Famous Deaths In March - 27

1894  Verney L Cameron, English explorer (Tanganyika), dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1897  On this day in history death of andreas Anagnostakis, Greek physician (b. 1826)   

1898  Sajjid Ahmad Chan, co founder (Pakistan), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1900  On March - 27 pieter J Joubert [Smart Piet], South African general, dies at 69   

1910  On this day in history alexander E Agassiz, US businessman/biologist/geologist, dies at 74   

1920  On March - 27 johan G Danser, Dutch poet (Meetings), dies at 26   

1922  On this day in history nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov, composer, dies at 63   

1923  On March - 27 death of sir James Dewar, Scottish chemist (b. 1842)   

1924  Walter Parratt, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1925  Carl G Neumann, German mathematician/physicist, dies at 92 on this day in history.   

1927  Death of Joe Start, American baseball player (b. 1842) on this day in history.   

1928  Leslie Stuart, composer, dies at 64 on March - 27.   

1929  Samuil Shatunovsky, Ukrainian mathematician, dies at 70 on March - 27.   

1931  Arnold Bennett, novelist, dies on March - 27.   

1933  On March - 27 lionel Palairet, cricketer (49 runs in 2 Tests for England 1902), dies   

1934  On March - 27 death of francis William Reitz, 5th State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1844)   

1938  Louis William Stern, German/US philosopher/psychologist, dies at 66 on March - 27.   

1939  On March - 27 constance Lindsay Skinner, author (Rivers of America), dies at 57   

1940  Death of Michael Joseph Savage, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1872) on this day in history.   

1943  Death of Grigori Yakovlevich Bakhchivangi, test pilot (BI-1), killed in crash on this day in history.   

1945  Jorgen Nielsen, Danish writer (romance), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1947  Charles Smith, cricketer (batted for S Afr in 1902-03), dies on March - 27.   

1948  Karel Candael, Flemish composer, dies at 64 on March - 27.   

1953  Narciso Garay, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history frans Beelaerts van Blokland, minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84   

1959  Death of Grant Withers, actor (Okla Annie), suicide with sleeping pills at 54 on March - 27.   

1960  On March - 27 ian Whyte, composer, dies at 58   

1961  On March - 27 jack Kane, orch leader (Steve & Eydie, Andy Williams Show), dies at 37   

1966  Mien Labberton, Dutch poet, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history gerardus H de Vet, the Bold, bishop of Breda (1962-67), dies at 49   

1968  On March - 27 death of yuri Gagarin, 1st man to orbit Earth, & Seryogin, in plane crash at 34   

1972  On March - 27 maurits C Escher, Dutch lithograph carver (Praedestinatie), dies at 73   

1973  On this day in history boyan Georgiev Ikonomov, composer, dies at 72   

1975  Arthur Bliss, English composer/conductor (Checkmate), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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0972  On this day in history birth of king Robert II of France (d. 1031)   

1416  Antonio Squarcialupi, composer was born on March - 27.   

1554  On this day in history birth of everhardus van Bronchorst, Dutch lawyer   

1627  Stephen Fox, English politician (d. 1716) was born on this day in history.   

1665  Benjamin Neukirch, German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau) was born on this day in history.   

1676  On this day in history birth of francis II Rákóczi, leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburg (d. 1735)   

1696  On this day in history birth of antoine Court, French Huguenot minister (d. 1760)   

1702  On this day in history birth of johann Ernst Eberlin, composer