Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In June - 08

1865  On this day in history joseph Paxton, designer (Crystal Palace), dies   

1870  Johann Gottlob Topfer, composer, dies at 78 on June - 08.   

1871  On June - 08 death of satank, Kiowa indian chief, shot to death   

1874  Death of Cochise, Apache leader on June - 08.   

1876  George Sand, French author (Indiana, Consuelo), dies at 71 on June - 08.   

1884  Henry Clay Work, composer, dies at 51 on June - 08.   

1885  Death of Ignace Bourget, Bishop of Montreal (b. 1799) on June - 08.   

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

1906  On June - 08 christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer, dies at 65   

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

1919  Jacob Fabricius, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history frederick Shepherd Converse, US composer, dies at 69   

1945  Death of Karl Hanke, Nazi official (b. 1903) on this day in history.   

1947  On June - 08 tom O'Brien, actor (Flying Fool), dies at 56   

1948  On June - 08 franz Carl Bornschein, composer, dies at 69   

1951  Death of Eugène Fiset, French Canadian military officer and politician (b. 1874) on this day in history.   

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

1954  Death of Alan M Turing, British mathematician (Turing), commits suicide at 41 on June - 08.   

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

1965  Death of Edmondo Rossoni, Italian fascist (b. 1884) on June - 08.   

1966  Death of Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer (b. 1890) on June - 08.   

1967  On June - 08 elliot Griffis, composer, dies at 74   

1969  On June - 08 robert Taylor, actor (Death Valley Days), dies of lung cancer at 57   

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  On June - 08 eino Mauno Aleksanteri Linnala, composer, dies at 76   

1975  On this day in history william F Jenkins, author (Time Tunnel, Land of Giants), dies at 78   

1979  On this day in history herb Polesie, producer/playwright (20 Questions), dies at 79   

1980  Death of Ernst Busch, German singer and actor (b. 1900) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of yogi Horton, drummer (Luther Vandross), commits suicide at 33   

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1318  On this day in history 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  On June - 08 birth of william Dampier, English explorer/pirate   

1671  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer   

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

1740  Gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer was born on June - 08.