Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 16

1907  On August - 16 death of james Hector, Scottish geologist (b. 1834)   

1910  On August - 16 charles Ferdinand Lenepveu, composer, dies at 69   

1911  On this day in history karl Munzinger, composer, dies at 68   

1920  On this day in history j Norman Lockyer, English physicist (discovered helium in Sun), dies   

1921  On this day in history peter I Karadjordjevic, king of Serbia/Yugoslavia, dies [or 8/26]   

1929  Frank Valentine Van der Stucken, composer, dies at 70 on August - 16.   

1938  Death of Robert Johnson, US Delta-blues singer/guitarist, poisoned at 27 on August - 16.   

1939  On this day in history ron Oxenham, cricketer (7 Tests for Australia, 14 wickets), dies   

1940  Billy Fiske, US RAF-pilot/2nd lieutenant, dies of injuries on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history roman Padlewski, composer, dies at 28   

1945  On August - 16 nico Richter, composer, dies at 29   

1946  Death of Herman Harrell Horne, philosopher (idealism) on this day in history.   

1948  Babe Ruth, Baseball legend (NY Yankees), dies in NY at 53 on this day in history.   

1949  On August - 16 margaret Mitchell, US writer (Gone With the Wind), dies at 48   

1951  On this day in history louis Jouvet, actor (Volpone, Topaze, La Marseillaise), dies at 63   

1952  On this day in history death of lydia Field Emmet, American painter (b. 1866)   

1956  Bela Lugosi, actor (Dracula), dies of heart attack at 73 on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history death of irving Langmuir, American chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1881)   

1958  On August - 16 paul Panzer, actor (Cat's Paw, Mildred Pierce), dies at 85   

1959  Pedro Humberto Allende Saron, Chilean composer (Tonados), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1960  On August - 16 errol Holmes, cricketer (batted in 5 Tests for England 1935), dies   

1961  Death of Maulvi Abdul Haq, Father of Modern Urdu (b. 1870) on August - 16.   

1964  On August - 16 jack Pennick, actor (Lady From Louisiana), dies at 68   

1965  Vasily Petrovich Shirinsky, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1966  On August - 16 jack Mather, actor (Cisco Kid), dies of heart attack at 58   

1968  On August - 16 luis Gianneo, composer, dies at 71   

1969  On August - 16 russ Bender, actor/writer (Air Patrol, Strangler), dies at 59   

1971  Elsie Baker, actress (Ghosts of Hanley House), dies at 78 on August - 16.   

1972  On August - 16 john Barnes Chance, composer, dies at 39   

1973  Selman A Waksman, Russian/US microbiology (Nobel 1952), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1974  Karl E Mundt, (Rep/Sen), dies on August - 16.   

1976  Beppie Nooij Jr, Dutch actress (Rooie Sien), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1977  Elvis Presley, rocker, dies of heart ailment/drugs at Graceland at 42 on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history alidius WL Tjarda van Stachouwer, gov-gen of Neth Indies, dies at 90   

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1355  Philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster was born on this day in history.   

1378  Hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425) was born on August - 16.   

1397  On August - 16 birth of albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany   

1401  On this day in history birth of jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, dauphine of France (d. 1436)   

1550  On August - 16 birth of carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar   

1557  On this day in history birth of agostino Carracci, Italian artist (d. 1602)   

1573  Anna of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1598) was born on this day in history.   

1596  On August - 16 birth of frederick V, Elector Palatine (d. 1632)