Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 03

1935  Neville Knox, cricketer (bowled in 2 Tests for England 1907), dies on this day in history.   

1938  On March - 03 arthur Koestler, writer, dies at 32   

1941  Constant W L Scheurleer, archaeologist/banker/art expert, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1942  Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, viceroy (Ethiopia), dies at 43 on March - 03.   

1943  George Thomson, cricketer (all-rounder-6 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies on this day in history.   

1945  Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish Internal minister (1940), dies at 61 on March - 03.   

1948  Antonin Artaud, writer, dies at 51 on March - 03.   

1953  On this day in history death of james J. Jeffries, American heavyweight boxer (b. 1875)   

1956  On this day in history willem H Keesom, Dutch physicist (Helium I/II), dies at 79   

1959  Lou Costello, comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52 on March - 03.   

1960  Sammy White, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), dies at 65 on March - 03.   

1961  On March - 03 death of paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-born pianist (b. 1887)   

1965  On this day in history carlo Gatti, composer, dies at 88   

1966  On March - 03 alice Pearce, comedienne (Gladys Kravitz-Bewitched), dies at 52   

1967  On this day in history georges Lonque, composer, dies at 66   

1974  On this day in history barbara Ruick, actress (Carousel, Fearless Fagan), dies at 43   

1976  Alfred Sendrey, composer, dies at 92 on this day in history.   

1977  Percy Marmont, actor (Secret Agent, Lisbon), dies at 93 on this day in history.   

1982  Georges Perec, French writer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history arthur Koestler, Hung/Brit writer (Dialogue With Death), dies at 77   

1985  On this day in history sarah Blanding, 1st US fem college head (Vassar 1946-64), dies at 86   

1987  On March - 03 danny Kaye, comedian (Danny Kaye Show), dies at 74   

1988  On March - 03 lois Wilson, actress (Crash, Deluge, Bright Eyes), dies   

1990  On March - 03 frans Goedhart, Dutch journalist/founder (Parool), dies at 86   

1991  Arthur Murray, dance instructor, dies at 95 of pneumonia on March - 03.   

1992  On this day in history robert Beatty, actor (Odd Man Out), dies at 82   

1993  Albert Sabin, physician (oral polio vaccine), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1994  Anita Morris, actress (Nine), dies of cancer at 50 on March - 03.   

1995  On this day in history gilbert Gadoffre, French scholar, dies at 84   

1996  David Bowman, trade unionist, dies at 82 on March - 03.   

1997  Stanislav Shatalin, Russian economist (500 Days), dies on March - 03.   

1998  On March - 03 death of fred Friendly, American broadcast executive (b. 1915)   

1999  Death of Gerhard Herzberg, German-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904) on this day in history.   

2000  Death of Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and alpinist (b. 1904) on this day in history.   

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1455  On this day in history birth of king John II of Portugal (d. 1495)   

1500  Reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic" was born on this day in history.   

1520  Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575) was born on this day in history.   

1583  Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher was born on March - 03.   

1589  On this day in history birth of gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist   

1606  Edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust) was born on March - 03.   

1652  Thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved) was born on March - 03.   

1678  Madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747) was born on March - 03.