Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 13

1924  Julian Aguirre, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1927  On August - 13 james Curwood, US journalist/writer (Valley of Silent Men), dies at 49   

1928  On this day in history fernand de La Tombelle, composer, dies at 74   

1933  On August - 13 paul Joseph Guillaume Hillemacher, composer, dies at 80   

1937  On August - 13 death of arthur Plunkett, English civil engineer (b. 1890)   

1940  On August - 13 george C Pearce, actor (Hold tat Lion, British Agent), dies at 75   

1946  H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, sci-fi author (Time Machine), dies at 79 on August - 13.   

1947  On this day in history johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist, dies   

1948  On August - 13 edwin Maxwell, actor (Taming of the Shrew), dies at 62   

1953  Dmitri Arakishvili, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1954  On August - 13 hermann W S Waltershausen, German musicologist/composer, dies at 71   

1956  Harry Donnan, cricketer (5 Tests for Australia 1891-96), dies on this day in history.   

1958  On August - 13 death of otto Witte, acrobat and, purportedly, King of Albania (b. 1868)   

1959  On August - 13 henry Garat, actor (Congress Dances), dies at 57   

1961  On August - 13 adeline De Walt Reynolds, actress (Son of Dracula), dies at 78   

1965  Death of Ikeda Hayato, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1899) on August - 13.   

1967  On August - 13 jane Darwell, actress (Girls in Prison), dies of heart attack at 87   

1970  On this day in history viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer, dies at 75   

1971  Death of King Curtis, [Curtis Ousley], US musician, murdered at 37 on August - 13.   

1972  George Wiess, General Manager (NY Yankees), dies at 78 on August - 13.   

1973  On August - 13 ben van Eysselsteijn, Dutch playwright (Arid Earth), dies at 75   

1974  Hugo Yarnold, cricketer (Umpire in 3 Tests for England), dies on this day in history.   

1977  Henry Williamson, English author (Tarka the Otter), dies on August - 13.   

1982  On this day in history charles Walters, US actor/choreographer/dir (High Society), dies at 70   

1984  Clyde Cook, actor (Dawn Patrol, Jazz Heaven), dies in his sleep at 92 on August - 13.   

1985  Marion Martin, actress (Dakota Lil, Queen of Burlesque), dies at 67 on August - 13.   

1986  On this day in history helen Mack, actress (Son of Kong, Milky Way), dies   

1987  Vincent Persichetti, US composer (Sibyl), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history otto E Passman, (Rep-D-La, 1947-77), dies at 88   

1989  On this day in history tim Richmond, race car driver (won 13 NASCAR races), dies of AIDS   

1990  Jimmy Starr, actor (Hot Flashes), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history jack Ryan, inventor (Barbie Doll, Hot Wheels), dies at 65   

1992  Bill Elverman, playwright/actor (After Hours), dies at 40 on August - 13.   

1994  Manfred Worner, German general/sec-gen of NATO (1988-94), dies at 59 on August - 13.   

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0582  On this day in history birth of arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640)   

1311  On August - 13 birth of king Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350)   

1422  William Caxton, 1st English printer (Histories of Troy) was born on August - 13.   

1584  Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640) was born on August - 13.   

1617  Johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist was born on this day in history.   

1625  On this day in history birth of rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698)   

1655  On this day in history birth of johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet)   

1662  On this day in history birth of charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748)