Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 27

1874  On this day in history johan George Schwartze, painter, dies   

1875  On August - 27 death of william Chapman Ralston, American banker (b. 1826)   

1879  Rowland Hill, introduced postage stamps, dies at 84 on August - 27.   

1883  August Friedrich Pott, composer, dies at 76 on August - 27.   

1887  Wilhelm Volkmar, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1910  On August - 27 death of clement of Maasdijk, 1st Dutch aircraft death   

1914  On August - 27 john Weiss, German new testament, dies   

1919  On this day in history louis Botha, South African soldier/statesman, dies   

1922  On August - 27 carl Fuchs, composer, dies at 83   

1929  Death of Herman Potočnik Noordung, Slovenian rocket scientist (b. 1892) on August - 27.   

1930  On August - 27 didericus G van Epen, genealogist/Dutch Patriarch, dies at 62   

1931  Willem H Nolens, priest/2nd Chamber member, dies on August - 27.   

1943  On August - 27 otto Selz, German psychologist (In Auschwitz), dies   

1944  Death of Georg von Boeselager, German nobleman (b. 1915) on this day in history.   

1948  Oley Speaks, composer, dies at 74 on August - 27.   

1949  Arthur Chesney, actor (Lodger, Chelsea Life), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1950  Cesare Pavese, Italian writer (Fuoco Grande), dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1953  On August - 27 nicolai Berezowsky, composer, dies at 53   

1955  Joachim Wach, philosopher/sociologist (Sociology of Religion), dies on August - 27.   

1958  On August - 27 ernest O Lawrence, inventor (Cyclotron-Nobel 1939), dies at 57   

1962  On August - 27 carlos Lavin, composer, dies at 79   

1963  On this day in history w E B Du Bois, scholar/founder (NAACP), dies at 95 in Accra Ghana   

1964  Alexey Semyonovich Zhivotov, composer, dies at 59 on August - 27.   

1965  On this day in history edmond of Dooren, Flemish painter, dies at 68   

1967  On this day in history brian Epstein, rock manager (Beatles), dies of drug overdose at 32   

1968  Marina, princess of Greece/Denmark/Dutchess of Kent, dies at 61 on August - 27.   

1969  On August - 27 claire Whitney, silent film actress (Blind Fools), dies at 79   

1971  On this day in history bennett Cerf, (Random House)/panelist (What's My Line), dies at 73   

1975  On this day in history death of emperor Haile Selassie, depossed Ethiopian emperor, strangled at 83   

1976  On August - 27 death of mukesh, Indian playback singer (b. 1923)   

1977  On this day in history george Merritt, actor (I Monster, Canterbury Tale), dies at 86   

1978  On this day in history robert Shaw, actor (Dan-Buccaneers), dies of heart attack at 51   

1979  Boleslaw Szabelski, composer, dies at 82 on August - 27.   

1980  Sam Levenson, humorist (Sam Levenson Show), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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1407  On August - 27 birth of ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (d. 1425)   

1471  On August - 27 birth of george von Saksen-Meissen, German potester of Frisia   

1471  On August - 27 birth of george, Duke of Saxony (d. 1539)   

1487  On August - 27 birth of anna of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark (d. 1514)   

1545  On this day in history birth of alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma/general/diplomat   

1562  On this day in history birth of hans Leo Hassler, composer   

1583  Simon Besler, composer was born on August - 27.   

1630  Maria van Oosterwijck, Dutch flower painter was born on this day in history.