Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 11

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

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

1921  On March - 11 sherburne W Burnham, US astronomer (binary stars), dies at 83   

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

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

1931  On March - 11 death of f.W. Murnau, German film director (b. 1888)   

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

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

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

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

1949  Juan Lamonte de Grignon, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1950  Florence Arliss, actress (Disraeli), dies at 78 on March - 11.   

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

1952  Death of Pierre Renoir, French stage and film actor and director (b. 1885) on March - 11.   

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

1956  On this day in history sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko, Russian opera composer, dies at 83   

1957  On this day in history richard E Byrd, US, explorer (Antarctica), dies at 68   

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 this day in history.   

1960  Roy Chapman Andrews, US biologist/explorer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history 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  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 March - 11.   

1975  On March - 11 philip Bezanson, composer, dies at 59   

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

1978  On March - 11 death of claude François, French singer (b. 1939)   

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

1982  Edmund Cooper, British sci-fi writer (Tomorrow Came), dies at 55 on March - 11.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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