Famous Deaths In March - 27

1894  Verney L Cameron, English explorer (Tanganyika), dies at 49 on March - 27.   

1897  Death of Andreas Anagnostakis, Greek physician (b. 1826) on this day in history.   

1898  On March - 27 sajjid Ahmad Chan, co founder (Pakistan), dies at 80   

1900  Pieter J Joubert [Smart Piet], South African general, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1910  Alexander E Agassiz, US businessman/biologist/geologist, dies at 74 on March - 27.   

1920  On March - 27 johan G Danser, Dutch poet (Meetings), dies at 26   

1922  Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1923  On March - 27 death of sir James Dewar, Scottish chemist (b. 1842)   

1924  On March - 27 walter Parratt, composer, dies at 83   

1925  Carl G Neumann, German mathematician/physicist, dies at 92 on March - 27.   

1927  Death of Joe Start, American baseball player (b. 1842) on this day in history.   

1928  On March - 27 leslie Stuart, composer, dies at 64   

1929  Samuil Shatunovsky, Ukrainian mathematician, dies at 70 on March - 27.   

1931  On March - 27 arnold Bennett, novelist, dies   

1933  On this day in history lionel Palairet, cricketer (49 runs in 2 Tests for England 1902), dies   

1934  On March - 27 death of francis William Reitz, 5th State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1844)   

1938  Louis William Stern, German/US philosopher/psychologist, dies at 66 on March - 27.   

1939  On March - 27 constance Lindsay Skinner, author (Rivers of America), dies at 57   

1940  Death of Michael Joseph Savage, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1872) on this day in history.   

1943  Death of Grigori Yakovlevich Bakhchivangi, test pilot (BI-1), killed in crash on March - 27.   

1945  On this day in history jorgen Nielsen, Danish writer (romance), dies at 42   

1947  On March - 27 charles Smith, cricketer (batted for S Afr in 1902-03), dies   

1948  Karel Candael, Flemish composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1953  On March - 27 narciso Garay, composer, dies at 76   

1956  Frans Beelaerts van Blokland, minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1959  Death of Grant Withers, actor (Okla Annie), suicide with sleeping pills at 54 on March - 27.   

1960  On this day in history ian Whyte, composer, dies at 58   

1961  On March - 27 jack Kane, orch leader (Steve & Eydie, Andy Williams Show), dies at 37   

1966  On March - 27 mien Labberton, Dutch poet, dies at 82   

1967  On March - 27 gerardus H de Vet, the Bold, bishop of Breda (1962-67), dies at 49   

1968  On March - 27 death of yuri Gagarin, 1st man to orbit Earth, & Seryogin, in plane crash at 34   

1972  Maurits C Escher, Dutch lithograph carver (Praedestinatie), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1973  Boyan Georgiev Ikonomov, composer, dies at 72 on March - 27.   

1975  Arthur Bliss, English composer/conductor (Checkmate), dies at 83 on March - 27.   

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0972  On this day in history birth of king Robert II of France (d. 1031)   

1416  On March - 27 birth of antonio Squarcialupi, composer   

1554  Everhardus van Bronchorst, Dutch lawyer was born on this day in history.   

1627  On March - 27 birth of stephen Fox, English politician (d. 1716)   

1665  Benjamin Neukirch, German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau) was born on March - 27.   

1676  Francis II Rákóczi, leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburg (d. 1735) was born on this day in history.   

1696  On March - 27 birth of antoine Court, French Huguenot minister (d. 1760)   

1702  Johann Ernst Eberlin, composer was born on this day in history.