Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 11

1919  Harald Fryklof, composer, dies at 36 on March - 11.   

1920  On March - 11 death of julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer (b. 1865)   

1921  On this day in history sherburne W Burnham, US astronomer (binary stars), dies at 83   

1925  Andreas Hallen, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1937  Paul Scheinpflug, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history walford Davies, British organist/composer, dies at 71   

1944  On March - 11 hendrik W van Loon, Neth/US radio commentator/writer, dies at 62   

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  Florence Arliss, actress (Disraeli), dies at 78 on March - 11.   

1951  Philippe of Isacker, Belgian minister, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1952  On this day in history death of pierre Renoir, French stage and film actor and director (b. 1885)   

1955  On March - 11 alexander Fleming, English bacteriologist (penicillin), dies at 73   

1956  On March - 11 sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko, Russian opera composer, dies at 83   

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 this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history 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  On March - 11 mahomed Nissar, cricketer (6 Tests for India 1932-36, 25 wkts), dies   

1965  Death of James Reeb, US vicar/civil rights activist, murdered on March - 11.   

1967  On March - 11 geraldine Farrar, soprano/actress (Such Sweet Compulsion), dies at 85   

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 March - 11 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  On this day in history death of claude François, French singer (b. 1939)   

1979  On this day in history victor Kilian, actor (Gentleman's Agreement), dies at 88   

1982  Edmund Cooper, British sci-fi writer (Tomorrow Came), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1984  On March - 11 nakagawa Soen, Zen teacher/poet, dies in Rytutakuji monastery at 76   

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1544  On this day in history birth of torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia)   

1549  On March - 11 birth of hendrik L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer   

1549  On March - 11 birth of henric Spieghel, Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel)   

1596  Isaac Elsevier, book publisher was born on March - 11.   

1654  On March - 11 birth of heinrich Georg Neuss, composer   

1683  On this day in history birth of giovanni Veneziano, composer   

1725  On March - 11 birth of henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the throne of Great Britain (d. 1807)   

1731  On March - 11 birth of robert Treat Paine, judge, signer (Declaration of Independence)