Famous Deaths In March - 28

1889  Death of Matilde "Tillie" Ziegler, killed by husband William Kemmler on this day in history.   

1891  On March - 28 dick Pilling, cricketer ("Prince of Wicketkeepers", Eng 1881-88), dies   

1896  E Rundle Charles, writer, dies on March - 28.   

1907  On this day in history pavel Ivanovich Blaramberg, composer, dies at 65   

1908  John Eliot, English meteorology, dies at 68 on March - 28.   

1910  Edouard [Judas] Colonne, French violinist/conductor, dies on March - 28.   

1914  On this day in history hanus Trnecek, composer, dies at 55   

1927  On March - 28 karl Prohaska, composer, dies at 57   

1928  On March - 28 giuseppe Ferrata, composer, dies at 63   

1929  On this day in history death of lomer Gouin, Quebec politician (b. 1861)   

1939  Death of Francis Matthew John Baker, Australian politician (b. 1903) on this day in history.   

1941  Death of Virginia [Adeline] Woolf-Stephen, author (To Lighthouse), suicide 59 on this day in history.   

1942  Herman A van Karnebeek, Dutch foreign minister (1918-27), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1943  Sergei Vasilievitch Rachmaninov, Russian composer/pianist, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1944  Death of Chayyim Most, Rabbi/Maggid of Kovono, killed by nazis on this day in history.   

1946  Death of Chick Fullis, baseball player (b. 1904) on this day in history.   

1947  On this day in history rudolph Hermann Simonsen, composer, dies at 57   

1949  Grigoras Dinicu, composer, dies at 59 on March - 28.   

1950  On this day in history georgine M "May" Basting, actress (Occupier), dies at 67   

1953  On March - 28 james Francis Thorpe, decathelete (Olympic-gold-12), dies at 64   

1954  Francis B Young, Brit physician/writer (In South Africa), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, vocalist, dies of a heart attack   

1958  On this day in history chuck Klein, Phila Phillie HR hitter, dies at 53   

1959  James Neblett, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1935), dies on this day in history.   

1960  Ian Keith, US actor (Ramses I-10 Commandments), dies at 61 on March - 28.   

1962  Death of Hugo Wast, Argentine writer (b. 1883) on this day in history.   

1963  Alec A Templeton, composer/pianist (Alec Templeton Time), dies at 52 on March - 28.   

1965  VAA Mary, English princess, dies at 67 on March - 28.   

1969  On March - 28 dwight D Eisenhower, 34th pres/gen (WW 2), dies in Washington at 78   

1971  Felix Wolfes, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1973  Hakuun Yasutani, Zen teacher/co-founder (Sanbo Kyodan), dies on March - 28.   

1974  Dorothy Fields, US singer (Way you Look Tonight), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1975  Renzo Massarani, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history death of arthur Crudup, American blues singer and guitarist (b. 1905)   

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1468  On this day in history birth of charles I, Duke of Savoy   

1472  On this day in history birth of fra Bartolomeo, monk, Florentine Renaissance painter   

1472  Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (d. 1517) was born on March - 28.   

1483  On March - 28 birth of raphael, Urbino Italy, painter (School of Athens)   

1515  On this day in history birth of theresa of Avila/Teresa de Jesus, Spanish mystic writer/saint   

1522  On March - 28 birth of albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (d. 1557)   

1569  Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1622) was born on this day in history.   

1592  Jan Amos Komensky, [Comenius] Moravian educational reB03281603 Stephan Otto, composer was born on March - 28.