Famous Deaths 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  On September - 08 nikolay Ivanovich Zaremba, composer, dies at 58   

1881  On September - 08 w Frederik K, prince of Netherlands/general/admiral, dies at 84   

1882  On this day in history joseph Liouville, French mathematician (surface of Liouville), dies   

1894  Death of Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician (b. 1821) on September - 08.   

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

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

1914  On this day in history william E Darwin, British son of Charles Darwin, dies at 74   

1917  On September - 08 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  On September - 08 death of carl Austin Weiss, murderer of Sen Huey Long, shot down   

1944  On this day in history jan van Gilse, composer/Dutch resistance fighter, dies at 63   

1948  Death of Thomas Mofolo, Lesotho writer (b. 1876) on September - 08.   

1949  On this day in history 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 September - 08.   

1956  Gerrit Bolkestein, Dutch minister of Education (1939-4.), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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

1965  On this day in history 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  Death of Percy Spencer, inventor of the microwave oven, (b. 1894) on this day in history.   

1974  Robert Cox, last surviving member of Keystone Kops, dies at 79 on September - 08.   

1975  John Mylong, actor (Robot Monster), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1976  On September - 08 assen Karastoyanov, composer, dies at 83   

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

1978  On September - 08 pancho Vladigerov, composer, dies at 79   

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

1980  Bruce Dooland, cricketer (prolific leggie for Notts), dies on September - 08.   

1981  Death of Hediki Joekawa, Japans physicist (Nobel 1949) at 74 on this day in history.   

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

1984  On September - 08 frank Lowson, cricketer (England opener 1951-55), dies   

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  On September - 08 alex North, music composer (Spartacus), dies at 80 of cancer   

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0801  On this day in history birth of ansgar, German Catholic archbishop (d. 865)   

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

1157  Richard I, [Richard the Lion Hearted], King of England (1189-99) was born on September - 08.   

1207  Sancho II, king of Portugal was born on this day in history.   

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 September - 08.   

1515  On September - 08 birth of alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (d. 1585)