Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 08

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

1919  On March - 08 auguste Tolbecque, composer, dies at 88   

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  On this day in history william Howard Taft, 27th US pres (1909-13)/Chief Justice, dies at 72   

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 March - 08 albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion), dies at 71   

1941  On March - 08 jose Serrano Simeon, composer, dies at 67   

1942  On March - 08 jose R Capablanca, Cuban chess player (world champ 1927), dies at 53   

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

1950  Jaroslav Kocian, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

1958  Josephina OFF "Frieda" Herberich, actress (Salontiroler), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history death of abdel Wahab Shawwaf, Iraqi colonel/putschist, murdered   

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 this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history john F Bothwell, actor (Freckles-Our Gang), dies at 46   

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

1972  Death of Erich von dem Bach, Nazi official (b. 1899) on March - 08.   

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

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

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 March - 08.   

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

1983  On March - 08 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  Hubert Fichte, writer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history death of werner Hartmann, German physicist (b. 1912)   

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

1293  On this day in history birth of beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359)   

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

1495  On this day in history birth of john of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550)   

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.