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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history florence Arliss, actress (Disraeli), dies at 78   

1951  On March - 11 philippe of Isacker, Belgian minister, dies at 66   

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 this day in history 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 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 March - 11.   

1965  On March - 11 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  On March - 11 john Wyndham, [Parkes Lucas B Harris], author (Chrysalids), dies at 65   

1970  On March - 11 erle Stanley Gardner, US writer (Perry Mason), dies at 80   

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 March - 11 philip Bezanson, composer, dies at 59   

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 March - 11.   

1979  On March - 11 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  Torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia) was born on this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history.   

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