Famous Deaths In March - 03

1935  Neville Knox, cricketer (bowled in 2 Tests for England 1907), dies on March - 03.   

1938  On March - 03 arthur Koestler, writer, dies at 32   

1941  On this day in history constant W L Scheurleer, archaeologist/banker/art expert, dies at 59   

1942  Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, viceroy (Ethiopia), dies at 43 on March - 03.   

1943  On March - 03 george Thomson, cricketer (all-rounder-6 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies   

1945  Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish Internal minister (1940), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history antonin Artaud, writer, dies at 51   

1953  On March - 03 death of james J. Jeffries, American heavyweight boxer (b. 1875)   

1956  Willem H Keesom, Dutch physicist (Helium I/II), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1959  On March - 03 lou Costello, comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52   

1960  On this day in history sammy White, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), dies at 65   

1961  Death of Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-born pianist (b. 1887) on this day in history.   

1965  Carlo Gatti, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1966  Alice Pearce, comedienne (Gladys Kravitz-Bewitched), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history georges Lonque, composer, dies at 66   

1974  On this day in history barbara Ruick, actress (Carousel, Fearless Fagan), dies at 43   

1976  Alfred Sendrey, composer, dies at 92 on this day in history.   

1977  Percy Marmont, actor (Secret Agent, Lisbon), dies at 93 on this day in history.   

1982  On March - 03 georges Perec, French writer, dies at 45   

1983  On March - 03 arthur Koestler, Hung/Brit writer (Dialogue With Death), dies at 77   

1985  Sarah Blanding, 1st US fem college head (Vassar 1946-64), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1987  On March - 03 danny Kaye, comedian (Danny Kaye Show), dies at 74   

1988  On March - 03 lois Wilson, actress (Crash, Deluge, Bright Eyes), dies   

1990  On March - 03 frans Goedhart, Dutch journalist/founder (Parool), dies at 86   

1991  Arthur Murray, dance instructor, dies at 95 of pneumonia on this day in history.   

1992  On March - 03 robert Beatty, actor (Odd Man Out), dies at 82   

1993  Albert Sabin, physician (oral polio vaccine), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1994  On March - 03 anita Morris, actress (Nine), dies of cancer at 50   

1995  Gilbert Gadoffre, French scholar, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1996  David Bowman, trade unionist, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1997  Stanislav Shatalin, Russian economist (500 Days), dies on this day in history.   

1998  Death of Fred Friendly, American broadcast executive (b. 1915) on March - 03.   

1999  On March - 03 death of gerhard Herzberg, German-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)   

2000  Death of Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and alpinist (b. 1904) on this day in history.   

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1455  On March - 03 birth of king John II of Portugal (d. 1495)   

1500  Reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic" was born on this day in history.   

1520  Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575) was born on this day in history.   

1583  On this day in history birth of edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher   

1589  On March - 03 birth of gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist   

1606  Edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust) was born on March - 03.   

1652  Thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved) was born on March - 03.   

1678  Madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747) was born on March - 03.