Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 13

1924  On this day in history julian Aguirre, composer, dies at 56   

1927  James Curwood, US journalist/writer (Valley of Silent Men), dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1928  Fernand de La Tombelle, composer, dies at 74 on August - 13.   

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

1937  Death of Arthur Plunkett, English civil engineer (b. 1890) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1947  Johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist, dies on August - 13.   

1948  On this day in history edwin Maxwell, actor (Taming of the Shrew), dies at 62   

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

1954  Hermann W S Waltershausen, German musicologist/composer, dies at 71 on August - 13.   

1956  Harry Donnan, cricketer (5 Tests for Australia 1891-96), dies on August - 13.   

1958  Death of Otto Witte, acrobat and, purportedly, King of Albania (b. 1868) on August - 13.   

1959  Henry Garat, actor (Congress Dances), dies at 57 on August - 13.   

1961  Adeline De Walt Reynolds, actress (Son of Dracula), dies at 78 on August - 13.   

1965  On August - 13 death of ikeda Hayato, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1899)   

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 this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history george Wiess, General Manager (NY Yankees), dies at 78   

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 August - 13 charles Walters, US actor/choreographer/dir (High Society), dies at 70   

1984  On August - 13 clyde Cook, actor (Dawn Patrol, Jazz Heaven), dies in his sleep at 92   

1985  On this day in history marion Martin, actress (Dakota Lil, Queen of Burlesque), dies at 67   

1986  Helen Mack, actress (Son of Kong, Milky Way), dies on this day in history.   

1987  Vincent Persichetti, US composer (Sibyl), dies at 72 on August - 13.   

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

1989  Tim Richmond, race car driver (won 13 NASCAR races), dies of AIDS on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  King Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350) was born on August - 13.   

1422  On this day in history birth of william Caxton, 1st English printer (Histories of Troy)   

1584  On August - 13 birth of theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640)   

1617  On August - 13 birth of johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist   

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)