Famous Deaths In March - 04
Friday, 29 March 2024
1876 On this day in history alfred Holmes, composer, dies at 38
1877 Hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch governor (St Maarten), dies at 42 on March - 04.
1883 Alexander H Stephens, VP Confederate States, dies at 71 on this day in history.
1888 Amos Bronson Alcott, US theory/poet (Table Talk), dies at 88 on this day in history.
1903 On this day in history joseph H Shorthouse, English writer (John Inglesant), dies at 68
1906 On this day in history death of john McAllister Schofield, former U.S. Secretary of War and Commanding General of the U.S. Army (b. 1831)
1910 On this day in history death of knut Ångström, Swedish physicist (b. 1857)
1915 Death of William Willett, inventor of Daylight Saving Time (b. 1856) on March - 04.
1916 Death of Franz Marc, German painter/co-founder (Blaue Reiter), killed at 36 on March - 04.
1918 Eugene D'Harcourt, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.
1922 Bert Williams, famous black, dies at 46, in NYC on this day in history.
1925 Moritz Moszkowski, Polish/German composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.
1927 Death of Ira Remsen American chemist (b. 1846) on this day in history.
1933 Willie Walker, US jazz singer/guitarist (Dupree Blues), dies at 36 on March - 04.
1936 Ruben Mattias Liljefors, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.
1938 On March - 04 death of george Foster Peabody, American politician (b. 1852)
1940 On March - 04 death of hamlin Garland, American novelist (b. 1860)
1941 Edoardo Mascheroni, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.
1942 On March - 04 yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer, dies at 62
1943 On March - 04 nikolaos "Sokrates" Politis, Greek foreign minister, dies at 71
1944 Death of Louis Capone, New York organized crime figure (b. 1896) (executed) on March - 04.
1945 On March - 04 death of lucille La Verne, American actress (b. 1872)
1946 Death of Bror von Blixen-Finecke, Danish big-game hunter (b. 1886) on March - 04.
1948 Antonin Artaud, French poet/actor (Napoleon), dies at 51 on March - 04.
1950 Death of Adam Rainer, the only man in recorded human history ever to have been both a dwarf and a giant (b. 1899) on this day in history.
1952 Death of Charles Scott Sherrington, English scientist, Nobel laureate (b. 1857) on this day in history.
1953 Sergei S Prokoviev, Russian composer (Peter & the wolf), dies at 61 on March - 04.
1954 On March - 04 georg Gohler, composer, dies at 79
1958 Albert Kuyle, [Lou Kuitenbrouwer], writer (Jesus' Carpet), dies at 54 on this day in history.
1959 On March - 04 death of maxey Long, American athlete (b. 1878)
1960 Leonard Warren, US baritone, dies on stage at 48 on this day in history.
1962 Cairine R Wilson, 1st Canadian female senator (appointed), dies at 77 on March - 04.
1963 On this day in history william Carlos Williams, US physician/poet, dies at 79
1966 Janis Medins, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.
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