Famous Deaths In March - 14

1944  Pavel Grigor'yevich, composer, dies at 66 on March - 14.  

1949  Death of John Callan O'Laughlin, American political and military figure and journalist (b. 1873) on March - 14.  

1953  On March - 14 klement Gottwald, premier/president of Czechoslovakia, dies at 56  

1954  On March - 14 ludomir Michal Rogowski, composer, dies at 72  

1957  On this day in history death of evagoras Pallikarides, Cypriot freedom fighter (b. 1938)  

1958  Eugeen Van de Velde, Flemish musicologist/critic/composer, dies at 64 on March - 14.  

1961  On March - 14 akiba Rubinstein, Polish chess player (opening theorist), dies at 78  

1968  Erwin Panofsky, German/US art historian/iconologist, dies on March - 14.  

1969  On March - 14 ben Shahn, US painter, dies at 70  

1973  Murat B "Chic" Young, US comic strip artist (Blondie), dies at 72 on March - 14.  

1975  On this day in history susan Hayward, actress (Young & Willing), dies at 56  

1976  Alberta Franklin, silent screen actress, dies at 79 on March - 14.  

1977  On this day in history death of fannie Lou Hamer, American civil rights activist (b. 1917)  

1980  On March - 14 death of mohammad Hatta, Indonesian politician (b. 1902)  

1981  Ken Barrington, cricketer (82 Tests for England, 6806 runs), dies on this day in history.  

1982  Kirill Vladimirovich Molchanov, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1983  Maurice Ronet, actor (Circle of Love, Frantic, Sphinx), dies at 55 on this day in history.  

1984  Aurelio Peccei, Italian businessman/CEO (Club Rome), dies at 75 on March - 14.  

1986  On March - 14 benno Ammann, composer, dies at 81  

1989  On March - 14 edward Abbey (environmental author), dies after surgery at 62  

1991  Howard Ashman, song writer (Under the Sea), dies of AIDs at 40 on March - 14.  

1992  C V Wood Jr, theme park developer (Disneyland), dies of cancer at 71 on this day in history.  

1994  On March - 14 death of abdelkader Alloula, Algerian playwright, murdered  

1995  On March - 14 gerard Thomas Victory, composer, dies at 73  

1996  On March - 14 dewi Lorwerth Ellis Bebb, rugby international/journalist, dies at 57  

1997  On this day in history fred Zinnemann (director), dies of heart attack at 89  

1999  Death of Kirk Alyn, American actor (b. 1910) on this day in history.  

2002  Death of Cherry Wilder, New Zealand-born author (b. 1930) on March - 14.  

2003  On this day in history death of jack Goldstein, Canadian-born artist (b. 1945)  

2006  On this day in history death of ann Calvello, Roller Derby Queen (b. 1929)  

2007  On March - 14 death of lucie Aubrac, French history teacher and member of the French Resistance (b. 1912)  

2008  Death of Chiara Lubich, Italian Catholic activist and leader and foundress of the Focolare (b. 1920) on March - 14.  

2009  Death of Alain Bashung, French singer, songwriter, comedian and actor. (b. 1947) on March - 14.  

2018  Death of Alfred W. Crosby, American ecological historian on March - 14.  

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1623  On this day in history birth of adam-Nicolas Gascon, composer  

1638  Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic (d. 1710) was born on March - 14.  

1681  On this day in history birth of georg Philipp Telemann, Magdeburg Germany, late baroque composer  

1692  Peter Musschenbroek, Dutch physician/physicist (Leyden jar) was born on this day in history.  

1726  Josef Antonin Stepan, composer was born on March - 14.  

1727  Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer was born on this day in history.  

1755  On this day in history birth of pierre-Louis Couperin, composer  

1782  On this day in history birth of thomas Hart Benton, (rep), "Old Bullion"