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Deaths on August 31

1057 : Leofric, count of Mercia/husband of Lady Godiva, dies
1158 : Sancho III, King of Castili‰, dies
1218 : Al-Malik ab-Adil/Saphadin/Saif al-Din), brother of Saladin, dies
1240 : Raymundus Nonnatus, found Mercedari‰rs (protect pregnant women), dies
1422 : Henry V, King of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19), dies
1590 : Floris Thin, politician/land advocate of Utrecht, dies
1604 : Giovanale Ancina, composer, dies at 58
1616 : Gemignano Capilupi, composer, dies at 43
1631 : Nicolaus Erich, composer, dies at 43
1638 : John Ward, composer, dies at 67
1667 : Johann Rist, composer, dies at 60
1688 : John Bunyan, preacher/novelist/author (Pilgrim's Progress), dies
1795 : Fran‡ois-Andre Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 68
1805 : Joseph Marie Clement dall' Abaco, composer, dies at 95
1832 : Jean Nicolas Auguste Kreutzer, composer, dies at 53
1837 : Henri Klimrath, French lawyer (tude sur lesson costumes), dies at 30
1862 : George William Taylor, US Union brig-general, dies in battle
1862 : Ignaz Assmayer, composer, dies at 72
1864 : Ferdinand Lassalle, French politician (ADA), dies at 39
1867 : [Pierre-]Charles Baudelaire, Fren poet (Journaux Intimes), dies at 46
1873 : Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen (Dutch East Indies), dies at 70
1875 : Oskar Peschel, German geographer (Physicist Erdkunde), dies at 49
1879 : William Barber, 6th US chief engraver (1844-79), dies
1885 : Dubose Heyward, US writer (Porgy-Mamba's daughters), dies
1888 : Mary Ann Nicholls, a 42-year-old prostitute, was found stabbed to
1888 : death in London, 1st of at least five murders by Jack the Ripper
1902 : Mathilde Wesendonk, German author/poetess, dies at 73
1910 : Emils Darzins, composer, dies at 34
1918 : Joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler (WW I), dies at 36
1920 : Wilhelm Wundt, German physiologist/psychologist/philosopher, dies
1931 : Marcel Planiol, French private law scholar, dies
1934 : Johan H A Schaper, Dutch MP (SDAP), dies
1935 : Abraham Isaac Kook, rabbi/author (Hokhmat Ha-kodesh), dies
1940 : Johanna "Annie" Bakker, revue-artists/singer/actress, dies at 58
1941 : Marian Zwetajewa, writer, dies
1942 : Von Bismarck, German major general, (Africa Corps), dies in battle
1944 : Killinger, German ambassador to Romania, commits suicide
1946 : Paul August von Klenau, Danish opera composer/conductor, dies at 63
1948 : Andrei A Zjdanov, Rus politician (against kosmopolitism), dies at 52
1949 : Andr‚ Debierne, French chemist/physicist (actinium), dies
1949 : Paul Hoffer, composer, dies at 53
1959 : Charles Delaney, dies at 67
1963 : George F Broque, cubist painter, dies at 81 in Paris
1964 : Carole Coleman, singer (Face the Music), dies at 42
1966 : Kasimir Edschmid, [Karl E Schmidt], German writer, dies at 75
1967 : Ilja G Ehrenburg, Russian poet/writer (9th wave), dies at 76
1967 : Michael Fitzmaurice, dies of lymphoma at 59
1968 : Dennis O'Keefe, actor (Suspicion), dies of lung cancer at 60
1968 : George P Gooch, English historian/House of Commons leader, dies
1969 : Ottmar Gerster, composer, dies at 72
1969 : Rocky Marciano, former heavyweight champ, dies in a plane crash at 45
1973 : John Ford, US director (Mary of Scotland, Stagecoach), dies at 78
1973 : Raymond Keane, dies at 66
1973 : Stan Worthington, English cricket pace bowler (9 Tests 1930-36), dies
1975 : Pierre Blaise, French actor (Lacombe Lucien), dies at 24
1976 : Kornelis H Miskotte, theologist (If the Gods Keep Silent), dies at 81
1979 : E J "Tiger" Smith, England cricket wicket-keeper 1911-14), dies
1979 : Sally Rand, stripper, dies at 75
1981 : Joseph H Hirschhorn, US art collector/founder H Museum, dies at 82
1981 : Victor Trumper Jr, cricketer (7 games for NSW, 74 runs 12 wkts), dies
1986 : Henry Moore, English sculptor/cartoonist, dies at 88
1986 : Urho K Kekkonen, premier/president of Finland, dies at 85
1990 : Johnny Lindsay, cricketer (South African wicket-keeper 1947), dies
1990 : Nat (Sweetwater) Clifton, NY Knick, dies at 65 of a heart attack
1991 : Leigh Watson, US aviation pioneer/air force general, dies at 93
1993 : Gerben Wagenaar, Dutch resistance fighter (communist), dies at 80
1994 : Artur Balsam, Polish/US pianist, dies at 88
1994 : Barbara Hammer Avedon, scriptwriter, dies at 69
1994 : Norman "Doc" Jones, bassist, dies at 68
1995 : Beant Singh, PM of Punjab province of India, assassinated at 73
1995 : David Farrar, actor (Beat Girl, I Accuse, Watusi), dies at 87
1995 : David Richard Holloway, literary Editor, dies at 71
1995 : Hajime Miterai, industrialist, dies at 56
1995 : Horst Janssen, graphic Artist, dies at 65
1995 : John Erik Jonsson, businessman/Mayor of Dallas, dies at 93
1996 : David Scott, priest, dies at 72
1996 : Harald James Penrose, pilot, dies at 92
1996 : Ljuba Welitsch, opera singer, dies at 83
1996 : Milton "Tippy" Larkin, band leader, dies at 85
1997 : Diana Spencer, princess of England, dies in car crash in Paris at 36

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