Famous Deaths In June - 08

1865  On June - 08 joseph Paxton, designer (Crystal Palace), dies   

1870  Johann Gottlob Topfer, composer, dies at 78 on June - 08.   

1871  Death of Satank, Kiowa indian chief, shot to death on this day in history.   

1874  On June - 08 death of cochise, Apache leader   

1876  On this day in history george Sand, French author (Indiana, Consuelo), dies at 71   

1884  On this day in history henry Clay Work, composer, dies at 51   

1885  Death of Ignace Bourget, Bishop of Montreal (b. 1799) on this day in history.   

1889  Gerard Manley Hopkins, poet, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1906  Christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer, dies at 65 on June - 08.   

1908  Johan Lindegren, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1919  Jacob Fabricius, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1924  On this day in history death of andrew Irvine, English mountain climber (climbing accident) (b. 1902)   

1929  Bliss Carman, poet, dies on June - 08.   

1940  Frederick Shepherd Converse, US composer, dies at 69 on June - 08.   

1945  Death of Karl Hanke, Nazi official (b. 1903) on this day in history.   

1947  Tom O'Brien, actor (Flying Fool), dies at 56 on June - 08.   

1948  On this day in history franz Carl Bornschein, composer, dies at 69   

1951  Death of Eugène Fiset, French Canadian military officer and politician (b. 1874) on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history godfrey Tearle, actor (39 Steps, Mandy, At Dawn We Die), dies at 68   

1954  Death of Alan M Turing, British mathematician (Turing), commits suicide at 41 on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history death of marie Laurencin, French painter (b. 1883)   

1965  Death of Edmondo Rossoni, Italian fascist (b. 1884) on this day in history.   

1966  On June - 08 death of anton Melik, Slovenian geographer (b. 1890)   

1967  On June - 08 elliot Griffis, composer, dies at 74   

1969  Robert Taylor, actor (Death Valley Days), dies of lung cancer at 57 on June - 08.   

1970  Death of Abraham Maslow, American psychologist (b. 1908) on this day in history.   

1972  Jimmy Rushing, US blues singer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history eino Mauno Aleksanteri Linnala, composer, dies at 76   

1975  On June - 08 william F Jenkins, author (Time Tunnel, Land of Giants), dies at 78   

1979  Herb Polesie, producer/playwright (20 Questions), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history death of ernst Busch, German singer and actor (b. 1900)   

1982  On this day in history [Leroy] Satchel Paige, US baseball pitcher, dies at 75   

1984  Gordon Jacob, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1987  On June - 08 death of yogi Horton, drummer (Luther Vandross), commits suicide at 33   

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1318  Eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Eduard II/wife of Reinald II was born on June - 08.   

1625  Giovanni D Cassini, Perinaldo, France, discoverer (4 moons of Saturn) was born on June - 08.   

1652  William Dampier, English explorer/pirate was born on this day in history.   

1671  On this day in history birth of tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (Adagio in G-minor)   

1717  On this day in history birth of john Collins, American politician (d. 1795)   

1722  Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer was born on June - 08.   

1724  On this day in history birth of john Smeaton, Leeds, civil engineer   

1740  On this day in history birth of gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer