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July 8, 2004 Paula Danziger, writer, Amber Brown books, dies at 59
July 8, 2002 William Anthony Swithin Sarjeant, paleontologist/fantasy writer, dies at 66
July 8, 1999 Pete Conrad, "astronaut, businessman", third man to walk on the moon, dies at 69
July 8, 1997 Charles Drake, geologist, dies of heart attack
July 8, 1996 Amschel Rothschild, banker, dies at 41
July 8, 1996 Ernest Armstrong, miner/politician, dies at 81
July 8, 1996 James Woodie Alexander, songwriter/vocalist, dies at 80
July 8, 1996 Thomas Mitchell, architect/engineer, dies at 90
July 8, 1995 Elizabeth Adams, madam, dies at 65
July 8, 1994 Christian-Jaque, French director (Babette s'and va-t-and guerre), dies
July 8, 1994 Dick Sargent, actor (Darren-Bewitched), dies of cancer at 64
July 8, 1994 Dominic Lucero, dancer/singer, dies of lymphatic cancer
July 8, 1994 Kim Il Sung, president of North-Korea (1948-94), dies at 82
July 8, 1994 Robert E Lee, dies of cancer at 75
July 8, 1993 Henry Hazlitt, American Philosopher
July 8, 1991 James Franciscus, actor (Mr Novak), dies at of emphysema 57
July 8, 1991 Lotte Palfi Andor, actress (Lovesick, All the Jazz), dies
July 8, 1990 Howard Duff, actor (Heist, Knots Landing), dies of heart attack at 72
July 8, 1990 Malcolm Hilton, English cricket slow left-arm (4 Tests), dies
July 8, 1985 Gardner Cowles Jr, U.S. publisher (Look Magazine), dies at 82
July 8, 1985 Phil Foster, comedian (Frank De Fazio-Laverne and Shirley), dies at 72
July 8, 1985 Simon Kuznets, U.S. economist (Nobel 1971), dies at 84
July 8, 1984 Christine McIntyre, actress (3 Stooges), dies at 73
July 8, 1984 Franz Fuhmann, writer, dies at 62
July 8, 1982 Isa Miranda, model/actress (Summertime), dies of infected bone at 77
July 8, 1981 Loring Smith, actor (Hartmans), dies at 86
July 8, 1979 John Reed King, TV host (Why?, Let's See), dies at 64
July 8, 1979 Michael Wilding, actor (Waterloo, Zarakm Naked Edge), dies
July 8, 1973 Arthur Calwell, Australian Politician
July 8, 1969 Gladys Swarthout, opera singer and actress (Ambush), dies at 64
July 8, 1961 Julian Bautista, composer, dies at 60
July 8, 1959 Dale Buisand and Chester Ovnand, 1st Americans killed in Vietnam War
July 8, 1957 Grace Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29), dies at 78
July 8, 1957 Henry Fevrier, composer, dies at 81
July 8, 1957 William Cadbury, chocolate maker, dies at 89
July 8, 1956 Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, dutch min of Justice (Nobel 54), dies
July 8, 1956 Giovanni Papini, Italian author and poet (Un Uomo Finito), dies at 75
July 8, 1950 Othmar Spann, Austrian economist/sociologist (Wahre State), dies at 71
July 8, 1949 Antun Sa'ada, Syrian rightwing politician, executed in Lebanon
July 8, 1949 Riccadro Pick-Mangiagalli, composer, dies at 66
July 8, 1946 Aleksander V Aleksandrov, Russian composer and conductor, dies at 63
July 8, 1943 Harry Oakes, Canadian ruler of Bahamas, murdered
July 8, 1943 Jean "Max" Moulin, French resistance fighter, executed
July 8, 1942 Catherinus Elling, composer, dies at 83
July 8, 1942 Louis FMF Franchet d'Esperey, French marshal (WW I), dies at 90
July 8, 1941 Philippe Gaubert, composer, dies at 62
July 8, 1939 [Henry] Havelock Ellis, English sexologist (Man and Woman), dies at 80
July 8, 1932 Florenz Ziegfeld, U.S. theatre producer (Ziegfeld Follies), dies
July 8, 1928 Crystal Eastman, American Lawyer
July 8, 1919 Johan A Der Mouw, Dutch philosopher/poet, dies at 56
July 8, 1909 Gaston AA marquis de Gallifet, Fren min of War (1899-1900), dies at 79
July 8, 1894 Vladimir Nikitich Kashperov, composer, dies
July 8, 1885 Hendrick Waelput, composer, dies at 39
July 8, 1885 Henry Waelput, Flemish composer and conductor (Blessing of Arms), dies
July 8, 1882 Phiz [Hablot Knight Browne], English artist (David Cupperfield), dies
July 8, 1876 Josef Dessauer, composer, dies at 78
July 8, 1870 John D Zocher Jr, architect (Soestdijk Palace), dies at 79
July 8, 1863 Francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore, dies at 65
July 8, 1859 F J Oscar I, King of Sweden/Norway (1844-59), dies at 60
July 8, 1826 Luther Martin, American Politician
July 8, 1822 Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet (Prometheus unbound), drowns at 29
July 8, 1695 Christiaen Huygens, inventor/astronomer, dies at 66
July 8, 1681 Georg Neumark, composer, dies at 60
July 8, 1679 Samuel J Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies
July 8, 1656 Alexander van der Capellen, mister of Aartsbergen, dies at about 64
July 8, 1623 Gregory XV, [Alessandro Ludovisi], bishop of Bologna/Pope, dies at 69
July 8, 1538 Diego de Almagro, Spanish conquistador (Chile/Peru), dies at about 63
July 8, 1531 Tilman Riemenschneider, German sculptor, dies at 71
July 8, 1496 Benedetto Bonfiglio, Italian painter, dies
July 8, 1253 Thibaud IV, poet/count of Champagne/King of Navarra, dies
July 8, 1249 Alexander II, king of Scotland (1215-49), dies at 51
July 8, 1153 Eugene III, [Bernardo], Italian Pope (1145-53), dies
July 8, 1115 Petrus van Amiens, French Crusades predictor, dies
July 8, 975 Edgar, King of England (959-75), dies
July 8, 810 Pepin, son of Charlemagne, King of Italy, dies (birth date unknown)



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