Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 27

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

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

1879  Rowland Hill, introduced postage stamps, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1883  August Friedrich Pott, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1887  Wilhelm Volkmar, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1910  On August - 27 death of clement of Maasdijk, 1st Dutch aircraft death   

1914  John Weiss, German new testament, dies on August - 27.   

1919  On August - 27 louis Botha, South African soldier/statesman, dies   

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

1929  Death of Herman Potočnik Noordung, Slovenian rocket scientist (b. 1892) on August - 27.   

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

1931  On this day in history willem H Nolens, priest/2nd Chamber member, dies   

1943  Otto Selz, German psychologist (In Auschwitz), dies on this day in history.   

1944  On August - 27 death of georg von Boeselager, German nobleman (b. 1915)   

1948  On August - 27 oley Speaks, composer, dies at 74   

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

1950  On this day in history cesare Pavese, Italian writer (Fuoco Grande), dies at 41   

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

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

1958  On August - 27 ernest O Lawrence, inventor (Cyclotron-Nobel 1939), dies at 57   

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

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

1964  Alexey Semyonovich Zhivotov, composer, dies at 59 on August - 27.   

1965  On this day in history edmond of Dooren, Flemish painter, dies at 68   

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

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 this day in history 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  On August - 27 george Merritt, actor (I Monster, Canterbury Tale), dies at 86   

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

1979  Boleslaw Szabelski, composer, dies at 82 on August - 27.   

1980  Sam Levenson, humorist (Sam Levenson Show), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

1471  George von Saksen-Meissen, German potester of Frisia was born on this day in history.   

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

1487  Anna of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark (d. 1514) was born on August - 27.   

1545  Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma/general/diplomat was born on August - 27.   

1562  On this day in history birth of hans Leo Hassler, composer   

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

1630  On this day in history birth of maria van Oosterwijck, Dutch flower painter