Famous People Who Died on March 1st in History

Dying is just like taxes in the respect that it is going to happen to you and me. Over history, we realize it doesn't matter who you are, you are going to face death. Famous people have no secret weapon against death. They are just like you and I. They will die. We will die. Death is a part of life. However, many of us look forward to eternal life in Heaven. After we all pass from this world, I hope to meet each one of you in a better place called Heaven.

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What Happened on This Day in History?

1780 - Pennsylvania is 1st American state to abolish slavery

1803- Ohio becomes 17th state

1932- Charles Lindbergh Jr. (20 months), kidnapped in NJ; found dead May 12

1941- "Captain America" appears in a comic book

1954- 4 Puerto Ricans open fire in US House of Representatives injuring 5 Reps

1954 - Ted Williams fractures collarbone in 1st game of spring training after flying 39 combat missions without injury in Korean War

Deaths

1632-1706 -Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming was a German field marshal and Governor of Berlin

1747-1792 -Leopold II was the Holy Roman Emperor and king of Hungary, archduke of Austria and Grand Duke of Tuscany

1852-1911 -Jacobus H van 't Hoff was a Dutch chemist/physicist who received the 1^st Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1901-physical chemistry

1842-1920 -John H. Bankhead was a U.S. Senator, Bankhead was instrumental in enacting the Federal Aid Road Act of 1916 which became the first federal highway funding legislation and the cross-country Bankhead Highway was named after him

1893-1963 - Irish Meusel was a Major League Baseball player who won two World Series, Irish Meusel played for the Washington Senators, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Giants and Brooklyn Robins and he was National League RBI Champion in 1923

1939-1980 -Wilhelmina Cooper, high-fashion model and owner of model agency who was one of the most famous models of the 50's and 60's, she was on the cover of 255 magazines, Cooper's agency played a major role in launching the career of Naomi Sims who was the first African-American Supermodel

1914-1984 -Jackie Coogan was an actor who began his career as a child actor, he later played Uncle Fester-Addams Family in the 60's

1988 -Joe Besser was a comedian actor who played parts in 3's Stooges and Abbott & Costello, he was also the maintenance man in The Joey Bishop Show

1909-1991 -Edwin H Land was the inventor of the Polaroid Camera and co-founder of the Polaroid Company

1908-1993 -Luis Kutner was the US co-founder of Amnesty International, he was also a US human rights activist and lawyer

This is series of famous people who died was inspired by Faye Farley who writes about famous people who were born on the same dates. Each day I will make a list of the famous people who died on the particular day with a link to her story about who was born on a particular day. Today's famous deaths will be linked to her September 27 story because she has not made it to October yet. Click here to check out Faye's writing

Sources

Historyorb.com

Wikipedia.com

Holidayinsights.com