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August 22, 2004 Daniel Petrie, Canadian Director August 22, 1997 Mary Louise Smith, first woman to chair the Republican National Committee, dies at 82 August 22, 1997 Robin Skelton, British Writer August 22, 1996 David Donaldson, painter, dies at 80 August 22, 1996 Robert Lewis Campbell Lorimer, publisher, dies at 77 August 22, 1996 William James Millar Mackenzie, political scientist, dies at 87 August 22, 1995 Jose Antonio Giron de Velasco, politician, dies at 83 August 22, 1994 Leo Lerman, actor/manager/critic (Dance Magazine), dies at 80 August 22, 1994 Tom Quirke, journalist, dies at 42 August 22, 1993 Don Getz, U.S. filmer (Playpoint) August 22, 1993 Kasdi Merbah, PM of Algeria (1988-89), assassinated August 22, 1991 Boris Pugo, U.S.S.R. minister of Interior (1990), commits suicide August 22, 1991 Colleen Dewhurst, actress (Murphy Brown), dies of cancer at 67 August 22, 1990 Merlin Marston, actor (Blue Sky), dies of non-Hodgkins lymphoma at 45 August 22, 1989 Diana Vreeland, American Editor August 22, 1984 Charles Whittenberg, composer, dies at 57 August 22, 1980 James S. McDonnell, American Businessman August 22, 1979 Henry Beernink, politician, dies at 69 August 22, 1979 James T Farrell, U.S. writer (French Girls are Vicious), dies August 22, 1978 Ignazio Silone, Italian author (Fontamara, Pane e vino), dies at 78 August 22, 1978 Jomo Kenyatta, 1st premier of Kenya (1963-78), dies at 83 August 22, 1977 Sebastian Cabot, actor (Mr French-Family Affair), dies at 59 August 22, 1976 Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, President of Brazil (1955-60), dies at 73 August 22, 1976 Oskar Brusewitz, East German vicar, sets self on fire August 22, 1974 Jacob Bronowsky, British mathematician/cultural historian, dies at 66 August 22, 1974 Jacob Bronowski, English Scientist August 22, 1973 Louise Huff, actress (Sea Waif, Caprice, Disraeli), dies at 77 August 22, 1970 Richard Frank Donovan, composer, dies at 78 August 22, 1967 Tom Conway, actor (Mrs Minerva), dies of liver ailment at 63 August 22, 1966 Apolinary Szeluto, composer, dies at 82 August 22, 1965 Henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, actress (Revolt in Mental Home), dies August 22, 1963 William Richard Morris, 1st viscount Nuffield motor manufacturer, dies August 22, 1963 Eric Johnston, American Businessman August 22, 1962 R A Schroder, writer, dies August 22, 1958 Roger Martin du Gard, novelist/playwright, dies August 22, 1944 Raymond Aimos, actor (Golem, Mayerling, La Bandera), dies at 55 August 22, 1942 Henry Eichheim, composer, dies at 72 August 22, 1942 Mikhailmichel Fokine, Russian ballet dancer/choreographer, dies August 22, 1942 Alice Duer Miller, American Poet August 22, 1937 David C Salas, Antillian writer (Josephina), dies August 22, 1936 Juliette Adam-Lamber, French author (Salon/Nouvelle Revue), dies at 99 August 22, 1933 Adolf Loos, Austria architect (building of houses), dies at 62 August 22, 1929 Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I), dies at 74 August 22, 1926 Charles William Elliot, President of Harvard (1869-1909), dies at 92 August 22, 1926 Charles W. Eliot, American Educator August 22, 1926 Charles William Eliot, American Educator August 22, 1922 Michael Collins, Irish nationalist leader, killed in ambush August 22, 1920 Anders Zorn, Swedish painter (Gustavus Vasa), dies at 60 August 22, 1914 Raffenel, French general (3rd Colonial Div, WW I), dies in battle August 22, 1914 Rondoney, French general (3rd Colonial Div, WW I), dies in battle August 22, 1912 Pope Gregory IX, dies August 22, 1903 Robert A T G C Salisbury, British premier (1885..1902), dies at 73 August 22, 1901 Gunnar Wennerberg, composer, dies at 83 August 22, 1893 Ernst II, duke of Saxony-Coburg-Gotha (1844-93)/composer, dies at 75 August 22, 1891 John Neruda, Czech writer/poet (Povidky Malostranske), dies at 57 August 22, 1890 Vasile Alecsandri, Romania poet/Foreign minister, dies at 69 August 22, 1889 John Sanger, circus entrepreneur, dies August 22, 1886 Jose da Silva Mendes Leal, Portuguese author (Indiana), dies at 67 August 22, 1879 Friedrich August Kummer, composer, dies at 82 August 22, 1874 Sydney Thompson Dobell, poet, dies August 22, 1866 George Shillibeer, pioneer of London's 1st bus service, dies August 22, 1862 Henry Bohlen, German/US brig-general (Union), dies in battle at 51 August 22, 1850 Nikolaus Lenau, writer, dies at 48 August 22, 1831 John White, composer, dies at 52 August 22, 1828 Franz Joseph Gall, German/French physician (frenology), dies at 70 August 22, 1818 Warren Hastings, 1st governor-general of India (1773-84), dies at 85 August 22, 1806 Jean-Honore Fragonard, French painter/engraver, dies at 74 August 22, 1801 Pieter G van Overstraten, Governor-General of Neth-Indies, dies at 46 August 22, 1793 Louis Duke de Noailles, marshal of France, dies at 80 August 22, 1755 Caspar Burman, historian/mayor (Utrecht), dies August 22, 1553 John Dudley, English Lord Admiral/premier (1551-53), beheaded August 22, 1532 William Warham, English archbishop of Canterbury (1502-32), dies at 82 August 22, 1485 Richard III, king of England (1483-85), killed in battle at 32 August 22, 1367 Egidius AC Albornor, Spanish archbishop of Toledo, dies at about 57 August 22, 1350 Philips VI, of Valois, King of France (1328-50), dies August 22, 1286 Erik V Klipping, king of Denmark, murdered August 22, 1280 Nicholas III, [Giovanni Gaetano Orsini], Italian Pope (1277-80), dies August 22, 1241 Gregory IX, [Ugolino di Segni], Italian Pope, dies August 22, 1188 Ferdinand II, king of Castilie/Leon/Asturie/Galicie, dies August 22, 634 Abd Allah Abu Bekr, Arabic merchant/1st kalief of Islam, dies August 22, 408 Flavius Stilicho, West Roman field leader (395-408), dies at 48 |