Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In September - 08

1853  Death of Frédéric Ozanam, founder of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (b. 1813) on this day in history.   

1871  On September - 08 etienne-Joseph Soubre, composer, dies at 57   

1879  Nikolay Ivanovich Zaremba, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

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

1882  On September - 08 joseph Liouville, French mathematician (surface of Liouville), dies   

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

1895  On this day in history adam Opel, German manufacturer (motorcars), dies at 58   

1899  On this day in history vaclav Hugo Zavrtal, composer, dies at 78   

1914  William E Darwin, British son of Charles Darwin, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history charles Edouard Lefebvre, composer, dies at 74   

1933  On this day in history 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  On September - 08 jan van Gilse, composer/Dutch resistance fighter, dies at 63   

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  On this day in history death of jurgen Stroop, Nazi commander of Warsaw Ghetto, executed   

1955  John de Young, cardinal/archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1956  Gerrit Bolkestein, Dutch minister of Education (1939-4.), dies at 84 on September - 08.   

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

1965  Dorothy Danridge, actress (Island in the Sun), dies at 41 in Hollywood on this day in history.   

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

1970  Death of Percy Spencer, inventor of the microwave oven, (b. 1894) on September - 08.   

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

1975  On this day in history john Mylong, actor (Robot Monster), dies at 82   

1976  Assen Karastoyanov, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1977  Zero [Samuel J] Mostel, US actor (Fiddler on the Roof), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1978  Pancho Vladigerov, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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

1980  On September - 08 bruce Dooland, cricketer (prolific leggie for Notts), dies   

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

1983  On September - 08 antonin Magne, French bicylist (won Tour de France 1931, 34), dies   

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

1985  Death of John Franklin Enders, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1887) on September - 08.   

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

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30

0801  Ansgar, German Catholic archbishop (d. 865) was born on September - 08.   

0828  On September - 08 birth of ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (d. 868)   

1157  On September - 08 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  Charles Martel d'Anjou, son of Charles II of Naples (d. 1295) was born on September - 08.   

1380  Bernardinus of Siena, Italian saint was born on September - 08.   

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.