Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 11

1919  On March - 11 harald Fryklof, composer, dies at 36   

1920  Death of Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer (b. 1865) on March - 11.   

1921  On this day in history sherburne W Burnham, US astronomer (binary stars), dies at 83   

1925  Andreas Hallen, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1926  John Henry Anderson, cricketer (score 32 & 11 in Test for S Afr), dies on March - 11.   

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

1937  Paul Scheinpflug, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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  Victor Hely-Hutchinson, composer, dies at 45 on March - 11.   

1949  Juan Lamonte de Grignon, composer, dies at 76 on March - 11.   

1950  Florence Arliss, actress (Disraeli), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1951  On March - 11 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  Alexander Fleming, English bacteriologist (penicillin), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1956  On March - 11 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  Death of Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish inventor of Legos (b. 1891) on March - 11.   

1959  On March - 11 haydn Wood, composer, dies at 76   

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

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 this day in history 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  Erle Stanley Gardner, US writer (Perry Mason), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1977  On this day in history death of alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Argentine racing driver (b. 1934)   

1978  On this day in history death of claude François, French singer (b. 1939)   

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

1982  On March - 11 edmund Cooper, British sci-fi writer (Tomorrow Came), dies at 55   

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  On this day in history birth of hendrik L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer   

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

1596  Isaac Elsevier, book publisher was born on March - 11.   

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

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 March - 11.   

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