Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 03

1935  Neville Knox, cricketer (bowled in 2 Tests for England 1907), dies on March - 03.   

1938  On March - 03 arthur Koestler, writer, dies at 32   

1941  On this day in history constant W L Scheurleer, archaeologist/banker/art expert, dies at 59   

1942  Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, viceroy (Ethiopia), dies at 43 on this day in history.   

1943  On March - 03 george Thomson, cricketer (all-rounder-6 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies   

1945  Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish Internal minister (1940), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1948  Antonin Artaud, writer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history death of james J. Jeffries, American heavyweight boxer (b. 1875)   

1956  On this day in history willem H Keesom, Dutch physicist (Helium I/II), dies at 79   

1959  On March - 03 lou Costello, comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52   

1960  On March - 03 sammy White, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), dies at 65   

1961  Death of Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-born pianist (b. 1887) on March - 03.   

1965  Carlo Gatti, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1966  Alice Pearce, comedienne (Gladys Kravitz-Bewitched), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1967  Georges Lonque, composer, dies at 66 on March - 03.   

1974  Barbara Ruick, actress (Carousel, Fearless Fagan), dies at 43 on this day in history.   

1976  Alfred Sendrey, composer, dies at 92 on March - 03.   

1977  Percy Marmont, actor (Secret Agent, Lisbon), dies at 93 on March - 03.   

1982  On March - 03 georges Perec, French writer, dies at 45   

1983  Arthur Koestler, Hung/Brit writer (Dialogue With Death), dies at 77 on March - 03.   

1985  Sarah Blanding, 1st US fem college head (Vassar 1946-64), dies at 86 on March - 03.   

1987  Danny Kaye, comedian (Danny Kaye Show), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1988  Lois Wilson, actress (Crash, Deluge, Bright Eyes), dies on March - 03.   

1990  On this day in history frans Goedhart, Dutch journalist/founder (Parool), dies at 86   

1991  Arthur Murray, dance instructor, dies at 95 of pneumonia on March - 03.   

1992  On March - 03 robert Beatty, actor (Odd Man Out), dies at 82   

1993  Albert Sabin, physician (oral polio vaccine), dies at 86 on March - 03.   

1994  On this day in history anita Morris, actress (Nine), dies of cancer at 50   

1995  Gilbert Gadoffre, French scholar, dies at 84 on March - 03.   

1996  David Bowman, trade unionist, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1997  Stanislav Shatalin, Russian economist (500 Days), dies on March - 03.   

1998  Death of Fred Friendly, American broadcast executive (b. 1915) on March - 03.   

1999  Death of Gerhard Herzberg, German-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904) on this day in history.   

2000  On March - 03 death of toni Ortelli, Italian composer and alpinist (b. 1904)   

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1455  King John II of Portugal (d. 1495) was born on March - 03.   

1500  Reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic" was born on this day in history.   

1520  On this day in history birth of matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575)   

1583  On this day in history birth of edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher   

1589  Gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist was born on this day in history.   

1606  Edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust) was born on this day in history.   

1652  On this day in history birth of thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved)   

1678  On this day in history birth of madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747)