Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 03

1935  On March - 03 neville Knox, cricketer (bowled in 2 Tests for England 1907), dies   

1938  Arthur Koestler, writer, dies at 32 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1943  On March - 03 george Thomson, cricketer (all-rounder-6 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies   

1945  On March - 03 arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish Internal minister (1940), dies at 61   

1948  On March - 03 antonin Artaud, writer, dies at 51   

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

1956  Willem H Keesom, Dutch physicist (Helium I/II), dies at 79 on March - 03.   

1959  Lou Costello, comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1960  On March - 03 sammy White, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), dies at 65   

1961  Death of Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-born pianist (b. 1887) on March - 03.   

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 March - 03 georges Lonque, composer, dies at 66   

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

1976  On this day in history alfred Sendrey, composer, dies at 92   

1977  Percy Marmont, actor (Secret Agent, Lisbon), dies at 93 on March - 03.   

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

1983  On March - 03 arthur Koestler, Hung/Brit writer (Dialogue With Death), dies at 77   

1985  Sarah Blanding, 1st US fem college head (Vassar 1946-64), dies at 86 on March - 03.   

1987  On this day in history danny Kaye, comedian (Danny Kaye Show), dies at 74   

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

1990  On this day in history frans Goedhart, Dutch journalist/founder (Parool), dies at 86   

1991  Arthur Murray, dance instructor, dies at 95 of pneumonia on this day in history.   

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 March - 03.   

1994  Anita Morris, actress (Nine), dies of cancer at 50 on this day in history.   

1995  On March - 03 gilbert Gadoffre, French scholar, dies at 84   

1996  On this day in history david Bowman, trade unionist, dies at 82   

1997  Stanislav Shatalin, Russian economist (500 Days), dies on this day in history.   

1998  Death of Fred Friendly, American broadcast executive (b. 1915) on this day in history.   

1999  On this day in history death of gerhard Herzberg, German-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)   

2000  On March - 03 death of toni Ortelli, Italian composer and alpinist (b. 1904)   

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1455  King John II of Portugal (d. 1495) was born on this day in history.   

1500  On March - 03 birth of reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic"   

1520  On this day in history birth of matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575)   

1583  On March - 03 birth of edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher   

1589  Gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist was born on this day in history.   

1606  On this day in history birth of edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust)   

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 this day in history.