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

1924  On this day in history franz X Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha), dies at 74   

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

1934  On this day in history bernhard Seklas, composer, dies at 62   

1938  Death of Friedrich Glauser, German-language Swiss writer (b. 1896) on this day in history.   

1939  Ernest Schelling, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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

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

1956  Edgar Leslie Bainton, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1957  On December - 08 reginald Sheffield, actor (Second Chance), dies at 55   

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

1961  William Beatton Moonie, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1963  Death of Field Marshal Sarit Dhanarajata, Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1908) on this day in history.   

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

1967  Robert H Lawrence, USAF/astronaut, dies at 32 on this day in history.   

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  Death of Gary Thain, New Zealand bassist (Uriah Heep) (b. 1948) on December - 08.   

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

1980  Death of John Lennon, assassinated in NY by Mark David Chapman at 40 on December - 08.   

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  On this day in history slim Pickins, actor (Blazing Saddles), dies after brain surgery at 64   

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

1988  On December - 08 anne Seymour, actress (Misty, Chevy Mystery Show), dies at 79   

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

1990  Martin Ritt, US, director/actor (Norma Rae), dies at 70 on December - 08.   

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

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

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1508  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 this day in history birth of maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757)   

1704  Anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi) was born on December - 08.   

1708  Francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765) was born on this day in history.   

1715  John Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery) was born on this day in history.