Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 11

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

1920  Death of Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer (b. 1865) on this day in history.   

1921  Sherburne W Burnham, US astronomer (binary stars), dies at 83 on March - 11.   

1925  Andreas Hallen, composer, dies at 78 on March - 11.   

1926  On March - 11 john Henry Anderson, cricketer (score 32 & 11 in Test for S Afr), dies   

1931  Death of F.W. Murnau, German film director (b. 1888) on March - 11.   

1937  Paul Scheinpflug, composer, dies at 61 on March - 11.   

1941  Walford Davies, British organist/composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

1947  Victor Hely-Hutchinson, composer, dies at 45 on March - 11.   

1949  On this day in history juan Lamonte de Grignon, composer, dies at 76   

1950  On March - 11 florence Arliss, actress (Disraeli), dies at 78   

1951  On this day in history philippe of Isacker, Belgian minister, dies at 66   

1952  On March - 11 death of pierre Renoir, French stage and film actor and director (b. 1885)   

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

1956  Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko, Russian opera composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1957  Richard E Byrd, US, explorer (Antarctica), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

1959  On March - 11 haydn Wood, composer, dies at 76   

1960  On March - 11 roy Chapman Andrews, US biologist/explorer, dies at 76   

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

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

1965  On this day in history death of james Reeb, US vicar/civil rights activist, murdered   

1967  Geraldine Farrar, soprano/actress (Such Sweet Compulsion), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1969  John Wyndham, [Parkes Lucas B Harris], author (Chrysalids), dies at 65 on March - 11.   

1970  Erle Stanley Gardner, US writer (Perry Mason), dies at 80 on March - 11.   

1971  Philo T Farnsworth, US TV pioneer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

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

1977  On March - 11 death of alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Argentine racing driver (b. 1934)   

1978  Death of Claude François, French singer (b. 1939) on March - 11.   

1979  On this day in history 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 March - 11 birth of torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia)   

1549  Hendrik L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer was born on March - 11.   

1549  On this day in history birth of henric Spieghel, Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel)   

1596  On this day in history birth of isaac Elsevier, book publisher   

1654  On this day in history birth of heinrich Georg Neuss, composer   

1683  On March - 11 birth of giovanni Veneziano, composer   

1725  Henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the throne of Great Britain (d. 1807) was born on March - 11.   

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