Famous Deaths In August - 02

1903  Martha Jane Cannary, [Calamity Jane], US desperado, dies on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont, composer, dies at 36   

1916  Hamish MacCunn, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1920  Death of Ormer Locklear, American stunt pilot (b. 1891) on August - 02.   

1921  On August - 02 enrico Caruso, Italian opera singer, dies at 48   

1922  Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish/US physicist (telephone), dies on this day in history.   

1923  Warren Harding, 29th Pres (1921-23), dies at Palace Hotel SF at 57 on August - 02.   

1929  On this day in history death of mae Costello, American actress (b. 1882)   

1932  On August - 02 gheorghe Cucu, composer, dies at 50   

1934  Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Hindenburg, soldier/statesman, dies at 86 on August - 02.   

1938  On August - 02 bjarni Thorsteinsson, composer, dies at 76   

1939  On August - 02 death of harvey Spencer Lewis, American Rosicrucian mystic (b. 1883)   

1941  On August - 02 jose Juan Tablada, Mexican poet (La Feria), dies at 70   

1942  Friedrich Aereboe, Dutch landlord, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1945  Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, composer (Donna Diana), dies at 85 on August - 02.   

1954  Rene Amengual, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1955  Ruprecht, crown prince of Bayern/general-fieldmarshal, dies on August - 02.   

1956  Albert Woolson, last veteran US Union army, dies at 109 on August - 02.   

1958  Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80 on August - 02.   

1959  On August - 02 prospero Bisquertt, composer, dies at 78   

1961  Giovanni B Angioletti, Italian writer (I grandi ospiti), dies at 64 on August - 02.   

1963  On this day in history oliver Hazzard Perry La Farge, US anthropologist/writer, dies at 61   

1964  On August - 02 jack Kirkwood, actor (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 69   

1965  Milton B Babbitt, US composer (Widow's Lament), dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history claude A Barnett, founder (Associated Negro Press), dies at 77   

1969  Clarence Dickinson, composer, dies at 96 on this day in history.   

1971  Ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher, dies at 77 on August - 02.   

1972  On August - 02 brian Cole, vocalist/bassist (Association), dies of overdose at 29   

1973  On this day in history jean-Pierre Melville, director (Bob Le Flambeur), dies at 57   

1974  On August - 02 death of w. Douglas Hawkes, British racing driver (b. 1893)   

1976  On this day in history fritz Lang, director (Cloak & Dagger, Metropolis), dies at 85   

1978  On August - 02 carlos Chavez y Ramires, Mexican composer, dies at 79   

1979  Death of Thurmon Munson, NY Yankee, killed in a plane crash at Akron Oh at 32 on this day in history.   

1980  On August - 02 verdun John Scott, cricketer (ten Tests for NZ), dies   

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1455  On this day in history birth of johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99)   

1533  Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588) was born on August - 02.   

1627  On August - 02 birth of samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter   

1632  On August - 02 birth of kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner)   

1672  Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733) was born on August - 02.   

1674  On this day in history birth of philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723)   

1696  On August - 02 birth of mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia   

1703  Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775) was born on this day in history.