Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 08

1917  On this day in history 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  On this day in history william Howard Taft, 27th US pres (1909-13)/Chief Justice, dies at 72   

1931  On this day in history clara Kathleen Rogers, composer, dies at 87   

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

1937  Albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history jose Serrano Simeon, composer, dies at 67   

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

1945  On March - 08 h J Jamin, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Buchenwald   

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

1951  Honeymoon Killers, dies in electric chair on this day in history.   

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  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  On March - 08 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 March - 08 john Hartley, cricketer (bowl avg 115 in 2 Tests for Eng 1906), dies   

1965  On this day in history esther Howard, actress (Detour), dies of heart attack at 72   

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

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

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 March - 08 death of alfons Rebane, Estonian military commander (b. 1908)   

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  Edward Andrews, actor (Broadside), dies at 70 of a heart attack on March - 08.   

1986  On March - 08 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 this day in history.   

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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 March - 08.   

1495  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy) was born on this day in history.   

1495  On this day in history 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  Don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613) was born on this day in history.   

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