Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In June - 08

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1885  On this day in history death of ignace Bourget, Bishop of Montreal (b. 1799)   

1889  On this day in history gerard Manley Hopkins, poet, dies at 54   

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

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

1919  Jacob Fabricius, composer, dies at 78 on June - 08.   

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

1945  On this day in history death of karl Hanke, Nazi official (b. 1903)   

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

1948  Franz Carl Bornschein, composer, dies at 69 on June - 08.   

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 June - 08 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 June - 08.   

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  On this day in history 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 June - 08 herb Polesie, producer/playwright (20 Questions), dies at 79   

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 this day in history.   

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1318  Eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Eduard II/wife of Reinald II was born on June - 08.   

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

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

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

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