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Deaths on August 05

1539 : Antonio M Zaccaria, Italian physician/saint, dies
1626 : Stephan Fadinger, Austrian boer leader, dies in battle
1681 : Fjodor Aleksejevitsj, tsar of Russia, dies
1803 : William Jackson, composer, dies at 73
1851 : Juanita, Mexican, lynched by Calif gold diggers
1852 : Johann Baptist Weigl, composer, dies at 69
1871 : Cristina di Trivulzio di Belgioioso, Italian princess, dies
1883 : Frederick Scotson Clark, composer, dies at 42
1884 : Victor Masse, composer, dies at 62
1886 : Henry Gerhard, founder (Social-Democratic Union), dies at 57
1887 : August F Pott, German philological (That Personennamen), dies
1894 : Betty Paoli, writer, dies
1905 : Carel V Gerritsen, free thinker, dies
1907 : Maria Anna Mahler, Gustav Mahlers eldest daughter, dies at 5
1908 : Jonas LI Lie, Norwegian writer (Kommandírens díttre), dies at
1909 : Emil Bohn, composer, dies at 70
1911 : George J Stoney, Irish physicist, dies at 85
1913 : Alfred Lyttelton, cricketer (Eng wk 1880-84 demon lob bowler),
1920 : John Shuter, cricketer (scored 28 in only Test for England 188
1920 : Max Klinger, German graphic artist/painter/sculptor, dies at 6
1925 : Hjalmar Borgstrom, composer, dies at 61
1935 : Dani‰l Plooy, Dutch new testament expert, dies at 58
1938 : John McIlwraith, cricketer (Tests for Australia), dies
1941 : Oskar Fried, composer, dies at 69
1944 : William Gillies Whittaker, composer, dies at 67
1948 : Carole Landis, US actress (1 Million BC, Topper Returns), dies
1948 : G Bernanos, writer, dies at 60
1948 : Peter JM Aalberse, Dutch minister of Labor, dies at 77
1950 : Kenneth Shadrick, Pvt from WV becomes 1st US fatality in Korea
1950 : Salvatore Giuliano, Sicilian bandit, shot by police
1963 : Daniel Ruyneman, composer, dies at 76
1969 : Ben Alexander, dies at 58
1969 : Tom Mboya, Kenyian economics minister, assassinated in Narobi
1969 : Walter Gropius, architect/found (Bauhaus school of design), di
1969 : Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (Rubinstein-1905), dies at 85
1979 : Elizabeth Ryan, tennis ace (won 19 Wimbledon titles), dies at
1979 : Judson Laire, actor/singer (Papa-Mama), dies at 76
1980 : Archibald James Potter, composer, dies at 61
1981 : Jorge Urrutia Blondel, composer, dies at 75
1983 : Arie Querido, psychiatrist (social psychiatry), dies
1983 : Harry James, swing-era bandleader/trumpet player, dies at 67
1983 : Vaclav Trojan, composer, dies at 76
1985 : Gerard Schmook, Flemish literature historian/custodian, dies a
1985 : Jack Robertson, S Afr cricket spinner (3 Tests v Aust 1935-36)
1985 : Marion Byron, actress (Steamboat Bill Jr), dies at 73
1989 : Ernesto Halffter, composer, dies at 84
1990 : Mitch Snyder, homeless advocate, commits suicide by hanging at
1991 : Howard Nemerow, US poet laureate (Pulitzer), dies
1991 : Mildred Dunnock, dies at 87
1992 : Georgia Brown, British singer/actress (Love at Stake), dies at
1993 : Harrison E Salisbury, US journalist (NY Times), dies at 84
1994 : Ad Gang, Dutch Liberal Party asst sec of state, dies at 67
1995 : Adrienne Keith Cohen, travel editor, dies at 69
1996 : Anne Schumacher Hummert, radio pioneer, dies at 91
1996 : Clyde Wiegand, physicist, dies at 81
1996 : Lorna Young, salesperson, dies at 44

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