Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 11

1872  Lowell Mason, US organist/composer (Zebulo), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1886  Death of Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet (b. 1843) on this day in history.   

1890  On August - 11 john Henry Newman, English cardinal, dies at 89   

1892  On August - 11 death of enrico Betti, Italian mathematician (b. 1813)   

1901  Francesco Crispi, Italian minister of War/premier, dies at about 82 on August - 11.   

1903  Death of Eugenio Maria de Hostos, Puerto Rican educator and nationalist (b. 1839) on this day in history.   

1908  On August - 11 death of khudiram Bose, Indian freedom fighter (b. 1889)   

1919  On August - 11 andrew Carnegie, US steel industrialist/philanthropist, dies at 83   

1935  William Watson, British poet (Purple East), dies on this day in history.   

1936  Death of Blas Infante, Spanish writer and politician (b. 1885) on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history bakr Sidqi, general/dictator of Iraq, dies   

1939  Death of Jean Bugatti, Italian automobile designer (b. 1909) on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history richard Heinrich Stein, composer, dies at 60   

1949  On this day in history karl Weigl, composer, dies at 68   

1951  Ebbe Hamerik, composer, dies at 52 on August - 11.   

1952  Riccardo Martin, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1953  On August - 11 ludwig Strauss, German/Israeli writer (Heimliche Gegenwart), dies   

1954  On this day in history death of santo Trafficante, Sr., Sicilian-born American mobster (b. 1886)   

1956  Jackson Pollock, abstract artist, dies in auto accident (East Hampton) on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history death of antanas Å kÄ—ma, Lithuanian writer actor and director (b. 1910)   

1965  Bill Woodfull, cricketer (35 Tests for Australia), dies on August - 11.   

1968  Lucien Cerfaux, Belgian biblical scholar, dies on August - 11.   

1972  Max Theiler, S Afr/US microbiologist (vaccin-Nobel 1951), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history peggy Castle, actress (Lily Merrill-Lawman), dies of cirrhosis at 46   

1974  Jack Hill, cricketer (3 Tests for Australia 1953-55, 8 wickets), dies on August - 11.   

1975  Anthony C McAuliffe, US gen/commandant 101st div (Nuts!), dies at 77 on August - 11.   

1980  On this day in history death of paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1910)   

1982  On August - 11 tom Drake, actor (Green Years, Warkill), dies of lung cancer at 63   

1984  On August - 11 alfred A Knopf, US publisher, dies at 91   

1987  Clara Peller, commercial spokesperson (Wendy's), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history anne Ramsey, actress (Throw Mama From Train), dies of cancer at 59   

1989  On August - 11 john Meillon, actor (Wild Duck, Crocodile Dundee), dies   

1991  On August - 11 jef Contryn, Flemish pioneer puppet theatre, dies at 89   

1994  On this day in history dorothy Lousie Grenfell Williams, broadcaster, dies at 60   

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1467  Mary of York, English princess (d. 1482) was born on this day in history.   

1600  On this day in history birth of paul Hallman, composer   

1613  Cristoph Kaldenbach, composer was born on this day in history.   

1635  On August - 11 birth of thomas Betterton, London, actor/dramatist (Coriolanus)   

1667  Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (d. 1743) was born on this day in history.   

1673  Richard Mead, London, physician was born on August - 11.   

1718  On this day in history birth of sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (d. 1791)   

1720  Martin Gerbert, composer was born on August - 11.