Famous Deaths In August - 06
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1821 On August - 06 antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer, dies at 64
1828 On August - 06 death of konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and statesman
1848 Nicola Vaccai, Italian composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.
1850 Death of Edward Walsh, Irish poet (b. 1805) on this day in history.
1853 On August - 06 josif Josifovich Genishta, composer, dies at 57
1862 Francisco Acuna de Figueroa, Uruguay national anthem, dies at 71 on August - 06.
1866 Death of John Mason Neale, English divine, scholar and hymnwriter (b. 1818) on August - 06.
1881 On August - 06 death of james White, co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)
1884 On this day in history death of robert Spear Hudson, English businessman (b. 1812)
1886 Wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian, dies at 45 on August - 06.
1890 Death of John Hart or William Kemmler, US, 1st executed in electric chair (NY) on August - 06.
1893 Death of Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1811) on this day in history.
1895 On August - 06 george Frederick Root, composer, dies at 74
1900 Wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist/socialist, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1904 Death of Eduard Hanslick, Austrian music critic (b. 1825) on this day in history.
1914 Ellen Wilson, 1st lady (1913-14), dies at 54 on this day in history.
1920 On this day in history death of stefan Bastyr, Polish aviator, first flight in independent Poland (b. 1890)
1924 John Henry Roberts, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.
1928 On August - 06 william Henry Grattan Flood, composer, dies at 68
1931 Death of Bix Beiderbecke, American musician (b. 1903) on this day in history.
1935 On August - 06 alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer, dies at 70
1937 Annie E F Horniman, England, theater owner (Abbey Theatre), dies at 76 on August - 06.
1938 Warner Oland, actor (Werewolf of London, Jazz Singer), dies at 57 on this day in history.
1943 On August - 06 tom Garrett, cricketer (last survivor of 1st Test in 1877), dies
1945 Death of Hiram Johnson, American politician (b. 1866) on August - 06.
1946 Death of Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player (b. 1903) on this day in history.
1954 Theo[by] Van Reijn, sculptor/drawer/lithograph, dies at 70 [or 8/10] on August - 06.
1959 On this day in history preston Sturges, [Edmund Biden], US director/screenwriter, dies at 60
1961 Jozef E Van Roey, Flemish cardinal/archbishop of Mechelen, dies at 87 on August - 06.
1963 On this day in history tom Keene, actor (Our Daily Bread), dies of cancer at 68
1964 On this day in history cedric Hardwicke, actor (Capt Hook-Peter Pan), dies at 71
1965 On August - 06 aksel Sandemose, writer, dies
1966 Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, sci-fi author (Space Lords), dies at 53 on this day in history.
1968 Ernest Burnelle, Belgian politician, dies at 60 on this day in history.
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