Famous Deaths In August - 16

1907  On August - 16 death of james Hector, Scottish geologist (b. 1834)   

1910  On August - 16 charles Ferdinand Lenepveu, composer, dies at 69   

1911  On August - 16 karl Munzinger, composer, dies at 68   

1920  On August - 16 j Norman Lockyer, English physicist (discovered helium in Sun), dies   

1921  On August - 16 peter I Karadjordjevic, king of Serbia/Yugoslavia, dies [or 8/26]   

1929  Frank Valentine Van der Stucken, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1938  Death of Robert Johnson, US Delta-blues singer/guitarist, poisoned at 27 on August - 16.   

1939  On August - 16 ron Oxenham, cricketer (7 Tests for Australia, 14 wickets), dies   

1940  On this day in history billy Fiske, US RAF-pilot/2nd lieutenant, dies of injuries   

1944  On August - 16 roman Padlewski, composer, dies at 28   

1945  Nico Richter, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

1946  On August - 16 death of herman Harrell Horne, philosopher (idealism)   

1948  On this day in history babe Ruth, Baseball legend (NY Yankees), dies in NY at 53   

1949  Margaret Mitchell, US writer (Gone With the Wind), dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1951  Louis Jouvet, actor (Volpone, Topaze, La Marseillaise), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1952  On this day in history death of lydia Field Emmet, American painter (b. 1866)   

1956  Bela Lugosi, actor (Dracula), dies of heart attack at 73 on this day in history.   

1957  On August - 16 death of irving Langmuir, American chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1881)   

1958  On August - 16 paul Panzer, actor (Cat's Paw, Mildred Pierce), dies at 85   

1959  On this day in history pedro Humberto Allende Saron, Chilean composer (Tonados), dies at 74   

1960  On this day in history errol Holmes, cricketer (batted in 5 Tests for England 1935), dies   

1961  On August - 16 death of maulvi Abdul Haq, Father of Modern Urdu (b. 1870)   

1964  Jack Pennick, actor (Lady From Louisiana), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1965  Vasily Petrovich Shirinsky, composer, dies at 64 on August - 16.   

1966  Jack Mather, actor (Cisco Kid), dies of heart attack at 58 on this day in history.   

1968  Luis Gianneo, composer, dies at 71 on August - 16.   

1969  Russ Bender, actor/writer (Air Patrol, Strangler), dies at 59 on August - 16.   

1971  On this day in history elsie Baker, actress (Ghosts of Hanley House), dies at 78   

1972  On this day in history john Barnes Chance, composer, dies at 39   

1973  Selman A Waksman, Russian/US microbiology (Nobel 1952), dies at 85 on August - 16.   

1974  Karl E Mundt, (Rep/Sen), dies on August - 16.   

1976  Beppie Nooij Jr, Dutch actress (Rooie Sien), dies at 83 on August - 16.   

1977  On this day in history elvis Presley, rocker, dies of heart ailment/drugs at Graceland at 42   

1978  On August - 16 alidius WL Tjarda van Stachouwer, gov-gen of Neth Indies, dies at 90   

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1355  On this day in history birth of philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster   

1378  On August - 16 birth of hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425)   

1397  On August - 16 birth of albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany   

1401  Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, dauphine of France (d. 1436) was born on August - 16.   

1550  Carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar was born on August - 16.   

1557  Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (d. 1602) was born on August - 16.   

1573  Anna of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1598) was born on this day in history.   

1596  On August - 16 birth of frederick V, Elector Palatine (d. 1632)