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  Hamish MacCunn, composer, dies at 48 on August - 02.   

1920  Death of Ormer Locklear, American stunt pilot (b. 1891) on August - 02.   

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  On this day in history warren Harding, 29th Pres (1921-23), dies at Palace Hotel SF at 57   

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 this day in history.   

1939  Death of Harvey Spencer Lewis, American Rosicrucian mystic (b. 1883) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, composer (Donna Diana), dies at 85   

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

1955  On August - 02 ruprecht, crown prince of Bayern/general-fieldmarshal, dies   

1956  On this day in history 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  Prospero Bisquertt, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1961  Giovanni B Angioletti, Italian writer (I grandi ospiti), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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 August - 02 milton B Babbitt, US composer (Widow's Lament), dies at 49   

1967  On this day in history claude A Barnett, founder (Associated Negro Press), dies at 77   

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

1971  On August - 02 ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher, dies at 77   

1972  On August - 02 brian Cole, vocalist/bassist (Association), dies of overdose at 29   

1973  Jean-Pierre Melville, director (Bob Le Flambeur), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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

1976  Fritz Lang, director (Cloak & Dagger, Metropolis), dies at 85 on August - 02.   

1978  On August - 02 carlos Chavez y Ramires, Mexican composer, dies at 79   

1979  On August - 02 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 this day in history.   

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1455  On August - 02 birth of johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99)   

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

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

1632  On this day in history birth of kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner)   

1672  On August - 02 birth of johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733)   

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  On August - 02 birth of lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)