Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 11

1872  Lowell Mason, US organist/composer (Zebulo), dies at 80 on August - 11.   

1886  Death of Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet (b. 1843) on August - 11.   

1890  John Henry Newman, English cardinal, dies at 89 on August - 11.   

1892  On this day in history death of enrico Betti, Italian mathematician (b. 1813)   

1901  Francesco Crispi, Italian minister of War/premier, dies at about 82 on August - 11.   

1903  On August - 11 death of eugenio Maria de Hostos, Puerto Rican educator and nationalist (b. 1839)   

1908  Death of Khudiram Bose, Indian freedom fighter (b. 1889) on this day in history.   

1919  Andrew Carnegie, US steel industrialist/philanthropist, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1935  William Watson, British poet (Purple East), dies on this day in history.   

1936  Death of Blas Infante, Spanish writer and politician (b. 1885) on this day in history.   

1937  Bakr Sidqi, general/dictator of Iraq, dies on this day in history.   

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

1942  On August - 11 richard Heinrich Stein, composer, dies at 60   

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 August - 11.   

1956  On August - 11 jackson Pollock, abstract artist, dies in auto accident (East Hampton)   

1961  On this day in history death of antanas Å kÄ—ma, Lithuanian writer actor and director (b. 1910)   

1965  On August - 11 bill Woodfull, cricketer (35 Tests for Australia), dies   

1968  Lucien Cerfaux, Belgian biblical scholar, dies on August - 11.   

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  Jack Hill, cricketer (3 Tests for Australia 1953-55, 8 wickets), dies on this day in history.   

1975  Anthony C McAuliffe, US gen/commandant 101st div (Nuts!), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1980  On August - 11 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  On this day in history alfred A Knopf, US publisher, dies at 91   

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  On August - 11 john Meillon, actor (Wild Duck, Crocodile Dundee), dies   

1991  Jef Contryn, Flemish pioneer puppet theatre, dies at 89 on August - 11.   

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 this day in history birth of paul Hallman, composer   

1613  On August - 11 birth of cristoph Kaldenbach, composer   

1635  Thomas Betterton, London, actor/dramatist (Coriolanus) was born on this day in history.   

1667  Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (d. 1743) was born on this day in history.   

1673  On August - 11 birth of richard Mead, London, physician   

1718  On August - 11 birth of sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (d. 1791)   

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