Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 08

1914  On December - 08 death of maximilian von Spee, German naval officer (b. 1861)   

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

1923  Dom Joseph Pothier, French Benedictine/musicologist, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1924  On December - 08 franz X Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha), dies at 74   

1926  Jan Six, Dutch art historian/collector, dies on December - 08.   

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

1938  Death of Friedrich Glauser, German-language Swiss writer (b. 1896) on December - 08.   

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

1940  Death of George Exton Lloyd, Anglican Bishop and theologian (b. 1861) on this day in history.   

1952  Death of Charles Lightoller, English second officer on the Titanic (b. 1874) on December - 08.   

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

1955  Jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1956  Edgar Leslie Bainton, composer, dies at 76 on December - 08.   

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

1958  Death of Tris Speaker, American baseball player (b. 1888) on December - 08.   

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

1963  On this day in history death of field Marshal Sarit Dhanarajata, Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1908)   

1966  On this day in history death of ward Morehouse, American theater critic and newspaper columnist (b. 1899)   

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

1969  Vincenzo Davico, composer, dies at 80 on December - 08.   

1970  On December - 08 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  On December - 08 shakey, [Walter Horton], harmonicist (Everybody's Fishin'), dies at 64   

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 this day in history.   

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

1988  On this day in history anne Seymour, actress (Misty, Chevy Mystery Show), dies at 79   

1989  On this day in history hans Hartung, German/French painter, dies   

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

1991  On this day in history buck Clayton, US jazz trumpeter/orchestra leader, dies   

1992  On December - 08 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  Maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616) was born on this day in history.   

1626  Christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic was born on December - 08.   

1678  On December - 08 birth of horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757)   

1699  Maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1715  On December - 08 birth of john Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery)