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August 26 Deaths in History - August 26 Birthdays - August 26 Events
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August 26, 2004 Laura Branigan, singer, How Am I Supposed to Live Without You?, dies at 47 August 26, 1998 Frederick Reines, American Physicist August 26, 1996 Alejandro Lanusse, army officer/politician, dies at 77 August 26, 1996 Baron Baker, activist, dies at 71 August 26, 1996 Catherine Mary Hall, nurse, dies at 73 August 26, 1995 David James Moore, educationalist, dies at 62 August 26, 1995 Evelyn Wood, speed reading guru, dies at 86 August 26, 1995 John Costello, historian, dies at 52 August 26, 1995 Omukama Patrick D Matthew Olimi Kaboyo II, king of Toro, dies at 49 August 26, 1995 Ronald Anthony White Jr, singer, dies at 57 August 26, 1994 Tariq Yunus, actor (Bollywood, Ashanti, Deceivers), dies at 54 August 26, 1993 Rockin Dopsie Sr, Jazz-Fusion singer (Zydeco), dies at 61 August 26, 1992 Bob the Moor, Flemish comic strip artist (Kuifje), dies August 26, 1989 Henk Heidweiller, ambassador of Suriname, dies August 26, 1989 Irving Stone, U.S. writer (Love is Eternal, Lust for Life), dies August 26, 1988 Paul Francis Lloyd, entertainer, dies August 26, 1986 Jennifer Levin, strangled by Robert Chambers in Central Park August 26, 1986 Ted Knight, [Tadeus Konopka], actor (Mary Tyler Moore), dies at 62 August 26, 1985 Pieter Jongeling, Dutch MP/editor (GPV, Netherlands Daily), dies at 76 August 26, 1984 Julie Stevens, actress (Lorelei-Big Town), dies at 67 August 26, 1983 Mike Kellin, actor (Honestly Celeste), dies at 61 of cancer August 26, 1981 Lee Hays, rocker, dies of a heart attack August 26, 1981 Roger Nash Baldwin, founder (ACLU), dies at 97 August 26, 1980 Miliza Korjus, actress (Great Waltz), dies at 71 August 26, 1980 Tex Avery, cartoon director (What's up, doc?), dies at 72 August 26, 1978 Charles Boyer, actor (Gaslight, Rogues), dies at 78 August 26, 1978 Charles Trowbridge Haubiel, composer, dies at 86 August 26, 1977 HA Rey, author of popular constellation book, dies at 78 August 26, 1977 Heinz Rottger, composer, dies at 67 August 26, 1977 Willis Bouchey, actor (Battle Cry, From Here to Eternity), dies at 34 August 26, 1976 Lotte (Krause-)Lehmann, German soprano (More than singing), dies at 88 August 26, 1976 Warner Anderson, actor (Doctor, Lineup, Peyton Place), dies at 65 August 26, 1975 Cullen Landis, entertainer, dies at 80 August 26, 1974 Charles Lindbergh, aviator, dies at 72 August 26, 1972 Jacques Gans, Dutch author/journalist, dies at 63 August 26, 1971 Francesco Santoliquido, composer, dies at 88 August 26, 1968 Kay Francis, actress (Charley's Aunt, Play Girl), dies of cancer at 65 August 26, 1967 Andres Sas, composer, dies at 67 August 26, 1966 Art Baker, TV host (You Asked For It), dies at 67 August 26, 1963 Larry Keating, actor (George Burns Show, Roger-Mr Ed), dies at 67 August 26, 1960 Mark Hambourg, composer, dies at 81 August 26, 1958 Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer, dies at 85 August 26, 1949 Nico van Suchtelen, publisher, dies at 70 August 26, 1948 Oscar L Fernandez, Brazilian conductor and composer (Imbapara), dies at 50 August 26, 1945 Franz Werfel, Czech/German/US poet and writer (Mirror Man), dies at 54 August 26, 1930 Lon Chaney, actor (Thunder, Big City, Unholy 3), dies at 47 August 26, 1921 Ludwig Thoma, writer, dies August 26, 1921 Matthias Erzberger, German min of Finance, murdered at 45 August 26, 1921 Peter I Karadjordjevic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia (1903-21), dies August 26, 1910 William James, American Philosopher August 26, 1894 PPH van Ham, general-major, dies in battle on Lombok August 26, 1873 Carl Wilhelm, composer, dies at 57 August 26, 1869 Henri Leys, Flemish painter, dies at 54 August 26, 1865 Johann F Encke, German astronomer (Comet Encke), dies at 73 August 26, 1865 Marcellus Monroe Crocker, U.S. attorney/Union brig-general, dies at 35 August 26, 1863 John Buchanan Floyd, U.S. min of War (1857-60)/Confederate general, dies August 26, 1860 Friedrich Silcher, composer, dies at 71 August 26, 1860 Philipp Friedrich Silcher, composer, dies at 71 August 26, 1849 Jacques-Fereol Mazas, composer, dies at 66 August 26, 1832 Henryk Klein, composer, dies at 96 August 26, 1813 Daniel Gottlob Turk, composer, dies at 63 August 26, 1813 Karl Theodor Korner, German poet (Vetter aus Bremen), dies at 21 August 26, 1770 Domingos dos Reis Quita, Portuguese playwright and poet, dies at 42 August 26, 1723 Thonis van Leeuwenhoek, biologist/inventor (microscope), dies at 90 August 26, 1712 Sebastian Anton Scherer, composer, dies at 80 August 26, 1683 Christoph Schultze, composer, dies at 76 August 26, 1661 Louis Couperin, composer, dies August 26, 1616 Johan van de Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC), dies at 66 August 26, 1518 Giberto X, Italian mister of Correggio/husband of Veronica Gambara August 26, 1486 Ernst I, ruler of Saxon (1464-86), dies at 45 August 26, 1368 Engelbrecht van der Mark, prince-Bishop of Luik (1345-64), dies August 26, 1346 Jan de Blinde, King of Bohemia/count of Luxemburg, dies in battle August 26, 1278 Ottokar II, King of Bohemia (1253-78), dies in battle August 26, 526 Theodorik the Great, King of Italy, dies |