Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 08

1914  On this day in history death of maximilian von Spee, German naval officer (b. 1861)   

1917  Death of Mendele Moykher Sforim, Russian writer (b. 1836) on this day in history.   

1923  On this day in history dom Joseph Pothier, French Benedictine/musicologist, dies at 88   

1924  On December - 08 franz X Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha), dies at 74   

1926  Jan Six, Dutch art historian/collector, dies on December - 08.   

1934  Bernhard Seklas, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1938  Death of Friedrich Glauser, German-language Swiss writer (b. 1896) on December - 08.   

1939  Ernest Schelling, composer, dies at 63 on December - 08.   

1940  On this day in history death of george Exton Lloyd, Anglican Bishop and theologian (b. 1861)   

1952  On December - 08 death of charles Lightoller, English second officer on the Titanic (b. 1874)   

1954  On December - 08 gladys George, actress (Roaring Twenties), dies at 50   

1955  Jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1956  Edgar Leslie Bainton, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1957  Reginald Sheffield, actor (Second Chance), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1958  On December - 08 death of tris Speaker, American baseball player (b. 1888)   

1961  On this day in history william Beatton Moonie, composer, dies at 78   

1963  On December - 08 death of field Marshal Sarit Dhanarajata, Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1908)   

1966  Death of Ward Morehouse, American theater critic and newspaper columnist (b. 1899) on this day in history.   

1967  On December - 08 robert H Lawrence, USAF/astronaut, dies at 32   

1969  On this day in history vincenzo Davico, composer, dies at 80   

1970  On this day in history christopher K Ingold, English chemist, dies at 77   

1972  George Collins, (Rep-Ill), dies at 47, in airplane crash on December - 08.   

1975  Death of Gary Thain, New Zealand bassist (Uriah Heep) (b. 1948) on December - 08.   

1978  On this day in history golda Meir, Israel's PM (1969-74), dies in Jerusalem at 80   

1980  On this day in history death of john Lennon, assassinated in NY by Mark David Chapman at 40   

1981  Shakey, [Walter Horton], harmonicist (Everybody's Fishin'), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history death of andre Kamperveen, Suriname minister, murdered   

1983  On December - 08 slim Pickins, actor (Blazing Saddles), dies after brain surgery at 64   

1984  On this day in history luther Adler, actor (Dr Bernard Altman-The Psychiatrist), dies at 81   

1988  Anne Seymour, actress (Misty, Chevy Mystery Show), dies at 79 on December - 08.   

1989  On this day in history hans Hartung, German/French painter, dies   

1990  Martin Ritt, US, director/actor (Norma Rae), dies at 70 on December - 08.   

1991  On this day in history buck Clayton, US jazz trumpeter/orchestra leader, dies   

1992  William Shawn, US editor-in-chief (New Yorker, 1952-87), dies at 85 on December - 08.   

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1508  Gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer was born on December - 08.   

1574  Maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616) was born on this day in history.   

1626  On this day in history birth of christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic   

1678  On December - 08 birth of horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757)   

1699  On this day in history birth of maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757)   

1704  On December - 08 birth of anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi)   

1708  On this day in history birth of francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765)   

1715  On this day in history birth of john Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery)