Famous Deaths In August - 27

1874  Johan George Schwartze, painter, dies on August - 27.   

1875  Death of William Chapman Ralston, American banker (b. 1826) on August - 27.   

1879  On August - 27 rowland Hill, introduced postage stamps, dies at 84   

1883  On August - 27 august Friedrich Pott, composer, dies at 76   

1887  On this day in history wilhelm Volkmar, composer, dies at 74   

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

1914  John Weiss, German new testament, dies on August - 27.   

1919  Louis Botha, South African soldier/statesman, dies on this day in history.   

1922  Carl Fuchs, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1929  Death of Herman Potočnik Noordung, Slovenian rocket scientist (b. 1892) on this day in history.   

1930  Didericus G van Epen, genealogist/Dutch Patriarch, dies at 62 on August - 27.   

1931  Willem H Nolens, priest/2nd Chamber member, dies on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history otto Selz, German psychologist (In Auschwitz), dies   

1944  On this day in history death of georg von Boeselager, German nobleman (b. 1915)   

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

1949  On August - 27 arthur Chesney, actor (Lodger, Chelsea Life), dies at 67   

1950  Cesare Pavese, Italian writer (Fuoco Grande), dies at 41 on August - 27.   

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

1955  On August - 27 joachim Wach, philosopher/sociologist (Sociology of Religion), dies   

1958  On this day in history ernest O Lawrence, inventor (Cyclotron-Nobel 1939), dies at 57   

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

1963  On August - 27 w E B Du Bois, scholar/founder (NAACP), dies at 95 in Accra Ghana   

1964  On this day in history alexey Semyonovich Zhivotov, composer, dies at 59   

1965  On August - 27 edmond of Dooren, Flemish painter, dies at 68   

1967  Brian Epstein, rock manager (Beatles), dies of drug overdose at 32 on August - 27.   

1968  On this day in history marina, princess of Greece/Denmark/Dutchess of Kent, dies at 61   

1969  Claire Whitney, silent film actress (Blind Fools), dies at 79 on August - 27.   

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

1975  Death of Emperor Haile Selassie, depossed Ethiopian emperor, strangled at 83 on August - 27.   

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

1977  On August - 27 george Merritt, actor (I Monster, Canterbury Tale), dies at 86   

1978  On August - 27 robert Shaw, actor (Dan-Buccaneers), dies of heart attack at 51   

1979  On this day in history boleslaw Szabelski, composer, dies at 82   

1980  On this day in history sam Levenson, humorist (Sam Levenson Show), dies at 68   

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

1471  On this day in history birth of george von Saksen-Meissen, German potester of Frisia   

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

1487  On this day in history 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  Hans Leo Hassler, composer was born on August - 27.   

1583  On this day in history birth of simon Besler, composer   

1630  Maria van Oosterwijck, Dutch flower painter was born on August - 27.