Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 11

1872  Lowell Mason, US organist/composer (Zebulo), dies at 80 on August - 11.   

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

1890  John Henry Newman, English cardinal, dies at 89 on August - 11.   

1892  On this day in history death of enrico Betti, Italian mathematician (b. 1813)   

1901  On August - 11 francesco Crispi, Italian minister of War/premier, dies at about 82   

1903  On August - 11 death of eugenio Maria de Hostos, Puerto Rican educator and nationalist (b. 1839)   

1908  On this day in history death of khudiram Bose, Indian freedom fighter (b. 1889)   

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

1935  On this day in history william Watson, British poet (Purple East), dies   

1936  On this day in history death of blas Infante, Spanish writer and politician (b. 1885)   

1937  Bakr Sidqi, general/dictator of Iraq, dies on this day in history.   

1939  On August - 11 death of jean Bugatti, Italian automobile designer (b. 1909)   

1942  On August - 11 richard Heinrich Stein, composer, dies at 60   

1949  Karl Weigl, composer, dies at 68 on August - 11.   

1951  Ebbe Hamerik, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1952  On this day in history riccardo Martin, composer, dies at 77   

1953  On this day in history ludwig Strauss, German/Israeli writer (Heimliche Gegenwart), dies   

1954  Death of Santo Trafficante, Sr., Sicilian-born American mobster (b. 1886) on August - 11.   

1956  Jackson Pollock, abstract artist, dies in auto accident (East Hampton) on August - 11.   

1961  Death of Antanas Å kÄ—ma, Lithuanian writer actor and director (b. 1910) on August - 11.   

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

1968  Lucien Cerfaux, Belgian biblical scholar, dies on this day in history.   

1972  On August - 11 max Theiler, S Afr/US microbiologist (vaccin-Nobel 1951), dies at 73   

1973  On August - 11 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  On this day in history anthony C McAuliffe, US gen/commandant 101st div (Nuts!), dies at 77   

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

1982  Tom Drake, actor (Green Years, Warkill), dies of lung cancer at 63 on this day in history.   

1984  Alfred A Knopf, US publisher, dies at 91 on August - 11.   

1987  On August - 11 clara Peller, commercial spokesperson (Wendy's), dies at 86   

1988  On August - 11 anne Ramsey, actress (Throw Mama From Train), dies of cancer at 59   

1989  John Meillon, actor (Wild Duck, Crocodile Dundee), dies on this day in history.   

1991  Jef Contryn, Flemish pioneer puppet theatre, dies at 89 on August - 11.   

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 August - 11 birth of paul Hallman, composer   

1613  On August - 11 birth of cristoph Kaldenbach, composer   

1635  On this day in history birth of thomas Betterton, London, actor/dramatist (Coriolanus)   

1667  On August - 11 birth of anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (d. 1743)   

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

1718  On August - 11 birth of sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (d. 1791)   

1720  Martin Gerbert, composer was born on this day in history.