Famous Deaths 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 August - 05.   

1931  Ullrich Haupt, actor (Morocco, Du Barry-Woman of Passion), dies at 43 on August - 05.   

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

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  On August - 05 adam Kuckhoff, writer, dies at 55   

1944  Maurice Turnbull, cricketer (England)/rugby (Wales), dies on this day in history.   

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

1947  On this day in history 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 August - 05.   

1957  On this day in history 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 August - 05.   

1960  Death of Arthur Meighen, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874) on August - 05.   

1961  Eva JC Beck, actress (Elckerlyc, Resurrection), dies at 63 on August - 05.   

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  On August - 05 moa Martinson, writer, dies   

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

1968  On August - 05 death of luther Perkins American guitarist   

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

1978  Queenie Smith, actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history death of harold Runnels, American politician (b. 1924)   

1982  On this day in history wanda Rotha, actress (Mrs Fitzherbert), dies at 72   

1983  On this day in history judy Canova, singer/comedienne (Chatterbox), dies of cancer at 66   

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

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

1987  On this day in history zygmunt Mycielsky, composer, dies at 79   

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1301  On this day in history birth of edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330)   

1397  On August - 05 birth of guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474)   

1461  Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506) was born on August - 05.   

1540  On August - 05 birth of joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating   

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

1607  Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer was born on August - 05.   

1623  Antonio Cesti, composer was born on August - 05.   

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