October 8th
153 Notable deaths
Pál Titkos
Hungarian footballer (1908-1988).
Born January 8th, 1908 in Budafok.
Died October 8th, 1988 at 80 years old in Budapest.
Viktor Pokrovsky
Russian general.
Born September 26th, 1889 in Nizhny Novgorod Governorate.
Died October 8th, 1922 at 33 years old in Kyustendil.
Sergey Chaplygin
Russian mathematician.
Born April 5th, 1869 in Chaplygin.
Died October 8th, 1942 at 73 years old in Novosibirsk (stroke).
Hans Tropsch
German chemist (1889-1935).
Born October 7th, 1889 in Planá.
Died October 8th, 1935 at 46 years old in Essen.
Jim Fuchs
American discus thrower and shot putter.
Born December 6th, 1927 in Chicago.
Died October 8th, 2010 at 82 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Ryō Ikebe
Japanese actor (1918-2010).
Born February 11th, 1918 in Ōmori. [ref]
Died October 8th, 2010 at 92 years old in Tokyo (sepsis). [ref]
Gustave De Smet
Belgian painter (1877-1943).
Born January 21st, 1877 in Ghent. [ref]
Died October 8th, 1943 at 66 years old in Sint-Martens-Latem. [ref]
Anatol Vieru
Romanian composer (1926-1998).
Born June 8th, 1926 in Iași. [ref]
Died October 8th, 1998 at 72 years old in Bucharest.
Rafael Lesmes
Spanish footballer (1926-2012).
Born November 9th, 1926 in Ceuta.
Died October 8th, 2012 at 85 years old in Valladolid. [ref]
Robert Emden
Swiss astrophysicist (1862-1940).
Born March 4th, 1862 in St. Gallen.
Died October 8th, 1940 at 78 years old in Zürich.
Deaths 101 to 110 of 153
To die will be an awfully big adventure. Peter Pan