Famous Deaths In March - 08

1917  Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Dutch count/air pioneer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1919  Auguste Tolbecque, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1920  On March - 08 rafael Obligado, Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies at 69   

1923  Johannes S van der Waals, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1910), dies at 85 on March - 08.   

1930  On March - 08 william Howard Taft, 27th US pres (1909-13)/Chief Justice, dies at 72   

1931  Clara Kathleen Rogers, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1932  On March - 08 jan de Louter, Dutch lawyer/tutor of Queen Wilhelmina, dies at 84   

1937  On this day in history albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion), dies at 71   

1941  Jose Serrano Simeon, composer, dies at 67 on March - 08.   

1942  On March - 08 jose R Capablanca, Cuban chess player (world champ 1927), dies at 53   

1945  On March - 08 h J Jamin, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Buchenwald   

1950  Jaroslav Kocian, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1951  On this day in history honeymoon Killers, dies in electric chair   

1954  Percy Twentyman-Jones, cricketer (pair in only Test for S Afr), dies on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history clementine, Princess of Belg, wife of V Napoleon Bonaparte, dies at 82   

1957  Othmar Schoeck, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1958  On March - 08 josephina OFF "Frieda" Herberich, actress (Salontiroler), dies at 85   

1959  On March - 08 death of abdel Wahab Shawwaf, Iraqi colonel/putschist, murdered   

1961  Thomas Beecham, English conductor (Last Night of the Prom), dies at 81 on March - 08.   

1963  John Hartley, cricketer (bowl avg 115 in 2 Tests for Eng 1906), dies on this day in history.   

1965  On March - 08 esther Howard, actress (Detour), dies of heart attack at 72   

1967  John F Bothwell, actor (Freckles-Our Gang), dies at 46 on March - 08.   

1971  On March - 08 harold Lloyd, US comic/actor (Why Worry), dies of cancer at 77   

1972  On this day in history death of erich von dem Bach, Nazi official (b. 1899)   

1973  Gordon Leggat, cricketer (9 Tests for NZ, 351 runs at 21 93), dies on this day in history.   

1974  Christian van Geel, Dutch poet/sculptor (Spinroc), dies at 56 on March - 08.   

1975  George Stevens, US director (Swing Time, Gunga Din), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1976  On March - 08 death of alfons Rebane, Estonian military commander (b. 1908)   

1977  On this day in history henry Hull, actor (Werewolf of London, Boys Town), dies at 86   

1983  William T Walton, English composer (Belhazzar's feast), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history edward Andrews, actor (Broadside), dies at 70 of a heart attack   

1986  On March - 08 hubert Fichte, writer, dies at 50   

1988  On this day in history death of werner Hartmann, German physicist (b. 1912)   

1992  On March - 08 red Callender, US jazz bassist (Unfinished dream), dies at 76   

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1075  On March - 08 birth of abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist   

1286  On this day in history birth of john III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341)   

1293  On this day in history birth of beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359)   

1495  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy) was born on March - 08.   

1495  On March - 08 birth of john of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550)   

1514  Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562) was born on this day in history.   

1560  Don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613) was born on this day in history.   

1607  Johann Rist, composer was born on this day in history.