Page 3: Famous Deaths Happened In January - 08

1963  Stark Young, US writer (So Red the Rose), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1964  Arnoldus JC Krafft, theologist (Atlas of Neth Antilles), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1965  Aloys-Henri-Gerard Fornerod, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history zbigniew Cybulski, Polish actor (See You Tommorrow), dies at 39   

1969  On this day in history death of albert Hill, British athlete (b. 1889)   

1970  Death of Georges Guibourg, French performer (b. 1891) on January - 08.   

1971  On January - 08 adriano Lualdi, composer, dies at 85   

1972  Kenneth Patchen, US writer (See You in the Morning), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1975  Anthony Warde, actor (Big Punch, Buck Rogers), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1976  On January - 08 chou En-lai, China's PM (1949-76), dies of cancer in Beijing at 78   

1978  Walter Keirnan, TV panelist (I've Got a Secret), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history oscar Ewing, US govt official (Everybody's Business), dies at 90   

1981  Matthew Beard, entertainer, dies on this day in history.   

1982  On January - 08 gregoire Aslan, actor (Concrete Jungle), dies of 73 of a heart attack   

1983  Gale Page, actress (4 Daughters, Knute Rockney), dies of cancer at 72 on January - 08.   

1986  Yaroslav Seifert, Czech poet (Nobel 1984), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1987  P G Joshi, cricketer (12 Tests for India 1951-60, ct 18 stp 9), dies on this day in history.   

1988  On January - 08 frank Pace Jr, US Secretary of Army (1950-53), dies at 76   

1989  Johnny Jordaan, [Jan van Musscher], Dutch folk singer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1990  Terry Thomas, Engl comic (Heroes), dies of Parkinson's disease at 78 on this day in history.   

1991  Steve Clark, guitarist (Def Leppard-Hysteria), dies at 30 on January - 08.   

1992  Abderrahim Bouabid, Morroco prime secretary (1972), dies on January - 08.   

1993  Asif Nawaz, Pakistani general, dies on this day in history.   

1994  Edward Duke, actor (Decadence, Silver Bears), dies of cancer at 40 on January - 08.   

1995  Carlos Monzon, [El Macho], Arg medium weight boxing champ (1970-77), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1996  On this day in history francois Mitterrand, Pres of France (1981-95), dies of cancer at 79   

1997  On January - 08 carole Carr, singer/actress (Down Among the Z Men), dies at 68   

1998  On this day in history michael Tippett, English composer/conductor (Child of our Time) dies at 93   

2000  On this day in history death of fritz Thiedemann, German equestrianist (b. 1918)   

2002  On this day in history death of alexander Prochorow, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (b. 1916)   

2003  On January - 08 death of ron Goodwin, British composer and conductor (b. 1925)   

2004  On this day in history death of john A. Gambling, American radio talk-show host (b. 1930)   

2005  On January - 08 death of campbell McComas, Australian impersonator and broadcaster (b. 1952)   

2006  On this day in history death of tony Banks, British politician (b. 1943)   

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1081  On this day in history birth of henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25)   

1556  Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623) was born on January - 08.   

1583  On this day in history birth of simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist   

1587  Johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots) was born on this day in history.   

1589  Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka) was born on January - 08.   

1601  Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658) was born on January - 08.   

1628  On January - 08 birth of francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier   

1632  Samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist was born on January - 08.