Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 08

1903  On May - 08 eugene-Henri-Paul Gauguin, French painter (Tahiti), dies   

1904  On this day in history 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 May - 08.   

1924  Lev N Lunts, Russian writer (Outside the Law), dies at 23 on May - 08.   

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

1932  Death of Albert Thomas, French socialist politician on May - 08.   

1936  On May - 08 oswald Spengler, German philosopher (Underworld of Abendlandes), dies   

1941  On May - 08 heinrich Zollner, composer, dies at 86   

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

1945  On this day in history death of bernhard Rust, Nazi education minister (b. 1883)   

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

1948  On this day in history alfred Holy, composer, dies at 81   

1950  Franklin Dyall, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

1952  Death of William Fox, Austrian-born film producer (b. 1879) on May - 08.   

1957  On May - 08 johannes C B "Jan" Sluyters, Dutch painter, dies at 75   

1958  Death of Nasni Matni, Lebanese journalist, murdered on this day in history.   

1959  On May - 08 death of renato Caccioppoli, Italian mathematician/pianist, suicide at 55   

1960  Hugo Alfven, Swedish composer (Midsommarvaka), dies at 88 on May - 08.   

1961  On May - 08 james Fairfax, actor (Gale Storm Show), dies at 63   

1965  On this day in history h T W Hardinge, cricketer (scored 25 & 5 in only Test for Engld), dies   

1967  Barbara Payton, actress (Dallas, Trapped, Bad Blonde), dies at 39 on May - 08.   

1969  Death of Remington Kellogg, American naturalist (b. 1892) on May - 08.   

1973  Ralph Miller, last 19th century baseball player, dies on May - 08.   

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  On this day in history alan Baxter, dies at 67   

1979  On May - 08 talcott Parsons, US sociologist, dies at 76   

1981  Margaret Lindsay, actress (G Men, Lady Killer, Jezebel), dies on May - 08.   

1982  On this day in history gilles Villeneuve, Canadian auto racer, dies in an accident   

1984  Death of Gino Bianco, Brazilian racing driver (b. 1916) on May - 08.   

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 this day in history birth of joanna I of Auvergne, queen of France (d. 1360)   

1460  On this day in history birth of frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536)   

1492  Andreas Alciatus, [Giovanni Andrea-Alciato], Italian lawyer was born on May - 08.   

1521  On May - 08 birth of peter Canisius, [Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs], jesuit/saint   

1527  On May - 08 birth of johann Walter, composer   

1587  Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.   

1592  On this day in history birth of francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems)   

1622  On this day in history birth of claes RÃ¥lamb, Swedish statesman (d. 1698)