Famous Deaths In March - 08
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1917 Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Dutch count/air pioneer, dies at 78 on March - 08.
1919 On March - 08 auguste Tolbecque, composer, dies at 88
1920 Rafael Obligado, Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies at 69 on this day in history.
1923 Johannes S van der Waals, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1910), dies at 85 on March - 08.
1930 On this day in history william Howard Taft, 27th US pres (1909-13)/Chief Justice, dies at 72
1931 On this day in history clara Kathleen Rogers, composer, dies at 87
1932 Jan de Louter, Dutch lawyer/tutor of Queen Wilhelmina, dies at 84 on March - 08.
1937 On this day in history albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion), dies at 71
1941 On this day in history jose Serrano Simeon, composer, dies at 67
1942 Jose R Capablanca, Cuban chess player (world champ 1927), dies at 53 on March - 08.
1945 H J Jamin, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Buchenwald on this day in history.
1950 On March - 08 jaroslav Kocian, composer, dies at 67
1951 On this day in history honeymoon Killers, dies in electric chair
1954 Percy Twentyman-Jones, cricketer (pair in only Test for S Afr), dies on this day in history.
1955 Clementine, Princess of Belg, wife of V Napoleon Bonaparte, dies at 82 on March - 08.
1957 Othmar Schoeck, composer, dies at 70 on March - 08.
1958 Josephina OFF "Frieda" Herberich, actress (Salontiroler), dies at 85 on this day in history.
1959 On March - 08 death of abdel Wahab Shawwaf, Iraqi colonel/putschist, murdered
1961 Thomas Beecham, English conductor (Last Night of the Prom), dies at 81 on this day in history.
1963 On March - 08 john Hartley, cricketer (bowl avg 115 in 2 Tests for Eng 1906), dies
1965 Esther Howard, actress (Detour), dies of heart attack at 72 on this day in history.
1967 On this day in history john F Bothwell, actor (Freckles-Our Gang), dies at 46
1971 On this day in history harold Lloyd, US comic/actor (Why Worry), dies of cancer at 77
1972 On this day in history death of erich von dem Bach, Nazi official (b. 1899)
1973 Gordon Leggat, cricketer (9 Tests for NZ, 351 runs at 21 93), dies on this day in history.
1974 On March - 08 christian van Geel, Dutch poet/sculptor (Spinroc), dies at 56
1975 On this day in history george Stevens, US director (Swing Time, Gunga Din), dies at 70
1976 Death of Alfons Rebane, Estonian military commander (b. 1908) on March - 08.
1977 On March - 08 henry Hull, actor (Werewolf of London, Boys Town), dies at 86
1983 William T Walton, English composer (Belhazzar's feast), dies at 80 on this day in history.
1985 Edward Andrews, actor (Broadside), dies at 70 of a heart attack on March - 08.
1986 Hubert Fichte, writer, dies at 50 on March - 08.
1988 On this day in history death of werner Hartmann, German physicist (b. 1912)
1992 On this day in history red Callender, US jazz bassist (Unfinished dream), dies at 76
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