Famous Deaths In August - 13

1924  On August - 13 julian Aguirre, composer, dies at 56   

1927  On August - 13 james Curwood, US journalist/writer (Valley of Silent Men), dies at 49   

1928  Fernand de La Tombelle, composer, dies at 74 on August - 13.   

1933  On this day in history paul Joseph Guillaume Hillemacher, composer, dies at 80   

1937  Death of Arthur Plunkett, English civil engineer (b. 1890) on August - 13.   

1940  On this day in history george C Pearce, actor (Hold tat Lion, British Agent), dies at 75   

1946  On this day in history h[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, sci-fi author (Time Machine), dies at 79   

1947  Johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist, dies on this day in history.   

1948  Edwin Maxwell, actor (Taming of the Shrew), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1953  On August - 13 dmitri Arakishvili, composer, dies at 80   

1954  On August - 13 hermann W S Waltershausen, German musicologist/composer, dies at 71   

1956  Harry Donnan, cricketer (5 Tests for Australia 1891-96), dies on this day in history.   

1958  Death of Otto Witte, acrobat and, purportedly, King of Albania (b. 1868) on August - 13.   

1959  On this day in history henry Garat, actor (Congress Dances), dies at 57   

1961  Adeline De Walt Reynolds, actress (Son of Dracula), dies at 78 on August - 13.   

1965  Death of Ikeda Hayato, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1899) on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history jane Darwell, actress (Girls in Prison), dies of heart attack at 87   

1970  Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1971  Death of King Curtis, [Curtis Ousley], US musician, murdered at 37 on this day in history.   

1972  George Wiess, General Manager (NY Yankees), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history ben van Eysselsteijn, Dutch playwright (Arid Earth), dies at 75   

1974  On August - 13 hugo Yarnold, cricketer (Umpire in 3 Tests for England), dies   

1977  On this day in history henry Williamson, English author (Tarka the Otter), dies   

1982  Charles Walters, US actor/choreographer/dir (High Society), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1984  Clyde Cook, actor (Dawn Patrol, Jazz Heaven), dies in his sleep at 92 on August - 13.   

1985  Marion Martin, actress (Dakota Lil, Queen of Burlesque), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1986  Helen Mack, actress (Son of Kong, Milky Way), dies on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history vincent Persichetti, US composer (Sibyl), dies at 72   

1988  Otto E Passman, (Rep-D-La, 1947-77), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history tim Richmond, race car driver (won 13 NASCAR races), dies of AIDS   

1990  Jimmy Starr, actor (Hot Flashes), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history jack Ryan, inventor (Barbie Doll, Hot Wheels), dies at 65   

1992  On this day in history bill Elverman, playwright/actor (After Hours), dies at 40   

1994  Manfred Worner, German general/sec-gen of NATO (1988-94), dies at 59 on August - 13.   

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0582  On August - 13 birth of arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640)   

1311  King Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350) was born on August - 13.   

1422  On this day in history birth of william Caxton, 1st English printer (Histories of Troy)   

1584  On this day in history birth of theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640)   

1617  On this day in history birth of johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist   

1625  Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.   

1655  On August - 13 birth of johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet)   

1662  On August - 13 birth of charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748)