Famous Deaths In August - 05

1927  Tom Groube, cricketer (Test for Australia 1880), dies on this day in history.   

1929  Death of Millicent Fawcett, British suffragist (b. 1847) on this day in history.   

1931  On this day in history ullrich Haupt, actor (Morocco, Du Barry-Woman of Passion), dies at 43   

1932  Israel Querido, writer (Jordan), dies on this day in history.   

1934  On August - 05 neville Quinn, cricketer (12 Tests for S Africa), dies at 26   

1940  Frederick A Cook, US, explorer (North Pole), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1943  Adam Kuckhoff, writer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1944  Maurice Turnbull, cricketer (England)/rugby (Wales), dies on August - 05.   

1946  Death of Wilhelm Marx, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863) on August - 05.   

1947  On August - 05 joannes D M Cornelissen, historian (Johann de White), dies   

1950  On this day in history emil Abderhalden, Swiss physiologist/bio-chemistry, dies at 73   

1952  On August - 05 death of sameera Moussa, Egyptian nuclear scientist (b. 1917)   

1955  On this day in history carmen Miranda, singer/actress (Down Argentine Way), dies at 42   

1957  Heinrich O Wieland, German chemist (Nobel 1927), dies at 80 on August - 05.   

1958  On this day in history joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80   

1959  On this day in history edgar Guest, US poet/newspaperman, dies at 77   

1960  On August - 05 death of arthur Meighen, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)   

1961  Eva JC Beck, actress (Elckerlyc, Resurrection), dies at 63 on August - 05.   

1962  On August - 05 death of marilyn Monroe, found dead of apparent self-inflicted drug OD at 35   

1963  Death of Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (b. 1898) on this day in history.   

1964  Moa Martinson, writer, dies on August - 05.   

1966  Austin Diamond, cricketer (Australian capt to America 1913), dies on this day in history.   

1968  Death of Luther Perkins American guitarist on August - 05.   

1971  Josef Stanislav, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1972  Frederic Tozere, actor (Mr Phillips-Stanley), dies at 71 on August - 05.   

1976  On this day in history adrian Roland Holst, poet (Past the Roads), dies at 88   

1977  Charles Carson, actor (Cry the Beloved Country), dies at 87 on August - 05.   

1978  On August - 05 queenie Smith, actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at 79   

1980  On August - 05 death of harold Runnels, American politician (b. 1924)   

1982  On this day in history wanda Rotha, actress (Mrs Fitzherbert), dies at 72   

1983  Judy Canova, singer/comedienne (Chatterbox), dies of cancer at 66 on this day in history.   

1984  On August - 05 howard Culver, actor (Howie-Gunsmoke), dies at 66   

1985  Theodore Sturgeon, sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar), dies at 67 on August - 05.   

1987  On this day in history zygmunt Mycielsky, composer, dies at 79   

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1301  Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330) was born on this day in history.   

1397  On August - 05 birth of guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474)   

1461  On August - 05 birth of alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506)   

1540  On this day in history birth of joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating   

1604  John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1607  Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer was born on this day in history.   

1623  Antonio Cesti, composer was born on August - 05.   

1624  On this day in history birth of william, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America