Famous Deaths 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 December - 11.   

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 December - 11.   

1955  Franz Adolf Syberg, composer, dies at 51 on December - 11.   

1959  On December - 11 death of jim Bottomley, American baseball player (b. 1900)   

1964  Percy Kilbride, actor (Ma & Pa Kettle), dies at 76 on December - 11.   

1967  On this day in history howard Freeman, actor (Double Dynamite), dies after illness in NYC   

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

1971  On this day in history death of maurice "Mac" McDonald, American fast-food pioneer (b. 1902)   

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

1974  Reed Hadley, actor (Racket Squad, Public Defender), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history death of lee Wiley, American jazz singer (b. 1908)   

1978  Death of Vincent du Vigneaud, American chemist and Nobel laureate (b. 1901) on December - 11.   

1979  Claire Carleton, NYC, actress (Alice-Cimarron City), dies at 66 on December - 11.   

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

1984  George Waggner, director/writer, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1986  Paul Keenan, actor (Summer Fantasy), dies at 30 on December - 11.   

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

1989  On this day in history death of louise Dahl-Wolfe, American photographer (b. 1895)   

1990  Fernand J Collin, Belgian economist/banker, dies at 92 on December - 11.   

1991  On December - 11 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  Ales Gartner, Slavic ski trainer of Norway, dies at 45 on December - 11.   

1994  Stanislaw Maczek, Polish/British general-major (WW II), dies at 102 on December - 11.   

1995  On December - 11 arthur Mullard, comedian, dies at 82   

1996  Herbert Sally Frankel, economist, dies at 93 on this day in history.   

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

1998  On December - 11 death of andré Lichnerowicz, Polish-French physicist (b. 1915)   

2000  On this day in history death of shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Pakistani politician, diplomat and author (b. 1915)   

2003  Death of Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian writer (b. 1927) on December - 11.   

2004  On December - 11 death of arthur Lydiard, New Zealand running coach (b. 1917)   

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1465  Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489) was born on December - 11.   

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

1475  On this day in history birth of pope Leo X (d. 1521)   

1566  On this day in history birth of manuel Cardoso, composer   

1676  Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer was born on this day in history.   

1709  On December - 11 birth of louise Elisabeth of Orléans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1742)   

1712  On December - 11 birth of francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedic (Viaggio in Russia)   

1725  George Mason, American statesman (d. 1792) was born on this day in history.