Famous Deaths In March - 08
Friday, 29 March 2024
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 On March - 08 johannes S van der Waals, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1910), dies at 85
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 March - 08.
1932 On this day in history jan de Louter, Dutch lawyer/tutor of Queen Wilhelmina, dies at 84
1937 Albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion), dies at 71 on March - 08.
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 this day in history.
1950 On March - 08 jaroslav Kocian, composer, dies at 67
1951 Honeymoon Killers, dies in electric chair on this day in history.
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 Othmar Schoeck, composer, dies at 70 on March - 08.
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 this day in history 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 On March - 08 esther Howard, actress (Detour), dies of heart attack at 72
1967 John F Bothwell, actor (Freckles-Our Gang), dies at 46 on March - 08.
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 March - 08.
1973 Gordon Leggat, cricketer (9 Tests for NZ, 351 runs at 21 93), dies on this day in history.
1974 Christian van Geel, Dutch poet/sculptor (Spinroc), dies at 56 on this day in history.
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 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 On this day in history edward Andrews, actor (Broadside), dies at 70 of a heart attack
1986 Hubert Fichte, writer, dies at 50 on March - 08.
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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