Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 13

1924  Julian Aguirre, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1927  James Curwood, US journalist/writer (Valley of Silent Men), dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1928  Fernand de La Tombelle, composer, dies at 74 on August - 13.   

1933  On this day in history paul Joseph Guillaume Hillemacher, composer, dies at 80   

1937  Death of Arthur Plunkett, English civil engineer (b. 1890) on August - 13.   

1940  On August - 13 george C Pearce, actor (Hold tat Lion, British Agent), dies at 75   

1946  On this day in history h[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, sci-fi author (Time Machine), dies at 79   

1947  On this day in history johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist, dies   

1948  Edwin Maxwell, actor (Taming of the Shrew), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history dmitri Arakishvili, composer, dies at 80   

1954  On August - 13 hermann W S Waltershausen, German musicologist/composer, dies at 71   

1956  On August - 13 harry Donnan, cricketer (5 Tests for Australia 1891-96), dies   

1958  On August - 13 death of otto Witte, acrobat and, purportedly, King of Albania (b. 1868)   

1959  On August - 13 henry Garat, actor (Congress Dances), dies at 57   

1961  Adeline De Walt Reynolds, actress (Son of Dracula), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1965  On August - 13 death of ikeda Hayato, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1899)   

1967  Jane Darwell, actress (Girls in Prison), dies of heart attack at 87 on August - 13.   

1970  Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer, dies at 75 on August - 13.   

1971  Death of King Curtis, [Curtis Ousley], US musician, murdered at 37 on August - 13.   

1972  On this day in history george Wiess, General Manager (NY Yankees), dies at 78   

1973  Ben van Eysselsteijn, Dutch playwright (Arid Earth), dies at 75 on August - 13.   

1974  Hugo Yarnold, cricketer (Umpire in 3 Tests for England), dies on this day in history.   

1977  Henry Williamson, English author (Tarka the Otter), dies on August - 13.   

1982  On August - 13 charles Walters, US actor/choreographer/dir (High Society), dies at 70   

1984  Clyde Cook, actor (Dawn Patrol, Jazz Heaven), dies in his sleep at 92 on August - 13.   

1985  On August - 13 marion Martin, actress (Dakota Lil, Queen of Burlesque), dies at 67   

1986  Helen Mack, actress (Son of Kong, Milky Way), dies on August - 13.   

1987  Vincent Persichetti, US composer (Sibyl), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1988  Otto E Passman, (Rep-D-La, 1947-77), dies at 88 on August - 13.   

1989  Tim Richmond, race car driver (won 13 NASCAR races), dies of AIDS on this day in history.   

1990  Jimmy Starr, actor (Hot Flashes), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1991  On August - 13 jack Ryan, inventor (Barbie Doll, Hot Wheels), dies at 65   

1992  Bill Elverman, playwright/actor (After Hours), dies at 40 on August - 13.   

1994  On August - 13 manfred Worner, German general/sec-gen of NATO (1988-94), dies at 59   

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0582  Arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640) was born on August - 13.   

1311  On August - 13 birth of king Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350)   

1422  On August - 13 birth of william Caxton, 1st English printer (Histories of Troy)   

1584  On August - 13 birth of theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640)   

1617  On August - 13 birth of johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist   

1625  On this day in history birth of rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698)   

1655  Johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet) was born on August - 13.   

1662  Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748) was born on this day in history.