Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 08

1917  On March - 08 ferdinand von Zeppelin, Dutch count/air pioneer, dies at 78   

1919  Auguste Tolbecque, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1920  On March - 08 rafael Obligado, Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies at 69   

1923  Johannes S van der Waals, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1910), dies at 85 on March - 08.   

1930  William Howard Taft, 27th US pres (1909-13)/Chief Justice, dies at 72 on March - 08.   

1931  On March - 08 clara Kathleen Rogers, composer, dies at 87   

1932  On March - 08 jan de Louter, Dutch lawyer/tutor of Queen Wilhelmina, dies at 84   

1937  Albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion), dies at 71 on March - 08.   

1941  Jose Serrano Simeon, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1942  Jose R Capablanca, Cuban chess player (world champ 1927), dies at 53 on March - 08.   

1945  On this day in history h J Jamin, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Buchenwald   

1950  On March - 08 jaroslav Kocian, composer, dies at 67   

1951  On March - 08 honeymoon Killers, dies in electric chair   

1954  On this day in history percy Twentyman-Jones, cricketer (pair in only Test for S Afr), dies   

1955  Clementine, Princess of Belg, wife of V Napoleon Bonaparte, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1957  Othmar Schoeck, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1958  On March - 08 josephina OFF "Frieda" Herberich, actress (Salontiroler), dies at 85   

1959  Death of Abdel Wahab Shawwaf, Iraqi colonel/putschist, murdered on this day in history.   

1961  On March - 08 thomas Beecham, English conductor (Last Night of the Prom), dies at 81   

1963  On this day in history john Hartley, cricketer (bowl avg 115 in 2 Tests for Eng 1906), dies   

1965  Esther Howard, actress (Detour), dies of heart attack at 72 on March - 08.   

1967  John F Bothwell, actor (Freckles-Our Gang), dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history harold Lloyd, US comic/actor (Why Worry), dies of cancer at 77   

1972  On March - 08 death of erich von dem Bach, Nazi official (b. 1899)   

1973  On March - 08 gordon Leggat, cricketer (9 Tests for NZ, 351 runs at 21 93), dies   

1974  Christian van Geel, Dutch poet/sculptor (Spinroc), dies at 56 on March - 08.   

1975  George Stevens, US director (Swing Time, Gunga Din), dies at 70 on March - 08.   

1976  Death of Alfons Rebane, Estonian military commander (b. 1908) on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history henry Hull, actor (Werewolf of London, Boys Town), dies at 86   

1983  William T Walton, English composer (Belhazzar's feast), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history edward Andrews, actor (Broadside), dies at 70 of a heart attack   

1986  Hubert Fichte, writer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1988  Death of Werner Hartmann, German physicist (b. 1912) on March - 08.   

1992  Red Callender, US jazz bassist (Unfinished dream), dies at 76 on March - 08.   

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1075  On March - 08 birth of abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist   

1286  John III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341) was born on this day in history.   

1293  On March - 08 birth of beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359)   

1495  On March - 08 birth of juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy)   

1495  John of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550) was born on March - 08.   

1514  On this day in history birth of amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562)   

1560  On this day in history birth of don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613)   

1607  Johann Rist, composer was born on this day in history.