Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 04

1876  On this day in history alfred Holmes, composer, dies at 38   

1877  Hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch governor (St Maarten), dies at 42 on March - 04.   

1883  On March - 04 alexander H Stephens, VP Confederate States, dies at 71   

1888  On this day in history amos Bronson Alcott, US theory/poet (Table Talk), dies at 88   

1903  On March - 04 joseph H Shorthouse, English writer (John Inglesant), dies at 68   

1906  On this day in history death of john McAllister Schofield, former U.S. Secretary of War and Commanding General of the U.S. Army (b. 1831)   

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

1915  Death of William Willett, inventor of Daylight Saving Time (b. 1856) on March - 04.   

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

1918  On March - 04 eugene D'Harcourt, composer, dies at 58   

1922  On March - 04 bert Williams, famous black, dies at 46, in NYC   

1925  On March - 04 moritz Moszkowski, Polish/German composer, dies at 70   

1927  On March - 04 death of ira Remsen American chemist (b. 1846)   

1933  On March - 04 willie Walker, US jazz singer/guitarist (Dupree Blues), dies at 36   

1936  On March - 04 ruben Mattias Liljefors, composer, dies at 64   

1938  Death of George Foster Peabody, American politician (b. 1852) on March - 04.   

1940  On March - 04 death of hamlin Garland, American novelist (b. 1860)   

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

1942  On March - 04 yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer, dies at 62   

1943  On March - 04 nikolaos "Sokrates" Politis, Greek foreign minister, dies at 71   

1944  Death of Louis Capone, New York organized crime figure (b. 1896) (executed) on March - 04.   

1945  On March - 04 death of lucille La Verne, American actress (b. 1872)   

1946  Death of Bror von Blixen-Finecke, Danish big-game hunter (b. 1886) on March - 04.   

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

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

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

1953  Sergei S Prokoviev, Russian composer (Peter & the wolf), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1966  Janis Medins, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

1394  On March - 04 birth of henry the Navigator, Prince/sponsors Portuguese voyages of discovery   

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  John Baron Somers, (Whig), William III's chief minister (1696-1700) was born on March - 04.   

1665  Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Swedish soldier (d. 1694) was born on this day in history.   

1678  Antonio Vivaldi, Venice, Baroque violin virtuoso/composer (4 Seasons) was born on March - 04.   

1702  On this day in history birth of jack Sheppard, English burglar and escapee (d. 1724)