Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 11

1918  Ivan Cankar, Slavic author (Hlapec Jernej), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1930  Friedrich von Bernhardi, German war theorist/historian, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1933  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of charles Fabry, French physicist (b. 1867)   

1950  On December - 11 death of leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer (b. 1893)   

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

1959  Death of Jim Bottomley, American baseball player (b. 1900) on December - 11.   

1964  On this day in history percy Kilbride, actor (Ma & Pa Kettle), dies at 76   

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

1968  On this day in history nadine Riga, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 59   

1971  Death of Maurice "Mac" McDonald, American fast-food pioneer (b. 1902) on December - 11.   

1972  On this day in history john Mills, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ in early 1930's, 241 runs), dies   

1974  On this day in history reed Hadley, actor (Racket Squad, Public Defender), dies at 63   

1975  Death of Lee Wiley, American jazz singer (b. 1908) on this day in history.   

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  On December - 11 szymon Laks, composer, dies at 82   

1984  On December - 11 george Waggner, director/writer, dies at 90   

1986  On December - 11 paul Keenan, actor (Summer Fantasy), dies at 30   

1987  On December - 11 death of g. A. Kulkarni, Indian (Marathi) writer (b. 1923)   

1989  Death of Louise Dahl-Wolfe, American photographer (b. 1895) on December - 11.   

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  On this day in history michael Robbins, actor (Lunch Hour, On the Buses), dies at 62   

1993  Ales Gartner, Slavic ski trainer of Norway, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1994  Stanislaw Maczek, Polish/British general-major (WW II), dies at 102 on this day in history.   

1995  Arthur Mullard, comedian, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1996  Herbert Sally Frankel, economist, dies at 93 on December - 11.   

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

1998  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian writer (b. 1927)   

2004  On this day in history death of arthur Lydiard, New Zealand running coach (b. 1917)   

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1465  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489)   

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

1475  Pope Leo X (d. 1521) was born on this day in history.   

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

1676  On this day in history birth of johann Georg Weichenberger, composer   

1709  Louise Elisabeth of Orléans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1742) was born on this day in history.   

1712  On this day in history birth of francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedic (Viaggio in Russia)   

1725  On this day in history birth of george Mason, American statesman (d. 1792)