Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 27

1874  On this day in history johan George Schwartze, painter, dies   

1875  On this day in history death of william Chapman Ralston, American banker (b. 1826)   

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  Wilhelm Volkmar, composer, dies at 74 on August - 27.   

1910  On this day in history death of clement of Maasdijk, 1st Dutch aircraft death   

1914  On this day in history john Weiss, German new testament, dies   

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

1922  Carl Fuchs, composer, dies at 83 on August - 27.   

1929  Death of Herman Potočnik Noordung, Slovenian rocket scientist (b. 1892) on this day in history.   

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

1931  On August - 27 willem H Nolens, priest/2nd Chamber member, dies   

1943  On August - 27 otto Selz, German psychologist (In Auschwitz), dies   

1944  Death of Georg von Boeselager, German nobleman (b. 1915) on August - 27.   

1948  On this day in history oley Speaks, composer, dies at 74   

1949  Arthur Chesney, actor (Lodger, Chelsea Life), dies at 67 on August - 27.   

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

1953  On August - 27 nicolai Berezowsky, composer, dies at 53   

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

1958  On this day in history ernest O Lawrence, inventor (Cyclotron-Nobel 1939), dies at 57   

1962  On August - 27 carlos Lavin, composer, dies at 79   

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

1964  On this day in history alexey Semyonovich Zhivotov, composer, dies at 59   

1965  Edmond of Dooren, Flemish painter, dies at 68 on August - 27.   

1967  On August - 27 brian Epstein, rock manager (Beatles), dies of drug overdose at 32   

1968  Marina, princess of Greece/Denmark/Dutchess of Kent, dies at 61 on August - 27.   

1969  Claire Whitney, silent film actress (Blind Fools), dies at 79 on August - 27.   

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

1975  On this day in history death of emperor Haile Selassie, depossed Ethiopian emperor, strangled at 83   

1976  Death of Mukesh, Indian playback singer (b. 1923) on August - 27.   

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

1978  Robert Shaw, actor (Dan-Buccaneers), dies of heart attack at 51 on August - 27.   

1979  On this day in history boleslaw Szabelski, composer, dies at 82   

1980  Sam Levenson, humorist (Sam Levenson Show), dies at 68 on August - 27.   

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1407  On August - 27 birth of ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (d. 1425)   

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

1471  On this day in history birth of george, Duke of Saxony (d. 1539)   

1487  Anna of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark (d. 1514) was born on this day in history.   

1545  On this day in history birth of alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma/general/diplomat   

1562  Hans Leo Hassler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1583  Simon Besler, composer was born on August - 27.   

1630  Maria van Oosterwijck, Dutch flower painter was born on this day in history.