Famous Deaths In September - 08

1853  Death of Frédéric Ozanam, founder of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (b. 1813) on this day in history.   

1871  On this day in history etienne-Joseph Soubre, composer, dies at 57   

1879  Nikolay Ivanovich Zaremba, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1881  W Frederik K, prince of Netherlands/general/admiral, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1882  On this day in history joseph Liouville, French mathematician (surface of Liouville), dies   

1894  Death of Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician (b. 1821) on September - 08.   

1895  Adam Opel, German manufacturer (motorcars), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1899  Vaclav Hugo Zavrtal, composer, dies at 78 on September - 08.   

1914  William E Darwin, British son of Charles Darwin, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1917  Charles Edouard Lefebvre, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1933  Faisal I ibn Hussein ibn Ali, 1st king of Iraq/Syria, dies at 50 on September - 08.   

1935  Death of Carl Austin Weiss, murderer of Sen Huey Long, shot down on September - 08.   

1944  On September - 08 jan van Gilse, composer/Dutch resistance fighter, dies at 63   

1948  Death of Thomas Mofolo, Lesotho writer (b. 1876) on this day in history.   

1949  Richard Strauss, German composer (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1951  On September - 08 death of jurgen Stroop, Nazi commander of Warsaw Ghetto, executed   

1955  John de Young, cardinal/archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1956  On September - 08 gerrit Bolkestein, Dutch minister of Education (1939-4.), dies at 84   

1962  On this day in history hermann Standiger, German chemist (Nobel 1953), dies at 84   

1965  On September - 08 dorothy Danridge, actress (Island in the Sun), dies at 41 in Hollywood   

1969  Bud Collyer, TV emcee (Beat the Clock, To Tell the Truth), dies at 61 on September - 08.   

1970  On September - 08 death of percy Spencer, inventor of the microwave oven, (b. 1894)   

1974  On this day in history robert Cox, last surviving member of Keystone Kops, dies at 79   

1975  John Mylong, actor (Robot Monster), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1976  Assen Karastoyanov, composer, dies at 83 on September - 08.   

1977  On this day in history zero [Samuel J] Mostel, US actor (Fiddler on the Roof), dies at 62   

1978  Pancho Vladigerov, composer, dies at 79 on September - 08.   

1979  Death of Jean Seberg, actress (Breathless, Airport), commits suicide at 40 on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history bruce Dooland, cricketer (prolific leggie for Notts), dies   

1981  On this day in history death of hediki Joekawa, Japans physicist (Nobel 1949) at 74   

1983  On this day in history antonin Magne, French bicylist (won Tour de France 1931, 34), dies   

1984  On September - 08 frank Lowson, cricketer (England opener 1951-55), dies   

1985  Death of John Franklin Enders, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1887) on this day in history.   

1991  On September - 08 alex North, music composer (Spartacus), dies at 80 of cancer   

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0801  Ansgar, German Catholic archbishop (d. 865) was born on September - 08.   

0828  Ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (d. 868) was born on this day in history.   

1157  Richard I, [Richard the Lion Hearted], King of England (1189-99) was born on September - 08.   

1207  Sancho II, king of Portugal was born on this day in history.   

1271  Charles Martel d'Anjou, son of Charles II of Naples (d. 1295) was born on this day in history.   

1380  Bernardinus of Siena, Italian saint was born on this day in history.   

1474  Ludovico Ariosto, Italy, poet (Orlando Furioso) was born on this day in history.   

1515  Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (d. 1585) was born on September - 08.