Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1908

Jun 24 Grover cleveland: 22nd & 24th pres (1885-89, 93-97),  

Jul 03 Joel chandler harris: Created uncle remus,  

Jul 05 Jonas lie: Norwegian author (b. 1833)  

Jul 10 Eliza laurillard: Vicar/poet/writer,  

Jul 14 William mason: Composer,  

Jul 18 Jaime nuno: Composer,  

Jul 20 Federico chueca: Composer,  

Jul 22 William randal cremer: Nobel peace prize laureate (b. 1828)  

Jul 24 Vicente acosta: Salvadoran poet (b. the same day 1867)  

Aug 08 Joseph [maria] olbrich: Architect (wiener sezession),  

Aug 11 Khudiram bose: Indian freedom fighter (b. 1889)  

Aug 13 Ira d sankey: Us evangelist/composer/singer (gospel hymns),  

Aug 20 Louis varney: Composer,  

Aug 25 Henri becquerel: French physicist, nobel laureate (b. 1852)  

Aug 26 Tony pastor: American vaudeville performer (b. 1837)  

Sep 03 Cornelis pijnacker hordijk: Gov-gen (dutch east-in  

Sep 17 Thomas e selfridge: Earlier us aviator, 1st to die in an air crash  

Sep 20 Pablo martin melitou de sarasate y navascuez: Composer,  

Sep 21 Pablo de sarasate: Spanish violinist/composer (spanish dancer),  

Sep 29 Joaquim m machado de assis: Brazil writer (dom casmurro),  

Nov 04 Tomés estrada palma: 1st president cuba (1902-06),  

Nov 08 Victorien sardou: French opera author (madame sans-gene),  

Nov 14 Kwang-siu: Emperor of china,  

Nov 15 Cixi [the old buddha]: Empress-widow of china,  

Nov 16 Henri-gustave joly de lotbinière: French-born canadian politician (b. 1829)  

Nov 19 Albert dietrich: Composer,  

Nov 20 Georgy voronoy: Russian mathematician (b. 1868)  

Nov 27 Jean albert gaudry: French geologist (b. 1827)  

Dec 22 Marie jungius: Dutch teacher/fairy tale writer,  

Dec 23 Eduard wachmann: Composer,  

Dec 24 Francois-auguste gevaert: Belgian musicologist/composer,  

Dec 30 Thomas-alfred bernier: Canadian lawyer, journalist and senator (b. 1844)  

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Jan 01 Kinue hitoma: Japan, 800m runner (oly-silver-1928)  

Jan 02 Ben grauer: Nyc, newscaster (big story)  

Jan 02 Janis kepitis: Composer  

Jan 04 Angela maria "geli" raubal: Austrian nude model/hitler's lover  

Jan 04 Walther vanbeselaere: Flemish art historian  

Jan 05 George dolenz: Trieste italy, actor (count of monte cristo)  

Jan 06 Menahem avidom: Composer  

Jan 07 Red allen: American musician