8 December Deaths

Published : 08 Dec 2017, 11:41

Jagoroniya Desk

December 8 is the 342nd day of the year (343rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 23 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Sunday or Monday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Wednesday or Friday (56).

Deaths

855 – Drogo of Metz, illegitimate son of Charlemagne (b. 801)
899 – Arnulf of Carinthia (b. 850)
964 – Zhou the Elder, Chinese queen consort
1186 – Berthold IV, Duke of Zähringen (b.c 1125)
1292 – John Peckham, Archbishop of Canterbury
1365 – Nicholas II, Duke of Opava (b. 1288)
1431 – Hedwig Jagiellon, Polish and Lithuanian princess (b. 1408)
1550 – Gian Giorgio Trissino, Italian humanist, poet, dramatist and diplomat (b. 1478)
1626 – John Davies, English poet, lawyer, and politician (b. 1569)
1632 – Philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (b. 1561)
1638 – Ivan Gundulić, Croatian poet (b. 1589)
1643 – John Pym, English politician (b. 1583)
1649 – Noël Chabanel, French missionary and saint (b. 1613)
1680 – Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, English lawyer and politician (b. 1606)
1691 – Richard Baxter, English minister, poet, and hymn-writer (b. 1615)
1695 – Barthélemy d'Herbelot, French orientalist and academic (b. 1625)
1709 – Thomas Corneille, French playwright and philologist (b. 1625)
1722 – Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine (b. 1652)
1744 – Marie Anne de Mailly, French mistress of Louis XV of France (b. 1717)
1745 – Étienne Fourmont, French orientalist and academic (b. 1683)
1746 – Charles Radclyffe, English courtier and soldier (b. 1693)
1756 – William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, English politician and diplomat, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1690)
1768 – Jean Denis Attiret, French painter and missionary (b. 1702)
1779 – Nathan Alcock, English physician (b. 1707)
1830 – Benjamin Constant, Swiss-French philosopher and author (b. 1767)
1859 – Thomas De Quincey, English journalist and author (b. 1785)
1864 – George Boole, English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1815)
1869 – Narcisa de Jesús, Ecuadorian saint (b. 1832)
1885 – William Henry Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1821)
1886 – Isaac Lea, American conchologist, geologist, and publisher (b. 1792)
1894 – Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1821)
1903 – Herbert Spencer, English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher (b. 1820)
1907 – Oscar II of Sweden (b. 1829)
1913 – Camille Jenatzy, Belgian race car driver (b. 1868)
1914 – Melchior Anderegg, Swiss mountain guide (b. 1828)
1914 – Maximilian von Spee, Danish-German admiral (b. 1861)
1917 – Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author (b. 1836)
1918 – Josip Štadler, Croatian archbishop (b. 1843)
1919 – J. Alden Weir, American painter (b. 1852)
1937 – Hans Molisch, Czech-Austrian botanist and academic (b. 1856)
1938 – Friedrich Glauser, Swiss soldier and author (b. 1896)
1940 – George Lloyd, English-Canadian bishop and theologian (b. 1861)
1942 – Albert Kahn, American architect, Fisher Building, Packard Automotive Plant, Ford River Rouge Complex (b. 1869)
1952 – Charles Lightoller, English sailor (b. 1874)
1954 – Gladys George, American actress (b. 1904)
1954 – Joseph B. Keenan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1888)
1958 – Tris Speaker, American baseball player and manager (b. 1888)
1963 – Sarit Thanarat, Thai field marshal and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1908)
1966 – Ward Morehouse, American playwright, author, and critic (b. 1899)
1971 – Ernst Krenkel, Russian geographer and explorer (b. 1903)
1971 – Eleni Ourani, Greek poet and critic (b. 1896)
1975 – Gary Thain, New Zealand bass player (b. 1948)
1978 – Golda Meir, Ukrainian-Israeli educator and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1898)
1980 – John Lennon, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)
1982 – Bram Behr, Surinamese journalist and politician (b. 1951)
1982 – André Kamperveen, Surinamese footballer and manager (b. 1924)
1982 – Marty Robbins, American singer-songwriter and race car driver (b. 1925)
1983 – Keith Holyoake, New Zealand farmer and politician, 26th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1904)
1983 – Slim Pickens, American actor (b. 1919)
1984 – Luther Adler, American actor (b. 1903)
1984 – Robert Jay Mathews, American militant leader, founded The Order (b. 1953)
1984 – Semih Sancar, Turkish general (b. 1911)
1991 – Buck Clayton, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1911)
1992 – William Shawn, American journalist (b. 1917)
1993 – Yevgeny Minayev, Russian weightlifter (b. 1933)
1994 – Antônio Carlos Jobim, Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1927)
1996 – Howard Rollins, American actor (b. 1950)
1996 – Kashiwado Tsuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 47th Yokozuna (b. 1938)
1997 – Bob Bell, American clown and actor (b. 1922)
1999 – Péter Kuczka, Hungarian poet and author (b. 1923)
2001 – Mirza Delibašić, Bosnian basketball player and coach (b. 1954)
2001 – Betty Holberton, American computer scientist and programmer (b. 1917)
2003 – Rubén González, Cuban pianist (b. 1919)
2004 – Dimebag Darrell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1966)
2006 – Martha Tilton, American singer (b. 1915)
2006 – José Uribe, Dominican baseball player (b. 1959)
2007 – Gerardo García Pimentel, Mexican journalist (b. 1983)
2008 – Oliver Postgate, English voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
2008 – Robert Prosky, American actor (b. 1930)
2009 – Luis Días, Dominican singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952)
2012 – Jerry Brown, American football player (b. 1987)
2012 – John Gowans, Scottish-English 16th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1934)
2012 – Johnny Lira, American boxer (b. 1951)
2013 – John Cornforth, Australian-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
2013 – Sándor Szokolay, Hungarian composer and academic (b. 1931)
2013 – Richard S. Williamson, American lawyer and diplomat (b. 1949)
2014 – Tom Gosnell, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1951)
2014 – Russ Kemmerer, American baseball player and coach (b. 1930)
2014 – Knut Nystedt, Norwegian organist and composer (b. 1915)
2015 – Mattiwilda Dobbs, American soprano and actress (b. 1925)
2015 – Alan Hodgkinson, English footballer and coach (b. 1936)
2015 – Douglas Tompkins, American businessman, co-founded The North Face and Esprit Holdings (b. 1943)
2015 – John Trudell, American author, poet, and actor (b. 1946)
2015 – Elsie Tu, English-Hong Kong educator and politician (b. 1913)
2016 – John Glenn, American astronaut and senator, first American to go into orbit (b. 1921)

Source: wikipedia

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