Famous Deaths In March - 26

1888  Death of Barghash bin Said, second Sultan of Zanzibar (b. 1837) on March - 26.   

1892  On March - 26 anton Wallerstein, composer, dies at 78   

1896  On this day in history nanny v Hof, writer, dies   

1900  Isaac Mayer Wise, rabbi/found Amer Hebrew Congregations, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1902  On this day in history cecil Rhodes, Prime Minister of Cape Colony (1890-96) dies at 48   

1905  On March - 26 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  Death of Auguste Charlois, French astronomer (b. 1864) on this day in history.   

1918  Caesar A Cui, Lithuanian fort builder/composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1920  On March - 26 death of william Chester Minor, American surgeon and contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary (b. 1834)   

1923  Sarah Bernhardt, [Henriette], actress (Qn Elizabeth), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1924  Augusto de Oliviera Machado, composer, dies at 78 on March - 26.   

1926  Georges Vezina, NHL Hall of Fame goalie (Canadiens), dies on March - 26.   

1929  Death of Katharine Lee Bates, American poet (b. 1859) on March - 26.   

1932  On March - 26 jean Cartan, composer, dies at 25   

1933  Death of Eddie Lang, American musician (b. 1902) on this day in history.   

1934  On March - 26 grete Gulbransson, writer, dies at 51   

1937  On March - 26 death of albert Relf, cricketer (13 Tests for England 1903-14), commits suicide   

1940  Death of Spiridon Louis, Greek runner, winner of the first modern Olympics marathon (b. 1873) on this day in history.   

1942  Death of Jimmy Burke, American baseball player (b. 1874) on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history david Lloyd George, British (L) premier (1916-22), dies at 82   

1948  On March - 26 helen Ernst, German poster artist/resistance fighter, dies at about 43   

1951  Death of James F. Hinkle, American politician, sixth Governor of New Mexico (d. 1864) on March - 26.   

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  On this day in history death of Édouard Herriot, French politician (b. 1872)   

1958  On this day in history phil Mead, cricketer (55061 1st-class runs 1905-36), dies   

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 this day in history marjorie Colton, inventor of wax paper, dies at 64   

1969  On this day in history 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  Death of Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, king of Saudi-Arabia (1964-75), murdered at 68 on March - 26.   

1976  On this day in history richard Arlen, actor (Apache Uprising, Wings), dies at 75   

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1479  Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III was born on this day in history.   

1516  Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565) was born on this day in history.   

1554  On March - 26 birth of charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611)   

1577  On March - 26 birth of elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon   

1659  On this day in history birth of william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher   

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

1684  Johann Graf, composer was born on March - 26.   

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