Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In June - 08

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

1870  On this day in history johann Gottlob Topfer, composer, dies at 78   

1871  On this day in history death of satank, Kiowa indian chief, shot to death   

1874  On this day in history death of cochise, Apache leader   

1876  On June - 08 george Sand, French author (Indiana, Consuelo), dies at 71   

1884  Henry Clay Work, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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 June - 08 johan Lindegren, composer, dies at 66   

1919  On June - 08 jacob Fabricius, composer, dies at 78   

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  Frederick Shepherd Converse, US composer, dies at 69 on June - 08.   

1945  On this day in history death of karl Hanke, Nazi official (b. 1903)   

1947  On this day in history tom O'Brien, actor (Flying Fool), dies at 56   

1948  Franz Carl Bornschein, composer, dies at 69 on June - 08.   

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 June - 08 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 June - 08 death of edmondo Rossoni, Italian fascist (b. 1884)   

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

1967  On June - 08 elliot Griffis, composer, dies at 74   

1969  Robert Taylor, actor (Death Valley Days), dies of lung cancer at 57 on June - 08.   

1970  On this day in history death of abraham Maslow, American psychologist (b. 1908)   

1972  Jimmy Rushing, US blues singer, dies at 68 on June - 08.   

1973  Eino Mauno Aleksanteri Linnala, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1975  William F Jenkins, author (Time Tunnel, Land of Giants), dies at 78 on June - 08.   

1979  Herb Polesie, producer/playwright (20 Questions), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history death of ernst Busch, German singer and actor (b. 1900)   

1982  [Leroy] Satchel Paige, US baseball pitcher, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1984  Gordon Jacob, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1987  Death of Yogi Horton, drummer (Luther Vandross), commits suicide at 33 on this day in history.   

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1318  On June - 08 birth of eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Eduard II/wife of Reinald II   

1625  Giovanni D Cassini, Perinaldo, France, discoverer (4 moons of Saturn) was born on June - 08.   

1652  William Dampier, English explorer/pirate was born on this day in history.   

1671  Tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (Adagio in G-minor) was born on June - 08.   

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

1722  On this day in history birth of jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer   

1724  John Smeaton, Leeds, civil engineer was born on this day in history.   

1740  Gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer was born on this day in history.