Famous Deaths In March - 27

1894  Verney L Cameron, English explorer (Tanganyika), dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1897  On this day in history death of andreas Anagnostakis, Greek physician (b. 1826)   

1898  Sajjid Ahmad Chan, co founder (Pakistan), dies at 80 on March - 27.   

1900  On this day in history pieter J Joubert [Smart Piet], South African general, dies at 69   

1910  Alexander E Agassiz, US businessman/biologist/geologist, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1920  Johan G Danser, Dutch poet (Meetings), dies at 26 on this day in history.   

1922  On this day in history nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov, composer, dies at 63   

1923  On March - 27 death of sir James Dewar, Scottish chemist (b. 1842)   

1924  Walter Parratt, composer, dies at 83 on March - 27.   

1925  On March - 27 carl G Neumann, German mathematician/physicist, dies at 92   

1927  On March - 27 death of joe Start, American baseball player (b. 1842)   

1928  Leslie Stuart, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1929  Samuil Shatunovsky, Ukrainian mathematician, dies at 70 on March - 27.   

1931  Arnold Bennett, novelist, dies on March - 27.   

1933  On March - 27 lionel Palairet, cricketer (49 runs in 2 Tests for England 1902), dies   

1934  Death of Francis William Reitz, 5th State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1844) on March - 27.   

1938  On this day in history louis William Stern, German/US philosopher/psychologist, dies at 66   

1939  On March - 27 constance Lindsay Skinner, author (Rivers of America), dies at 57   

1940  Death of Michael Joseph Savage, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1872) on this day in history.   

1943  Death of Grigori Yakovlevich Bakhchivangi, test pilot (BI-1), killed in crash on March - 27.   

1945  On March - 27 jorgen Nielsen, Danish writer (romance), dies at 42   

1947  Charles Smith, cricketer (batted for S Afr in 1902-03), dies on March - 27.   

1948  Karel Candael, Flemish composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1953  Narciso Garay, composer, dies at 76 on March - 27.   

1956  Frans Beelaerts van Blokland, minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84 on March - 27.   

1959  On this day in history death of grant Withers, actor (Okla Annie), suicide with sleeping pills at 54   

1960  On this day in history ian Whyte, composer, dies at 58   

1961  On March - 27 jack Kane, orch leader (Steve & Eydie, Andy Williams Show), dies at 37   

1966  Mien Labberton, Dutch poet, dies at 82 on March - 27.   

1967  Gerardus H de Vet, the Bold, bishop of Breda (1962-67), dies at 49 on March - 27.   

1968  On March - 27 death of yuri Gagarin, 1st man to orbit Earth, & Seryogin, in plane crash at 34   

1972  Maurits C Escher, Dutch lithograph carver (Praedestinatie), dies at 73 on March - 27.   

1973  On March - 27 boyan Georgiev Ikonomov, composer, dies at 72   

1975  Arthur Bliss, English composer/conductor (Checkmate), dies at 83 on March - 27.   

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0972  On this day in history birth of king Robert II of France (d. 1031)   

1416  On March - 27 birth of antonio Squarcialupi, composer   

1554  On this day in history birth of everhardus van Bronchorst, Dutch lawyer   

1627  On March - 27 birth of stephen Fox, English politician (d. 1716)   

1665  On this day in history birth of benjamin Neukirch, German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau)   

1676  On this day in history birth of francis II Rákóczi, leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburg (d. 1735)   

1696  On March - 27 birth of antoine Court, French Huguenot minister (d. 1760)   

1702  On March - 27 birth of johann Ernst Eberlin, composer