Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 27

1874  Johan George Schwartze, painter, dies on August - 27.   

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

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 August - 27.   

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

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

1919  Louis Botha, South African soldier/statesman, dies on this day in history.   

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

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 August - 27.   

1931  Willem H Nolens, priest/2nd Chamber member, dies on August - 27.   

1943  Otto Selz, German psychologist (In Auschwitz), dies on August - 27.   

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

1948  Oley Speaks, composer, dies at 74 on August - 27.   

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

1950  Cesare Pavese, Italian writer (Fuoco Grande), dies at 41 on August - 27.   

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

1955  On August - 27 joachim Wach, philosopher/sociologist (Sociology of Religion), dies   

1958  On August - 27 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  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  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 this day in history 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  Death of Emperor Haile Selassie, depossed Ethiopian emperor, strangled at 83 on August - 27.   

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

1977  On this day in history 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 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  George, Duke of Saxony (d. 1539) was born on August - 27.   

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

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

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

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

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