Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 08

1914  Death of Maximilian von Spee, German naval officer (b. 1861) on December - 08.   

1917  Death of Mendele Moykher Sforim, Russian writer (b. 1836) on December - 08.   

1923  On December - 08 dom Joseph Pothier, French Benedictine/musicologist, dies at 88   

1924  Franz X Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha), dies at 74 on December - 08.   

1926  On December - 08 jan Six, Dutch art historian/collector, dies   

1934  On December - 08 bernhard Seklas, composer, dies at 62   

1938  On this day in history death of friedrich Glauser, German-language Swiss writer (b. 1896)   

1939  Ernest Schelling, composer, dies at 63 on December - 08.   

1940  Death of George Exton Lloyd, Anglican Bishop and theologian (b. 1861) on December - 08.   

1952  On this day in history death of charles Lightoller, English second officer on the Titanic (b. 1874)   

1954  On December - 08 gladys George, actress (Roaring Twenties), dies at 50   

1955  On December - 08 jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist, dies at 69   

1956  On December - 08 edgar Leslie Bainton, composer, dies at 76   

1957  Reginald Sheffield, actor (Second Chance), dies at 55 on December - 08.   

1958  Death of Tris Speaker, American baseball player (b. 1888) on this day in history.   

1961  William Beatton Moonie, composer, dies at 78 on December - 08.   

1963  Death of Field Marshal Sarit Dhanarajata, Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1908) on December - 08.   

1966  Death of Ward Morehouse, American theater critic and newspaper columnist (b. 1899) on December - 08.   

1967  On December - 08 robert H Lawrence, USAF/astronaut, dies at 32   

1969  On this day in history vincenzo Davico, composer, dies at 80   

1970  On December - 08 christopher K Ingold, English chemist, dies at 77   

1972  On this day in history george Collins, (Rep-Ill), dies at 47, in airplane crash   

1975  Death of Gary Thain, New Zealand bassist (Uriah Heep) (b. 1948) on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history golda Meir, Israel's PM (1969-74), dies in Jerusalem at 80   

1980  On this day in history death of john Lennon, assassinated in NY by Mark David Chapman at 40   

1981  Shakey, [Walter Horton], harmonicist (Everybody's Fishin'), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1982  Death of Andre Kamperveen, Suriname minister, murdered on this day in history.   

1983  Slim Pickins, actor (Blazing Saddles), dies after brain surgery at 64 on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history luther Adler, actor (Dr Bernard Altman-The Psychiatrist), dies at 81   

1988  Anne Seymour, actress (Misty, Chevy Mystery Show), dies at 79 on December - 08.   

1989  Hans Hartung, German/French painter, dies on December - 08.   

1990  On December - 08 martin Ritt, US, director/actor (Norma Rae), dies at 70   

1991  On December - 08 buck Clayton, US jazz trumpeter/orchestra leader, dies   

1992  On this day in history william Shawn, US editor-in-chief (New Yorker, 1952-87), dies at 85   

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1508  On December - 08 birth of gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer   

1574  On this day in history birth of maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616)   

1626  On December - 08 birth of christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic   

1678  Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757) was born on December - 08.   

1699  On December - 08 birth of maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757)   

1704  On this day in history birth of anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi)   

1708  Francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765) was born on December - 08.   

1715  John Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery) was born on December - 08.