Famous Deaths In April - 08
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1902 On April - 08 death of sipyagain, Russian min of interior/headed Secret Service, assassinated
1906 Death of Auguste D, First recorded Alzheimer's victim (b. 1950) on April - 08.
1919 On this day in history death of loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist (b. 1848)
1920 Charles Tomlinson Griffes, US composer (White Peacock), dies at 35 on this day in history.
1921 On this day in history earnest von Possart, German actor/stage manager, dies
1931 On this day in history eric Axel Karlfeldt, poet, dies
1935 On this day in history edwin Cannan, economist, dies
1936 Death of Robert Bárány, Austrian physician, Nobel laureate (b. 1876) on April - 08.
1937 Arthur William Foote, US organist/composer, dies at 84 on April - 08.
1938 On this day in history harold Baumgartner, cricketer (took 2-99 lefty in test for S Af), dies
1942 Alfred Mombert, writer, dies on April - 08.
1943 On this day in history death of paul Colin, Belgian journalist/collaborator, executed
1947 On April - 08 henry Ford, US industrialist (Ford cars), dies
1948 Josef B Kjellgren, Swedish writer (Guldkedjan), dies at 40 on April - 08.
1950 Albert Ehrenstein, Austria writer (Strum), dies at 63 on April - 08.
1957 On April - 08 frank Chester, cricketer (distinguished 1-armed Engl Test ump), dies
1958 Death of Ethel Turner, Australian author (b. 1872) on April - 08.
1959 On this day in history gustave Charlier, Belgian literature historian, dies
1963 Len Tuckett, cricketer (no runs no wkts in 1 Test for S A), dies on April - 08.
1965 On April - 08 erik A Blomberg, Swedish art historian/poet/author, dies at 70
1966 George Creten, Belgian sculptor/painter, dies at 79 on April - 08.
1969 On April - 08 arthur Walter Kramer, composer, dies at 78
1970 Marie V Felix, Prince of Luxemburg, dies on April - 08.
1973 On April - 08 pablo (Ruiz y) Picasso, Spanish/French painter (Guernica), dies at 91
1974 Death of James Charles McGuigan, Catholic archbishop of Toronto (b. 1894) on April - 08.
1976 Phil Ochs, rock producer (Joe Hill), dies at 35 on April - 08.
1977 Frank Milan, actor (Witness), dies at 71 on April - 08.
1978 Ford C Frick, baseball commissioner, dies at 83 on April - 08.
1981 Norman Taurog, dies on this day in history.
1984 On this day in history death of pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1894)
1985 Death of J. Fred Coots, American songwriter (b. 1897) on April - 08.
1986 On this day in history death of yukiko Okada, Japanese idol singer (b. 1967)
1987 On this day in history francis C Denebrink, US Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea) dies at 90
1990 Doreen Sloane, dies on April - 08.
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