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

1892  Death of Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician (b. 1813) on August - 11.   

1901  Francesco Crispi, Italian minister of War/premier, dies at about 82 on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history 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  William Watson, British poet (Purple East), dies on August - 11.   

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

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

1939  On this day in history death of jean Bugatti, Italian automobile designer (b. 1909)   

1942  On August - 11 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 this day in history.   

1952  Riccardo Martin, composer, dies at 77 on August - 11.   

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

1954  Death of Santo Trafficante, Sr., Sicilian-born American mobster (b. 1886) on this day in history.   

1956  On August - 11 jackson Pollock, abstract artist, dies in auto accident (East Hampton)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1972  Max Theiler, S Afr/US microbiologist (vaccin-Nobel 1951), dies at 73 on August - 11.   

1973  On August - 11 peggy Castle, actress (Lily Merrill-Lawman), dies of cirrhosis at 46   

1974  On this day in history jack Hill, cricketer (3 Tests for Australia 1953-55, 8 wickets), dies   

1975  On this day in history anthony C McAuliffe, US gen/commandant 101st div (Nuts!), dies at 77   

1980  Death of Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1910) on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history tom Drake, actor (Green Years, Warkill), dies of lung cancer at 63   

1984  On this day in history alfred A Knopf, US publisher, dies at 91   

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

1988  Anne Ramsey, actress (Throw Mama From Train), dies of cancer at 59 on August - 11.   

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  Dorothy Lousie Grenfell Williams, broadcaster, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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1467  On August - 11 birth of mary of York, English princess (d. 1482)   

1600  Paul Hallman, composer was born on this day in history.   

1613  Cristoph Kaldenbach, composer was born on August - 11.   

1635  Thomas Betterton, London, actor/dramatist (Coriolanus) was born on August - 11.   

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 this day in history.   

1718  Sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (d. 1791) was born on August - 11.   

1720  On August - 11 birth of martin Gerbert, composer