Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 16

1907  On this day in history death of james Hector, Scottish geologist (b. 1834)   

1910  On this day in history charles Ferdinand Lenepveu, composer, dies at 69   

1911  On August - 16 karl Munzinger, composer, dies at 68   

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

1921  On August - 16 peter I Karadjordjevic, king of Serbia/Yugoslavia, dies [or 8/26]   

1929  Frank Valentine Van der Stucken, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1938  Death of Robert Johnson, US Delta-blues singer/guitarist, poisoned at 27 on this day in history.   

1939  On August - 16 ron Oxenham, cricketer (7 Tests for Australia, 14 wickets), dies   

1940  Billy Fiske, US RAF-pilot/2nd lieutenant, dies of injuries on August - 16.   

1944  On August - 16 roman Padlewski, composer, dies at 28   

1945  Nico Richter, composer, dies at 29 on August - 16.   

1946  On August - 16 death of herman Harrell Horne, philosopher (idealism)   

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

1949  Margaret Mitchell, US writer (Gone With the Wind), dies at 48 on August - 16.   

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

1952  On August - 16 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  Death of Irving Langmuir, American chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1881) on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history 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  Errol Holmes, cricketer (batted in 5 Tests for England 1935), dies on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history death of maulvi Abdul Haq, Father of Modern Urdu (b. 1870)   

1964  Jack Pennick, actor (Lady From Louisiana), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

1966  Jack Mather, actor (Cisco Kid), dies of heart attack at 58 on this day in history.   

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

1969  Russ Bender, actor/writer (Air Patrol, Strangler), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1971  Elsie Baker, actress (Ghosts of Hanley House), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history 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  On August - 16 beppie Nooij Jr, Dutch actress (Rooie Sien), dies at 83   

1977  On this day in history elvis Presley, rocker, dies of heart ailment/drugs at Graceland at 42   

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  On this day in history birth of hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425)   

1397  On this day in history birth of albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany   

1401  Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, dauphine of France (d. 1436) was born on August - 16.   

1550  On this day in history birth of carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar   

1557  Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (d. 1602) was born on this day in history.   

1573  Anna of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1598) was born on August - 16.   

1596  On this day in history birth of frederick V, Elector Palatine (d. 1632)