Famous Deaths In March - 26

1888  Death of Barghash bin Said, second Sultan of Zanzibar (b. 1837) on this day in history.   

1892  Anton Wallerstein, composer, dies at 78 on March - 26.   

1896  Nanny v Hof, writer, dies on March - 26.   

1900  On March - 26 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 March - 26 death of maurice Barrymore, actor; patriarch of the Barrymore family (b. 1849)   

1909  Nikolai Arkas, composer, dies at 56 on March - 26.   

1910  On this day in history death of auguste Charlois, French astronomer (b. 1864)   

1918  On this day in history caesar A Cui, Lithuanian fort builder/composer, dies at 83   

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

1923  On this day in history sarah Bernhardt, [Henriette], actress (Qn Elizabeth), dies at 77   

1924  On this day in history augusto de Oliviera Machado, composer, dies at 78   

1926  Georges Vezina, NHL Hall of Fame goalie (Canadiens), dies on this day in history.   

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

1932  Jean Cartan, composer, dies at 25 on this day in history.   

1933  On this day in history death of eddie Lang, American musician (b. 1902)   

1934  Grete Gulbransson, writer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1937  Death of Albert Relf, cricketer (13 Tests for England 1903-14), commits suicide on this day in history.   

1940  On March - 26 death of spiridon Louis, Greek runner, winner of the first modern Olympics marathon (b. 1873)   

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  Helen Ernst, German poster artist/resistance fighter, dies at about 43 on March - 26.   

1951  Death of James F. Hinkle, American politician, sixth Governor of New Mexico (d. 1864) on this day in history.   

1953  On March - 26 albert Spalding, composer, dies at 64   

1956  Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann, composer, dies at 70 on March - 26.   

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

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

1959  Raymond T Chandler, US detective writer (Long Goodbye), dies at 71 on March - 26.   

1960  Ian Keith, actor (Identity Unknown, Queen Christina), dies at 61 on March - 26.   

1962  Marjorie Colton, inventor of wax paper, dies at 64 on March - 26.   

1969  On March - 26 b[runo] Traven, writer (Sierra Madre), dies at 87   

1973  George Sisler, hall of famer 1st baseman (257 hits-1920), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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  Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III was born on March - 26.   

1516  Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565) was born on March - 26.   

1554  Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611) was born on March - 26.   

1577  Elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon was born on this day in history.   

1659  William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher was born on March - 26.   

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)