Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 11

1918  Ivan Cankar, Slavic author (Hlapec Jernej), dies at 42 on December - 11.   

1930  Friedrich von Bernhardi, German war theorist/historian, dies at 81 on December - 11.   

1933  On December - 11 emile C Wauters, Belgian painter (Van der Goes Klooster), dies at 87   

1941  Death of John Gillespie Magee, Jr., American poet and aviator (b. 1922) on this day in history.   

1945  Death of Charles Fabry, French physicist (b. 1867) on this day in history.   

1950  Death of Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer (b. 1893) on this day in history.   

1955  On December - 11 franz Adolf Syberg, composer, dies at 51   

1959  Death of Jim Bottomley, American baseball player (b. 1900) on December - 11.   

1964  On this day in history percy Kilbride, actor (Ma & Pa Kettle), dies at 76   

1967  Howard Freeman, actor (Double Dynamite), dies after illness in NYC on December - 11.   

1968  On December - 11 nadine Riga, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 59   

1971  Death of Maurice "Mac" McDonald, American fast-food pioneer (b. 1902) on December - 11.   

1972  John Mills, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ in early 1930's, 241 runs), dies on December - 11.   

1974  On this day in history reed Hadley, actor (Racket Squad, Public Defender), dies at 63   

1975  On December - 11 death of lee Wiley, American jazz singer (b. 1908)   

1978  On December - 11 death of vincent du Vigneaud, American chemist and Nobel laureate (b. 1901)   

1979  Claire Carleton, NYC, actress (Alice-Cimarron City), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1983  Szymon Laks, composer, dies at 82 on December - 11.   

1984  On December - 11 george Waggner, director/writer, dies at 90   

1986  On December - 11 paul Keenan, actor (Summer Fantasy), dies at 30   

1987  On this day in history death of g. A. Kulkarni, Indian (Marathi) writer (b. 1923)   

1989  Death of Louise Dahl-Wolfe, American photographer (b. 1895) on December - 11.   

1990  On this day in history fernand J Collin, Belgian economist/banker, dies at 92   

1991  On this day in history artur Lundkvist, Swedish writer/Prof (Swedish Academy), dies   

1992  Michael Robbins, actor (Lunch Hour, On the Buses), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1993  On December - 11 ales Gartner, Slavic ski trainer of Norway, dies at 45   

1994  On December - 11 stanislaw Maczek, Polish/British general-major (WW II), dies at 102   

1995  Arthur Mullard, comedian, dies at 82 on December - 11.   

1996  On this day in history herbert Sally Frankel, economist, dies at 93   

1997  On this day in history kenneth WIlliam Gatland, aerospace scientist, dies at 73   

1998  On this day in history death of andré Lichnerowicz, Polish-French physicist (b. 1915)   

2000  On December - 11 death of shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Pakistani politician, diplomat and author (b. 1915)   

2003  On this day in history death of ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian writer (b. 1927)   

2004  Death of Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand running coach (b. 1917) on December - 11.   

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1465  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489)   

1475  Leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1513-21) was born on December - 11.   

1475  On December - 11 birth of pope Leo X (d. 1521)   

1566  Manuel Cardoso, composer was born on this day in history.   

1676  Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer was born on December - 11.   

1709  Louise Elisabeth of Orléans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1742) was born on December - 11.   

1712  Francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedic (Viaggio in Russia) was born on December - 11.   

1725  On December - 11 birth of george Mason, American statesman (d. 1792)