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  On this day in history 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  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 March - 08.   

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

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

1942  On this day in history jose R Capablanca, Cuban chess player (world champ 1927), dies at 53   

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

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  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 March - 08.   

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 March - 08.   

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 March - 08.   

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

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  Henry Hull, actor (Werewolf of London, Boys Town), dies at 86 on March - 08.   

1983  William T Walton, English composer (Belhazzar's feast), dies at 80 on March - 08.   

1985  Edward Andrews, actor (Broadside), dies at 70 of a heart attack on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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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 March - 08.   

1293  On March - 08 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  Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562) was born on this day in history.   

1560  On March - 08 birth of don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613)   

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