Famous Deaths In August - 11

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

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

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

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

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

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