Famous Deaths In December - 11

1918  On this day in history ivan Cankar, Slavic author (Hlapec Jernej), dies at 42   

1930  Friedrich von Bernhardi, German war theorist/historian, dies at 81 on December - 11.   

1933  Emile C Wauters, Belgian painter (Van der Goes Klooster), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1941  On December - 11 death of john Gillespie Magee, Jr., American poet and aviator (b. 1922)   

1945  On December - 11 death of charles Fabry, French physicist (b. 1867)   

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  Death of Jim Bottomley, American baseball player (b. 1900) on this day in history.   

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

1967  On December - 11 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 December - 11 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  On December - 11 death of vincent du Vigneaud, American chemist and Nobel laureate (b. 1901)   

1979  On this day in history claire Carleton, NYC, actress (Alice-Cimarron City), dies at 66   

1983  On this day in history szymon Laks, composer, dies at 82   

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

1986  Paul Keenan, actor (Summer Fantasy), dies at 30 on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1991  Artur Lundkvist, Swedish writer/Prof (Swedish Academy), dies on this day in history.   

1992  Michael Robbins, actor (Lunch Hour, On the Buses), dies at 62 on December - 11.   

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 December - 11.   

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

1996  On this day in history herbert Sally Frankel, economist, dies at 93   

1997  On December - 11 kenneth WIlliam Gatland, aerospace scientist, dies at 73   

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

2000  Death of Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Pakistani politician, diplomat and author (b. 1915) on December - 11.   

2003  On this day in history death of ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian writer (b. 1927)   

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  On this day in history birth of leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1513-21)   

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

1566  Manuel Cardoso, composer was born on this day in history.   

1676  On December - 11 birth of johann Georg Weichenberger, composer   

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 December - 11.