Famous Deaths In April - 11

1916  Richard Harding Davis, journalist, dies at 52 on April - 11.  

1918  Arthur Ochse, cricketer (WW I played for S Afr in 1889 aged 19), dies on April - 11.  

1921  On this day in history augusta Victoria, Queen of Prussia/wife of Emperor Wilhelm II, dies  

1926  Death of Luther Burbank, American botanist (b. 1849) on this day in history.  

1936  Mitya Stillman, composer, dies at 44 on April - 11.  

1939  On April - 11 sS Van Dine, [William Huntingdon Wright], detective writer, dies at 50  

1945  On April - 11 kamiel van Baelen, Flemish resistance fighter (in Dachau), dies at 29  

1947  Death of Louise Peete, American murderess (b. 1880) on April - 11.  

1952  Wadi' Sabra, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1953  On April - 11 death of kid Nichols, American baseball player (b. 1869)  

Advertisements

1958  Death of Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter (b. 1875) on April - 11.  

1961  Francis de Bourguignon, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1967  Death of Donald Sangster, Jamaican prime-minister (b. 1911) on this day in history.  

1969  Ludvig Irgens Jensen, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1970  On this day in history cathy O'Donnell, dies at 66  

1973  Ted Decorsia, actor (Police Chief Hegedorn-Steve Canyon), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1974  Curt Conway, dies on April - 11.  

1975  Dorothy Patten, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1976  On April - 11 liam Dunn, dies a 59  

1977  On this day in history death of jacques Prévert, French poet and screenwriter (b. 1900)  

1980  Charlotte Henry, dies on this day in history.  

1981  Marie Ney, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

1983  On April - 11 dolores Del Rio, actress (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at 78  

1985  On this day in history enver Hoxha, party leader/premier of Albania, dies at 76  

1987  Erskine Caldwell, novelist (Tobacco Road), dies at 83 on this day in history.  

1988  David Prater, US singer (Sam & Dave-Soul Man), dies in car crash at 50 on April - 11.  

1989  Henk van Galen Last, Dutch journalist, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1990  On this day in history barbara Ann Miller, dies  

1991  Tom Rosqui, dies at 62 on April - 11.  

1992  On April - 11 adele Dixon, singer/actress (Uneasy Virtue), dies of pneumonia at 83  

1993  On April - 11 death of mohammed el-Himi, brigade-general of Egyptian police, murdered  

1994  On April - 11 johan Block, Dutch aviation pioneer (Martinair/Transavia), dies at 64  

1996  On this day in history daniel Wolf, journalist, dies at 80  

1997  On April - 11 death of michael Dorris, writer, commits suicide at 52  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | Next Page »

0146  On this day in history birth of septimius Severus (d. 211)  

1370  On April - 11 birth of frederick I the Warlike, elector of Saxony  

1374  Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (d. 1398) was born on April - 11.  

1492  Marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (d. 1549) was born on April - 11.  

1586  Pietro Della Valle, composer was born on this day in history.  

1602  Johann Neukrantz, composer was born on this day in history.  

1638  Diogo Diaz Melgaz, composer was born on this day in history.  

1661  On this day in history birth of antoine Coypel, French painter/poet