Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 02

1903  Martha Jane Cannary, [Calamity Jane], US desperado, dies on August - 02.   

1914  Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont, composer, dies at 36 on August - 02.   

1916  On August - 02 hamish MacCunn, composer, dies at 48   

1920  On this day in history death of ormer Locklear, American stunt pilot (b. 1891)   

1921  On August - 02 enrico Caruso, Italian opera singer, dies at 48   

1922  Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish/US physicist (telephone), dies on August - 02.   

1923  Warren Harding, 29th Pres (1921-23), dies at Palace Hotel SF at 57 on this day in history.   

1929  On August - 02 death of mae Costello, American actress (b. 1882)   

1932  Gheorghe Cucu, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1934  On August - 02 paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Hindenburg, soldier/statesman, dies at 86   

1938  Bjarni Thorsteinsson, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1939  On this day in history death of harvey Spencer Lewis, American Rosicrucian mystic (b. 1883)   

1941  On this day in history jose Juan Tablada, Mexican poet (La Feria), dies at 70   

1942  On August - 02 friedrich Aereboe, Dutch landlord, dies at 77   

1945  Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, composer (Donna Diana), dies at 85 on August - 02.   

1954  On August - 02 rene Amengual, composer, dies at 42   

1955  Ruprecht, crown prince of Bayern/general-fieldmarshal, dies on this day in history.   

1956  Albert Woolson, last veteran US Union army, dies at 109 on August - 02.   

1958  On August - 02 joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80   

1959  On this day in history prospero Bisquertt, composer, dies at 78   

1961  On this day in history giovanni B Angioletti, Italian writer (I grandi ospiti), dies at 64   

1963  Oliver Hazzard Perry La Farge, US anthropologist/writer, dies at 61 on August - 02.   

1964  On August - 02 jack Kirkwood, actor (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 69   

1965  On this day in history milton B Babbitt, US composer (Widow's Lament), dies at 49   

1967  Claude A Barnett, founder (Associated Negro Press), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history clarence Dickinson, composer, dies at 96   

1971  Ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1972  Brian Cole, vocalist/bassist (Association), dies of overdose at 29 on August - 02.   

1973  Jean-Pierre Melville, director (Bob Le Flambeur), dies at 57 on August - 02.   

1974  On this day in history death of w. Douglas Hawkes, British racing driver (b. 1893)   

1976  On this day in history fritz Lang, director (Cloak & Dagger, Metropolis), dies at 85   

1978  Carlos Chavez y Ramires, Mexican composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history death of thurmon Munson, NY Yankee, killed in a plane crash at Akron Oh at 32   

1980  Verdun John Scott, cricketer (ten Tests for NZ), dies on August - 02.   

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1455  Johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99) was born on this day in history.   

1533  Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588) was born on August - 02.   

1627  Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter was born on August - 02.   

1632  On August - 02 birth of kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner)   

1672  Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733) was born on August - 02.   

1674  On this day in history birth of philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723)   

1696  Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia was born on this day in history.   

1703  On this day in history birth of lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)