Famous Deaths In August - 27
Thursday, 28 March 2024
1874 Johan George Schwartze, painter, dies on this day in history.
1875 Death of William Chapman Ralston, American banker (b. 1826) on this day in history.
1879 Rowland Hill, introduced postage stamps, dies at 84 on this day in history.
1883 August Friedrich Pott, composer, dies at 76 on August - 27.
1887 On August - 27 wilhelm Volkmar, composer, dies at 74
1910 On this day in history death of clement of Maasdijk, 1st Dutch aircraft death
1914 John Weiss, German new testament, dies on August - 27.
1919 On this day in history louis Botha, South African soldier/statesman, dies
1922 Carl Fuchs, composer, dies at 83 on August - 27.
1929 On August - 27 death of herman PotoÄnik Noordung, Slovenian rocket scientist (b. 1892)
1930 On this day in history didericus G van Epen, genealogist/Dutch Patriarch, dies at 62
1931 On August - 27 willem H Nolens, priest/2nd Chamber member, dies
1943 Otto Selz, German psychologist (In Auschwitz), dies on this day in history.
1944 Death of Georg von Boeselager, German nobleman (b. 1915) on August - 27.
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 Nicolai Berezowsky, composer, dies at 53 on August - 27.
1955 Joachim Wach, philosopher/sociologist (Sociology of Religion), dies on this day in history.
1958 On August - 27 ernest O Lawrence, inventor (Cyclotron-Nobel 1939), dies at 57
1962 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1969 On August - 27 claire Whitney, silent film actress (Blind Fools), dies at 79
1971 Bennett Cerf, (Random House)/panelist (What's My Line), dies at 73 on August - 27.
1975 Death of Emperor Haile Selassie, depossed Ethiopian emperor, strangled at 83 on August - 27.
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 August - 27.
1978 Robert Shaw, actor (Dan-Buccaneers), dies of heart attack at 51 on August - 27.
1979 Boleslaw Szabelski, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.
1980 Sam Levenson, humorist (Sam Levenson Show), dies at 68 on August - 27.
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