Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 03

1935  On March - 03 neville Knox, cricketer (bowled in 2 Tests for England 1907), dies   

1938  Arthur Koestler, writer, dies at 32 on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history 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  On this day in history george Thomson, cricketer (all-rounder-6 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies   

1945  On this day in history arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish Internal minister (1940), dies at 61   

1948  Antonin Artaud, writer, dies at 51 on March - 03.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1960  On March - 03 sammy White, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), dies at 65   

1961  Death of Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-born pianist (b. 1887) on March - 03.   

1965  On this day in history carlo Gatti, composer, dies at 88   

1966  On this day in history alice Pearce, comedienne (Gladys Kravitz-Bewitched), dies at 52   

1967  On March - 03 georges Lonque, composer, dies at 66   

1974  On this day in history barbara Ruick, actress (Carousel, Fearless Fagan), dies at 43   

1976  On this day in history alfred Sendrey, composer, dies at 92   

1977  On March - 03 percy Marmont, actor (Secret Agent, Lisbon), dies at 93   

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

1983  On March - 03 arthur Koestler, Hung/Brit writer (Dialogue With Death), dies at 77   

1985  Sarah Blanding, 1st US fem college head (Vassar 1946-64), dies at 86 on March - 03.   

1987  On this day in history danny Kaye, comedian (Danny Kaye Show), dies at 74   

1988  Lois Wilson, actress (Crash, Deluge, Bright Eyes), dies on this day in history.   

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

1991  On March - 03 arthur Murray, dance instructor, dies at 95 of pneumonia   

1992  On March - 03 robert Beatty, actor (Odd Man Out), dies at 82   

1993  Albert Sabin, physician (oral polio vaccine), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1994  Anita Morris, actress (Nine), dies of cancer at 50 on March - 03.   

1995  On this day in history gilbert Gadoffre, French scholar, dies at 84   

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

1997  Stanislav Shatalin, Russian economist (500 Days), dies on March - 03.   

1998  On March - 03 death of fred Friendly, American broadcast executive (b. 1915)   

1999  Death of Gerhard Herzberg, German-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904) on this day in history.   

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

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1455  On March - 03 birth of king John II of Portugal (d. 1495)   

1500  On this day in history birth of reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic"   

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  Gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist was born on March - 03.   

1606  On this day in history birth of edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust)   

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

1678  On March - 03 birth of madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747)