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

1925  On March - 11 andreas Hallen, composer, dies at 78  

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 March - 11.  

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

1944  Hendrik W van Loon, Neth/US radio commentator/writer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1947  Victor Hely-Hutchinson, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.  

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

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

1957  On March - 11 richard E Byrd, US, explorer (Antarctica), dies at 68  

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 March - 11.  

1960  On March - 11 roy Chapman Andrews, US biologist/explorer, dies at 76  

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

1963  On this day in history 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  Geraldine Farrar, soprano/actress (Such Sweet Compulsion), dies at 85 on March - 11.  

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 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 March - 11.  

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

1977  Death of Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Argentine racing driver (b. 1934) on March - 11.  

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

1979  Victor Kilian, actor (Gentleman's Agreement), dies at 88 on March - 11.  

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 March - 11.  

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

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

1683  On March - 11 birth of giovanni Veneziano, composer  

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

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