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69 - Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered
423 - Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies
778 - Roland, Frankish commander
1038 - Stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies
1040 - King Duncan I of Scotland
1057 - Macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan
1118 - Alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies
1196 - Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)
1274 - Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne (b. 1201)
1369 - Philippa of Hainault, Queen consort of Edward III of England
1464 - Pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian Pope (1458-64), dies at 58
1528 - Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec, French military leader (b. 1485)
1552 - Hermann of Wied, German Catholic archbishop (b. 1477)
1576 - Baliny Valentin Bakfark, composer, dies
1600 - Johann Baptista Serranus, composer, dies at 60
1615 - Cornelis C Vrancx, Flemish poet/writer (Comfort of Soles), dies
1619 - Miriam Bella, head of Jewish community of Cracow, dies
1621 - John Barclay, Scottish writer (b. 1582)
1666 - Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionary/astronomer, dies
1714 - Constantin Brâncoveanu, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1654)
1725 - Gerard Noodt, lawyer, dies at 77
1728 - Marin Marias, composer, dies at 72
1729 - Benjamin Neukirch, German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau), dies at 64
1758 - Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (fotometrie), dies at 60
1798 - Felice Alessandri, composer, dies at 50
1799 - Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet (b. 1729)
1807 - Johann N Tetens, German/Danish philosopher/mathematician, dies at 70
1848 - Timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88
1852 - Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92
1853 - Giovanni Battista Polledro, composer, dies at 72
1864 - Daniel Phineas Woodbury, US engineer/Union general-major, dies
1880 - Adelaide Neilson, English Actress (b. 1848)
1901 - Karl Weinhold, Germany, sociologist, dies at 77
1907 - Joseph Joachim, German violinist/composer, dies at 76
1909 - Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian writer and sociologist (b. 1866)
1914 - Anatol K Liadov, Russian composer (Baba yaga), dies at 59 [NS=Aug 28]
1915 - Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, Jew convicted of murder, lynched
1917 - Thomas J. Higgins, decorated Union Army soldier (b. 1831)
1918 - Peter Gast, composer, dies at 64
1925 - Konrad Mägi, Estonian artist (b. 1878)
1935 - Gerard Brucken Fock, composer, dies at 75
1935 - Wiley Post, aviation pioneer, killed in plane crash in Alaska at 36
1935 - Will Rogers, humoprist, killed in plane crash in Alaska at 55
1936 - Grazia Deledda, Sardina/Italian author (Nobel 1926), dies at 64
1936 - Stanislaw Niewiadomski, composer, dies at 76
1945 - Korechika Anami, Japanese War Minister (b. 1887)
1951 - Artur Schnabel, Austria/US pianist (Reflections on Music), dies at 69
1953 - Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist (b. 1875)
1956 - Constantine Freiherr von Neurath, German foreign minister, dies at 83
1958 - William L C "Big Bill" Broonzy, US blues singer/guitarist, dies at 65
1959 - Blind Willie McTell, American singer (b. 1901)
1962 - Lei Feng, Chinese revolutionary (b. 1940)
1963 - John Powell, composer, dies at 80
1966 - Gerhard/Gerhart Pohl, German writer (Battle of Kolbenau), dies at 64
1966 - Jan Kiepura, actor (Give Us this Night), dies of heart attack at 64
1966 - Seena Owen, actress/writer (Queen Kelly), dies at 71
1967 - René Magritte, Belgian surrealist painter, dies at 68
1968 - Edward Kilenyi, composer, dies at 84
1969 - Stijn Streuvels, [F Lateur], Flemish writer (Vlaschard), dies at 97
1970 - Karl August Andersen, composer, dies at 66
1971 - Paul Lukas, actor (Kim, Berlin Express), dies of heart failure at 76
1972 - Alf Thorbald Hurum, composer, dies at 89
1974 - Edmund Cobb, actor (Motorcycle Gang), dies at 82
1974 - Mrs Park Chung Hi, wife of South Korean president, murdered
1975 - Mujibur Rahiman, Pakistani sheik, killed in a military coup at 53
1975 - Clay Shaw, alleged John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracist & businessman (b. 1913)
1976 - Jean P J C Haesaert, Flemish lawyer/sociologist, dies at 84
1978 - Harrison Kerr, composer, dies at 80
1982 - Patrick J G McGee, Irish actor (Barry Lyndon), dies at 60
1982 - Hugo Theorell, Swedish scientist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1903)
1983 - Anthony Costello, actor (Blue), dies at 42
1983 - Benjamin V Cohen, US author of New Deal-legislation, dies at 88
1985 - Richard Yardumian, US composer (Creator Spirit), dies at 68
1988 - Barry Bingham Sr, US daily newspaper publisher, dies at 82
1988 - Mohammed Zia ul-Haq, President of Pakistan, killed in plane crash
1988 - Ray Buchanan, US blues gitarist, dies at about 48
1989 - F de Jong Edz, Dutch historian/director (IISG), dies
1990 - Nina Bara, actress (Missile to the Moon), dies of cancer at 66
1990 - Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician (b. 1962)
1991 - Marietta Tree, ambassador (UN Comm of Human Rights), dies at 74
1992 - Evelyn Wesler Zemel, US author (American Glass Animals), dies
1992 - Giorgio Perlasca, Italian anti-fascist (saved 5,200 Jews), dies
1992 - Marie Paxton, entertainer, dies after brief illness
1992 - Martha Blackburn, Canada newspaper publisher (London Free Press), dies
1992 - Osamu Inaba, Japanese min of justice, dies
1993 - Robert W Kempner, German officer of justice in Prussia, dies at 93
1994 - Shepherd Mead, London England, dies of stroke at 80
1994 - Simon R Naoli, Tanzanian marathoner, dies in an accident at 28
1994 - Wout Wagtmans, cyclist (Rome-Naples-Rome 1957), dies at 64
1995 - Erbie Bowser, pianist, dies at 77
1995 - Humphrey Sims Moore, pacifist/journalist, dies at 86
1995 - Ismay Thomas, teacher, dies at 74
1996 - Agnes Beatrice Read, medical social worker, dies at 86
1996 - Ernest Leslie Bouts, motor-racing driver, dies at 93
1996 - Masao Maruyama, social scientist, dies at 82
1999 - Sir Hugh Casson, British architect and artist (b. 1910)
2001 - Richard Chelimo, Kenyan athlete (b. 1972)
2003 - Gösta Sundqvist, Finnish songwriter and singer (heart attack) (b. 1957)
2004 - Semiha Berksoy, first Turkish opera singer (b. 1910)
2004 - Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician (b. 1941)
2004 - Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1916)
2006 - Te Atairangi Kaahu, Māori queen (b. 1931)
2006 - Rick Bourke, Australian rugby league player
2006 - Doug White, American news anchor
2006 - Faas Wilkes, Dutch international footballer
2007 - Richard Bradshaw, British opera conductor, (b. 1944)
2007 - John Gofman, American Manhattan Project scientist and advocate (b. 1918)
2007 - Geoffrey Orbell, New Zealand bush walker (b. 1908)
2007 - Sam Pollock, Canadian sports executive (b. 1925)
2008 - Jerry Wexler, music producer and coiner of the term "Rhythm & Blues"
2008 - James Orthwein, American businessman
2008 - Leroy Sievers, American journalist
2008 - Vic Toweel, South African boxer, bantamweight world champion