Famous Deaths In March - 08

1917  Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Dutch count/air pioneer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1919  Auguste Tolbecque, composer, dies at 88 on March - 08.   

1920  On March - 08 rafael Obligado, Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies at 69   

1923  On this day in history johannes S van der Waals, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1910), dies at 85   

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

1931  On March - 08 clara Kathleen Rogers, composer, dies at 87   

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

1937  Albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1950  Jaroslav Kocian, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1951  Honeymoon Killers, dies in electric chair on this day in history.   

1954  On March - 08 percy Twentyman-Jones, cricketer (pair in only Test for S Afr), dies   

1955  On March - 08 clementine, Princess of Belg, wife of V Napoleon Bonaparte, dies at 82   

1957  On this day in history othmar Schoeck, composer, dies at 70   

1958  On this day in history josephina OFF "Frieda" Herberich, actress (Salontiroler), dies at 85   

1959  Death of Abdel Wahab Shawwaf, Iraqi colonel/putschist, murdered on this day in history.   

1961  Thomas Beecham, English conductor (Last Night of the Prom), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history 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  On March - 08 john F Bothwell, actor (Freckles-Our Gang), dies at 46   

1971  Harold Lloyd, US comic/actor (Why Worry), dies of cancer at 77 on March - 08.   

1972  On this day in history death of erich von dem Bach, Nazi official (b. 1899)   

1973  On March - 08 gordon Leggat, cricketer (9 Tests for NZ, 351 runs at 21 93), dies   

1974  Christian van Geel, Dutch poet/sculptor (Spinroc), dies at 56 on March - 08.   

1975  George Stevens, US director (Swing Time, Gunga Din), dies at 70 on March - 08.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1986  On March - 08 hubert Fichte, writer, dies at 50   

1988  Death of Werner Hartmann, German physicist (b. 1912) on March - 08.   

1992  Red Callender, US jazz bassist (Unfinished dream), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

1286  On this day in history birth of john III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341)   

1293  On March - 08 birth of beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359)   

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 March - 08 birth of amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562)   

1560  On this day in history birth of don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613)   

1607  On March - 08 birth of johann Rist, composer