Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 26

1888  On this day in history death of barghash bin Said, second Sultan of Zanzibar (b. 1837)   

1892  On this day in history anton Wallerstein, composer, dies at 78   

1896  On March - 26 nanny v Hof, writer, dies   

1900  On this day in history isaac Mayer Wise, rabbi/found Amer Hebrew Congregations, dies at 80   

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

1905  On this day in history death of maurice Barrymore, actor; patriarch of the Barrymore family (b. 1849)   

1909  On March - 26 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  On this day in history sarah Bernhardt, [Henriette], actress (Qn Elizabeth), dies at 77   

1924  On March - 26 augusto de Oliviera Machado, composer, dies at 78   

1926  On March - 26 georges Vezina, NHL Hall of Fame goalie (Canadiens), dies   

1929  On this day in history death of katharine Lee Bates, American poet (b. 1859)   

1932  On this day in history jean Cartan, composer, dies at 25   

1933  Death of Eddie Lang, American musician (b. 1902) on March - 26.   

1934  Grete Gulbransson, writer, dies at 51 on March - 26.   

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 March - 26.   

1942  On March - 26 death of jimmy Burke, American baseball player (b. 1874)   

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  On this day in history death of james F. Hinkle, American politician, sixth Governor of New Mexico (d. 1864)   

1953  Albert Spalding, composer, dies at 64 on March - 26.   

1956  Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history death of Édouard Herriot, French politician (b. 1872)   

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  Ian Keith, actor (Identity Unknown, Queen Christina), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1962  Marjorie Colton, inventor of wax paper, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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  Death of Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, king of Saudi-Arabia (1964-75), murdered at 68 on March - 26.   

1976  Richard Arlen, actor (Apache Uprising, Wings), dies at 75 on March - 26.   

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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 March - 26 birth of conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565)   

1554  Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611) was born on this day in history.   

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  On March - 26 birth of giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer   

1684  On this day in history birth of johann Graf, composer   

1698  On March - 26 birth of václav Prokop DiviÅ¡, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765)