Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 06

1821  On August - 06 antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer, dies at 64   

1828  On August - 06 death of konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and statesman   

1848  Nicola Vaccai, Italian composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1850  On this day in history death of edward Walsh, Irish poet (b. 1805)   

1853  On August - 06 josif Josifovich Genishta, composer, dies at 57   

1862  Francisco Acuna de Figueroa, Uruguay national anthem, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1866  On this day in history death of john Mason Neale, English divine, scholar and hymnwriter (b. 1818)   

1881  On this day in history death of james White, co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)   

1884  Death of Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman (b. 1812) on this day in history.   

1886  Wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1890  On August - 06 death of john Hart or William Kemmler, US, 1st executed in electric chair (NY)   

1893  On August - 06 death of jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1811)   

1895  On this day in history george Frederick Root, composer, dies at 74   

1900  On August - 06 wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist/socialist, dies at 74   

1904  Death of Eduard Hanslick, Austrian music critic (b. 1825) on this day in history.   

1914  Ellen Wilson, 1st lady (1913-14), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1920  Death of Stefan Bastyr, Polish aviator, first flight in independent Poland (b. 1890) on August - 06.   

1924  John Henry Roberts, composer, dies at 76 on August - 06.   

1928  On this day in history william Henry Grattan Flood, composer, dies at 68   

1931  On August - 06 death of bix Beiderbecke, American musician (b. 1903)   

1935  On August - 06 alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer, dies at 70   

1937  On this day in history annie E F Horniman, England, theater owner (Abbey Theatre), dies at 76   

1938  On August - 06 warner Oland, actor (Werewolf of London, Jazz Singer), dies at 57   

1943  On August - 06 tom Garrett, cricketer (last survivor of 1st Test in 1877), dies   

1945  On this day in history death of hiram Johnson, American politician (b. 1866)   

1946  Death of Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player (b. 1903) on this day in history.   

1954  Theo[by] Van Reijn, sculptor/drawer/lithograph, dies at 70 [or 8/10] on this day in history.   

1959  On August - 06 preston Sturges, [Edmund Biden], US director/screenwriter, dies at 60   

1961  On this day in history jozef E Van Roey, Flemish cardinal/archbishop of Mechelen, dies at 87   

1963  Tom Keene, actor (Our Daily Bread), dies of cancer at 68 on this day in history.   

1964  On August - 06 cedric Hardwicke, actor (Capt Hook-Peter Pan), dies at 71   

1965  On August - 06 aksel Sandemose, writer, dies   

1966  On this day in history paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, sci-fi author (Space Lords), dies at 53   

1968  Ernest Burnelle, Belgian politician, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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1180  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)   

1504  On August - 06 birth of matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury   

1609  Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.   

1619  Barbara Strozzi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1638  On August - 06 birth of nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher   

1644  Francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV was born on August - 06.   

1651  On this day in history birth of francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time)   

1651  On this day in history birth of johann Michael Zacher, composer