Famous Deaths In July - 11

1896  Ernst Curtius, German archaeologist/historian (Olympia), dies at 81 on July - 11.  

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

1909  Simon Newcomb, celestial mechanics authority (Stars), dies at 74 on July - 11.  

1914  On this day in history julius Rodenberg, [Levy], German writer (Die Deutsche Rundschau), dies  

1916  Rik Wouters, Belgian painter/sculptor (Doll Virgin), dies on July - 11.  

1921  Gabriel Lippmann, French physicist, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1926  On this day in history gertrude M L Bell, British archaeologist (Desert & Sown), dies at 57  

1929  Death of Billy Mosforth, English footballer (b. 1857) on July - 11.  

1936  Death of James Murray, American actor (b. 1901) on this day in history.  

1937  George Gershwin, composer (American in Paris), dies at 38 on this day in history.  

Advertisements

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

1944  On July - 11 wolfgang Redlich, German major/pilot, dies in battle  

1948  On July - 11 gerhard Kittel, German anti-semite theologist, dies  

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

1958  Karel Wellens, Flemish painter, dies at 69 on July - 11.  

1959  C W L Parker, cricketer (3,776 1st-class wickets, 2nd best ever), dies on July - 11.  

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

1965  On this day in history ray Collins, actor (Halls of Ivy, Perry Mason), dies at 75  

1966  On this day in history delmore Schwartz, US poet/critic (Shenandoah), dies at 52  

1967  Death of Guy Favreau, French Canadian lawyer, politician and judge (b. 1917) on July - 11.  

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  On this day in history death of pär Lagerkvist, Swedish writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1891)  

1975  Kurt Pinthus, writer, dies at 89 on July - 11.  

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

1980  Boleslaw Woytowicz, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

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

1984  On this day in history karel Mengelberg, composer, dies at 81  

1987  Thomas F Waddell, founder (Gay Olympics), dies of AIDS at 50 on this day in history.  

1989  Laurence Olivier, acting great (Hamlet), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1990  On this day in history onno Molenkamp, Dutch actor (Ciske the Rat, Lifespan), dies at 67  

1991  On this day in history death of hitoshi Igarashi, Japanese interpreter (Satanic Verses), murdered  

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

1993  On July - 11 deng Yingchao, high ranking communist China official, dies at 88  

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

1274  On this day in history birth of robert Bruce, King of Scotland (1306-29)  

1366  On this day in history birth of anne of Bohemia, consort of Richard II of England (d. 1394)  

1540  On this day in history birth of adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich/Juliana of Stolberg  

1558  On this day in history birth of robert Greene, Elizabethan dramatist (Friar Bacon)  

1561  On July - 11 birth of luis de Góngora, Spanish poet (d. 1627)  

1603  On this day in history birth of kenelm Digby, English privateer (d. 1665)  

1628  On July - 11 birth of tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese warlord (d. 1701)  

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