Famous Deaths In August - 11
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1872 Lowell Mason, US organist/composer (Zebulo), dies at 80 on this day in history.
1886 On August - 11 death of lydia Koidula, Estonian poet (b. 1843)
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 On August - 11 francesco Crispi, Italian minister of War/premier, dies at about 82
1903 On this day in history death of eugenio Maria de Hostos, Puerto Rican educator and nationalist (b. 1839)
1908 Death of Khudiram Bose, Indian freedom fighter (b. 1889) on August - 11.
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 August - 11 death of blas Infante, Spanish writer and politician (b. 1885)
1937 On August - 11 bakr Sidqi, general/dictator of Iraq, dies
1939 On August - 11 death of jean Bugatti, Italian automobile designer (b. 1909)
1942 Richard Heinrich Stein, composer, dies at 60 on August - 11.
1949 On August - 11 karl Weigl, composer, dies at 68
1951 On this day in history ebbe Hamerik, composer, dies at 52
1952 On August - 11 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 this day in history.
1956 Jackson Pollock, abstract artist, dies in auto accident (East Hampton) on August - 11.
1961 On August - 11 death of antanas Å kÄ—ma, Lithuanian writer actor and director (b. 1910)
1965 Bill Woodfull, cricketer (35 Tests for Australia), dies on this day in history.
1968 On this day in history lucien Cerfaux, Belgian biblical scholar, dies
1972 Max Theiler, S Afr/US microbiologist (vaccin-Nobel 1951), dies at 73 on August - 11.
1973 On this day in history peggy Castle, actress (Lily Merrill-Lawman), dies of cirrhosis at 46
1974 On August - 11 jack Hill, cricketer (3 Tests for Australia 1953-55, 8 wickets), dies
1975 Anthony C McAuliffe, US gen/commandant 101st div (Nuts!), dies at 77 on this day in history.
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 August - 11.
1984 On August - 11 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 this day in history.
1989 On this day in history john Meillon, actor (Wild Duck, Crocodile Dundee), dies
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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