Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In June - 08

1865  On June - 08 joseph Paxton, designer (Crystal Palace), dies   

1870  Johann Gottlob Topfer, composer, dies at 78 on June - 08.   

1871  Death of Satank, Kiowa indian chief, shot to death on this day in history.   

1874  On June - 08 death of cochise, Apache leader   

1876  On this day in history george Sand, French author (Indiana, Consuelo), dies at 71   

1884  Henry Clay Work, composer, dies at 51 on June - 08.   

1885  On this day in history death of ignace Bourget, Bishop of Montreal (b. 1799)   

1889  Gerard Manley Hopkins, poet, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1906  Christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer, dies at 65 on June - 08.   

1908  On this day in history johan Lindegren, composer, dies at 66   

1919  Jacob Fabricius, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1924  On this day in history death of andrew Irvine, English mountain climber (climbing accident) (b. 1902)   

1929  On June - 08 bliss Carman, poet, dies   

1940  On June - 08 frederick Shepherd Converse, US composer, dies at 69   

1945  Death of Karl Hanke, Nazi official (b. 1903) on this day in history.   

1947  Tom O'Brien, actor (Flying Fool), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1948  On June - 08 franz Carl Bornschein, composer, dies at 69   

1951  On this day in history death of eugène Fiset, French Canadian military officer and politician (b. 1874)   

1953  Godfrey Tearle, actor (39 Steps, Mandy, At Dawn We Die), dies at 68 on June - 08.   

1954  On this day in history death of alan M Turing, British mathematician (Turing), commits suicide at 41   

1956  Death of Marie Laurencin, French painter (b. 1883) on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history death of edmondo Rossoni, Italian fascist (b. 1884)   

1966  On this day in history death of anton Melik, Slovenian geographer (b. 1890)   

1967  Elliot Griffis, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history robert Taylor, actor (Death Valley Days), dies of lung cancer at 57   

1970  Death of Abraham Maslow, American psychologist (b. 1908) on June - 08.   

1972  Jimmy Rushing, US blues singer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1973  On June - 08 eino Mauno Aleksanteri Linnala, composer, dies at 76   

1975  On this day in history william F Jenkins, author (Time Tunnel, Land of Giants), dies at 78   

1979  On this day in history herb Polesie, producer/playwright (20 Questions), dies at 79   

1980  On June - 08 death of ernst Busch, German singer and actor (b. 1900)   

1982  On June - 08 [Leroy] Satchel Paige, US baseball pitcher, dies at 75   

1984  On this day in history gordon Jacob, composer, dies at 88   

1987  On June - 08 death of yogi Horton, drummer (Luther Vandross), commits suicide at 33   

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1318  Eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Eduard II/wife of Reinald II was born on June - 08.   

1625  On this day in history birth of giovanni D Cassini, Perinaldo, France, discoverer (4 moons of Saturn)   

1652  On June - 08 birth of william Dampier, English explorer/pirate   

1671  On June - 08 birth of tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (Adagio in G-minor)   

1717  On this day in history birth of john Collins, American politician (d. 1795)   

1722  On June - 08 birth of jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer   

1724  On this day in history birth of john Smeaton, Leeds, civil engineer   

1740  Gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer was born on June - 08.