Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 26

1888  On this day in history death of barghash bin Said, second Sultan of Zanzibar (b. 1837)   

1892  Anton Wallerstein, composer, dies at 78 on March - 26.   

1896  Nanny v Hof, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1900  Isaac Mayer Wise, rabbi/found Amer Hebrew Congregations, dies at 80 on March - 26.   

1902  On March - 26 cecil Rhodes, Prime Minister of Cape Colony (1890-96) dies at 48   

1905  Death of Maurice Barrymore, actor; patriarch of the Barrymore family (b. 1849) on this day in history.   

1909  On March - 26 nikolai Arkas, composer, dies at 56   

1910  Death of Auguste Charlois, French astronomer (b. 1864) on March - 26.   

1918  Caesar A Cui, Lithuanian fort builder/composer, dies at 83 on March - 26.   

1920  Death of William Chester Minor, American surgeon and contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary (b. 1834) on this day in history.   

1923  On this day in history sarah Bernhardt, [Henriette], actress (Qn Elizabeth), dies at 77   

1924  On this day in history augusto de Oliviera Machado, composer, dies at 78   

1926  On March - 26 georges Vezina, NHL Hall of Fame goalie (Canadiens), dies   

1929  On this day in history death of katharine Lee Bates, American poet (b. 1859)   

1932  On March - 26 jean Cartan, composer, dies at 25   

1933  On March - 26 death of eddie Lang, American musician (b. 1902)   

1934  On March - 26 grete Gulbransson, writer, dies at 51   

1937  On March - 26 death of albert Relf, cricketer (13 Tests for England 1903-14), commits suicide   

1940  On March - 26 death of spiridon Louis, Greek runner, winner of the first modern Olympics marathon (b. 1873)   

1942  On March - 26 death of jimmy Burke, American baseball player (b. 1874)   

1945  David Lloyd George, British (L) premier (1916-22), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1948  Helen Ernst, German poster artist/resistance fighter, dies at about 43 on March - 26.   

1951  On this day in history death of james F. Hinkle, American politician, sixth Governor of New Mexico (d. 1864)   

1953  Albert Spalding, composer, dies at 64 on March - 26.   

1956  Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1957  Death of Édouard Herriot, French politician (b. 1872) on March - 26.   

1958  On this day in history phil Mead, cricketer (55061 1st-class runs 1905-36), dies   

1959  On this day in history raymond T Chandler, US detective writer (Long Goodbye), dies at 71   

1960  Ian Keith, actor (Identity Unknown, Queen Christina), dies at 61 on March - 26.   

1962  Marjorie Colton, inventor of wax paper, dies at 64 on March - 26.   

1969  B[runo] Traven, writer (Sierra Madre), dies at 87 on March - 26.   

1973  On March - 26 george Sisler, hall of famer 1st baseman (257 hits-1920), dies at 80   

1975  On this day in history death of faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, king of Saudi-Arabia (1964-75), murdered at 68   

1976  On this day in history richard Arlen, actor (Apache Uprising, Wings), dies at 75   

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1479  On March - 26 birth of vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III   

1516  On March - 26 birth of conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565)   

1554  On this day in history birth of charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611)   

1577  On March - 26 birth of elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon   

1659  William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher was born on March - 26.   

1671  On March - 26 birth of giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer   

1684  On March - 26 birth of johann Graf, composer   

1698  On March - 26 birth of václav Prokop DiviÅ¡, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765)