Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 05

1927  On August - 05 tom Groube, cricketer (Test for Australia 1880), dies   

1929  Death of Millicent Fawcett, British suffragist (b. 1847) on this day in history.   

1931  Ullrich Haupt, actor (Morocco, Du Barry-Woman of Passion), dies at 43 on August - 05.   

1932  Israel Querido, writer (Jordan), dies on August - 05.   

1934  On this day in history neville Quinn, cricketer (12 Tests for S Africa), dies at 26   

1940  Frederick A Cook, US, explorer (North Pole), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1943  Adam Kuckhoff, writer, dies at 55 on August - 05.   

1944  Maurice Turnbull, cricketer (England)/rugby (Wales), dies on this day in history.   

1946  On August - 05 death of wilhelm Marx, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863)   

1947  Joannes D M Cornelissen, historian (Johann de White), dies on this day in history.   

1950  On this day in history emil Abderhalden, Swiss physiologist/bio-chemistry, dies at 73   

1952  Death of Sameera Moussa, Egyptian nuclear scientist (b. 1917) on August - 05.   

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  Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1959  Edgar Guest, US poet/newspaperman, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

1961  On this day in history 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  On this day in history moa Martinson, writer, dies   

1966  On August - 05 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 this day in history.   

1972  Frederic Tozere, actor (Mr Phillips-Stanley), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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  Queenie Smith, actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at 79 on August - 05.   

1980  Death of Harold Runnels, American politician (b. 1924) on this day in history.   

1982  Wanda Rotha, actress (Mrs Fitzherbert), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1983  Judy Canova, singer/comedienne (Chatterbox), dies of cancer at 66 on August - 05.   

1984  Howard Culver, actor (Howie-Gunsmoke), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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

1987  On this day in history zygmunt Mycielsky, composer, dies at 79   

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1301  Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330) was born on August - 05.   

1397  Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474) was born on this day in history.   

1461  Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506) was born on August - 05.   

1540  On this day in history birth of joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating   

1604  John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1607  Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1624  On August - 05 birth of william, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America