   

1994  On this day in history bill Cowley, creator (Lyke Wake Walk), dies at 78   

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

1473  Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541) was born on August - 14.   

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 August - 14.   

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

1599  Méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671) was born on August - 14.   

1625  On this day in history birth of françois de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695)