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Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 08

Thursday, 24 April 2025

1914  On this day in history death of maximilian von Spee, German naval officer (b. 1861)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1917  Death of Mendele Moykher Sforim, Russian writer (b. 1836) on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1923  On this day in history dom Joseph Pothier, French Benedictine/musicologist, dies at 88  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1924  On December - 08 franz X Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha), dies at 74  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1926  Jan Six, Dutch art historian/collector, dies on December - 08.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1934  Bernhard Seklas, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1938  Death of Friedrich Glauser, German-language Swiss writer (b. 1896) on December - 08.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1939  Ernest Schelling, composer, dies at 63 on December - 08.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1940  On this day in history death of george Exton Lloyd, Anglican Bishop and theologian (b. 1861)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1952  On December - 08 death of charles Lightoller, English second officer on the Titanic (b. 1874)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1954  On December - 08 gladys George, actress (Roaring Twenties), dies at 50  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1955  Jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist, dies at 69 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1956  Edgar Leslie Bainton, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1957  Reginald Sheffield, actor (Second Chance), dies at 55 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1958  On December - 08 death of tris Speaker, American baseball player (b. 1888)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1961  On this day in history william Beatton Moonie, composer, dies at 78  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1963  On December - 08 death of field Marshal Sarit Dhanarajata, Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1908)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1966  Death of Ward Morehouse, American theater critic and newspaper columnist (b. 1899) on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1967  On December - 08 robert H Lawrence, USAF/astronaut, dies at 32  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1969  On this day in history vincenzo Davico, composer, dies at 80  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1970  On this day in history christopher K Ingold, English chemist, dies at 77  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1972  George Collins, (Rep-Ill), dies at 47, in airplane crash on December - 08.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1975  Death of Gary Thain, New Zealand bassist (Uriah Heep) (b. 1948) on December - 08.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1978  On this day in history golda Meir, Israel's PM (1969-74), dies in Jerusalem at 80  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1980  On this day in history death of john Lennon, assassinated in NY by Mark David Chapman at 40  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1981  Shakey, [Walter Horton], harmonicist (Everybody's Fishin'), dies at 64 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1982  On this day in history death of andre Kamperveen, Suriname minister, murdered  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1983  On December - 08 slim Pickins, actor (Blazing Saddles), dies after brain surgery at 64  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1984  On this day in history luther Adler, actor (Dr Bernard Altman-The Psychiatrist), dies at 81  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1988  Anne Seymour, actress (Misty, Chevy Mystery Show), dies at 79 on December - 08.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1989  On this day in history hans Hartung, German/French painter, dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1990  Martin Ritt, US, director/actor (Norma Rae), dies at 70 on December - 08.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1991  On this day in history buck Clayton, US jazz trumpeter/orchestra leader, dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1992  William Shawn, US editor-in-chief (New Yorker, 1952-87), dies at 85 on December - 08.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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1508  Gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer was born on December - 08.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1574  Maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1626  On this day in history birth of christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1678  On December - 08 birth of horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1699  On this day in history birth of maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1704  On December - 08 birth of anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1708  On this day in history birth of francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1715  On this day in history birth of john Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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