Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 08

1917  Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Dutch count/air pioneer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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  On March - 08 johannes S van der Waals, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1910), dies at 85   

1930  On March - 08 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 March - 08.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1945  H J Jamin, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Buchenwald on March - 08.   

1950  On this day in history jaroslav Kocian, composer, dies at 67   

1951  On March - 08 honeymoon Killers, dies in electric chair   

1954  Percy Twentyman-Jones, cricketer (pair in only Test for S Afr), dies on this day in history.   

1955  On March - 08 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  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 March - 08.   

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

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 this day in history death of erich von dem Bach, Nazi official (b. 1899)   

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

1974  Christian van Geel, Dutch poet/sculptor (Spinroc), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history 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 this day in history henry Hull, actor (Werewolf of London, Boys Town), dies at 86   

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

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

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

1988  On March - 08 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 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  John of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550) was born on March - 08.   

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  On this day in history birth of johann Rist, composer