Famous Deaths In August - 02
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1903 Martha Jane Cannary, [Calamity Jane], US desperado, dies on this day in history.
1914 Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.
1916 On this day in history hamish MacCunn, composer, dies at 48
1920 On August - 02 death of ormer Locklear, American stunt pilot (b. 1891)
1921 Enrico Caruso, Italian opera singer, dies at 48 on August - 02.
1922 Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish/US physicist (telephone), dies on August - 02.
1923 On August - 02 warren Harding, 29th Pres (1921-23), dies at Palace Hotel SF at 57
1929 On August - 02 death of mae Costello, American actress (b. 1882)
1932 On this day in history gheorghe Cucu, composer, dies at 50
1934 Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Hindenburg, soldier/statesman, dies at 86 on this day in history.
1938 On this day in history bjarni Thorsteinsson, composer, dies at 76
1939 On this day in history death of harvey Spencer Lewis, American Rosicrucian mystic (b. 1883)
1941 Jose Juan Tablada, Mexican poet (La Feria), dies at 70 on August - 02.
1942 On this day in history friedrich Aereboe, Dutch landlord, dies at 77
1945 On August - 02 emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, composer (Donna Diana), dies at 85
1954 On August - 02 rene Amengual, composer, dies at 42
1955 On this day in history ruprecht, crown prince of Bayern/general-fieldmarshal, dies
1956 On this day in history albert Woolson, last veteran US Union army, dies at 109
1958 Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80 on this day in history.
1959 Prospero Bisquertt, composer, dies at 78 on August - 02.
1961 On August - 02 giovanni B Angioletti, Italian writer (I grandi ospiti), dies at 64
1963 Oliver Hazzard Perry La Farge, US anthropologist/writer, dies at 61 on August - 02.
1964 Jack Kirkwood, actor (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 69 on August - 02.
1965 On August - 02 milton B Babbitt, US composer (Widow's Lament), dies at 49
1967 On August - 02 claude A Barnett, founder (Associated Negro Press), dies at 77
1969 On August - 02 clarence Dickinson, composer, dies at 96
1971 Ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher, dies at 77 on this day in history.
1972 On August - 02 brian Cole, vocalist/bassist (Association), dies of overdose at 29
1973 On August - 02 jean-Pierre Melville, director (Bob Le Flambeur), dies at 57
1974 Death of W. Douglas Hawkes, British racing driver (b. 1893) on this day in history.
1976 Fritz Lang, director (Cloak & Dagger, Metropolis), dies at 85 on August - 02.
1978 On this day in history carlos Chavez y Ramires, Mexican composer, dies at 79
1979 Death of Thurmon Munson, NY Yankee, killed in a plane crash at Akron Oh at 32 on this day in history.
1980 On August - 02 verdun John Scott, cricketer (ten Tests for NZ), dies
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