Famous Deaths In March - 28

1889  On March - 28 death of matilde "Tillie" Ziegler, killed by husband William Kemmler   

1891  Dick Pilling, cricketer ("Prince of Wicketkeepers", Eng 1881-88), dies on this day in history.   

1896  E Rundle Charles, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1907  Pavel Ivanovich Blaramberg, composer, dies at 65 on March - 28.   

1908  On this day in history john Eliot, English meteorology, dies at 68   

1910  On March - 28 edouard [Judas] Colonne, French violinist/conductor, dies   

1914  Hanus Trnecek, composer, dies at 55 on March - 28.   

1927  On this day in history karl Prohaska, composer, dies at 57   

1928  On this day in history giuseppe Ferrata, composer, dies at 63   

1929  On this day in history death of lomer Gouin, Quebec politician (b. 1861)   

1939  Death of Francis Matthew John Baker, Australian politician (b. 1903) on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history death of virginia [Adeline] Woolf-Stephen, author (To Lighthouse), suicide 59   

1942  On this day in history herman A van Karnebeek, Dutch foreign minister (1918-27), dies at 67   

1943  Sergei Vasilievitch Rachmaninov, Russian composer/pianist, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1944  On March - 28 death of chayyim Most, Rabbi/Maggid of Kovono, killed by nazis   

1946  Death of Chick Fullis, baseball player (b. 1904) on March - 28.   

1947  Rudolph Hermann Simonsen, composer, dies at 57 on March - 28.   

1949  On March - 28 grigoras Dinicu, composer, dies at 59   

1950  On March - 28 georgine M "May" Basting, actress (Occupier), dies at 67   

1953  On this day in history james Francis Thorpe, decathelete (Olympic-gold-12), dies at 64   

1954  Francis B Young, Brit physician/writer (In South Africa), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1956  Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, vocalist, dies of a heart attack on March - 28.   

1958  Chuck Klein, Phila Phillie HR hitter, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1959  On March - 28 james Neblett, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1935), dies   

1960  Ian Keith, US actor (Ramses I-10 Commandments), dies at 61 on March - 28.   

1962  Death of Hugo Wast, Argentine writer (b. 1883) on this day in history.   

1963  On March - 28 alec A Templeton, composer/pianist (Alec Templeton Time), dies at 52   

1965  On this day in history vAA Mary, English princess, dies at 67   

1969  On March - 28 dwight D Eisenhower, 34th pres/gen (WW 2), dies in Washington at 78   

1971  Felix Wolfes, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history hakuun Yasutani, Zen teacher/co-founder (Sanbo Kyodan), dies   

1974  Dorothy Fields, US singer (Way you Look Tonight), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1975  Renzo Massarani, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1976  Death of Arthur Crudup, American blues singer and guitarist (b. 1905) on March - 28.   

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1468  Charles I, Duke of Savoy was born on this day in history.   

1472  On this day in history birth of fra Bartolomeo, monk, Florentine Renaissance painter   

1472  On this day in history birth of fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (d. 1517)   

1483  Raphael, Urbino Italy, painter (School of Athens) was born on March - 28.   

1515  Theresa of Avila/Teresa de Jesus, Spanish mystic writer/saint was born on this day in history.   

1522  On March - 28 birth of albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (d. 1557)   

1569  Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1622) was born on this day in history.   

1592  On March - 28 birth of jan Amos Komensky, [Comenius] Moravian educational reB03281603 Stephan Otto, composer