People who died on August 16

2005

Frère Roger (d: August 16, 2005)
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2004

Ivan Hlinka (d: August 16, 2004)
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Robert Quiroga (d: August 16, 2004)
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2003

Idi Amin (d: August 16, 2003)
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2002

Abu Nidal (d: August 16, 2002)
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1989

Amanda Blake, American actress (b: February 20, 1931 ; d: August 16, 1989)
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1983

Earl Averill, baseball player (b: May 21, 1902 ; d: August 16, 1983)
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1979

John Diefenbaker, thirteenth Prime Minister of Canada (b: September 18, 1895 ; d: August 16, 1979)
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1977

Elvis Presley, American singer and guitarist (b: January 8, 1935 ; d: August 16, 1977)
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1975

Vladimir Kuts, Russian runner (b: February 7, 1927 ; d: August 16, 1975)
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1959

Wanda Landowska, Polish harpsichordist (b: July 5, 1879 ; d: August 16, 1959)
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1957

Irving Langmuir, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: January 31, 1881 ; d: August 16, 1957)
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1956

Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-born actor (b: October 20, 1882 ; d: August 16, 1956)
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1949

Margaret Mitchell, American author (b: November 8, 1900 ; d: August 16, 1949)
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1948

Babe Ruth, baseball player (b: February 6, 1895 ; d: August 16, 1948)
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1938

Robert Johnson, American singer and guitarist (b: May 8, 1911 ; d: August 16, 1938)
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Andrej Hlinka (d: August 16, 1938)
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1921

Peter I of Serbia (d: August 16, 1921)
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1907

James Hector, Scottish geologist (b: March 16, 1834 ; d: August 16, 1907)
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1899

Robert Wilhelm Bunsen, German chemist and inventor (b: March 31, 1811 ; d: August 16, 1899)
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1886

Ramakrishna (d: August 16, 1886)
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1733

Matthew Tindal (d: August 16, 1733)
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1705

Jakob Bernoulli (d: August 16, 1705)
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1678

Andrew Marvell, English poet (b: March 31, 1621 ; d: August 16, 1678)
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1661

Thomas Fuller (d: August 16, 1661)
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1532

John, Elector of Saxony (d: August 16, 1532)
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1518

Loyset Compère (d: August 16, 1518)
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1443

Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1443) (b: March 19, 1434 ; d: August 16, 1443)
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1358

Archduke Albert II of Austria (b: December 12, 1298 ; d: August 16, 1358)
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