Famous Deaths In March - 11

1919  On March - 11 harald Fryklof, composer, dies at 36   

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

1921  Sherburne W Burnham, US astronomer (binary stars), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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 March - 11.   

1931  Death of F.W. Murnau, German film director (b. 1888) on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history paul Scheinpflug, composer, dies at 61   

1941  Walford Davies, British organist/composer, dies at 71 on March - 11.   

1944  On this day in history hendrik W van Loon, Neth/US radio commentator/writer, dies at 62   

1947  On March - 11 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 this day in history.   

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  Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko, Russian opera composer, dies at 83 on March - 11.   

1957  Richard E Byrd, US, explorer (Antarctica), dies at 68 on March - 11.   

1958  Death of Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish inventor of Legos (b. 1891) on this day in history.   

1959  Haydn Wood, composer, dies at 76 on March - 11.   

1960  Roy Chapman Andrews, US biologist/explorer, dies at 76 on March - 11.   

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 March - 11.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1970  Erle Stanley Gardner, US writer (Perry Mason), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1971  On March - 11 philo T Farnsworth, US TV pioneer, dies at 64   

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

1975  Philip Bezanson, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1977  Death of Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Argentine racing driver (b. 1934) on this day in history.   

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

1979  Victor Kilian, actor (Gentleman's Agreement), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1982  On March - 11 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  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  On March - 11 birth of henric Spieghel, Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel)   

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

1654  Heinrich Georg Neuss, composer was born on March - 11.   

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 March - 11.   

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