Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 08

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

1919  On this day in history auguste Tolbecque, composer, dies at 88   

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 this day in history.   

1930  William Howard Taft, 27th US pres (1909-13)/Chief Justice, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1931  Clara Kathleen Rogers, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1932  Jan de Louter, Dutch lawyer/tutor of Queen Wilhelmina, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion), dies at 71   

1941  Jose Serrano Simeon, composer, dies at 67 on March - 08.   

1942  Jose R Capablanca, Cuban chess player (world champ 1927), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1945  H J Jamin, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Buchenwald on this day in history.   

1950  Jaroslav Kocian, composer, dies at 67 on March - 08.   

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  On March - 08 clementine, Princess of Belg, wife of V Napoleon Bonaparte, dies at 82   

1957  On this day in history othmar Schoeck, composer, dies at 70   

1958  Josephina OFF "Frieda" Herberich, actress (Salontiroler), dies at 85 on March - 08.   

1959  On March - 08 death of abdel Wahab Shawwaf, Iraqi colonel/putschist, murdered   

1961  On this day in history thomas Beecham, English conductor (Last Night of the Prom), dies at 81   

1963  John Hartley, cricketer (bowl avg 115 in 2 Tests for Eng 1906), dies on this day in history.   

1965  Esther Howard, actress (Detour), dies of heart attack at 72 on this day in history.   

1967  On March - 08 john F Bothwell, actor (Freckles-Our Gang), dies at 46   

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

1972  Death of Erich von dem Bach, Nazi official (b. 1899) on this day in history.   

1973  Gordon Leggat, cricketer (9 Tests for NZ, 351 runs at 21 93), dies on this day in history.   

1974  On March - 08 christian van Geel, Dutch poet/sculptor (Spinroc), dies at 56   

1975  On this day in history george Stevens, US director (Swing Time, Gunga Din), dies at 70   

1976  On this day in history death of alfons Rebane, Estonian military commander (b. 1908)   

1977  Henry Hull, actor (Werewolf of London, Boys Town), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

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

1985  On March - 08 edward Andrews, actor (Broadside), dies at 70 of a heart attack   

1986  On March - 08 hubert Fichte, writer, dies at 50   

1988  On March - 08 death of werner Hartmann, German physicist (b. 1912)   

1992  On this day in history red Callender, US jazz bassist (Unfinished dream), dies at 76   

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1075  Abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist was born on this day in history.   

1286  On March - 08 birth of john III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341)   

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  On March - 08 birth of john of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550)   

1514  Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562) was born on March - 08.   

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

1607  On this day in history birth of johann Rist, composer