Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 08

1917  On this day in history ferdinand von Zeppelin, Dutch count/air pioneer, dies at 78   

1919  On March - 08 auguste Tolbecque, composer, dies at 88   

1920  On this day in history 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 this day in history william Howard Taft, 27th US pres (1909-13)/Chief Justice, dies at 72   

1931  On March - 08 clara Kathleen Rogers, composer, dies at 87   

1932  Jan de Louter, Dutch lawyer/tutor of Queen Wilhelmina, dies at 84 on March - 08.   

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  H J Jamin, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Buchenwald on March - 08.   

1950  Jaroslav Kocian, composer, dies at 67 on March - 08.   

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 March - 08.   

1955  Clementine, Princess of Belg, wife of V Napoleon Bonaparte, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history othmar Schoeck, composer, dies at 70   

1958  Josephina OFF "Frieda" Herberich, actress (Salontiroler), dies at 85 on March - 08.   

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  On this day in history john Hartley, cricketer (bowl avg 115 in 2 Tests for Eng 1906), dies   

1965  Esther Howard, actress (Detour), dies of heart attack at 72 on this day in history.   

1967  John F Bothwell, actor (Freckles-Our Gang), dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history 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 March - 08.   

1974  Christian van Geel, Dutch poet/sculptor (Spinroc), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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

1976  Death of Alfons Rebane, Estonian military commander (b. 1908) on this day in history.   

1977  Henry Hull, actor (Werewolf of London, Boys Town), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1983  On March - 08 william T Walton, English composer (Belhazzar's feast), dies at 80   

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

1986  On this day in history hubert Fichte, writer, dies at 50   

1988  Death of Werner Hartmann, German physicist (b. 1912) on this day in history.   

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

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1075  Abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist was born on March - 08.   

1286  John III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341) was born on March - 08.   

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

1495  On March - 08 birth of juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy)   

1495  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613)   

1607  On March - 08 birth of johann Rist, composer