Famous Deaths In March - 14

1944  Pavel Grigor'yevich, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1949  On March - 14 death of john Callan O'Laughlin, American political and military figure and journalist (b. 1873)  

1953  Klement Gottwald, premier/president of Czechoslovakia, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

1954  Ludomir Michal Rogowski, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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

1958  On this day in history eugeen Van de Velde, Flemish musicologist/critic/composer, dies at 64  

1961  Akiba Rubinstein, Polish chess player (opening theorist), dies at 78 on March - 14.  

1968  On March - 14 erwin Panofsky, German/US art historian/iconologist, dies  

1969  Ben Shahn, US painter, dies at 70 on March - 14.  

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

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1975  Susan Hayward, actress (Young & Willing), dies at 56 on this day in history.  

1976  On this day in history alberta Franklin, silent screen actress, dies at 79  

1977  Death of Fannie Lou Hamer, American civil rights activist (b. 1917) on March - 14.  

1980  Death of Mohammad Hatta, Indonesian politician (b. 1902) on March - 14.  

1981  Ken Barrington, cricketer (82 Tests for England, 6806 runs), dies on March - 14.  

1982  Kirill Vladimirovich Molchanov, composer, dies at 59 on March - 14.  

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

1984  On March - 14 aurelio Peccei, Italian businessman/CEO (Club Rome), dies at 75  

1986  Benno Ammann, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1989  On this day in history edward Abbey (environmental author), dies after surgery at 62  

1991  On this day in history howard Ashman, song writer (Under the Sea), dies of AIDs at 40  

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

1994  On this day in history death of abdelkader Alloula, Algerian playwright, murdered  

1995  Gerard Thomas Victory, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history death of kirk Alyn, American actor (b. 1910)  

2002  On this day in history death of cherry Wilder, New Zealand-born author (b. 1930)  

2003  Death of Jack Goldstein, Canadian-born artist (b. 1945) on March - 14.  

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 this day in history.  

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1623  On March - 14 birth of adam-Nicolas Gascon, composer  

1638  Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic (d. 1710) was born on this day in history.  

1681  On March - 14 birth of georg Philipp Telemann, Magdeburg Germany, late baroque composer  

1692  Peter Musschenbroek, Dutch physician/physicist (Leyden jar) was born on March - 14.  

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

1727  On this day in history birth of johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer  

1755  Pierre-Louis Couperin, composer was born on this day in history.  

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