Famous Deaths In July - 11

1896  On July - 11 ernst Curtius, German archaeologist/historian (Olympia), dies at 81   

1898  On July - 11 charles Chanoine, French lt/mass murderer in Senegal, dies   

1909  Simon Newcomb, celestial mechanics authority (Stars), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1914  Julius Rodenberg, [Levy], German writer (Die Deutsche Rundschau), dies on this day in history.   

1916  Rik Wouters, Belgian painter/sculptor (Doll Virgin), dies on this day in history.   

1921  Gabriel Lippmann, French physicist, dies at 75 on July - 11.   

1926  On July - 11 gertrude M L Bell, British archaeologist (Desert & Sown), dies at 57   

1929  Death of Billy Mosforth, English footballer (b. 1857) on this day in history.   

1936  On July - 11 death of james Murray, American actor (b. 1901)   

1937  On this day in history george Gershwin, composer (American in Paris), dies at 38   

1942  On July - 11 simon de la Bella, Dutch president (NVV), dies in Dachau   

1944  Wolfgang Redlich, German major/pilot, dies in battle on July - 11.   

1948  On this day in history gerhard Kittel, German anti-semite theologist, dies   

1950  Timotei Popovici, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1958  On July - 11 karel Wellens, Flemish painter, dies at 69   

1959  C W L Parker, cricketer (3,776 1st-class wickets, 2nd best ever), dies on this day in history.   

1964  Maurice Thorez, sec-general French communist party, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1965  On July - 11 ray Collins, actor (Halls of Ivy, Perry Mason), dies at 75   

1966  On July - 11 delmore Schwartz, US poet/critic (Shenandoah), dies at 52   

1967  On this day in history death of guy Favreau, French Canadian lawyer, politician and judge (b. 1917)   

1971  On July - 11 carleton Young, actor (Court of Last Resorts), dies at 64   

1973  On July - 11 alexander Vasilyevich Mosolov, Russian composer (Zavod), dies at 72   

1974  Death of Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1891) on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history kurt Pinthus, writer, dies at 89   

1979  On this day in history death of claude Wagner, French Canadian judge and politician (b. 1925)   

1980  On July - 11 boleslaw Woytowicz, composer, dies at 80   

1983  Death of Ross Macdonald, American-Canadian writer (b. 1915) on July - 11.   

1984  Karel Mengelberg, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1987  Thomas F Waddell, founder (Gay Olympics), dies of AIDS at 50 on July - 11.   

1989  Laurence Olivier, acting great (Hamlet), dies at 82 on July - 11.   

1990  Onno Molenkamp, Dutch actor (Ciske the Rat, Lifespan), dies at 67 on July - 11.   

1991  Death of Hitoshi Igarashi, Japanese interpreter (Satanic Verses), murdered on July - 11.   

1992  On July - 11 annette Fischer, Danish chairman Amnesty Intl, dies   

1993  On this day in history deng Yingchao, high ranking communist China official, dies at 88   

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1274  On July - 11 birth of robert Bruce, King of Scotland (1306-29)   

1366  Anne of Bohemia, consort of Richard II of England (d. 1394) was born on this day in history.   

1540  Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich/Juliana of Stolberg was born on July - 11.   

1558  On July - 11 birth of robert Greene, Elizabethan dramatist (Friar Bacon)   

1561  On this day in history birth of luis de Góngora, Spanish poet (d. 1627)   

1603  Kenelm Digby, English privateer (d. 1665) was born on this day in history.   

1628  On this day in history birth of tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese warlord (d. 1701)   

1657  On July - 11 birth of frederik I, King of Prussia (1701-13)