Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 11

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

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  Death of Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician (b. 1813) on August - 11.   

1901  On this day in history francesco Crispi, Italian minister of War/premier, dies at about 82   

1903  Death of Eugenio Maria de Hostos, Puerto Rican educator and nationalist (b. 1839) on August - 11.   

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

1919  On August - 11 andrew Carnegie, US steel industrialist/philanthropist, dies at 83   

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

1936  On this day in history death of blas Infante, Spanish writer and politician (b. 1885)   

1937  On August - 11 bakr Sidqi, general/dictator of Iraq, dies   

1939  Death of Jean Bugatti, Italian automobile designer (b. 1909) on August - 11.   

1942  Richard Heinrich Stein, composer, dies at 60 on August - 11.   

1949  Karl Weigl, composer, dies at 68 on August - 11.   

1951  Ebbe Hamerik, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1952  Riccardo Martin, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1953  On August - 11 ludwig Strauss, German/Israeli writer (Heimliche Gegenwart), dies   

1954  Death of Santo Trafficante, Sr., Sicilian-born American mobster (b. 1886) on August - 11.   

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

1968  On August - 11 lucien Cerfaux, Belgian biblical scholar, dies   

1972  On this day in history 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 August - 11 anthony C McAuliffe, US gen/commandant 101st div (Nuts!), dies at 77   

1980  Death of Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1910) on this day in history.   

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 August - 11.   

1987  On this day in history clara Peller, commercial spokesperson (Wendy's), dies at 86   

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 August - 11.   

1991  On this day in history jef Contryn, Flemish pioneer puppet theatre, dies at 89   

1994  On August - 11 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 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 this day in history birth of anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (d. 1743)   

1673  Richard Mead, London, physician was born on August - 11.   

1718  On this day in history birth of sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (d. 1791)   

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