Famous Deaths In March - 28

1889  Death of Matilde "Tillie" Ziegler, killed by husband William Kemmler on this day in history.   

1891  Dick Pilling, cricketer ("Prince of Wicketkeepers", Eng 1881-88), dies on this day in history.   

1896  On March - 28 e Rundle Charles, writer, dies   

1907  On March - 28 pavel Ivanovich Blaramberg, composer, dies at 65   

1908  John Eliot, English meteorology, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1910  On March - 28 edouard [Judas] Colonne, French violinist/conductor, dies   

1914  On this day in history hanus Trnecek, composer, dies at 55   

1927  On March - 28 karl Prohaska, composer, dies at 57   

1928  Giuseppe Ferrata, composer, dies at 63 on March - 28.   

1929  On March - 28 death of lomer Gouin, Quebec politician (b. 1861)   

1939  On March - 28 death of francis Matthew John Baker, Australian politician (b. 1903)   

1941  On this day in history death of virginia [Adeline] Woolf-Stephen, author (To Lighthouse), suicide 59   

1942  Herman A van Karnebeek, Dutch foreign minister (1918-27), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1943  On March - 28 sergei Vasilievitch Rachmaninov, Russian composer/pianist, dies at 69   

1944  On this day in history death of chayyim Most, Rabbi/Maggid of Kovono, killed by nazis   

1946  Death of Chick Fullis, baseball player (b. 1904) on this day in history.   

1947  On March - 28 rudolph Hermann Simonsen, composer, dies at 57   

1949  Grigoras Dinicu, composer, dies at 59 on March - 28.   

1950  On this day in history georgine M "May" Basting, actress (Occupier), dies at 67   

1953  On this day in history james Francis Thorpe, decathelete (Olympic-gold-12), dies at 64   

1954  On March - 28 francis B Young, Brit physician/writer (In South Africa), dies at 69   

1956  On this day in history arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, vocalist, dies of a heart attack   

1958  On March - 28 chuck Klein, Phila Phillie HR hitter, dies at 53   

1959  On March - 28 james Neblett, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1935), dies   

1960  On March - 28 ian Keith, US actor (Ramses I-10 Commandments), dies at 61   

1962  On this day in history death of hugo Wast, Argentine writer (b. 1883)   

1963  Alec A Templeton, composer/pianist (Alec Templeton Time), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1965  VAA Mary, English princess, dies at 67 on March - 28.   

1969  Dwight D Eisenhower, 34th pres/gen (WW 2), dies in Washington at 78 on March - 28.   

1971  On this day in history felix Wolfes, composer, dies at 78   

1973  Hakuun Yasutani, Zen teacher/co-founder (Sanbo Kyodan), dies on this day in history.   

1974  Dorothy Fields, US singer (Way you Look Tonight), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1975  Renzo Massarani, composer, dies at 77 on March - 28.   

1976  On March - 28 death of arthur Crudup, American blues singer and guitarist (b. 1905)   

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1468  On March - 28 birth of charles I, Duke of Savoy   

1472  On March - 28 birth of fra Bartolomeo, monk, Florentine Renaissance painter   

1472  Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (d. 1517) was born on March - 28.   

1483  Raphael, Urbino Italy, painter (School of Athens) was born on this day in history.   

1515  Theresa of Avila/Teresa de Jesus, Spanish mystic writer/saint was born on March - 28.   

1522  Albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (d. 1557) was born on March - 28.   

1569  Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1622) was born on March - 28.   

1592  On March - 28 birth of jan Amos Komensky, [Comenius] Moravian educational reB03281603 Stephan Otto, composer