Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 08

1903  On this day in history eugene-Henri-Paul Gauguin, French painter (Tahiti), dies   

1904  On May - 08 eadweard Muybridge, English photographer (horse trot), dies   

1909  On May - 08 friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat, dies   

1915  Henry McNeal Turner, 1 US black army chaplain, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1924  Lev N Lunts, Russian writer (Outside the Law), dies at 23 on this day in history.   

1930  Lvar Henning Mankell, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1932  Death of Albert Thomas, French socialist politician on this day in history.   

1936  Oswald Spengler, German philosopher (Underworld of Abendlandes), dies on this day in history.   

1941  Heinrich Zollner, composer, dies at 86 on May - 08.   

1943  On this day in history death of mordicai Anielewicz, commander of Warsaw ghetto uprising, killed   

1945  Death of Bernhard Rust, Nazi education minister (b. 1883) on May - 08.   

1947  On this day in history death of harry Gordon Selfridge, American-born department store founder (b. 1858)   

1948  Alfred Holy, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1950  On this day in history franklin Dyall, dies at 76   

1951  On this day in history margaret Lindsay, actress (Take a Guess), dies at 40   

1952  On May - 08 death of william Fox, Austrian-born film producer (b. 1879)   

1957  Johannes C B "Jan" Sluyters, Dutch painter, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history death of nasni Matni, Lebanese journalist, murdered   

1959  Death of Renato Caccioppoli, Italian mathematician/pianist, suicide at 55 on this day in history.   

1960  Hugo Alfven, Swedish composer (Midsommarvaka), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history james Fairfax, actor (Gale Storm Show), dies at 63   

1965  H T W Hardinge, cricketer (scored 25 & 5 in only Test for Engld), dies on May - 08.   

1967  Barbara Payton, actress (Dallas, Trapped, Bad Blonde), dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1969  Death of Remington Kellogg, American naturalist (b. 1892) on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history ralph Miller, last 19th century baseball player, dies   

1974  Graham Bond, rocker, dies jumping under a train on this day in history.   

1975  Avery Brundage, CEO (Intl Olympic Committee, 1952-72), dies at 87 on May - 08.   

1976  Alan Baxter, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history talcott Parsons, US sociologist, dies at 76   

1981  On this day in history margaret Lindsay, actress (G Men, Lady Killer, Jezebel), dies   

1982  Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian auto racer, dies in an accident on May - 08.   

1984  On May - 08 death of gino Bianco, Brazilian racing driver (b. 1916)   

1985  On this day in history dolph Sweet, actor (Gil McGowan-Another World), dies at 74   

1987  On this day in history death of pam Ewing, (Victoria Principal) character on Dallas, is killed off   

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1326  On May - 08 birth of joanna I of Auvergne, queen of France (d. 1360)   

1460  Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536) was born on May - 08.   

1492  On May - 08 birth of andreas Alciatus, [Giovanni Andrea-Alciato], Italian lawyer   

1521  On this day in history birth of peter Canisius, [Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs], jesuit/saint   

1527  On this day in history birth of johann Walter, composer   

1587  On May - 08 birth of victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1637)   

1592  On May - 08 birth of francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems)   

1622  Claes RÃ¥lamb, Swedish statesman (d. 1698) was born on May - 08.