Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 02

1903  On this day in history martha Jane Cannary, [Calamity Jane], US desperado, dies   

1914  Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1916  Hamish MacCunn, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1920  On August - 02 death of ormer Locklear, American stunt pilot (b. 1891)   

1921  Enrico Caruso, Italian opera singer, dies at 48 on August - 02.   

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  Death of Mae Costello, American actress (b. 1882) on this day in history.   

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

1934  Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Hindenburg, soldier/statesman, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1938  Bjarni Thorsteinsson, composer, dies at 76 on August - 02.   

1939  Death of Harvey Spencer Lewis, American Rosicrucian mystic (b. 1883) on August - 02.   

1941  On August - 02 jose Juan Tablada, Mexican poet (La Feria), dies at 70   

1942  On this day in history friedrich Aereboe, Dutch landlord, dies at 77   

1945  Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, composer (Donna Diana), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1954  Rene Amengual, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1955  Ruprecht, crown prince of Bayern/general-fieldmarshal, dies on August - 02.   

1956  On August - 02 albert Woolson, last veteran US Union army, dies at 109   

1958  Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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  On August - 02 claude A Barnett, founder (Associated Negro Press), dies at 77   

1969  Clarence Dickinson, composer, dies at 96 on August - 02.   

1971  On this day in history ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher, dies at 77   

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 August - 02.   

1979  On August - 02 death of thurmon Munson, NY Yankee, killed in a plane crash at Akron Oh at 32   

1980  On this day in history verdun John Scott, cricketer (ten Tests for NZ), dies   

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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 this day in history.   

1627  On this day in history birth of samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter   

1632  Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner) was born on this day in history.   

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

1674  On August - 02 birth of philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723)   

1696  On this day in history birth of mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia   

1703  Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775) was born on August - 02.