Famous Deaths In August - 16
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1907 On August - 16 death of james Hector, Scottish geologist (b. 1834)
1910 Charles Ferdinand Lenepveu, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.
1911 On August - 16 karl Munzinger, composer, dies at 68
1920 On this day in history j Norman Lockyer, English physicist (discovered helium in Sun), dies
1921 On August - 16 peter I Karadjordjevic, king of Serbia/Yugoslavia, dies [or 8/26]
1929 Frank Valentine Van der Stucken, composer, dies at 70 on August - 16.
1938 On this day in history death of robert Johnson, US Delta-blues singer/guitarist, poisoned at 27
1939 On August - 16 ron Oxenham, cricketer (7 Tests for Australia, 14 wickets), dies
1940 On this day in history billy Fiske, US RAF-pilot/2nd lieutenant, dies of injuries
1944 Roman Padlewski, composer, dies at 28 on August - 16.
1945 Nico Richter, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.
1946 Death of Herman Harrell Horne, philosopher (idealism) on August - 16.
1948 On August - 16 babe Ruth, Baseball legend (NY Yankees), dies in NY at 53
1949 On this day in history margaret Mitchell, US writer (Gone With the Wind), dies at 48
1951 On August - 16 louis Jouvet, actor (Volpone, Topaze, La Marseillaise), dies at 63
1952 On this day in history death of lydia Field Emmet, American painter (b. 1866)
1956 On August - 16 bela Lugosi, actor (Dracula), dies of heart attack at 73
1957 On August - 16 death of irving Langmuir, American chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1881)
1958 Paul Panzer, actor (Cat's Paw, Mildred Pierce), dies at 85 on this day in history.
1959 Pedro Humberto Allende Saron, Chilean composer (Tonados), dies at 74 on August - 16.
1960 Errol Holmes, cricketer (batted in 5 Tests for England 1935), dies on August - 16.
1961 Death of Maulvi Abdul Haq, Father of Modern Urdu (b. 1870) on August - 16.
1964 Jack Pennick, actor (Lady From Louisiana), dies at 68 on August - 16.
1965 On August - 16 vasily Petrovich Shirinsky, composer, dies at 64
1966 On this day in history jack Mather, actor (Cisco Kid), dies of heart attack at 58
1968 On August - 16 luis Gianneo, composer, dies at 71
1969 On August - 16 russ Bender, actor/writer (Air Patrol, Strangler), dies at 59
1971 Elsie Baker, actress (Ghosts of Hanley House), dies at 78 on this day in history.
1972 John Barnes Chance, composer, dies at 39 on August - 16.
1973 On August - 16 selman A Waksman, Russian/US microbiology (Nobel 1952), dies at 85
1974 On this day in history karl E Mundt, (Rep/Sen), dies
1976 Beppie Nooij Jr, Dutch actress (Rooie Sien), dies at 83 on August - 16.
1977 On August - 16 elvis Presley, rocker, dies of heart ailment/drugs at Graceland at 42
1978 Alidius WL Tjarda van Stachouwer, gov-gen of Neth Indies, dies at 90 on this day in history.
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