Famous Deaths In August - 27

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 Potočnik 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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1407  Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (d. 1425) was born on August - 27.   

1471  On August - 27 birth of george von Saksen-Meissen, German potester of Frisia   

1471  On August - 27 birth of george, Duke of Saxony (d. 1539)   

1487  On August - 27 birth of anna of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark (d. 1514)   

1545  On August - 27 birth of alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma/general/diplomat   

1562  On this day in history birth of hans Leo Hassler, composer   

1583  Simon Besler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1630  On August - 27 birth of maria van Oosterwijck, Dutch flower painter