Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 08

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 March - 08.   

1923  Johannes S van der Waals, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1910), dies at 85 on March - 08.   

1930  On March - 08 william Howard Taft, 27th US pres (1909-13)/Chief Justice, dies at 72   

1931  Clara Kathleen Rogers, composer, dies at 87 on March - 08.   

1932  On March - 08 jan de Louter, Dutch lawyer/tutor of Queen Wilhelmina, dies at 84   

1937  On this day in history albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion), dies at 71   

1941  Jose Serrano Simeon, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history jose R Capablanca, Cuban chess player (world champ 1927), dies at 53   

1945  H J Jamin, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Buchenwald on March - 08.   

1950  Jaroslav Kocian, composer, dies at 67 on March - 08.   

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  On this day in history clementine, Princess of Belg, wife of V Napoleon Bonaparte, dies at 82   

1957  On March - 08 othmar Schoeck, composer, dies at 70   

1958  On March - 08 josephina OFF "Frieda" Herberich, actress (Salontiroler), dies at 85   

1959  Death of Abdel Wahab Shawwaf, Iraqi colonel/putschist, murdered on March - 08.   

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  On March - 08 esther Howard, actress (Detour), dies of heart attack at 72   

1967  John F Bothwell, actor (Freckles-Our Gang), dies at 46 on March - 08.   

1971  Harold Lloyd, US comic/actor (Why Worry), dies of cancer at 77 on this day in history.   

1972  On March - 08 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 March - 08 george Stevens, US director (Swing Time, Gunga Din), dies at 70   

1976  Death of Alfons Rebane, Estonian military commander (b. 1908) on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history henry Hull, actor (Werewolf of London, Boys Town), dies at 86   

1983  William T Walton, English composer (Belhazzar's feast), dies at 80 on March - 08.   

1985  On March - 08 edward Andrews, actor (Broadside), dies at 70 of a heart attack   

1986  Hubert Fichte, writer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1988  On March - 08 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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1075  On this day in history birth of abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist   

1286  On March - 08 birth of john III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341)   

1293  Beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359) was born on March - 08.   

1495  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy) was born on this day in history.   

1495  On this day in history birth of john of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550)   

1514  On this day in history birth of amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562)   

1560  Don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613) was born on this day in history.   

1607  Johann Rist, composer was born on this day in history.