Famous Deaths In March - 26
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1888 On March - 26 death of barghash bin Said, second Sultan of Zanzibar (b. 1837)
1892 Anton Wallerstein, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.
1896 Nanny v Hof, writer, dies on March - 26.
1900 On March - 26 isaac Mayer Wise, rabbi/found Amer Hebrew Congregations, dies at 80
1902 On March - 26 cecil Rhodes, Prime Minister of Cape Colony (1890-96) dies at 48
1905 On this day in history death of maurice Barrymore, actor; patriarch of the Barrymore family (b. 1849)
1909 On this day in history nikolai Arkas, composer, dies at 56
1910 On March - 26 death of auguste Charlois, French astronomer (b. 1864)
1918 Caesar A Cui, Lithuanian fort builder/composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.
1920 Death of William Chester Minor, American surgeon and contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary (b. 1834) on March - 26.
1923 Sarah Bernhardt, [Henriette], actress (Qn Elizabeth), dies at 77 on March - 26.
1924 Augusto de Oliviera Machado, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.
1926 Georges Vezina, NHL Hall of Fame goalie (Canadiens), dies on March - 26.
1929 Death of Katharine Lee Bates, American poet (b. 1859) on this day in history.
1932 Jean Cartan, composer, dies at 25 on March - 26.
1933 On March - 26 death of eddie Lang, American musician (b. 1902)
1934 On this day in history grete Gulbransson, writer, dies at 51
1937 Death of Albert Relf, cricketer (13 Tests for England 1903-14), commits suicide on March - 26.
1940 Death of Spiridon Louis, Greek runner, winner of the first modern Olympics marathon (b. 1873) on this day in history.
1942 On March - 26 death of jimmy Burke, American baseball player (b. 1874)
1945 David Lloyd George, British (L) premier (1916-22), dies at 82 on March - 26.
1948 Helen Ernst, German poster artist/resistance fighter, dies at about 43 on this day in history.
1951 Death of James F. Hinkle, American politician, sixth Governor of New Mexico (d. 1864) on this day in history.
1953 Albert Spalding, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.
1956 On this day in history thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann, composer, dies at 70
1957 Death of Édouard Herriot, French politician (b. 1872) on this day in history.
1958 Phil Mead, cricketer (55061 1st-class runs 1905-36), dies on March - 26.
1959 On this day in history raymond T Chandler, US detective writer (Long Goodbye), dies at 71
1960 On March - 26 ian Keith, actor (Identity Unknown, Queen Christina), dies at 61
1962 On March - 26 marjorie Colton, inventor of wax paper, dies at 64
1969 On March - 26 b[runo] Traven, writer (Sierra Madre), dies at 87
1973 On March - 26 george Sisler, hall of famer 1st baseman (257 hits-1920), dies at 80
1975 On March - 26 death of faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, king of Saudi-Arabia (1964-75), murdered at 68
1976 On March - 26 richard Arlen, actor (Apache Uprising, Wings), dies at 75
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