Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In January - 11

1877  On this day in history pietro Romani, composer, dies at 85   

1882  Death of Theodor Schwann, German physiologist (b. 1810) on this day in history.   

1891  On January - 11 georges-Eugene Haussmann, French senator/baron, dies at 81   

1893  Benjamin F Butler, US gen/pres candidate (anti-monopoly), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1898  Gaetano Capocci, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1901  On January - 11 vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov, composer, dies at 34   

1902  Johnny Briggs, cricketer (118 wkts for England), dies in an asylum on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history death of yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter, Hasidic rabbi (b. 1847)   

1914  Ambrose Bierce, writer, dies at 71 on January - 11.   

1923  Constantine I, king of Greece (1913-17, 20-22), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1928  Thomas Hardy, novelist (Maddening Crowd), dies near Dorchester at 87 on January - 11.   

1929  Death of Julio Antonio Mella, Cuban revolutionary, murdered at about 28 on January - 11.   

1931  Oscar Fetras, composer, dies at 76 on January - 11.   

1941  Death of Emanuel Lasker, German chess player (b. 1868) on this day in history.   

1943  Death of Carlo Tresca, NY's Italian newspaper editor/anti-fascist, murdered on January - 11.   

1944  Galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies on January - 11.   

1947  On January - 11 death of eva Tanguay, Canadian-born singer and entertainer (b. 1879)   

1950  Karin Michaelis, writer, dies at 77 on January - 11.   

1952  Jean JM de Lattre de Tassigny, gen (N-Africa/Indo-China), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1953  Ernst H Ridder Rappard, Dutch Nazi founder (NSNAP), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1954  Edgar Tytgat, Flemish painter/etcher/drawer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1955  On January - 11 rodolfo Graziani, Italian East-Africa Minister of Defense, dies at 72   

1957  Death of Sir Robert Garran, Australian lawyer and early leading expert in Australian constitutional law (b. 1867) on January - 11.   

1958  Alec Rowley, composer, dies at 65 on January - 11.   

1959  Mohammed Zakaria Ghonein, discoverer of 6,000 yr old pyramid, dies on January - 11.   

1960  Johan E Elias, Dutch historian (Elias Family), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1961  On January - 11 death of elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883)   

1963  On this day in history arthur D Nock, English/Americans historian (St Paul), dies at 60   

1966  Albert Giacometti, Swiss/French painter/sculptor, dies at 64 on January - 11.   

1968  On this day in history death of isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)   

1969  Death of Richmal Crompton, British author (b. 1890) on January - 11.   

1973  Isabel Randolph, actress (Missing Corpse), dies at 83 on January - 11.   

1975  Death of Max Lorenz, German heldentenor famous for Wagner roles (b. 1901) on this day in history.   

1976  Mervyn Grell, cricketer (Test WI v England 1930, 21 & 13, 0-17), dies on this day in history.   

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0347  On this day in history birth of emperor Theodosius I "The Great" of Rome (d. 395)   

0889  On January - 11 birth of abd-ar-Rahman III, Emir and Caliph of Cordoba (d. 961)   

1322  On this day in history birth of emperor Komyo of Japan (d. 1380)   

1359  Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (d. 1393) was born on January - 11.   

1395  Michelle of Valois, Duchess of Burgundy (d. 1422) was born on January - 11.   

1403  On this day in history birth of jan IV, Duke of Brabant/Limburg   

1449  Domenico Ghirlandajo, Italy, renaissance painter was born on this day in history.   

1503  Francesco Parmigianino, Italian artist (Madonna with the Long Neck) was born on this day in history.