Famous Deaths In March - 11

1919  On this day in history harald Fryklof, composer, dies at 36   

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 March - 11.   

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

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 March - 11.   

1944  Hendrik W van Loon, Neth/US radio commentator/writer, dies at 62 on March - 11.   

1947  On March - 11 victor Hely-Hutchinson, composer, dies at 45   

1949  On March - 11 juan Lamonte de Grignon, composer, dies at 76   

1950  On March - 11 florence Arliss, actress (Disraeli), dies at 78   

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

1952  On March - 11 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 March - 11 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 this day in history roy Chapman Andrews, US biologist/explorer, dies at 76   

1962  Will Vesper, German author (Tristan und Isolde), dies at 79 on March - 11.   

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  On March - 11 geraldine Farrar, soprano/actress (Such Sweet Compulsion), dies at 85   

1969  On this day in history 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  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  On March - 11 death of alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Argentine racing driver (b. 1934)   

1978  Death of Claude François, French singer (b. 1939) on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history 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 this day in history nakagawa Soen, Zen teacher/poet, dies in Rytutakuji monastery at 76   

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1544  On this day in history birth of torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia)   

1549  Hendrik L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer was born on March - 11.   

1549  Henric Spieghel, Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel) was born on March - 11.   

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

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

1683  On March - 11 birth of giovanni Veneziano, composer   

1725  On this day in history 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 this day in history.