Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 05

1927  Tom Groube, cricketer (Test for Australia 1880), dies on this day in history.   

1929  Death of Millicent Fawcett, British suffragist (b. 1847) on August - 05.   

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

1932  On August - 05 israel Querido, writer (Jordan), dies   

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 August - 05.   

1943  Adam Kuckhoff, writer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1944  Maurice Turnbull, cricketer (England)/rugby (Wales), dies on August - 05.   

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

1947  On this day in history joannes D M Cornelissen, historian (Johann de White), dies   

1950  Emil Abderhalden, Swiss physiologist/bio-chemistry, dies at 73 on August - 05.   

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  Heinrich O Wieland, German chemist (Nobel 1927), dies at 80 on August - 05.   

1958  On August - 05 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  On August - 05 death of arthur Meighen, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)   

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

1962  Death of Marilyn Monroe, found dead of apparent self-inflicted drug OD at 35 on this day in history.   

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  Austin Diamond, cricketer (Australian capt to America 1913), dies on this day in history.   

1968  On August - 05 death of luther Perkins American guitarist   

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  Adrian Roland Holst, poet (Past the Roads), dies at 88 on August - 05.   

1977  Charles Carson, actor (Cry the Beloved Country), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1978  Queenie Smith, actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at 79 on August - 05.   

1980  On this day in history death of harold Runnels, American politician (b. 1924)   

1982  Wanda Rotha, actress (Mrs Fitzherbert), dies at 72 on August - 05.   

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  Theodore Sturgeon, sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1987  Zygmunt Mycielsky, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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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  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  On this day in history birth of john Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized   

1607  On this day in history birth of philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer   

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

1624  William, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America was born on this day in history.