Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In June - 08

1865  Joseph Paxton, designer (Crystal Palace), dies on June - 08.   

1870  On June - 08 johann Gottlob Topfer, composer, dies at 78   

1871  Death of Satank, Kiowa indian chief, shot to death on this day in history.   

1874  On June - 08 death of cochise, Apache leader   

1876  On June - 08 george Sand, French author (Indiana, Consuelo), dies at 71   

1884  On June - 08 henry Clay Work, composer, dies at 51   

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

1889  Gerard Manley Hopkins, poet, dies at 54 on June - 08.   

1906  Christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history johan Lindegren, composer, dies at 66   

1919  On June - 08 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 June - 08.   

1940  On June - 08 frederick Shepherd Converse, US composer, dies at 69   

1945  Death of Karl Hanke, Nazi official (b. 1903) on June - 08.   

1947  Tom O'Brien, actor (Flying Fool), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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

1951  On June - 08 death of eugène Fiset, French Canadian military officer and politician (b. 1874)   

1953  Godfrey Tearle, actor (39 Steps, Mandy, At Dawn We Die), dies at 68 on June - 08.   

1954  On this day in history death of alan M Turing, British mathematician (Turing), commits suicide at 41   

1956  On June - 08 death of marie Laurencin, French painter (b. 1883)   

1965  On this day in history death of edmondo Rossoni, Italian fascist (b. 1884)   

1966  Death of Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer (b. 1890) on this day in history.   

1967  Elliot Griffis, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1969  Robert Taylor, actor (Death Valley Days), dies of lung cancer at 57 on June - 08.   

1970  Death of Abraham Maslow, American psychologist (b. 1908) on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history jimmy Rushing, US blues singer, dies at 68   

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  Herb Polesie, producer/playwright (20 Questions), dies at 79 on June - 08.   

1980  Death of Ernst Busch, German singer and actor (b. 1900) on June - 08.   

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

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

1987  Death of Yogi Horton, drummer (Luther Vandross), commits suicide at 33 on June - 08.   

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1318  On this day in history birth of eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Eduard II/wife of Reinald II   

1625  Giovanni D Cassini, Perinaldo, France, discoverer (4 moons of Saturn) was born on this day in history.   

1652  On this day in history birth of william Dampier, English explorer/pirate   

1671  On June - 08 birth of tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (Adagio in G-minor)   

1717  On this day in history birth of john Collins, American politician (d. 1795)   

1722  Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer was born on June - 08.   

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

1740  On June - 08 birth of gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer