Famous Deaths In August - 06

1821  On August - 06 antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer, dies at 64   

1828  Death of Konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and statesman on August - 06.   

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  Josif Josifovich Genishta, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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

1866  Death of John Mason Neale, English divine, scholar and hymnwriter (b. 1818) on August - 06.   

1881  On August - 06 death of james White, co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)   

1884  On August - 06 death of robert Spear Hudson, English businessman (b. 1812)   

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

1890  Death of John Hart or William Kemmler, US, 1st executed in electric chair (NY) on August - 06.   

1893  On August - 06 death of jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1811)   

1895  On this day in history george Frederick Root, composer, dies at 74   

1900  Wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist/socialist, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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 August - 06 john Henry Roberts, composer, dies at 76   

1928  William Henry Grattan Flood, composer, dies at 68 on August - 06.   

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

1935  On August - 06 alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer, dies at 70   

1937  On this day in history annie E F Horniman, England, theater owner (Abbey Theatre), dies at 76   

1938  Warner Oland, actor (Werewolf of London, Jazz Singer), dies at 57 on August - 06.   

1943  Tom Garrett, cricketer (last survivor of 1st Test in 1877), dies on this day in history.   

1945  Death of Hiram Johnson, American politician (b. 1866) on this day in history.   

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

1954  On August - 06 theo[by] Van Reijn, sculptor/drawer/lithograph, dies at 70 [or 8/10]   

1959  Preston Sturges, [Edmund Biden], US director/screenwriter, dies at 60 on August - 06.   

1961  Jozef E Van Roey, Flemish cardinal/archbishop of Mechelen, dies at 87 on August - 06.   

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 this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history aksel Sandemose, writer, dies   

1966  On August - 06 paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, sci-fi author (Space Lords), dies at 53   

1968  On this day in history ernest Burnelle, Belgian politician, dies at 60   

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1180  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)   

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 August - 06.   

1619  On this day in history birth of barbara Strozzi, composer   

1638  Nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher was born on August - 06.   

1644  On August - 06 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 August - 06.   

1651  Johann Michael Zacher, composer was born on August - 06.