Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 04

1876  Alfred Holmes, composer, dies at 38 on March - 04.   

1877  On this day in history hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch governor (St Maarten), dies at 42   

1883  Alexander H Stephens, VP Confederate States, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1888  On March - 04 amos Bronson Alcott, US theory/poet (Table Talk), dies at 88   

1903  On this day in history joseph H Shorthouse, English writer (John Inglesant), dies at 68   

1906  Death of John McAllister Schofield, former U.S. Secretary of War and Commanding General of the U.S. Army (b. 1831) on March - 04.   

1910  On this day in history death of knut Ã…ngström, Swedish physicist (b. 1857)   

1915  On this day in history death of william Willett, inventor of Daylight Saving Time (b. 1856)   

1916  On March - 04 death of franz Marc, German painter/co-founder (Blaue Reiter), killed at 36   

1918  Eugene D'Harcourt, composer, dies at 58 on March - 04.   

1922  Bert Williams, famous black, dies at 46, in NYC on this day in history.   

1925  On this day in history moritz Moszkowski, Polish/German composer, dies at 70   

1927  On this day in history death of ira Remsen American chemist (b. 1846)   

1933  Willie Walker, US jazz singer/guitarist (Dupree Blues), dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1936  On this day in history ruben Mattias Liljefors, composer, dies at 64   

1938  Death of George Foster Peabody, American politician (b. 1852) on this day in history.   

1940  Death of Hamlin Garland, American novelist (b. 1860) on this day in history.   

1941  Edoardo Mascheroni, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1942  Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer, dies at 62 on March - 04.   

1943  Nikolaos "Sokrates" Politis, Greek foreign minister, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history death of louis Capone, New York organized crime figure (b. 1896) (executed)   

1945  Death of Lucille La Verne, American actress (b. 1872) on this day in history.   

1946  On this day in history death of bror von Blixen-Finecke, Danish big-game hunter (b. 1886)   

1948  On this day in history antonin Artaud, French poet/actor (Napoleon), dies at 51   

1950  On this day in history death of adam Rainer, the only man in recorded human history ever to have been both a dwarf and a giant (b. 1899)   

1952  Death of Charles Scott Sherrington, English scientist, Nobel laureate (b. 1857) on this day in history.   

1953  On March - 04 sergei S Prokoviev, Russian composer (Peter & the wolf), dies at 61   

1954  Georg Gohler, composer, dies at 79 on March - 04.   

1958  Albert Kuyle, [Lou Kuitenbrouwer], writer (Jesus' Carpet), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1959  On March - 04 death of maxey Long, American athlete (b. 1878)   

1960  Leonard Warren, US baritone, dies on stage at 48 on this day in history.   

1962  On March - 04 cairine R Wilson, 1st Canadian female senator (appointed), dies at 77   

1963  William Carlos Williams, US physician/poet, dies at 79 on March - 04.   

1966  Janis Medins, composer, dies at 75 on March - 04.   

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1188  On this day in history birth of blanche of Castile, wife of Louis VIII of France (d. 1252)   

1394  Henry the Navigator, Prince/sponsors Portuguese voyages of discovery was born on this day in history.   

1492  On this day in history birth of francesco de Layolle, composer   

1610  On this day in history birth of william Dobson, English portraitist and painter (d. 1646)   

1651  On March - 04 birth of john Baron Somers, (Whig), William III's chief minister (1696-1700)   

1665  Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Swedish soldier (d. 1694) was born on March - 04.   

1678  On March - 04 birth of antonio Vivaldi, Venice, Baroque violin virtuoso/composer (4 Seasons)   

1702  On March - 04 birth of jack Sheppard, English burglar and escapee (d. 1724)