Famous Deaths In March - 26

1888  Death of Barghash bin Said, second Sultan of Zanzibar (b. 1837) on March - 26.   

1892  Anton Wallerstein, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1896  Nanny v Hof, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1900  On March - 26 isaac Mayer Wise, rabbi/found Amer Hebrew Congregations, dies at 80   

1902  Cecil Rhodes, Prime Minister of Cape Colony (1890-96) dies at 48 on March - 26.   

1905  Death of Maurice Barrymore, actor; patriarch of the Barrymore family (b. 1849) on March - 26.   

1909  On this day in history nikolai Arkas, composer, dies at 56   

1910  On March - 26 death of auguste Charlois, French astronomer (b. 1864)   

1918  Caesar A Cui, Lithuanian fort builder/composer, dies at 83 on March - 26.   

1920  On this day in history death of william Chester Minor, American surgeon and contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary (b. 1834)   

1923  Sarah Bernhardt, [Henriette], actress (Qn Elizabeth), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1924  Augusto de Oliviera Machado, composer, dies at 78 on March - 26.   

1926  On this day in history georges Vezina, NHL Hall of Fame goalie (Canadiens), dies   

1929  On March - 26 death of katharine Lee Bates, American poet (b. 1859)   

1932  On March - 26 jean Cartan, composer, dies at 25   

1933  Death of Eddie Lang, American musician (b. 1902) on March - 26.   

1934  Grete Gulbransson, writer, dies at 51 on March - 26.   

1937  Death of Albert Relf, cricketer (13 Tests for England 1903-14), commits suicide on this day in history.   

1940  On March - 26 death of spiridon Louis, Greek runner, winner of the first modern Olympics marathon (b. 1873)   

1942  Death of Jimmy Burke, American baseball player (b. 1874) on March - 26.   

1945  David Lloyd George, British (L) premier (1916-22), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1948  Helen Ernst, German poster artist/resistance fighter, dies at about 43 on March - 26.   

1951  Death of James F. Hinkle, American politician, sixth Governor of New Mexico (d. 1864) on March - 26.   

1953  On March - 26 albert Spalding, composer, dies at 64   

1956  On March - 26 thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann, composer, dies at 70   

1957  On March - 26 death of Édouard Herriot, French politician (b. 1872)   

1958  On this day in history phil Mead, cricketer (55061 1st-class runs 1905-36), dies   

1959  Raymond T Chandler, US detective writer (Long Goodbye), dies at 71 on March - 26.   

1960  Ian Keith, actor (Identity Unknown, Queen Christina), dies at 61 on March - 26.   

1962  On March - 26 marjorie Colton, inventor of wax paper, dies at 64   

1969  On this day in history b[runo] Traven, writer (Sierra Madre), dies at 87   

1973  On this day in history george Sisler, hall of famer 1st baseman (257 hits-1920), dies at 80   

1975  Death of Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, king of Saudi-Arabia (1964-75), murdered at 68 on March - 26.   

1976  Richard Arlen, actor (Apache Uprising, Wings), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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1479  On this day in history birth of vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III   

1516  Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565) was born on March - 26.   

1554  Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611) was born on March - 26.   

1577  On this day in history birth of elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon   

1659  On this day in history birth of william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher   

1671  Giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer was born on this day in history.   

1684  On this day in history birth of johann Graf, composer   

1698  Václav Prokop DiviÅ¡, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765) was born on this day in history.