Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 03

1935  On this day in history neville Knox, cricketer (bowled in 2 Tests for England 1907), dies   

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 this day in history.   

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

1945  On this day in history arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish Internal minister (1940), dies at 61   

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

1953  Death of James J. Jeffries, American heavyweight boxer (b. 1875) on March - 03.   

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

1959  On this day in history lou Costello, comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52   

1960  On this day in history sammy White, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), dies at 65   

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

1965  Carlo Gatti, composer, dies at 88 on March - 03.   

1966  Alice Pearce, comedienne (Gladys Kravitz-Bewitched), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1967  Georges Lonque, composer, dies at 66 on March - 03.   

1974  On March - 03 barbara Ruick, actress (Carousel, Fearless Fagan), dies at 43   

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

1977  On March - 03 percy Marmont, actor (Secret Agent, Lisbon), dies at 93   

1982  On March - 03 georges Perec, French writer, dies at 45   

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

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

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

1988  Lois Wilson, actress (Crash, Deluge, Bright Eyes), dies on March - 03.   

1990  Frans Goedhart, Dutch journalist/founder (Parool), dies at 86 on March - 03.   

1991  On March - 03 arthur Murray, dance instructor, dies at 95 of pneumonia   

1992  On March - 03 robert Beatty, actor (Odd Man Out), dies at 82   

1993  Albert Sabin, physician (oral polio vaccine), dies at 86 on March - 03.   

1994  On March - 03 anita Morris, actress (Nine), dies of cancer at 50   

1995  Gilbert Gadoffre, French scholar, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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

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

1998  Death of Fred Friendly, American broadcast executive (b. 1915) on March - 03.   

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  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 March - 03.   

1583  Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher was born on this day in history.   

1589  On March - 03 birth of gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist   

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

1652  On March - 03 birth of thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved)   

1678  On this day in history birth of madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747)