Famous Deaths In September - 08

1853  Death of Frédéric Ozanam, founder of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (b. 1813) on September - 08.   

1871  On this day in history etienne-Joseph Soubre, composer, dies at 57   

1879  On this day in history nikolay Ivanovich Zaremba, composer, dies at 58   

1881  W Frederik K, prince of Netherlands/general/admiral, dies at 84 on September - 08.   

1882  Joseph Liouville, French mathematician (surface of Liouville), dies on this day in history.   

1894  On this day in history death of hermann von Helmholtz, German physician (b. 1821)   

1895  Adam Opel, German manufacturer (motorcars), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1899  Vaclav Hugo Zavrtal, composer, dies at 78 on September - 08.   

1914  On this day in history william E Darwin, British son of Charles Darwin, dies at 74   

1917  Charles Edouard Lefebvre, composer, dies at 74 on September - 08.   

1933  On September - 08 faisal I ibn Hussein ibn Ali, 1st king of Iraq/Syria, dies at 50   

1935  On September - 08 death of carl Austin Weiss, murderer of Sen Huey Long, shot down   

1944  Jan van Gilse, composer/Dutch resistance fighter, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history death of thomas Mofolo, Lesotho writer (b. 1876)   

1949  On September - 08 richard Strauss, German composer (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies at 85   

1951  Death of Jurgen Stroop, Nazi commander of Warsaw Ghetto, executed on September - 08.   

1955  John de Young, cardinal/archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 69 on September - 08.   

1956  Gerrit Bolkestein, Dutch minister of Education (1939-4.), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history hermann Standiger, German chemist (Nobel 1953), dies at 84   

1965  On this day in history dorothy Danridge, actress (Island in the Sun), dies at 41 in Hollywood   

1969  On this day in history bud Collyer, TV emcee (Beat the Clock, To Tell the Truth), dies at 61   

1970  On September - 08 death of percy Spencer, inventor of the microwave oven, (b. 1894)   

1974  Robert Cox, last surviving member of Keystone Kops, dies at 79 on September - 08.   

1975  On September - 08 john Mylong, actor (Robot Monster), dies at 82   

1976  Assen Karastoyanov, composer, dies at 83 on September - 08.   

1977  On September - 08 zero [Samuel J] Mostel, US actor (Fiddler on the Roof), dies at 62   

1978  On September - 08 pancho Vladigerov, composer, dies at 79   

1979  Death of Jean Seberg, actress (Breathless, Airport), commits suicide at 40 on this day in history.   

1980  Bruce Dooland, cricketer (prolific leggie for Notts), dies on this day in history.   

1981  Death of Hediki Joekawa, Japans physicist (Nobel 1949) at 74 on this day in history.   

1983  Antonin Magne, French bicylist (won Tour de France 1931, 34), dies on September - 08.   

1984  Frank Lowson, cricketer (England opener 1951-55), dies on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history death of john Franklin Enders, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1887)   

1991  Alex North, music composer (Spartacus), dies at 80 of cancer on this day in history.   

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0801  On September - 08 birth of ansgar, German Catholic archbishop (d. 865)   

0828  Ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (d. 868) was born on this day in history.   

1157  On this day in history birth of richard I, [Richard the Lion Hearted], King of England (1189-99)   

1207  Sancho II, king of Portugal was born on September - 08.   

1271  On this day in history birth of charles Martel d'Anjou, son of Charles II of Naples (d. 1295)   

1380  On this day in history birth of bernardinus of Siena, Italian saint   

1474  On this day in history birth of ludovico Ariosto, Italy, poet (Orlando Furioso)   

1515  Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (d. 1585) was born on this day in history.