March 8th
198 Notable deaths
Infanta Eulalia, Duchess of Galliera
Spanish infanta (1864-1958).
Born February 12th, 1864 in Madrid.
Died March 8th, 1958 at 94 years old in Irun.
Max Miedinger
Swiss artist (1910-1980).
Born December 24th, 1910 in Zurich. [ref]
Died March 8th, 1980 at 69 years old in Zurich. [ref]
Ludwig Fischer
Sa officer (1905-1947); governor of warsaw district.
Born April 16th, 1905 in Kaiserslautern.
Died March 8th, 1947 at 41 years old in Warsaw (hanging).
Anthony James Leggett
British physicist.
Born March 26th, 1938 in Camberwell.
Died March 8th, 2026 at 87 years old [ref]
Tadd Dameron
American pianist (1917–1965).
Born February 21st, 1917 in Cleveland.
Died March 8th, 1965 at 48 years old in New York City (cancer).
Fredy Hirsch
German educationist (1916–1944).
Born February 11th, 1916 in Aachen. [ref]
Died March 8th, 1944 at 28 years old in Auschwitz, Oświęcim, Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp. [ref]
Herbert Kroemer
German-american physics (1928–2024).
Born August 25th, 1928 in Weimar.
Died March 8th, 2024 at 95 years old [ref]
George Andrew Olah
Hungarian chemist (1927-2017).
Born May 22nd, 1927 in Budapest.
Died March 8th, 2017 at 89 years old in Beverly Hills. [ref]
B. G. Kher
Indian politician (1888-1957).
Born August 24th, 1888 in Ratnagiri.
Died March 8th, 1957 at 68 years old in Pune.
Kate Wilhelm
American science fiction writer (1928-2018).
Born June 8th, 1928 in Toledo.
Died March 8th, 2018 at 89 years old in Eugene.
Deaths 61 to 70 of 198
I discovered to my joy, that it is life, not death, that has no limits. Gabriel García Márquez