Page 3: Famous Deaths Happened In January - 08

1963  Stark Young, US writer (So Red the Rose), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1964  Arnoldus JC Krafft, theologist (Atlas of Neth Antilles), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1965  Aloys-Henri-Gerard Fornerod, composer, dies at 74 on January - 08.   

1967  Zbigniew Cybulski, Polish actor (See You Tommorrow), dies at 39 on January - 08.   

1969  On this day in history death of albert Hill, British athlete (b. 1889)   

1970  Death of Georges Guibourg, French performer (b. 1891) on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history adriano Lualdi, composer, dies at 85   

1972  Kenneth Patchen, US writer (See You in the Morning), dies at 60 on January - 08.   

1975  On this day in history anthony Warde, actor (Big Punch, Buck Rogers), dies at 66   

1976  On this day in history chou En-lai, China's PM (1949-76), dies of cancer in Beijing at 78   

1978  On January - 08 walter Keirnan, TV panelist (I've Got a Secret), dies at 75   

1980  Oscar Ewing, US govt official (Everybody's Business), dies at 90 on January - 08.   

1981  On this day in history matthew Beard, entertainer, dies   

1982  On January - 08 gregoire Aslan, actor (Concrete Jungle), dies of 73 of a heart attack   

1983  Gale Page, actress (4 Daughters, Knute Rockney), dies of cancer at 72 on January - 08.   

1986  On this day in history yaroslav Seifert, Czech poet (Nobel 1984), dies at 84   

1987  On January - 08 p G Joshi, cricketer (12 Tests for India 1951-60, ct 18 stp 9), dies   

1988  Frank Pace Jr, US Secretary of Army (1950-53), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1989  On January - 08 johnny Jordaan, [Jan van Musscher], Dutch folk singer, dies at 64   

1990  Terry Thomas, Engl comic (Heroes), dies of Parkinson's disease at 78 on this day in history.   

1991  Steve Clark, guitarist (Def Leppard-Hysteria), dies at 30 on January - 08.   

1992  On January - 08 abderrahim Bouabid, Morroco prime secretary (1972), dies   

1993  On this day in history asif Nawaz, Pakistani general, dies   

1994  Edward Duke, actor (Decadence, Silver Bears), dies of cancer at 40 on January - 08.   

1995  Carlos Monzon, [El Macho], Arg medium weight boxing champ (1970-77), dies at 52 on January - 08.   

1996  Francois Mitterrand, Pres of France (1981-95), dies of cancer at 79 on this day in history.   

1997  On this day in history carole Carr, singer/actress (Down Among the Z Men), dies at 68   

1998  Michael Tippett, English composer/conductor (Child of our Time) dies at 93 on January - 08.   

2000  On this day in history death of fritz Thiedemann, German equestrianist (b. 1918)   

2002  Death of Alexander Prochorow, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (b. 1916) on this day in history.   

2003  On January - 08 death of ron Goodwin, British composer and conductor (b. 1925)   

2004  Death of John A. Gambling, American radio talk-show host (b. 1930) on this day in history.   

2005  Death of Campbell McComas, Australian impersonator and broadcaster (b. 1952) on January - 08.   

2006  Death of Tony Banks, British politician (b. 1943) on this day in history.   

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1081  On January - 08 birth of henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25)   

1556  Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623) was born on January - 08.   

1583  On this day in history birth of simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist   

1587  Johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots) was born on this day in history.   

1589  Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka) was born on January - 08.   

1601  Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658) was born on this day in history.   

1628  Francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier was born on this day in history.   

1632  Samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist was born on this day in history.