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

1941  On March - 03 constant W L Scheurleer, archaeologist/banker/art expert, dies at 59   

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

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

1945  Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish Internal minister (1940), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1948  Antonin Artaud, writer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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  On March - 03 lou Costello, comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52   

1960  On March - 03 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 this day in history.   

1966  Alice Pearce, comedienne (Gladys Kravitz-Bewitched), dies at 52 on March - 03.   

1967  On March - 03 georges Lonque, composer, dies at 66   

1974  On March - 03 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 March - 03 sarah Blanding, 1st US fem college head (Vassar 1946-64), dies at 86   

1987  Danny Kaye, comedian (Danny Kaye Show), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history lois Wilson, actress (Crash, Deluge, Bright Eyes), dies   

1990  Frans Goedhart, Dutch journalist/founder (Parool), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

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

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

1993  On March - 03 albert Sabin, physician (oral polio vaccine), dies at 86   

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  On this day in history death of fred Friendly, American broadcast executive (b. 1915)   

1999  On March - 03 death of gerhard Herzberg, German-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)   

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

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

1500  On this day in history birth of reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic"   

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  Gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist was born on March - 03.   

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  Madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747) was born on this day in history.