Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 27

1874  On August - 27 johan George Schwartze, painter, dies   

1875  Death of William Chapman Ralston, American banker (b. 1826) on August - 27.   

1879  On this day in history rowland Hill, introduced postage stamps, dies at 84   

1883  August Friedrich Pott, composer, dies at 76 on August - 27.   

1887  On August - 27 wilhelm Volkmar, composer, dies at 74   

1910  Death of Clement of Maasdijk, 1st Dutch aircraft death on August - 27.   

1914  John Weiss, German new testament, dies on this day in history.   

1919  Louis Botha, South African soldier/statesman, dies on August - 27.   

1922  Carl Fuchs, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1929  On this day in history death of herman Potočnik Noordung, Slovenian rocket scientist (b. 1892)   

1930  Didericus G van Epen, genealogist/Dutch Patriarch, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1931  Willem H Nolens, priest/2nd Chamber member, dies on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history otto Selz, German psychologist (In Auschwitz), dies   

1944  On this day in history death of georg von Boeselager, German nobleman (b. 1915)   

1948  Oley Speaks, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1949  Arthur Chesney, actor (Lodger, Chelsea Life), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1950  Cesare Pavese, Italian writer (Fuoco Grande), dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history nicolai Berezowsky, composer, dies at 53   

1955  Joachim Wach, philosopher/sociologist (Sociology of Religion), dies on August - 27.   

1958  Ernest O Lawrence, inventor (Cyclotron-Nobel 1939), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1962  Carlos Lavin, composer, dies at 79 on August - 27.   

1963  On August - 27 w E B Du Bois, scholar/founder (NAACP), dies at 95 in Accra Ghana   

1964  Alexey Semyonovich Zhivotov, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1965  Edmond of Dooren, Flemish painter, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1967  Brian Epstein, rock manager (Beatles), dies of drug overdose at 32 on this day in history.   

1968  On August - 27 marina, princess of Greece/Denmark/Dutchess of Kent, dies at 61   

1969  On August - 27 claire Whitney, silent film actress (Blind Fools), dies at 79   

1971  On August - 27 bennett Cerf, (Random House)/panelist (What's My Line), dies at 73   

1975  On August - 27 death of emperor Haile Selassie, depossed Ethiopian emperor, strangled at 83   

1976  On this day in history death of mukesh, Indian playback singer (b. 1923)   

1977  George Merritt, actor (I Monster, Canterbury Tale), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1978  On August - 27 robert Shaw, actor (Dan-Buccaneers), dies of heart attack at 51   

1979  Boleslaw Szabelski, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history sam Levenson, humorist (Sam Levenson Show), dies at 68   

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1407  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (d. 1425)   

1471  On August - 27 birth of george von Saksen-Meissen, German potester of Frisia   

1471  George, Duke of Saxony (d. 1539) was born on this day in history.   

1487  On August - 27 birth of anna of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark (d. 1514)   

1545  On August - 27 birth of alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma/general/diplomat   

1562  On August - 27 birth of hans Leo Hassler, composer   

1583  On this day in history birth of simon Besler, composer   

1630  On August - 27 birth of maria van Oosterwijck, Dutch flower painter