Famous Deaths In March - 11

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

1920  On this day in history death of julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer (b. 1865)  

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

1925  On this day in history andreas Hallen, composer, dies at 78  

1926  John Henry Anderson, cricketer (score 32 & 11 in Test for S Afr), dies on this day in history.  

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

1937  On March - 11 paul Scheinpflug, composer, dies at 61  

1941  On March - 11 walford Davies, British organist/composer, dies at 71  

1944  Hendrik W van Loon, Neth/US radio commentator/writer, dies at 62 on March - 11.  

1947  On this day in history victor Hely-Hutchinson, composer, dies at 45  

1949  Juan Lamonte de Grignon, composer, dies at 76 on March - 11.  

1950  Florence Arliss, actress (Disraeli), dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1951  Philippe of Isacker, Belgian minister, dies at 66 on March - 11.  

1952  Death of Pierre Renoir, French stage and film actor and director (b. 1885) on this day in history.  

1955  Alexander Fleming, English bacteriologist (penicillin), dies at 73 on March - 11.  

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  On this day in history death of ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish inventor of Legos (b. 1891)  

1959  Haydn Wood, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1960  On this day in history roy Chapman Andrews, US biologist/explorer, dies at 76  

1962  On March - 11 will Vesper, German author (Tristan und Isolde), dies at 79  

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

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

1967  On this day in history geraldine Farrar, soprano/actress (Such Sweet Compulsion), dies at 85  

1969  On March - 11 john Wyndham, [Parkes Lucas B Harris], author (Chrysalids), dies at 65  

1970  On this day in history erle Stanley Gardner, US writer (Perry Mason), dies at 80  

1971  Philo T Farnsworth, US TV pioneer, dies at 64 on March - 11.  

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

1975  Philip Bezanson, composer, dies at 59 on March - 11.  

1977  On this day in history death of alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Argentine racing driver (b. 1934)  

1978  Death of Claude François, French singer (b. 1939) on this day in history.  

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  Nakagawa Soen, Zen teacher/poet, dies in Rytutakuji monastery at 76 on this day in history.  

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1544  Torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia) was born on March - 11.  

1549  Hendrik L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer was born on this day in history.  

1549  Henric Spieghel, Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel) was born on this day in history.  

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

1654  Heinrich Georg Neuss, composer was born on this day in history.  

1683  Giovanni Veneziano, composer was born on March - 11.  

1725  Henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the throne of Great Britain (d. 1807) was born on this day in history.  

1731  Robert Treat Paine, judge, signer (Declaration of Independence) was born on March - 11.