Famous Deaths In August - 11

1872  On August - 11 lowell Mason, US organist/composer (Zebulo), dies at 80   

1886  Death of Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet (b. 1843) on this day in history.   

1890  On this day in history john Henry Newman, English cardinal, dies at 89   

1892  On August - 11 death of enrico Betti, Italian mathematician (b. 1813)   

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

1903  On August - 11 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  Andrew Carnegie, US steel industrialist/philanthropist, dies at 83 on August - 11.   

1935  On August - 11 william Watson, British poet (Purple East), dies   

1936  Death of Blas Infante, Spanish writer and politician (b. 1885) on August - 11.   

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

1939  Death of Jean Bugatti, Italian automobile designer (b. 1909) on this day in history.   

1942  Richard Heinrich Stein, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1949  Karl Weigl, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1951  Ebbe Hamerik, composer, dies at 52 on August - 11.   

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

1953  Ludwig Strauss, German/Israeli writer (Heimliche Gegenwart), dies on August - 11.   

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 this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history bill Woodfull, cricketer (35 Tests for Australia), dies   

1968  On this day in history lucien Cerfaux, Belgian biblical scholar, dies   

1972  On August - 11 max Theiler, S Afr/US microbiologist (vaccin-Nobel 1951), dies at 73   

1973  Peggy Castle, actress (Lily Merrill-Lawman), dies of cirrhosis at 46 on this day in history.   

1974  On August - 11 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  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 this day in history.   

1984  Alfred A Knopf, US publisher, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1987  Clara Peller, commercial spokesperson (Wendy's), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history anne Ramsey, actress (Throw Mama From Train), dies of cancer at 59   

1989  John Meillon, actor (Wild Duck, Crocodile Dundee), dies on this day in history.   

1991  On August - 11 jef Contryn, Flemish pioneer puppet theatre, dies at 89   

1994  Dorothy Lousie Grenfell Williams, broadcaster, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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1467  On this day in history birth of mary of York, English princess (d. 1482)   

1600  On August - 11 birth of paul Hallman, composer   

1613  On August - 11 birth of cristoph Kaldenbach, composer   

1635  On this day in history birth of thomas Betterton, London, actor/dramatist (Coriolanus)   

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 August - 11.   

1718  Sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (d. 1791) was born on this day in history.   

1720  Martin Gerbert, composer was born on this day in history.