Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 08

1917  Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Dutch count/air pioneer, dies at 78 on March - 08.   

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

1920  Rafael Obligado, Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies at 69 on March - 08.   

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

1951  On this day in history 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 this day in history clementine, Princess of Belg, wife of V Napoleon Bonaparte, dies at 82   

1957  On March - 08 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  Thomas Beecham, English conductor (Last Night of the Prom), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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  Harold Lloyd, US comic/actor (Why Worry), dies of cancer at 77 on March - 08.   

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

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

1974  On this day in history christian van Geel, Dutch poet/sculptor (Spinroc), dies at 56   

1975  On March - 08 george Stevens, US director (Swing Time, Gunga Din), dies at 70   

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

1977  On March - 08 henry Hull, actor (Werewolf of London, Boys Town), dies at 86   

1983  On this day in history william T Walton, English composer (Belhazzar's feast), dies at 80   

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

1986  On this day in history hubert Fichte, writer, dies at 50   

1988  Death of Werner Hartmann, German physicist (b. 1912) on this day in history.   

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

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1075  Abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist was born on March - 08.   

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

1293  Beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359) was born on this day in history.   

1495  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy) was born on March - 08.   

1495  On March - 08 birth of john of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550)   

1514  On March - 08 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  On March - 08 birth of johann Rist, composer