Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In June - 08

1865  On June - 08 joseph Paxton, designer (Crystal Palace), dies   

1870  On this day in history johann Gottlob Topfer, composer, dies at 78   

1871  Death of Satank, Kiowa indian chief, shot to death on June - 08.   

1874  On June - 08 death of cochise, Apache leader   

1876  George Sand, French author (Indiana, Consuelo), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1884  Henry Clay Work, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1885  Death of Ignace Bourget, Bishop of Montreal (b. 1799) on this day in history.   

1889  On June - 08 gerard Manley Hopkins, poet, dies at 54   

1906  On this day in history christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer, dies at 65   

1908  Johan Lindegren, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1919  On this day in history jacob Fabricius, composer, dies at 78   

1924  Death of Andrew Irvine, English mountain climber (climbing accident) (b. 1902) on this day in history.   

1929  Bliss Carman, poet, dies on this day in history.   

1940  Frederick Shepherd Converse, US composer, dies at 69 on June - 08.   

1945  On June - 08 death of karl Hanke, Nazi official (b. 1903)   

1947  On this day in history tom O'Brien, actor (Flying Fool), dies at 56   

1948  Franz Carl Bornschein, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1951  On this day in history death of eugène Fiset, French Canadian military officer and politician (b. 1874)   

1953  On this day in history godfrey Tearle, actor (39 Steps, Mandy, At Dawn We Die), dies at 68   

1954  Death of Alan M Turing, British mathematician (Turing), commits suicide at 41 on this day in history.   

1956  Death of Marie Laurencin, French painter (b. 1883) on this day in history.   

1965  On June - 08 death of edmondo Rossoni, Italian fascist (b. 1884)   

1966  On this day in history death of anton Melik, Slovenian geographer (b. 1890)   

1967  On this day in history elliot Griffis, composer, dies at 74   

1969  Robert Taylor, actor (Death Valley Days), dies of lung cancer at 57 on this day in history.   

1970  Death of Abraham Maslow, American psychologist (b. 1908) on June - 08.   

1972  Jimmy Rushing, US blues singer, dies at 68 on June - 08.   

1973  Eino Mauno Aleksanteri Linnala, composer, dies at 76 on June - 08.   

1975  William F Jenkins, author (Time Tunnel, Land of Giants), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1979  On June - 08 herb Polesie, producer/playwright (20 Questions), dies at 79   

1980  On this day in history death of ernst Busch, German singer and actor (b. 1900)   

1982  On this day in history [Leroy] Satchel Paige, US baseball pitcher, dies at 75   

1984  Gordon Jacob, composer, dies at 88 on June - 08.   

1987  Death of Yogi Horton, drummer (Luther Vandross), commits suicide at 33 on this day in history.   

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1318  On June - 08 birth of eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Eduard II/wife of Reinald II   

1625  On June - 08 birth of giovanni D Cassini, Perinaldo, France, discoverer (4 moons of Saturn)   

1652  William Dampier, English explorer/pirate was born on June - 08.   

1671  On this day in history birth of tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (Adagio in G-minor)   

1717  John Collins, American politician (d. 1795) was born on June - 08.   

1722  Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer was born on this day in history.   

1724  On June - 08 birth of john Smeaton, Leeds, civil engineer   

1740  On this day in history birth of gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer