February 8th
192 Notable deaths
Eemil Nestor Setälä
Finnish politician and linguist.
Born February 27th, 1864 in Kokemäki. [ref]
Died February 8th, 1935 at 70 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Nikolai Tikhonov
Soviet writer (1896-1979).
Born December 4th, 1896 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died February 8th, 1979 at 82 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Francis Hagerup
7th prime minister of norway.
Born January 22nd, 1853 in Horten.
Died February 8th, 1921 at 68 years old in Christiania.
Philippe Mahut
French association football player (1956-2014).
Born March 4th, 1956 in Lunery.
Died February 8th, 2014 at 57 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris (cancer). [ref]
Alfred Aston
French footballer (1912-2003).
Born May 16th, 1912 in Chantilly. [ref]
Died February 8th, 2003 at 90 years old in Cannes. [ref]
Gustav Falke
German writer and poet-impressionist, also translator (1853-1916).
Born January 11th, 1853 in Lübeck.
Died February 8th, 1916 at 63 years old in Groß Borstel.
György Jendrassik
Hungarian physicist and mechanical engineer.
Born May 13th, 1898 in Budapest.
Died February 8th, 1954 at 55 years old in London.
Olga Taratuta
Ukrainian anarchist.
Born January 21st, 1876 in Novodmytrivka Persha.
Died February 8th, 1938 at 62 years old in Soviet Union.
Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom
Dutch chemist.
Born October 24th, 1854 in Alkmaar.
Died February 8th, 1907 at 52 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]
Deaths 141 to 150 of 192
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride! Hunter S. Thompson