Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 27
Saturday, 22 March 2025
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 PotoÄnik 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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