Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 03

1935  Neville Knox, cricketer (bowled in 2 Tests for England 1907), dies on March - 03.   

1938  On this day in history arthur Koestler, writer, dies at 32   

1941  On March - 03 constant W L Scheurleer, archaeologist/banker/art expert, dies at 59   

1942  On March - 03 amedeo, Duke of Aosta, viceroy (Ethiopia), dies at 43   

1943  George Thomson, cricketer (all-rounder-6 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies on this day in history.   

1945  On March - 03 arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish Internal minister (1940), dies at 61   

1948  On this day in history antonin Artaud, writer, dies at 51   

1953  Death of James J. Jeffries, American heavyweight boxer (b. 1875) on March - 03.   

1956  Willem H Keesom, Dutch physicist (Helium I/II), dies at 79 on March - 03.   

1959  On this day in history lou Costello, comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52   

1960  Sammy White, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), dies at 65 on March - 03.   

1961  On March - 03 death of paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-born pianist (b. 1887)   

1965  Carlo Gatti, composer, dies at 88 on March - 03.   

1966  Alice Pearce, comedienne (Gladys Kravitz-Bewitched), dies at 52 on March - 03.   

1967  Georges Lonque, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1974  Barbara Ruick, actress (Carousel, Fearless Fagan), dies at 43 on this day in history.   

1976  Alfred Sendrey, composer, dies at 92 on this day in history.   

1977  Percy Marmont, actor (Secret Agent, Lisbon), dies at 93 on March - 03.   

1982  Georges Perec, French writer, dies at 45 on March - 03.   

1983  On this day in history arthur Koestler, Hung/Brit writer (Dialogue With Death), dies at 77   

1985  On this day in history sarah Blanding, 1st US fem college head (Vassar 1946-64), dies at 86   

1987  Danny Kaye, comedian (Danny Kaye Show), dies at 74 on March - 03.   

1988  On March - 03 lois Wilson, actress (Crash, Deluge, Bright Eyes), dies   

1990  Frans Goedhart, Dutch journalist/founder (Parool), dies at 86 on March - 03.   

1991  On this day in history arthur Murray, dance instructor, dies at 95 of pneumonia   

1992  On this day in history robert Beatty, actor (Odd Man Out), dies at 82   

1993  On March - 03 albert Sabin, physician (oral polio vaccine), dies at 86   

1994  On March - 03 anita Morris, actress (Nine), dies of cancer at 50   

1995  Gilbert Gadoffre, French scholar, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1996  David Bowman, trade unionist, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1997  On March - 03 stanislav Shatalin, Russian economist (500 Days), dies   

1998  Death of Fred Friendly, American broadcast executive (b. 1915) on March - 03.   

1999  On March - 03 death of gerhard Herzberg, German-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)   

2000  Death of Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and alpinist (b. 1904) on this day in history.   

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1455  On this day in history birth of king John II of Portugal (d. 1495)   

1500  Reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic" was born on March - 03.   

1520  On March - 03 birth of matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575)   

1583  Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher was born on March - 03.   

1589  On this day in history birth of gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist   

1606  On March - 03 birth of edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust)   

1652  On March - 03 birth of thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved)   

1678  Madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747) was born on this day in history.