Famous Deaths In August - 14

1926  Death of John H. Moffitt, American politician (b. 1843) on August - 14.   

1928  On August - 14 klabund, [Alfred Henschke], German writer (Spuk/Rasputin), dies at 37   

1932  Rin Tin Tin, US Hollywood-dog, dies on this day in history.   

1936  Death of Rainey Bethea, hanged, last US public execution on August - 14.   

1937  On August - 14 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  Death of Joe Kelley, American baseball player (b. 1871) on this day in history.   

1946  Death of Susan St James, [Susan Jane Miller], LA Calif, actress (Kate & Allie) on this day in history.   

1949  Death of Husni al-Barazi, premier of Syria, shot to death on this day in history.   

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

1955  Fiske Kimball, US architect/art historian, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history clifford Odets, US playwright (Golden Boy), dies at 57   

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

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

1967  Death of Bob Anderson, British racing driver (b. 1931) on this day in history.   

1969  On August - 14 leonard Sidney Woolf, English publisher/writer, dies at 88   

1970  On this day in history vano Il'ich Muradeli, composer, dies at 62   

1971  On August - 14 georg von Opel, German auto manufacturer, dies at 59   

1972  Jules Romains, French novelist (Death of Nobody), dies at 86 on August - 14.   

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 August - 14.   

1980  Death of Dorothy Stratten, Playmate, murdered by boyfriend Paul Snider on this day in history.   

1981  Dudley Nourse, cricketer (34 Tests for South Africa, 2960 runs), dies on August - 14.   

1982  On this day in history patrick Magee, Irish actor (Clockwork Orange, King Lear), dies at 58   

1984  John Boynton Priestley, English, stagewriter (Magicians), dies at 89 on August - 14.   

1985  On this day in history gale Sondergaard, actress (Letter), dies of cerebral thrombosis at 86   

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

1991  Douglas Kiker, newscaster (NBC-TV), dies of a heart attack at 61 on August - 14.   

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  Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541) was born on August - 14.   

1479  On August - 14 birth of princess Catherine of York (d. 1527)   

1552  Fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher was born on August - 14.   

1575  On this day in history birth of robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629)   

1586  On August - 14 birth of william Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642)   

1599  On August - 14 birth of méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671)   

1625  On August - 14 birth of françois de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695)