Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 05

1927  Tom Groube, cricketer (Test for Australia 1880), dies on August - 05.   

1929  On this day in history death of millicent Fawcett, British suffragist (b. 1847)   

1931  On August - 05 ullrich Haupt, actor (Morocco, Du Barry-Woman of Passion), dies at 43   

1932  Israel Querido, writer (Jordan), dies on this day in history.   

1934  Neville Quinn, cricketer (12 Tests for S Africa), dies at 26 on August - 05.   

1940  Frederick A Cook, US, explorer (North Pole), dies at 75 on August - 05.   

1943  On this day in history adam Kuckhoff, writer, dies at 55   

1944  On August - 05 maurice Turnbull, cricketer (England)/rugby (Wales), dies   

1946  Death of Wilhelm Marx, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863) on this day in history.   

1947  Joannes D M Cornelissen, historian (Johann de White), dies on August - 05.   

1950  On August - 05 emil Abderhalden, Swiss physiologist/bio-chemistry, dies at 73   

1952  On this day in history death of sameera Moussa, Egyptian nuclear scientist (b. 1917)   

1955  Carmen Miranda, singer/actress (Down Argentine Way), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history heinrich O Wieland, German chemist (Nobel 1927), dies at 80   

1958  On this day in history joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80   

1959  On this day in history edgar Guest, US poet/newspaperman, dies at 77   

1960  Death of Arthur Meighen, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874) on August - 05.   

1961  On August - 05 eva JC Beck, actress (Elckerlyc, Resurrection), dies at 63   

1962  On this day in history death of marilyn Monroe, found dead of apparent self-inflicted drug OD at 35   

1963  On this day in history death of salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (b. 1898)   

1964  Moa Martinson, writer, dies on August - 05.   

1966  On this day in history austin Diamond, cricketer (Australian capt to America 1913), dies   

1968  Death of Luther Perkins American guitarist on August - 05.   

1971  Josef Stanislav, composer, dies at 74 on August - 05.   

1972  On August - 05 frederic Tozere, actor (Mr Phillips-Stanley), dies at 71   

1976  On August - 05 adrian Roland Holst, poet (Past the Roads), dies at 88   

1977  On August - 05 charles Carson, actor (Cry the Beloved Country), dies at 87   

1978  On this day in history queenie Smith, actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at 79   

1980  Death of Harold Runnels, American politician (b. 1924) on August - 05.   

1982  On August - 05 wanda Rotha, actress (Mrs Fitzherbert), dies at 72   

1983  On August - 05 judy Canova, singer/comedienne (Chatterbox), dies of cancer at 66   

1984  On this day in history howard Culver, actor (Howie-Gunsmoke), dies at 66   

1985  On this day in history theodore Sturgeon, sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar), dies at 67   

1987  On August - 05 zygmunt Mycielsky, composer, dies at 79   

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1301  On August - 05 birth of edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330)   

1397  On August - 05 birth of guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474)   

1461  On this day in history birth of alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506)   

1540  Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating was born on this day in history.   

1604  John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized was born on August - 05.   

1607  Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer was born on August - 05.   

1623  Antonio Cesti, composer was born on August - 05.   

1624  William, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America was born on August - 05.