Famous Deaths In August - 27
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1874 On August - 27 johan George Schwartze, painter, dies
1875 On August - 27 death of william Chapman Ralston, American banker (b. 1826)
1879 Rowland Hill, introduced postage stamps, dies at 84 on this day in history.
1883 August Friedrich Pott, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.
1887 On August - 27 wilhelm Volkmar, composer, dies at 74
1910 On August - 27 death of clement of Maasdijk, 1st Dutch aircraft death
1914 On this day in history john Weiss, German new testament, dies
1919 On this day in history louis Botha, South African soldier/statesman, dies
1922 On this day in history carl Fuchs, composer, dies at 83
1929 On August - 27 death of herman PotoÄnik Noordung, Slovenian rocket scientist (b. 1892)
1930 Didericus G van Epen, genealogist/Dutch Patriarch, dies at 62 on August - 27.
1931 Willem H Nolens, priest/2nd Chamber member, dies on August - 27.
1943 Otto Selz, German psychologist (In Auschwitz), dies on August - 27.
1944 Death of Georg von Boeselager, German nobleman (b. 1915) on August - 27.
1948 Oley Speaks, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1949 Arthur Chesney, actor (Lodger, Chelsea Life), dies at 67 on August - 27.
1950 On August - 27 cesare Pavese, Italian writer (Fuoco Grande), dies at 41
1953 On this day in history nicolai Berezowsky, composer, dies at 53
1955 Joachim Wach, philosopher/sociologist (Sociology of Religion), dies on this day in history.
1958 Ernest O Lawrence, inventor (Cyclotron-Nobel 1939), dies at 57 on August - 27.
1962 On this day in history carlos Lavin, composer, dies at 79
1963 W E B Du Bois, scholar/founder (NAACP), dies at 95 in Accra Ghana on this day in history.
1964 On August - 27 alexey Semyonovich Zhivotov, composer, dies at 59
1965 Edmond of Dooren, Flemish painter, dies at 68 on August - 27.
1967 On this day in history brian Epstein, rock manager (Beatles), dies of drug overdose at 32
1968 On this day in history marina, princess of Greece/Denmark/Dutchess of Kent, dies at 61
1969 On August - 27 claire Whitney, silent film actress (Blind Fools), dies at 79
1971 On August - 27 bennett Cerf, (Random House)/panelist (What's My Line), dies at 73
1975 On this day in history death of emperor Haile Selassie, depossed Ethiopian emperor, strangled at 83
1976 On August - 27 death of mukesh, Indian playback singer (b. 1923)
1977 On this day in history george Merritt, actor (I Monster, Canterbury Tale), dies at 86
1978 On this day in history robert Shaw, actor (Dan-Buccaneers), dies of heart attack at 51
1979 Boleslaw Szabelski, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.
1980 Sam Levenson, humorist (Sam Levenson Show), dies at 68 on August - 27.
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