Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 08

1917  Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Dutch count/air pioneer, dies at 78 on March - 08.   

1919  Auguste Tolbecque, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

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

1923  On March - 08 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 this day in history.   

1931  On March - 08 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  Jose Serrano Simeon, composer, dies at 67 on March - 08.   

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  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 March - 08.   

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

1957  Othmar Schoeck, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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  On March - 08 thomas Beecham, English conductor (Last Night of the Prom), dies at 81   

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 March - 08.   

1967  On this day in history 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  Death of Erich von dem Bach, Nazi official (b. 1899) on March - 08.   

1973  Gordon Leggat, cricketer (9 Tests for NZ, 351 runs at 21 93), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history william T Walton, English composer (Belhazzar's feast), dies at 80   

1985  Edward Andrews, actor (Broadside), dies at 70 of a heart attack on this day in history.   

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

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

1992  On this day in history red Callender, US jazz bassist (Unfinished dream), dies at 76   

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1075  Abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist was born on this day in history.   

1286  John III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341) was born on this day in history.   

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

1495  On March - 08 birth of juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy)   

1495  John of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550) was born on this day in history.   

1514  Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562) was born on this day in history.   

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.