Famous Deaths In June - 08

1865  On June - 08 joseph Paxton, designer (Crystal Palace), dies   

1870  On June - 08 johann Gottlob Topfer, composer, dies at 78   

1871  On June - 08 death of satank, Kiowa indian chief, shot to death   

1874  Death of Cochise, Apache leader on this day in history.   

1876  On June - 08 george Sand, French author (Indiana, Consuelo), dies at 71   

1884  On June - 08 henry Clay Work, composer, dies at 51   

1885  On this day in history death of ignace Bourget, Bishop of Montreal (b. 1799)   

1889  On this day in history gerard Manley Hopkins, poet, dies at 54   

1906  On this day in history christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer, dies at 65   

1908  On June - 08 johan Lindegren, composer, dies at 66   

1919  On this day in history jacob Fabricius, composer, dies at 78   

1924  On this day in history death of andrew Irvine, English mountain climber (climbing accident) (b. 1902)   

1929  Bliss Carman, poet, dies on June - 08.   

1940  Frederick Shepherd Converse, US composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1945  On June - 08 death of karl Hanke, Nazi official (b. 1903)   

1947  Tom O'Brien, actor (Flying Fool), dies at 56 on June - 08.   

1948  Franz Carl Bornschein, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1951  Death of Eugène Fiset, French Canadian military officer and politician (b. 1874) on June - 08.   

1953  Godfrey Tearle, actor (39 Steps, Mandy, At Dawn We Die), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1954  Death of Alan M Turing, British mathematician (Turing), commits suicide at 41 on June - 08.   

1956  Death of Marie Laurencin, French painter (b. 1883) on June - 08.   

1965  Death of Edmondo Rossoni, Italian fascist (b. 1884) on June - 08.   

1966  Death of Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer (b. 1890) on June - 08.   

1967  Elliot Griffis, composer, dies at 74 on June - 08.   

1969  On June - 08 robert Taylor, actor (Death Valley Days), dies of lung cancer at 57   

1970  On this day in history death of abraham Maslow, American psychologist (b. 1908)   

1972  Jimmy Rushing, US blues singer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1973  On June - 08 eino Mauno Aleksanteri Linnala, composer, dies at 76   

1975  William F Jenkins, author (Time Tunnel, Land of Giants), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history herb Polesie, producer/playwright (20 Questions), dies at 79   

1980  Death of Ernst Busch, German singer and actor (b. 1900) on this day in history.   

1982  [Leroy] Satchel Paige, US baseball pitcher, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1984  On June - 08 gordon Jacob, composer, dies at 88   

1987  On June - 08 death of yogi Horton, drummer (Luther Vandross), commits suicide at 33   

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1318  On this day in history birth of eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Eduard II/wife of Reinald II   

1625  Giovanni D Cassini, Perinaldo, France, discoverer (4 moons of Saturn) was born on this day in history.   

1652  On this day in history birth of william Dampier, English explorer/pirate   

1671  On June - 08 birth of tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (Adagio in G-minor)   

1717  John Collins, American politician (d. 1795) was born on this day in history.   

1722  On June - 08 birth of jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer   

1724  On June - 08 birth of john Smeaton, Leeds, civil engineer   

1740  Gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer was born on this day in history.