Approximately 133,322 people died worldwide on August 27, 1973.
Unusual Deaths in 1973
* Péter Vályi, finance minister of hungary fell into a blast furnace (some sources say a pit of molten iron) on a visit to a steelworks factory at miskolc. * Bruce lee, a martial arts actor, is thought to have died by a severe allergic reaction to equagesic. his brain had swollen about 13%. his autopsy was written as "death by misadventure."
People who died on August 27 (various years)
* 2007 - Emma Penella, Spanish actress * 2006 - Jesse Pintado, Mexican-born guitarist (Napalm Death) * 2006 - Maria Capovilla, oldest woman alive from 2004-2006 * 2006 - Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Indian film director * 2005 - Seán Purcell, Gaelic footballer * 2004 - Willie Crawford, American baseball player * 2003 - Pierre Poujade, French politician * 2001 - Michael Dertouzos, Greek internet pioneer, Director of the M.I.T. Laboratory for Computer Science * 2001 - Abu Ali Mustafa, leader of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (assassinated) * 1999 - Hélder Câmara, Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop * 1996 - Greg Morris, American actor * 1990 - Stevie Ray Vaughan, American guitarist * 1988 - William Sargant, British psychiatrist * 1981 - Valery Kharlamov, Soviet Union ice hockey player * 1980 - Douglas Kenney, American humorist * 1979 - Earl Mountbatten, British admiral and statesman (assassinated) * 1976 - Mukesh, Indian playback singer * 1975 - Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia * 1971 - Margaret Bourke-White, American photo-journalist * 1971 - Bennett Cerf, American publisher and television personality * 1969 - Erika Mann, German writer and daughter of Thomas Mann * 1969 - Ivy Compton-Burnett, English novelist * 1968 - Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent * 1967 - Brian Epstein, English manager of The Beatles * 1965 - Le Corbusier, Swiss architect * 1964 - Gracie Allen, American actress and comedienne * 1963 - Allama Mashriqi, Pakistani scholar and politician * 1963 - W.E.B. DuBois, American civil rights activist and scholar * 1963 - Garrett Morgan, American inventor * 1958 - Ernest Lawrence, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate * 1949 - Leaders of Second East Turkestan Republic die in a plane crash. * 1948 - Charles Evans Hughes, U.S. Supreme Court justice * 1944 - Georg von Boeselager, German nobleman * 1931 - Francis Marion Smith, American borax magnate * 1931 - Frank Harris, Irish author and editor * 1929 - Herman Potočnik Noordung, Slovenian rocket scientist * 1909 - Emil Christian Hansen, Danish fermentation physiologist * 1875 - William Chapman Ralston, American banker * 1871 - William Whiting Boardman, American politician * 1773 - Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general * 1748 - James Thomson, Scottish poet * 1664 - Francisco Zurbarán, Spanish painter * 1635 - Félix Lope de Vega, Spanish poet and playwright * 1590 - Pope Sixtus V * 1577 - Titian, Italian artist * 1572 - Claude Goudimel, French composer * 1545 - Piotr Gamrat, Polish Catholic archbishop * 1521 - Josquin Des Prez, Flemish composer * 1450 - Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician * 1394 - Chokei, Emperor of Japan * 1312 - Arthur II, Duke of Brittany * 542 - Saint Caesarius of Arles
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Date: 2008-08-27 02:47 pm (UTC)Approximately 133,322 people died worldwide on August 27, 1973.
Unusual Deaths in 1973
* Péter Vályi, finance minister of hungary fell into a blast furnace (some sources say a pit of molten iron) on a visit to a steelworks factory at miskolc.
* Bruce lee, a martial arts actor, is thought to have died by a severe allergic reaction to equagesic. his brain had swollen about 13%. his autopsy was written as "death by misadventure."
People who died on August 27 (various years)
* 2007 - Emma Penella, Spanish actress
* 2006 - Jesse Pintado, Mexican-born guitarist (Napalm Death)
* 2006 - Maria Capovilla, oldest woman alive from 2004-2006
* 2006 - Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Indian film director
* 2005 - Seán Purcell, Gaelic footballer
* 2004 - Willie Crawford, American baseball player
* 2003 - Pierre Poujade, French politician
* 2001 - Michael Dertouzos, Greek internet pioneer, Director of the M.I.T. Laboratory for Computer Science
* 2001 - Abu Ali Mustafa, leader of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (assassinated)
* 1999 - Hélder Câmara, Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop
* 1996 - Greg Morris, American actor
* 1990 - Stevie Ray Vaughan, American guitarist
* 1988 - William Sargant, British psychiatrist
* 1981 - Valery Kharlamov, Soviet Union ice hockey player
* 1980 - Douglas Kenney, American humorist
* 1979 - Earl Mountbatten, British admiral and statesman (assassinated)
* 1976 - Mukesh, Indian playback singer
* 1975 - Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia
* 1971 - Margaret Bourke-White, American photo-journalist
* 1971 - Bennett Cerf, American publisher and television personality
* 1969 - Erika Mann, German writer and daughter of Thomas Mann
* 1969 - Ivy Compton-Burnett, English novelist
* 1968 - Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent
* 1967 - Brian Epstein, English manager of The Beatles
* 1965 - Le Corbusier, Swiss architect
* 1964 - Gracie Allen, American actress and comedienne
* 1963 - Allama Mashriqi, Pakistani scholar and politician
* 1963 - W.E.B. DuBois, American civil rights activist and scholar
* 1963 - Garrett Morgan, American inventor
* 1958 - Ernest Lawrence, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
* 1949 - Leaders of Second East Turkestan Republic die in a plane crash.
* 1948 - Charles Evans Hughes, U.S. Supreme Court justice
* 1944 - Georg von Boeselager, German nobleman
* 1931 - Francis Marion Smith, American borax magnate
* 1931 - Frank Harris, Irish author and editor
* 1929 - Herman Potočnik Noordung, Slovenian rocket scientist
* 1909 - Emil Christian Hansen, Danish fermentation physiologist
* 1875 - William Chapman Ralston, American banker
* 1871 - William Whiting Boardman, American politician
* 1773 - Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general
* 1748 - James Thomson, Scottish poet
* 1664 - Francisco Zurbarán, Spanish painter
* 1635 - Félix Lope de Vega, Spanish poet and playwright
* 1590 - Pope Sixtus V
* 1577 - Titian, Italian artist
* 1572 - Claude Goudimel, French composer
* 1545 - Piotr Gamrat, Polish Catholic archbishop
* 1521 - Josquin Des Prez, Flemish composer
* 1450 - Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician
* 1394 - Chokei, Emperor of Japan
* 1312 - Arthur II, Duke of Brittany
* 542 - Saint Caesarius of Arles