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  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 March - 08.   

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 March - 08.   

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  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 March - 08.   

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

1954  On March - 08 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 March - 08 othmar Schoeck, composer, dies at 70   

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

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 March - 08.   

1967  John F Bothwell, actor (Freckles-Our Gang), dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1971  On March - 08 harold Lloyd, US comic/actor (Why Worry), dies of cancer at 77   

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 this day in history.   

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  Henry Hull, actor (Werewolf of London, Boys Town), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

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 March - 08.   

1986  Hubert Fichte, writer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1988  On March - 08 death of werner Hartmann, German physicist (b. 1912)   

1992  On March - 08 red Callender, US jazz bassist (Unfinished dream), dies at 76   

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1075  Abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist was born on this day in history.   

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

1495  John of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550) was born on March - 08.   

1514  On March - 08 birth of amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562)   

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

1607  On this day in history birth of johann Rist, composer