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Deaths on August 29

xxxx : Basilius I, the Macedoni‰r, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies
xxxx : John the Baptist, beheaded
1523 : Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35
1526 : Louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20
1533 : Atahualpa, last Inca King of Peru, murdered by Spanish conquerors
1653 : Gillesz de Hondecoeter, painter/Hostage rights, buried at about 49
1712 : Gregory King, English statistician (law of King), dies at 63
1738 : Georg Reuter, composer, dies at 81
1758 : Gerard Van Wage, historian, dies at 75
1758 : Stepan F graaf Apraksin, Russian general-fieldmarshal, dies at 56
1769 : Edmond Hoyle, games expert, dies (birth date unknown)
1782 : Richard Kempenfeldt, English admiral, drowns
1799 : Pius VI, [Giovanni A Braschi], Italian Pope (1775-99), dies at 71
1821 : Horace Coignet, composer, dies at 86
1861 : Franz Joseph Glaser, composer, dies at 63
1865 : John Brough, US publisher/(gov-R-Ohio), dies at about 54
1868 : Christian Sch”nbein, German chemist, dies at about 69
1876 : F‚licien C David, French composer (Lalla-Roukh), dies at 66
1877 : Brigham Young, 2nd president of Mormon Church, dies
1893 : Aleksei N Apuchtin, Rus poet (Stichotvorenia), dies at 52 [OS=8/17]
1904 : Murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876), dies
1909 : Emil C Hansen, Danish physiologist, dies
1910 : Allen Hill, cricket bowler (England, 2 Tests), dies
1910 : Johann O Backlund, Swedish astronomer, dies at 64
1910 : John YWJ Eilerts de Cock, sea officer (Suriname), dies at 44
1914 : ... Machagovsky, Russian general (Tannenberg), dies in battle
1918 : Max Dauthendey, writer, dies at 51
1921 : Joel Asaph Allen, US zoologist (rule of Allen), dies at 83
1928 : Richard B Haldane, British viscount/lord-chancellor, dies at 72
1933 : Georgy Eduardovich Konyus, composer, dies at 70
1935 : Astrid S L T Bernadotte, Queen of Belgium/Princess of Sweden, dies
1935 : Charles Lee Williams, composer, dies at 82
1940 : Arthur De Greef, composer, dies at 77
1941 : Henri Louis, French officer/resistance fighter, executed at 40
1941 : Jan L G "Yvan" Doornik, Dutch resist fighter in France, executed at 36
1941 : Maurice Charles mile Barlier, Fren resistance fighter, executed at 35
1946 : J E Feenstra, Nazi military police commandant, executed
1946 : Milan Harasta, composer, dies at 26
1957 : Jozef Cantr‚, Flemish sculptor/wood carver, dies at 66
1959 : Charles Lotsy, Dutch insurance director/chief d'‚quipe, dies at 66
1960 : Alexander Gauge, actor (Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 46
1960 : Hazza el-Majali, PM of Jordan is assassinated
1960 : Vicki Baum, writer, dies
1968 : Victor Sutherland, dies at 79
1970 : Mary Clare, dies at 76
1972 : Lale [Liselotte H] Anderson, Ger night club performer/singer, dies
1972 : Rene Leibowitz, composer, dies at 59
1973 : Michael Dunn, short actor (Justine, Boom, Madigan), dies at 38
1973 : Stringer Davis, actress (Mouse on the Moon, Miranda), dies at about 77
1975 : Eamon de Valera, Irish president (1937..59), dies at 92
1975 : Leland T Weed
1976 : Anissa Jones, actress (Buffy-Family Affair), ODs at 18
1976 : Jimmy Reed, rocker, dies of epileptic seizure at 50
1977 : Jean Hagen, actress (Dead Ringer, Shaggy Dog, Arena), dies at 54
1979 : Mary Marquet, actress (Landru, Paris Canaille), dies at 84
1981 : Lowell Thomas, newscaster (High Adventure), dies in Pawling NY at 89
1982 : Ingrid Bergman, actress (Anastasia, Gaslight), dies on 67th birthday
1982 : Lehman Engel, US composer (Streetcar Named Desire), dies at 71
1982 : Nahum Goldmann, pres Zionist World Organization, dies at 87
1983 : Simon Oakland, actor (Toma, Kolchak, Baa Baa Black Sheep), dies at 61
1983 : William Goyen, writer, dies at 68
1985 : Alexander Abramsky, composer, dies at 87
1985 : Evelyn Ankers, actress (Black Beauty, Jungle Woman), dies at 67
1985 : Patrick Barr, actor (Black Orchid, On the Run), dies at 77
1986 : Ellis Achong, cricketer (West Indies 1933-35, "chinaman"), dies
1987 : Lee Marvin, actor (Cat Ballou, Gorky Park), dies in Tucson Ariz at 63
1990 : Sandy, dog in the play Annie, dies at 16
1991 : Dallas Adams, British painter/writer/actor (Terror from Within), dies
1991 : Daniel Ocko, dies of respiratory condition at 78
1991 : Dixie Dunbar, [Charlotte King], dies of heart attack at 72
1991 : Kathryn Cravens, news correspondent, dies at 92
1991 : Libero Grassi, Italian underwear manufacturer/anti mafia, dies
1992 : Mary Norton, children book author (Borrowers), dies at 88
1992 : Teddy Turner, comedian, dies at 75
1993 : Dorian Corey, actor (Paris is Burning), dies of AIDs at 56
1993 : Henry J "Harry" Smeets, dealer of Volkskrant, dies at 56
1994 : Arthur Ernest Mourant, haematologist, dies at 90
1994 : Gladys Marea Hartman, athletics Administrator, dies at 74
1994 : Jean-Marie Vincent, Haitian Catholic priest, shot dead
1994 : Michael Peters, dies of complications due to AIDS at 46
1994 : Phillip Gilmore, actress (Malcolm X), dies at 38
1994 : Tushar Kanti Ghosh, longest serving newspaper editor, dies at 93
1995 : Frank Perry, US dir (Diary of Mad Housewife, David & Lisa), dies at 65
1995 : Harry Broadhurst, British airman, dies at 89
1995 : Jack Stoddart, designer/socialist, dies at 70
1995 : Thomas Strittmatter, writer, dies at 33

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