Famous Deaths for 19th August 2022

1493 – Frederick III of Innsbruck, German Emperor (1440-1493), dies at 77
1691 – Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha, Turkish grand vizer, dies in the Battle of Slankamen (b. 1637)
1753 – Balthasar Neumann, German Baroque architect (Würzburg Residence), dies at 66
1838 – James Geddes, American Engineer (Erie Canal), dies at 75
1909 – Rembt Tobias Hugo Pieter Liebrecht Alexander of Boneval Faure, Dutch lawyer and Member of parliament, dies at 83
1929 – Serge Diaghilev, Russian ballet director (founder of the Ballets Russes), dies at 57
1971 – Mary Browne, American tennis player (US Nat C’ship 1912-14), dies at 80
1983 – Aleksandar Ranković, Yugoslavic partisan and 1st Vice President of Yugoslavia (1963-66), dies at 73
1993 – Utpal Dutt, Indian actor and director (Manusher Adhikar), dies at 64
1998 – Vasili Arkhipov, Soviet Russian Navy submarine officer credited with successfully arguing against a Soviet nuclear strike during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, dies at 72

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