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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1939  On this day in history death of jean Bugatti, Italian automobile designer (b. 1909)   

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  On this day in history ebbe Hamerik, composer, dies at 52   

1952  On August - 11 riccardo Martin, composer, dies at 77   

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

1954  On August - 11 death of santo Trafficante, Sr., Sicilian-born American mobster (b. 1886)   

1956  On this day in history 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 August - 11.   

1965  Bill Woodfull, cricketer (35 Tests for Australia), dies on this day in history.   

1968  Lucien Cerfaux, Belgian biblical scholar, dies on this day in history.   

1972  Max Theiler, S Afr/US microbiologist (vaccin-Nobel 1951), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1973  On August - 11 peggy Castle, actress (Lily Merrill-Lawman), dies of cirrhosis at 46   

1974  On this day in history 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 August - 11.   

1982  On this day in history tom Drake, actor (Green Years, Warkill), dies of lung cancer at 63   

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 August - 11 anne Ramsey, actress (Throw Mama From Train), dies of cancer at 59   

1989  On this day in history john Meillon, actor (Wild Duck, Crocodile Dundee), dies   

1991  Jef Contryn, Flemish pioneer puppet theatre, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

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

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1467  Mary of York, English princess (d. 1482) was born on this day in history.   

1600  Paul Hallman, composer was born on August - 11.   

1613  Cristoph Kaldenbach, composer was born on this day in history.   

1635  On August - 11 birth of thomas Betterton, London, actor/dramatist (Coriolanus)   

1667  Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (d. 1743) was born on August - 11.   

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.