22 March Deaths

Published : 22 Mar 2018, 11:33

Jagoroniya Desk

March 22 is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 284 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Friday or Saturday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Wednesday (56).

Deaths

880 – Carloman of Bavaria, Frankish king
1144 – William of Norwich, child murder victim
1322 – Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, English politician, Lord High Steward of England (b. 1278)
1418 – Dietrich of Nieheim, German bishop and historian (b. 1345)
1421 – Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, English soldier and politician, Lord High Steward of England (b. 1388)
1454 – John Kemp, Archbishop of Canterbury
1471 – George of Poděbrady (b. 1420)
1544 – Johannes Magnus, Swedish archbishop and theologian (b. 1488)
1602 – Agostino Carracci, Italian painter and educator (b. 1557)
1685 – Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (b. 1638)
1687 – Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian-French composer and conductor (b. 1632)
1758 – Jonathan Edwards, English minister, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1703)
1772 – John Canton, English physicist and academic (b. 1718)
1820 – Stephen Decatur, American commander (b. 1779)
1832 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German novelist, poet, playwright, and diplomat (b. 1749)
1840 – Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician and academic (b. 1798)
1881 – Samuel Courtauld, English businessman (b. 1793)
1896 – Thomas Hughes, English lawyer and politician (b. 1822)
1913 – Song Jiaoren, Chinese educator and politician (b. 1882)
1913 – Ruggero Oddi, Italian physiologist and anatomist (b.1864)
1924 – William Macewen, Scottish surgeon and neuroscientist (b. 1848)
1931 – James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1851)
1942 – Frederick Cuming, English cricketer (b. 1875)
1942 – William Donne, English captain and cricketer (b. 1875)
1945 – John Hessin Clarke, American lawyer and judge (b. 1857)
1955 – Ivan Šubašić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1892)
1958 – Mike Todd, American film producer (b. 1909)
1960 – José Antonio Aguirre, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country (b. 1904)
1966 – John Harlin, American mountaineer and pilot (b. 1935)
1971 – Johannes Villemson, Estonian-American runner (b. 1893)
1971 – Nella Walker, American actress and vaudevillian (b. 1886)
1974 – Peter Revson, American race car driver (b. 1939)
1974 – Orazio Satta Puliga, Italian automobile designer (b. 1910)
1976 – John Dwyer McLaughlin, American painter (b. 1898)
1977 – A. K. Gopalan, Indian educator and politician (b. 1904)
1978 – Karl Wallenda, German-American acrobat and tightrope walker, founded The Flying Wallendas (b. 1905)
1979 – Ben Lyon, American actor and studio executive (b. 1901)
1981 – James Elliott, American runner and coach (b. 1915)
1981 – Gil Puyat, Filipino businessman and politician, 13th President of the Senate of the Philippines (b. 1907)
1986 – Olive Deering, American actress (b. 1918)
1986 – Mark Dinning, American singer (b. 1933)
1987 – Odysseas Angelis, Greek general and politician (b. 1912)
1989 – Peta Taylor, English cricketer (b. 1912)
1990 – Gerald Bull, Canadian engineer and academic (b. 1928)
1991 – Léon Balcer, Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th Solicitor General of Canada (b. 1917)
1991 – Paul Engle, American novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1908)
1991 – Dave Guard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934)
1991 – Gloria Holden, English-American actress (b. 1908)
1993 – Steve Olin, American baseball player (b. 1965)
1994 – Dan Hartman, American singer-songwriter, and producer (b. 1950)
1994 – Walter Lantz, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1900)
1996 – Don Murray, American drummer (b. 1945)
1996 – Robert F. Overmyer, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1936)
1996 – Billy Williamson, American guitarist (b. 1925)
1999 – Max Beloff, Baron Beloff, English historian and academic (b. 1913)
1999 – David Strickland, American actor (b. 1969)
2000 – Carlo Parola, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1921)
2001 – Stepas Butautas, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (b. 1925)
2001 – Sabiha Gökçen, Turkish soldier and pilot (b. 1913)
2001 – William Hanna, American animator, director, producer, and voice actor, co-founded Hanna-Barbera (b. 1910)
2001 – Robert Fletcher Shaw, Canadian businessman, academic, and civil servant (b. 1910)
2002 – Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss violinist and conductor (b. 1917)
2003 – Terry Lloyd, English journalist (b. 1952)
2004 – Janet Akyüz Mattei, Turkish-American astronomer and academic (b. 1943)
2004 – Ahmed Yassin, Palestinian leader, co-founded Hamas (b. 1937)
2005 – Rod Price, English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1947)
2005 – Kenzō Tange, Japanese architect, designed the Yoyogi National Gymnasium and Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum (b. 1913)
2006 – Pierre Clostermann, French soldier, pilot, and politician (b. 1921)
2006 – Pío Leyva, Cuban singer and author (b. 1917)
2006 – Kurt von Trojan, Austrian-Australian journalist and author (b. 1937)
2007 – U. G. Krishnamurti, Indian-Italian philosopher and educator (b. 1918)
2008 – Cachao López, Cuban-American bassist and composer (b. 1918)
2010 – James Black, Scottish biologist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1924)
2010 – Özhan Canaydın, Turkish basketball player and businessman (b. 1943)
2011 – Artur Agostinho, Portuguese journalist (b. 1920)
2011 – Victor Bouchard, Canadian pianist and composer (b. 1926)
2012 – Joe Blanchard, American football player and wrestler (b. 1928)
2012 – John Payton, American lawyer and activist (b. 1946)
2012 – Matthew White Ridley, 4th Viscount Ridley, English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland (b. 1925)
2012 – Mickey Sullivan, American baseball player and coach (b. 1932)
2012 – David Waltz, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1943)
2012 – Neil L. Whitehead, English anthropologist and author (b. 1956)
2013 – Vladimír Čech, Czech actor and politician (b. 1951)
2013 – James Nabrit, American lawyer and academic (b. 1932)
2013 – Bebo Valdés, Cuban-Swedish pianist and composer (b. 1918)
2013 – Derek Watkins, English trumpet player and composer (b. 1945)
2013 – Ray Williams, American basketball player and coach (b. 1954)
2014 – Yashwant Vithoba Chittal, Indian author (b. 1928)
2014 – Mickey Duff, Polish-English boxer and manager (b. 1929)
2014 – Thor Listau, Norwegian soldier and politician (b. 1938)
2014 – Tasos Mitsopoulos, Cypriot politician, Cypriot Minister of Defence (b. 1965)
2015 – Arkady Arkanov, Ukrainian-Russian actor and playwright (b. 1933)
2015 – Horst Buhtz, German footballer and manager (b. 1923)
2015 – George Neel, Jr., American businessman (b. 1930)
2015 – Norman Scribner, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1936)
2016 – Phife Dawg, American rapper (b. 1970)
2016 – Rob Ford, Canadian businessman and politician, 64th Mayor of Toronto (b. 1969)
2016 – Rita Gam, American actress (b. 1927)

Source: wikipedia

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