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August 27th
147 Notable deaths
Anandamayi Ma
Hindu guru.
Born April 30th, 1896 in Bengal.
Died August 27th, 1982 at 86 years old in Dehradun.
Otto Strasser
German politician, former member of the nazi party, rival of adolf hitler and founder of the black front (1888-1974).
Born September 14th, 1897 in Bad Windsheim. [ref]
Died August 27th, 1974 at 76 years old in Munich. [ref]
Anatoly Onoprienko
Ukrainian serial killer.
Born July 25th, 1959 in Zhytomyr.
Died August 27th, 2013 at 54 years old in Zhytomyr (cardiac arrest).
Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild
British politician, banker and zoologist (1868-1937).
Born February 8th, 1868 in London.
Died August 27th, 1937 at 69 years old in Tring.
Bob Armstrong
American professional wrestler.
Born October 3rd, 1939 in Marietta.
Died August 27th, 2020 at 80 years old in Pensacola (bone cancer). [ref]
Louis Botha
South african politician (1862-1919).
Born September 27th, 1862 in Greytown.
Died August 27th, 1919 at 56 years old in Pretoria (influenza, 1918-1920 flu pandemic).
Raymond St. Jacques
American actor.
Born March 1st, 1930 in Hartford.
Died August 27th, 1990 at 60 years old in Los Angeles (lymphoma).
Ernest Lawrence
American nuclear physicist (1901–1958).
Born August 8th, 1901 in Canton.
Died August 27th, 1958 at 57 years old in Palo Alto. [ref]
Valeri Kharlamov
Soviet ice hockey player.
Born January 14th, 1948 in Moscow. [ref]
Died August 27th, 1981 at 33 years old in Solnechnogorsky District (traffic collision). [ref]
Lil Hardin Armstrong
American jazz musician (1898-1971).
Born February 3rd, 1898 in Memphis.
Died August 27th, 1971 at 73 years old in Chicago.
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