Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 14

1926  On August - 14 death of john H. Moffitt, American politician (b. 1843)   

1928  On this day in history klabund, [Alfred Henschke], German writer (Spuk/Rasputin), dies at 37   

1932  On August - 14 rin Tin Tin, US Hollywood-dog, dies   

1936  On this day in history death of rainey Bethea, hanged, last US public execution   

1937  On this day in history sapper, British soldier/novelist (Bull-Dog Drummond), dies at 48   

1938  On this day in history hugh Trumble, cricketer (32 Tests for Australia, 141 wickets), dies   

1941  On August - 14 death of josef Jakobs, German spy, executed in Tower of London   

1943  On this day in history death of joe Kelley, American baseball player (b. 1871)   

1946  Death of Susan St James, [Susan Jane Miller], LA Calif, actress (Kate & Allie) on August - 14.   

1949  On this day in history death of husni al-Barazi, premier of Syria, shot to death   

1951  William Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher, dies in Beverly Hills on August - 14.   

1955  On this day in history fiske Kimball, US architect/art historian, dies at 66   

1956  Bertold Brecht, German writer (Mother Courage), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1958  Big Bill Broonzy, rocker, dies of cancer at 65 on this day in history.   

1961  Clarke Ashton Smith, sci-fi author (Lost Worlds), dies at 68 on August - 14.   

1963  On August - 14 clifford Odets, US playwright (Golden Boy), dies at 57   

1965  On August - 14 jan van Nijlen, Flemish poet/writer (Walk at Dawn), dies   

1966  S J "Tip" Snooke, S Afr cricket all-rounder (26 Tests 1905-23), dies on August - 14.   

1967  On August - 14 death of bob Anderson, British racing driver (b. 1931)   

1969  Leonard Sidney Woolf, English publisher/writer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1970  Vano Il'ich Muradeli, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1971  Georg von Opel, German auto manufacturer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1972  On August - 14 jules Romains, French novelist (Death of Nobody), dies at 86   

1975  Joris Baers, Flemish bibliographer (founder Boekengids), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1978  Death of Nicolas Bentley, British writer (b. 1907) on this day in history.   

1980  Death of Dorothy Stratten, Playmate, murdered by boyfriend Paul Snider on August - 14.   

1981  On August - 14 dudley Nourse, cricketer (34 Tests for South Africa, 2960 runs), dies   

1982  Patrick Magee, Irish actor (Clockwork Orange, King Lear), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1984  On August - 14 john Boynton Priestley, English, stagewriter (Magicians), dies at 89   

1985  Gale Sondergaard, actress (Letter), dies of cerebral thrombosis at 86 on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history enzo Ferrari, Italy, sportscar manufacturer (Ferrari), dies at 90   

1991  On August - 14 douglas Kiker, newscaster (NBC-TV), dies of a heart attack at 61   

1992  On August - 14 alexander Rosemeier, Indonesian/Dutch painter, dies at 104   

1994  Bill Cowley, creator (Lyke Wake Walk), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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1297  Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348) was born on August - 14.   

1473  On August - 14 birth of margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541)   

1479  Princess Catherine of York (d. 1527) was born on this day in history.   

1552  On August - 14 birth of fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher   

1575  On August - 14 birth of robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629)   

1586  On this day in history birth of william Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642)   

1599  Méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671) was born on August - 14.   

1625  François de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695) was born on this day in history.