Famous Deaths In August - 14

1926  On August - 14 death of john H. Moffitt, American politician (b. 1843)   

1928  On this day in history klabund, [Alfred Henschke], German writer (Spuk/Rasputin), dies at 37   

1932  On August - 14 rin Tin Tin, US Hollywood-dog, dies   

1936  Death of Rainey Bethea, hanged, last US public execution on August - 14.   

1937  On August - 14 sapper, British soldier/novelist (Bull-Dog Drummond), dies at 48   

1938  On August - 14 hugh Trumble, cricketer (32 Tests for Australia, 141 wickets), dies   

1941  Death of Josef Jakobs, German spy, executed in Tower of London on August - 14.   

1943  On August - 14 death of joe Kelley, American baseball player (b. 1871)   

1946  Death of Susan St James, [Susan Jane Miller], LA Calif, actress (Kate & Allie) on August - 14.   

1949  On this day in history death of husni al-Barazi, premier of Syria, shot to death   

1951  William Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher, dies in Beverly Hills on August - 14.   

1955  On August - 14 fiske Kimball, US architect/art historian, dies at 66   

1956  Bertold Brecht, German writer (Mother Courage), dies at 58 on August - 14.   

1958  Big Bill Broonzy, rocker, dies of cancer at 65 on this day in history.   

1961  Clarke Ashton Smith, sci-fi author (Lost Worlds), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history clifford Odets, US playwright (Golden Boy), dies at 57   

1965  On August - 14 jan van Nijlen, Flemish poet/writer (Walk at Dawn), dies   

1966  On this day in history s J "Tip" Snooke, S Afr cricket all-rounder (26 Tests 1905-23), dies   

1967  On this day in history death of bob Anderson, British racing driver (b. 1931)   

1969  Leonard Sidney Woolf, English publisher/writer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1970  Vano Il'ich Muradeli, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1971  Georg von Opel, German auto manufacturer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1972  Jules Romains, French novelist (Death of Nobody), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1975  On August - 14 joris Baers, Flemish bibliographer (founder Boekengids), dies at 87   

1978  Death of Nicolas Bentley, British writer (b. 1907) on this day in history.   

1980  Death of Dorothy Stratten, Playmate, murdered by boyfriend Paul Snider on this day in history.   

1981  On August - 14 dudley Nourse, cricketer (34 Tests for South Africa, 2960 runs), dies   

1982  On this day in history patrick Magee, Irish actor (Clockwork Orange, King Lear), dies at 58   

1984  On August - 14 john Boynton Priestley, English, stagewriter (Magicians), dies at 89   

1985  On August - 14 gale Sondergaard, actress (Letter), dies of cerebral thrombosis at 86   

1988  Enzo Ferrari, Italy, sportscar manufacturer (Ferrari), dies at 90 on August - 14.   

1991  On August - 14 douglas Kiker, newscaster (NBC-TV), dies of a heart attack at 61   

1992  On August - 14 alexander Rosemeier, Indonesian/Dutch painter, dies at 104   

1994  On this day in history bill Cowley, creator (Lyke Wake Walk), dies at 78   

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1297  On this day in history birth of emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348)   

1473  Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541) was born on August - 14.   

1479  On August - 14 birth of princess Catherine of York (d. 1527)   

1552  On this day in history birth of fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher   

1575  On August - 14 birth of robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629)   

1586  William Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642) was born on August - 14.   

1599  On this day in history birth of méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671)   

1625  On this day in history birth of françois de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695)