Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 05

1927  On this day in history tom Groube, cricketer (Test for Australia 1880), dies   

1929  On August - 05 death of millicent Fawcett, British suffragist (b. 1847)   

1931  Ullrich Haupt, actor (Morocco, Du Barry-Woman of Passion), dies at 43 on this day in history.   

1932  Israel Querido, writer (Jordan), dies on August - 05.   

1934  Neville Quinn, cricketer (12 Tests for S Africa), dies at 26 on this day in history.   

1940  Frederick A Cook, US, explorer (North Pole), dies at 75 on August - 05.   

1943  Adam Kuckhoff, writer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1944  Maurice Turnbull, cricketer (England)/rugby (Wales), dies on August - 05.   

1946  Death of Wilhelm Marx, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863) on August - 05.   

1947  On August - 05 joannes D M Cornelissen, historian (Johann de White), dies   

1950  Emil Abderhalden, Swiss physiologist/bio-chemistry, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1952  On August - 05 death of sameera Moussa, Egyptian nuclear scientist (b. 1917)   

1955  Carmen Miranda, singer/actress (Down Argentine Way), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1957  On August - 05 heinrich O Wieland, German chemist (Nobel 1927), dies at 80   

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

1959  Edgar Guest, US poet/newspaperman, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1960  On August - 05 death of arthur Meighen, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)   

1961  On this day in history eva JC Beck, actress (Elckerlyc, Resurrection), dies at 63   

1962  Death of Marilyn Monroe, found dead of apparent self-inflicted drug OD at 35 on this day in history.   

1963  On August - 05 death of salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (b. 1898)   

1964  Moa Martinson, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history austin Diamond, cricketer (Australian capt to America 1913), dies   

1968  Death of Luther Perkins American guitarist on August - 05.   

1971  Josef Stanislav, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1972  Frederic Tozere, actor (Mr Phillips-Stanley), dies at 71 on August - 05.   

1976  Adrian Roland Holst, poet (Past the Roads), dies at 88 on August - 05.   

1977  Charles Carson, actor (Cry the Beloved Country), dies at 87 on August - 05.   

1978  On August - 05 queenie Smith, actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at 79   

1980  On August - 05 death of harold Runnels, American politician (b. 1924)   

1982  On August - 05 wanda Rotha, actress (Mrs Fitzherbert), dies at 72   

1983  Judy Canova, singer/comedienne (Chatterbox), dies of cancer at 66 on August - 05.   

1984  Howard Culver, actor (Howie-Gunsmoke), dies at 66 on August - 05.   

1985  Theodore Sturgeon, sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1987  Zygmunt Mycielsky, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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1301  Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330) was born on this day in history.   

1397  Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474) was born on this day in history.   

1461  Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506) was born on this day in history.   

1540  Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating was born on August - 05.   

1604  On August - 05 birth of john Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized   

1607  On this day in history birth of philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer   

1623  On this day in history birth of antonio Cesti, composer   

1624  William, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America was born on August - 05.