Famous Deaths In March - 10

1900  On this day in history johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer, dies at 94  

1901  Vasily Georgiyevich Wrangell, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.  

1906  Eugen Richter, German MP (Liberal), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1910  Carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

1913  Harriet Tubman, abolitionist, conductor on Underground RR, dies in NY on this day in history.  

1922  On this day in history arthur Hervey, composer, dies at 67  

1935  On March - 10 barend Barendse, actor/director (Broken Lives), dies at 82  

1937  On March - 10 death of yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian writer (b. 1884)  

1940  Louis de Vries, Dutch actor (Merchant of Venice), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1942  Death of William Henry Bragg, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862) on March - 10.  

1943  Tully Marshall, actor (Let's Go, Red Dust), dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1944  David Vogel, Ukrainian author, dies in Auschwitz at 52 on March - 10.  

1948  On March - 10 death of jan Masaryk, Czech Foreign minister, commits suicide or is murdered  

1949  Death of James Rector, American athlete (b. 1884) on March - 10.  

1950  On March - 10 death of marguerite De La Motte, American actress (b. 1902)  

1951  On March - 10 death of kijÅ«rō Shidehara, Prime minister of Japan (b. 1872)  

1953  Charles Gordon Curtis, inventor of (Curtis-steam turbine), dies at 92 on this day in history.  

1966  Frederik "Frits" Zernike, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1953), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1967  On March - 10 death of yiorgos Batis, Greek composer and musician (b. 1885)  

1968  On March - 10 helen Walker, actress (Brewster's Million), dies of cancer at 47  

1970  On March - 10 death of vasilis Avlonitis, Greek actor (b. 1904)  

1971  Mabel Wheeler Daniels, composer, dies at 92 on March - 10.  

1973  Death of Richard Sharples, governor of Bermuda, assassinated on March - 10.  

1974  On March - 10 june Harrison, actress (Land of the Lawless), dies at 48  

1975  On March - 10 leopold Samuel, composer, dies at 91  

1977  E Power Biggs, English organist/composer (CBS), dies at 70 on March - 10.  

1980  On this day in history death of herman Tarnower, doctor (Scarsdale Diet), killed by Jean Harris  

1984  June Marlowe, actress (Pardon US), dies at 81 on March - 10.  

1985  Konstantin Chernenko, party leader/pres of USSR (1984-85), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1986  On this day in history ray Milland, actor (Lost Weekend-Acad Award 1945), dies at 81  

1988  Andy Gibb, singer, dies of heart infection at 30 on this day in history.  

1990  On March - 10 michael Stewart, UK Sect of State (1965-66, 68-70), dies  

1992  Roy Holmer Wallack, dies of pneumonia at 64 on March - 10.  

1993  On this day in history c Northcote Parkinson, English historian/sociologist (Law of P), dies  

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1415  On this day in history birth of vasili II of Russia (d. 1462)  

1452  Ferdinand II, the Catholic, King of Aragon/Sicily (expelled Jews) was born on March - 10.  

1503  On this day in history birth of ferdinand I, German emperor (1558-64)  

1538  On March - 10 birth of thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk; executed by Queen Elizabeth (1572)  

1628  On this day in history birth of constantine Huygens Jr, Dutch poet/painter/cartoonist  

1628  On this day in history birth of marcello Malpighi, Italian physician (d. 1694)  

1656  On this day in history birth of adolf H van Rechteren, Dutch diplomat/politician  

1698  On this day in history birth of gaetano Maria Schiassi, composer