Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 26

1888  On this day in history death of barghash bin Said, second Sultan of Zanzibar (b. 1837)   

1892  On March - 26 anton Wallerstein, composer, dies at 78   

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

1900  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1905  On March - 26 death of maurice Barrymore, actor; patriarch of the Barrymore family (b. 1849)   

1909  Nikolai Arkas, composer, dies at 56 on March - 26.   

1910  Death of Auguste Charlois, French astronomer (b. 1864) on March - 26.   

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

1920  Death of William Chester Minor, American surgeon and contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary (b. 1834) on March - 26.   

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  Georges Vezina, NHL Hall of Fame goalie (Canadiens), dies on this day in history.   

1929  Death of Katharine Lee Bates, American poet (b. 1859) on this day in history.   

1932  Jean Cartan, composer, dies at 25 on this day in history.   

1933  On March - 26 death of eddie Lang, American musician (b. 1902)   

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  Death of Spiridon Louis, Greek runner, winner of the first modern Olympics marathon (b. 1873) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1951  On this day in history death of james F. Hinkle, American politician, sixth Governor of New Mexico (d. 1864)   

1953  On this day in history albert Spalding, composer, dies at 64   

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

1957  Death of Édouard Herriot, French politician (b. 1872) on March - 26.   

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

1959  On March - 26 raymond T Chandler, US detective writer (Long Goodbye), dies at 71   

1960  Ian Keith, actor (Identity Unknown, Queen Christina), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history 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  On March - 26 death of faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, king of Saudi-Arabia (1964-75), murdered at 68   

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

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1479  Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III was born on this day in history.   

1516  Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565) was born on this day in history.   

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

1577  Elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon was born on this day in history.   

1659  William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher was born on this day in history.   

1671  On this day in history birth of giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer   

1684  Johann Graf, composer was born on this day in history.   

1698  Václav Prokop DiviÅ¡, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765) was born on March - 26.