Famous Deaths In March - 19

1898  On March - 19 joao da Cruz, Brazilian poet, dies at 26   

1900  On March - 19 death of john Bingham, American politician and lawyer (b. 1815)   

1905  Makar Grigori Ekmalyan, composer, dies at 49 on March - 19.   

1907  On March - 19 thomas Bailey Aldrich, US writer (Stillwater Tragedy), dies at 70   

1913  On this day in history john Thomas, composer, dies at 87   

1914  On this day in history death of giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (b. 1850)   

1916  Death of Vasily Surikov, Russian painter (b. 1848) on March - 19.   

1918  Willem H de Beaufort, Dutch historian/liberal politician, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1924  On this day in history charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer/author, dies at 71   

1930  Arthur J Balfour, British theologist/premier (1902-05), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1934  Anthony J Block, lawyer (Dutch strafproces), dies at 66 on March - 19.   

1936  On this day in history john Larkin IV, actor/writer (Charlie Chan in Panama), dies at 63   

1937  On March - 19 death of horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet, commits suicide at 58   

1939  Death of Lloyd L. Gaines, American civil rights activist on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history gustaaf Sap, Belgian minister of Economic Affairs, dies at 54   

1942  Death of Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist (b. 1855) on this day in history.   

1943  On March - 19 vicente Ripolles, composer, dies at 75   

1944  On this day in history death of william Hale Thompson, American mayor of Chicago (b. 1869)   

1945  Death of Fritz Fromm, German supreme commander of Reserve army, executed on March - 19.   

1946  Amir Hamzah, Indonesian poet (Buah Rindu), dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1947  Willem F J Pijper, Dutch composer/critic, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1950  Edgar Rice Burroughs, sci-fi author (Tarzan of the Apes), dies at 74 on March - 19.   

1954  On this day in history walter Braunfels, composer, dies at 71   

1958  Vernon Ransford, cricketer (20 Tests for Australia, 1211 runs), dies on this day in history.   

1961  Edric Cundell, composer, dies at 68 on March - 19.   

1969  Theodor Schaefer, composer, dies at 65 on March - 19.   

1971  Jan Greshoff, Dutch poet/author/journalist (Last Things), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1974  On March - 19 anne Klien, fashion designer, dies at 51   

1975  John A DeMott, dies at 63 on March - 19.   

1976  George Sklavos, composer, dies at 87 on March - 19.   

1978  Death of Gaston Julia, French mathematician (b. 1893) on March - 19.   

1979  On this day in history al Hodge, actor (Capt Video), dies at 65   

1982  On March - 19 death of randy Rhoads, heavy metal guitarist (Ozzy Osbourne), air crash at 25   

1984  Death of Garry Winogrand, American photographer (b. 1928) on March - 19.   

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1434  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1443)   

1488  On this day in history birth of johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (d. 1544)   

1503  On March - 19 birth of benedetto Varchi, Ital humanist/historian (Storia Fiorentina)   

1589  William Bradford, gov of Plymouth colony for 30 years (baptized) was born on March - 19.   

1593  Georges de la Tour, French painter was born on March - 19.   

1601  On this day in history birth of alonzo Cano, Spanish painter/sculptor (Cathedral Granada)   

1604  On this day in history birth of johan IV, composer/king of Portugal (1640-56)   

1610  On this day in history birth of hasegawa Tohaku, Japanese painter