Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 06

1821  On this day in history antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer, dies at 64   

1828  On August - 06 death of konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and statesman   

1848  On this day in history nicola Vaccai, Italian composer, dies at 58   

1850  Death of Edward Walsh, Irish poet (b. 1805) on August - 06.   

1853  On August - 06 josif Josifovich Genishta, composer, dies at 57   

1862  Francisco Acuna de Figueroa, Uruguay national anthem, dies at 71 on August - 06.   

1866  On August - 06 death of john Mason Neale, English divine, scholar and hymnwriter (b. 1818)   

1881  Death of James White, co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821) on this day in history.   

1884  Death of Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman (b. 1812) on this day in history.   

1886  On this day in history wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian, dies at 45   

1890  On this day in history death of john Hart or William Kemmler, US, 1st executed in electric chair (NY)   

1893  Death of Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1811) on this day in history.   

1895  On August - 06 george Frederick Root, composer, dies at 74   

1900  Wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist/socialist, dies at 74 on August - 06.   

1904  On this day in history death of eduard Hanslick, Austrian music critic (b. 1825)   

1914  Ellen Wilson, 1st lady (1913-14), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1920  Death of Stefan Bastyr, Polish aviator, first flight in independent Poland (b. 1890) on this day in history.   

1924  On this day in history john Henry Roberts, composer, dies at 76   

1928  William Henry Grattan Flood, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1931  On this day in history death of bix Beiderbecke, American musician (b. 1903)   

1935  Alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1937  Annie E F Horniman, England, theater owner (Abbey Theatre), dies at 76 on August - 06.   

1938  On this day in history warner Oland, actor (Werewolf of London, Jazz Singer), dies at 57   

1943  Tom Garrett, cricketer (last survivor of 1st Test in 1877), dies on August - 06.   

1945  Death of Hiram Johnson, American politician (b. 1866) on August - 06.   

1946  On August - 06 death of tony Lazzeri, American baseball player (b. 1903)   

1954  Theo[by] Van Reijn, sculptor/drawer/lithograph, dies at 70 [or 8/10] on this day in history.   

1959  On August - 06 preston Sturges, [Edmund Biden], US director/screenwriter, dies at 60   

1961  On August - 06 jozef E Van Roey, Flemish cardinal/archbishop of Mechelen, dies at 87   

1963  On this day in history tom Keene, actor (Our Daily Bread), dies of cancer at 68   

1964  Cedric Hardwicke, actor (Capt Hook-Peter Pan), dies at 71 on August - 06.   

1965  Aksel Sandemose, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, sci-fi author (Space Lords), dies at 53   

1968  Ernest Burnelle, Belgian politician, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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1180  Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239) was born on this day in history.   

1504  Matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury was born on August - 06.   

1609  Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.   

1619  Barbara Strozzi, composer was born on August - 06.   

1638  On August - 06 birth of nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher   

1644  On this day in history birth of francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV   

1651  Francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time) was born on this day in history.   

1651  Johann Michael Zacher, composer was born on this day in history.