Famous Deaths In April - 11

1916  Richard Harding Davis, journalist, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history arthur Ochse, cricketer (WW I played for S Afr in 1889 aged 19), dies   

1921  On April - 11 augusta Victoria, Queen of Prussia/wife of Emperor Wilhelm II, dies   

1926  Death of Luther Burbank, American botanist (b. 1849) on this day in history.   

1936  Mitya Stillman, composer, dies at 44 on April - 11.   

1939  On April - 11 sS Van Dine, [William Huntingdon Wright], detective writer, dies at 50   

1945  Kamiel van Baelen, Flemish resistance fighter (in Dachau), dies at 29 on this day in history.   

1947  On April - 11 death of louise Peete, American murderess (b. 1880)   

1952  Wadi' Sabra, composer, dies at 76 on April - 11.   

1953  On April - 11 death of kid Nichols, American baseball player (b. 1869)   

1958  On this day in history death of konstantin Yuon, Russian painter (b. 1875)   

1961  On April - 11 francis de Bourguignon, composer, dies at 70   

1967  On this day in history death of donald Sangster, Jamaican prime-minister (b. 1911)   

1969  On this day in history ludvig Irgens Jensen, composer, dies at 74   

1970  On this day in history cathy O'Donnell, dies at 66   

1973  On this day in history ted Decorsia, actor (Police Chief Hegedorn-Steve Canyon), dies at 69   

1974  Curt Conway, dies on this day in history.   

1975  Dorothy Patten, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1976  On April - 11 liam Dunn, dies a 59   

1977  Death of Jacques Prévert, French poet and screenwriter (b. 1900) on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history charlotte Henry, dies   

1981  Marie Ney, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history dolores Del Rio, actress (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at 78   

1985  Enver Hoxha, party leader/premier of Albania, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1987  Erskine Caldwell, novelist (Tobacco Road), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1988  David Prater, US singer (Sam & Dave-Soul Man), dies in car crash at 50 on this day in history.   

1989  Henk van Galen Last, Dutch journalist, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1990  On April - 11 barbara Ann Miller, dies   

1991  On April - 11 tom Rosqui, dies at 62   

1992  Adele Dixon, singer/actress (Uneasy Virtue), dies of pneumonia at 83 on this day in history.   

1993  On April - 11 death of mohammed el-Himi, brigade-general of Egyptian police, murdered   

1994  On April - 11 johan Block, Dutch aviation pioneer (Martinair/Transavia), dies at 64   

1996  Daniel Wolf, journalist, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1997  On April - 11 death of michael Dorris, writer, commits suicide at 52   

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0146  On April - 11 birth of septimius Severus (d. 211)   

1370  On April - 11 birth of frederick I the Warlike, elector of Saxony   

1374  Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (d. 1398) was born on April - 11.   

1492  On this day in history birth of marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (d. 1549)   

1586  Pietro Della Valle, composer was born on this day in history.   

1602  On this day in history birth of johann Neukrantz, composer   

1638  On April - 11 birth of diogo Diaz Melgaz, composer   

1661  Antoine Coypel, French painter/poet was born on this day in history.