Famous Deaths In July - 11

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

1898  Charles Chanoine, French lt/mass murderer in Senegal, dies on this day in history.  

1909  On this day in history simon Newcomb, celestial mechanics authority (Stars), dies at 74  

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

1916  On July - 11 rik Wouters, Belgian painter/sculptor (Doll Virgin), dies  

1921  On July - 11 gabriel Lippmann, French physicist, dies at 75  

1926  Gertrude M L Bell, British archaeologist (Desert & Sown), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

1929  On this day in history death of billy Mosforth, English footballer (b. 1857)  

1936  Death of James Murray, American actor (b. 1901) on July - 11.  

1937  On July - 11 george Gershwin, composer (American in Paris), dies at 38  

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  Gerhard Kittel, German anti-semite theologist, dies on this day in history.  

1950  On July - 11 timotei Popovici, composer, dies at 79  

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 July - 11.  

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

1966  Delmore Schwartz, US poet/critic (Shenandoah), dies at 52 on July - 11.  

1967  Death of Guy Favreau, French Canadian lawyer, politician and judge (b. 1917) on this day in history.  

1971  On this day in history carleton Young, actor (Court of Last Resorts), dies at 64  

1973  Alexander Vasilyevich Mosolov, Russian composer (Zavod), dies at 72 on July - 11.  

1974  On July - 11 death of pär Lagerkvist, Swedish writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1891)  

1975  On July - 11 kurt Pinthus, writer, dies at 89  

1979  Death of Claude Wagner, French Canadian judge and politician (b. 1925) on July - 11.  

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

1983  Death of Ross Macdonald, American-Canadian writer (b. 1915) on this day in history.  

1984  On July - 11 karel Mengelberg, composer, dies at 81  

1987  On this day in history thomas F Waddell, founder (Gay Olympics), dies of AIDS at 50  

1989  On July - 11 laurence Olivier, acting great (Hamlet), dies at 82  

1990  Onno Molenkamp, Dutch actor (Ciske the Rat, Lifespan), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1991  Death of Hitoshi Igarashi, Japanese interpreter (Satanic Verses), murdered on this day in history.  

1992  Annette Fischer, Danish chairman Amnesty Intl, dies on this day in history.  

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

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1274  Robert Bruce, King of Scotland (1306-29) was born on July - 11.  

1366  On July - 11 birth of anne of Bohemia, consort of Richard II of England (d. 1394)  

1540  On July - 11 birth of adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich/Juliana of Stolberg  

1558  Robert Greene, Elizabethan dramatist (Friar Bacon) was born on this day in history.  

1561  Luis de Góngora, Spanish poet (d. 1627) was born on this day in history.  

1603  Kenelm Digby, English privateer (d. 1665) was born on July - 11.  

1628  Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese warlord (d. 1701) was born on July - 11.  

1657  On this day in history birth of frederik I, King of Prussia (1701-13)