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  Etienne-Joseph Soubre, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1879  On September - 08 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 September - 08 death of hermann von Helmholtz, German physician (b. 1821)   

1895  On September - 08 adam Opel, German manufacturer (motorcars), dies at 58   

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

1914  William E Darwin, British son of Charles Darwin, dies at 74 on September - 08.   

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  Death of Carl Austin Weiss, murderer of Sen Huey Long, shot down on this day in history.   

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  Richard Strauss, German composer (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1951  Death of Jurgen Stroop, Nazi commander of Warsaw Ghetto, executed on this day in history.   

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 September - 08.   

1962  Hermann Standiger, German chemist (Nobel 1953), dies at 84 on September - 08.   

1965  On September - 08 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 this day in history death of percy Spencer, inventor of the microwave oven, (b. 1894)   

1974  Robert Cox, last surviving member of Keystone Kops, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1978  On this day in history pancho Vladigerov, composer, dies at 79   

1979  On this day in history death of jean Seberg, actress (Breathless, Airport), commits suicide at 40   

1980  On this day in history bruce Dooland, cricketer (prolific leggie for Notts), dies   

1981  Death of Hediki Joekawa, Japans physicist (Nobel 1949) at 74 on September - 08.   

1983  Antonin Magne, French bicylist (won Tour de France 1931, 34), dies on this day in history.   

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  Ansgar, German Catholic archbishop (d. 865) was born on this day in history.   

0828  Ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (d. 868) was born on September - 08.   

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

1207  On this day in history birth of sancho II, king of Portugal   

1271  Charles Martel d'Anjou, son of Charles II of Naples (d. 1295) was born on this day in history.   

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

1474  Ludovico Ariosto, Italy, poet (Orlando Furioso) was born on this day in history.   

1515  On this day in history birth of alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (d. 1585)