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  Israel Querido, writer (Jordan), dies on this day in history.   

1934  On August - 05 neville Quinn, cricketer (12 Tests for S Africa), dies at 26   

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

1943  Adam Kuckhoff, writer, dies at 55 on August - 05.   

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

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

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  Death of Sameera Moussa, Egyptian nuclear scientist (b. 1917) on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history carmen Miranda, singer/actress (Down Argentine Way), dies at 42   

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 August - 05.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1963  Death of Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (b. 1898) on August - 05.   

1964  On this day in history moa Martinson, writer, dies   

1966  Austin Diamond, cricketer (Australian capt to America 1913), dies on August - 05.   

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

1971  On this day in history josef Stanislav, composer, dies at 74   

1972  Frederic Tozere, actor (Mr Phillips-Stanley), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history adrian Roland Holst, poet (Past the Roads), dies at 88   

1977  Charles Carson, actor (Cry the Beloved Country), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1978  Queenie Smith, actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at 79 on August - 05.   

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  On this day in history howard Culver, actor (Howie-Gunsmoke), dies at 66   

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

1461  On August - 05 birth of alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506)   

1540  On this day in history birth of joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating   

1604  On this day in history birth of john Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized   

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

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.