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  On March - 26 anton Wallerstein, composer, dies at 78   

1896  On this day in history nanny v Hof, writer, dies   

1900  Isaac Mayer Wise, rabbi/found Amer Hebrew Congregations, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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

1905  On March - 26 death of maurice Barrymore, actor; patriarch of the Barrymore family (b. 1849)   

1909  On this day in history nikolai Arkas, composer, dies at 56   

1910  On this day in history death of auguste Charlois, French astronomer (b. 1864)   

1918  On this day in history caesar A Cui, Lithuanian fort builder/composer, dies at 83   

1920  On March - 26 death of william Chester Minor, American surgeon and contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary (b. 1834)   

1923  Sarah Bernhardt, [Henriette], actress (Qn Elizabeth), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1924  On March - 26 augusto de Oliviera Machado, composer, dies at 78   

1926  On this day in history 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 this day in history jean Cartan, composer, dies at 25   

1933  Death of Eddie Lang, American musician (b. 1902) on this day in history.   

1934  On this day in history grete Gulbransson, writer, dies at 51   

1937  On this day in history death of albert Relf, cricketer (13 Tests for England 1903-14), commits suicide   

1940  Death of Spiridon Louis, Greek runner, winner of the first modern Olympics marathon (b. 1873) on March - 26.   

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  On this day in history albert Spalding, composer, dies at 64   

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

1957  On this day in history death of Édouard Herriot, French politician (b. 1872)   

1958  On March - 26 phil Mead, cricketer (55061 1st-class runs 1905-36), dies   

1959  Raymond T Chandler, US detective writer (Long Goodbye), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

1962  On this day in history marjorie Colton, inventor of wax paper, dies at 64   

1969  On March - 26 b[runo] Traven, writer (Sierra Madre), dies at 87   

1973  On this day in history 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  Richard Arlen, actor (Apache Uprising, Wings), dies at 75 on March - 26.   

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1479  Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III was born on March - 26.   

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 this day in history birth of elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon   

1659  William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher was born on this day in history.   

1671  On this day in history birth of giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer   

1684  On this day in history birth of johann Graf, composer   

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