Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 05

1927  Tom Groube, cricketer (Test for Australia 1880), dies on this day in history.   

1929  Death of Millicent Fawcett, British suffragist (b. 1847) on this day in history.   

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

1932  On this day in history israel Querido, writer (Jordan), dies   

1934  On this day in history neville Quinn, cricketer (12 Tests for S Africa), dies at 26   

1940  Frederick A Cook, US, explorer (North Pole), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

1944  On this day in history maurice Turnbull, cricketer (England)/rugby (Wales), dies   

1946  On this day in history death of wilhelm Marx, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863)   

1947  Joannes D M Cornelissen, historian (Johann de White), dies on this day in history.   

1950  On this day in history emil Abderhalden, Swiss physiologist/bio-chemistry, dies at 73   

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 August - 05.   

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

1960  Death of Arthur Meighen, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874) on this day in history.   

1961  Eva JC Beck, actress (Elckerlyc, Resurrection), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1962  Death of Marilyn Monroe, found dead of apparent self-inflicted drug OD at 35 on August - 05.   

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

1964  Moa Martinson, writer, dies on August - 05.   

1966  On August - 05 austin Diamond, cricketer (Australian capt to America 1913), dies   

1968  Death of Luther Perkins American guitarist on this day in history.   

1971  On August - 05 josef Stanislav, composer, dies at 74   

1972  On this day in history frederic Tozere, actor (Mr Phillips-Stanley), dies at 71   

1976  Adrian Roland Holst, poet (Past the Roads), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history charles Carson, actor (Cry the Beloved Country), dies at 87   

1978  On this day in history queenie Smith, actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at 79   

1980  Death of Harold Runnels, American politician (b. 1924) on August - 05.   

1982  Wanda Rotha, actress (Mrs Fitzherbert), dies at 72 on August - 05.   

1983  Judy Canova, singer/comedienne (Chatterbox), dies of cancer at 66 on this day in history.   

1984  Howard Culver, actor (Howie-Gunsmoke), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history theodore Sturgeon, sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar), dies at 67   

1987  Zygmunt Mycielsky, composer, dies at 79 on August - 05.   

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

1397  On this day in history birth of guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474)   

1461  On this day in history birth of alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506)   

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

1604  John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized was born on August - 05.   

1607  Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer was born on this day in history.   

1623  Antonio Cesti, composer was born on this day in history.   

1624  On August - 05 birth of william, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America