Famous Deaths In May - 08

1903  Eugene-Henri-Paul Gauguin, French painter (Tahiti), dies on May - 08.   

1904  On May - 08 eadweard Muybridge, English photographer (horse trot), dies   

1909  Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat, dies on this day in history.   

1915  On May - 08 henry McNeal Turner, 1 US black army chaplain, dies at 82   

1924  On this day in history lev N Lunts, Russian writer (Outside the Law), dies at 23   

1930  On this day in history lvar Henning Mankell, composer, dies at 61   

1932  On May - 08 death of albert Thomas, French socialist politician   

1936  Oswald Spengler, German philosopher (Underworld of Abendlandes), dies on this day in history.   

1941  Heinrich Zollner, composer, dies at 86 on May - 08.   

1943  On this day in history death of mordicai Anielewicz, commander of Warsaw ghetto uprising, killed   

1945  Death of Bernhard Rust, Nazi education minister (b. 1883) on May - 08.   

1947  Death of Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-born department store founder (b. 1858) on May - 08.   

1948  Alfred Holy, composer, dies at 81 on May - 08.   

1950  On this day in history franklin Dyall, dies at 76   

1951  Margaret Lindsay, actress (Take a Guess), dies at 40 on May - 08.   

1952  On May - 08 death of william Fox, Austrian-born film producer (b. 1879)   

1957  On May - 08 johannes C B "Jan" Sluyters, Dutch painter, dies at 75   

1958  On May - 08 death of nasni Matni, Lebanese journalist, murdered   

1959  On May - 08 death of renato Caccioppoli, Italian mathematician/pianist, suicide at 55   

1960  Hugo Alfven, Swedish composer (Midsommarvaka), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1961  James Fairfax, actor (Gale Storm Show), dies at 63 on May - 08.   

1965  On May - 08 h T W Hardinge, cricketer (scored 25 & 5 in only Test for Engld), dies   

1967  On this day in history barbara Payton, actress (Dallas, Trapped, Bad Blonde), dies at 39   

1969  Death of Remington Kellogg, American naturalist (b. 1892) on this day in history.   

1973  Ralph Miller, last 19th century baseball player, dies on May - 08.   

1974  On this day in history graham Bond, rocker, dies jumping under a train   

1975  On this day in history avery Brundage, CEO (Intl Olympic Committee, 1952-72), dies at 87   

1976  On this day in history alan Baxter, dies at 67   

1979  On this day in history talcott Parsons, US sociologist, dies at 76   

1981  Margaret Lindsay, actress (G Men, Lady Killer, Jezebel), dies on this day in history.   

1982  On May - 08 gilles Villeneuve, Canadian auto racer, dies in an accident   

1984  On May - 08 death of gino Bianco, Brazilian racing driver (b. 1916)   

1985  Dolph Sweet, actor (Gil McGowan-Another World), dies at 74 on May - 08.   

1987  On May - 08 death of pam Ewing, (Victoria Principal) character on Dallas, is killed off   

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1326  On this day in history birth of joanna I of Auvergne, queen of France (d. 1360)   

1460  On May - 08 birth of frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536)   

1492  On May - 08 birth of andreas Alciatus, [Giovanni Andrea-Alciato], Italian lawyer   

1521  Peter Canisius, [Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs], jesuit/saint was born on May - 08.   

1527  On this day in history birth of johann Walter, composer   

1587  On May - 08 birth of victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1637)   

1592  Francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems) was born on May - 08.   

1622  Claes RÃ¥lamb, Swedish statesman (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.