Famous Deaths In March - 11

1919  Harald Fryklof, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.  

1920  On March - 11 death of julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer (b. 1865)  

1921  On this day in history sherburne W Burnham, US astronomer (binary stars), dies at 83  

1925  Andreas Hallen, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1926  John Henry Anderson, cricketer (score 32 & 11 in Test for S Afr), dies on this day in history.  

1931  Death of F.W. Murnau, German film director (b. 1888) on this day in history.  

1937  On March - 11 paul Scheinpflug, composer, dies at 61  

1941  Walford Davies, British organist/composer, dies at 71 on March - 11.  

1944  Hendrik W van Loon, Neth/US radio commentator/writer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1947  On March - 11 victor Hely-Hutchinson, composer, dies at 45  

1949  Juan Lamonte de Grignon, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1950  Florence Arliss, actress (Disraeli), dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1951  Philippe of Isacker, Belgian minister, dies at 66 on March - 11.  

1952  Death of Pierre Renoir, French stage and film actor and director (b. 1885) on this day in history.  

1955  On this day in history alexander Fleming, English bacteriologist (penicillin), dies at 73  

1956  On this day in history sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko, Russian opera composer, dies at 83  

1957  Richard E Byrd, US, explorer (Antarctica), dies at 68 on March - 11.  

1958  Death of Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish inventor of Legos (b. 1891) on March - 11.  

1959  Haydn Wood, composer, dies at 76 on March - 11.  

1960  Roy Chapman Andrews, US biologist/explorer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1962  Will Vesper, German author (Tristan und Isolde), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1963  On this day in history mahomed Nissar, cricketer (6 Tests for India 1932-36, 25 wkts), dies  

1965  Death of James Reeb, US vicar/civil rights activist, murdered on this day in history.  

1967  On this day in history geraldine Farrar, soprano/actress (Such Sweet Compulsion), dies at 85  

1969  John Wyndham, [Parkes Lucas B Harris], author (Chrysalids), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1970  On this day in history erle Stanley Gardner, US writer (Perry Mason), dies at 80  

1971  Philo T Farnsworth, US TV pioneer, dies at 64 on March - 11.  

1972  Fredric [William] Brown, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1975  On this day in history philip Bezanson, composer, dies at 59  

1977  Death of Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Argentine racing driver (b. 1934) on March - 11.  

1978  Death of Claude François, French singer (b. 1939) on this day in history.  

1979  On March - 11 victor Kilian, actor (Gentleman's Agreement), dies at 88  

1982  On this day in history edmund Cooper, British sci-fi writer (Tomorrow Came), dies at 55  

1984  On this day in history nakagawa Soen, Zen teacher/poet, dies in Rytutakuji monastery at 76  

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1544  On this day in history birth of torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia)  

1549  On this day in history birth of hendrik L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer  

1549  On March - 11 birth of henric Spieghel, Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel)  

1596  Isaac Elsevier, book publisher was born on this day in history.  

1654  Heinrich Georg Neuss, composer was born on March - 11.  

1683  Giovanni Veneziano, composer was born on this day in history.  

1725  On this day in history birth of henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the throne of Great Britain (d. 1807)  

1731  On this day in history birth of robert Treat Paine, judge, signer (Declaration of Independence)