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 this day in history.   

1923  Dom Joseph Pothier, French Benedictine/musicologist, dies at 88 on December - 08.   

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

1926  On this day in history jan Six, Dutch art historian/collector, dies   

1934  Bernhard Seklas, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1938  On December - 08 death of friedrich Glauser, German-language Swiss writer (b. 1896)   

1939  On December - 08 ernest Schelling, composer, dies at 63   

1940  On December - 08 death of george Exton Lloyd, Anglican Bishop and theologian (b. 1861)   

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

1954  Gladys George, actress (Roaring Twenties), dies at 50 on December - 08.   

1955  On this day in history jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist, dies at 69   

1956  On this day in history edgar Leslie Bainton, composer, dies at 76   

1957  Reginald Sheffield, actor (Second Chance), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

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

1961  On this day in history william Beatton Moonie, composer, dies at 78   

1963  On December - 08 death of field Marshal Sarit Dhanarajata, Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1908)   

1966  Death of Ward Morehouse, American theater critic and newspaper columnist (b. 1899) on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history robert H Lawrence, USAF/astronaut, dies at 32   

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

1970  On this day in history christopher K Ingold, English chemist, dies at 77   

1972  George Collins, (Rep-Ill), dies at 47, in airplane crash on December - 08.   

1975  On December - 08 death of gary Thain, New Zealand bassist (Uriah Heep) (b. 1948)   

1978  On December - 08 golda Meir, Israel's PM (1969-74), dies in Jerusalem at 80   

1980  Death of John Lennon, assassinated in NY by Mark David Chapman at 40 on this day in history.   

1981  Shakey, [Walter Horton], harmonicist (Everybody's Fishin'), dies at 64 on December - 08.   

1982  On this day in history death of andre Kamperveen, Suriname minister, murdered   

1983  Slim Pickins, actor (Blazing Saddles), dies after brain surgery at 64 on December - 08.   

1984  Luther Adler, actor (Dr Bernard Altman-The Psychiatrist), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1988  Anne Seymour, actress (Misty, Chevy Mystery Show), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1989  Hans Hartung, German/French painter, dies on this day in history.   

1990  Martin Ritt, US, director/actor (Norma Rae), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1991  Buck Clayton, US jazz trumpeter/orchestra leader, dies on December - 08.   

1992  William Shawn, US editor-in-chief (New Yorker, 1952-87), dies at 85 on December - 08.   

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

1574  Maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616) was born on this day in history.   

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  Maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.   

1704  Anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi) was born on this day in history.   

1708  On December - 08 birth of francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765)   

1715  On this day in history birth of john Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery)