March 1st
168 Notable deaths
Mustafa Barzani
Kurdish nationalist.
Born March 14th, 1903 in Barzan. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1979 at 75 years old in Washington, D.C. (lung cancer).
Giacomo Balla
Italian artist (1871-1958).
Born July 18th, 1871 in Turin. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1958 at 86 years old in Rome. [ref]
Harry Browne
American writer and politician.
Born June 17th, 1933 in New York City.
Died March 1st, 2006 at 72 years old in Franklin (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). [ref]
Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
Dutch physical and organic chemist (1852-1911).
Born August 30th, 1852 in Rotterdam. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1911 at 58 years old in Berlin (tuberculosis). [ref]
Vladimir Ilyushin
Soviet and russian test pilot.
Born March 31st, 1927 in Moscow.
Died March 1st, 2010 at 82 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Zhores Alferov
Soviet and russian physicist and academic (1930-2019).
Born March 15th, 1930 in Vitebsk.
Died March 1st, 2019 at 88 years old in Saint Petersburg (malignant hypertension). [ref]
Alexandre Yersin
Swiss and french physician and bacteriologist.
Born September 22nd, 1863 in Aubonne. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1943 at 79 years old in Nha Trang. [ref]
Bobby Timmons
American pianist (1935-1974).
Born December 19th, 1935 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1974 at 38 years old in New York City (liver cirrhosis). [ref]
Zlatko Kranjčar
Croatian football player and manager.
Born November 15th, 1956 in Zagreb.
Died March 1st, 2021 at 64 years old in Zagreb. [ref]
Pauline Musters
Shortest woman ever.
Born February 26th, 1876 in Ossendrecht.
Died March 1st, 1895 at 19 years old in New York City (meningitis).
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Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time… It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other. Leo Buscaglia