Famous Deaths In March - 26

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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1479  On this day in history birth of vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III   

1516  On this day in history birth of conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565)   

1554  On this day in history birth of charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611)   

1577  Elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon was born on this day in history.   

1659  On March - 26 birth of william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher   

1671  Giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer was born on March - 26.   

1684  On March - 26 birth of johann Graf, composer   

1698  On this day in history birth of václav Prokop DiviÅ¡, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765)