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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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 August - 11.   

1935  William Watson, British poet (Purple East), dies on August - 11.   

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

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

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

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

1949  Karl Weigl, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

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

1953  Ludwig Strauss, German/Israeli writer (Heimliche Gegenwart), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1965  Bill Woodfull, cricketer (35 Tests for Australia), dies on August - 11.   

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

1972  On August - 11 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 August - 11.   

1974  On August - 11 jack Hill, cricketer (3 Tests for Australia 1953-55, 8 wickets), dies   

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

1980  Death of Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1910) on August - 11.   

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

1989  John Meillon, actor (Wild Duck, Crocodile Dundee), dies on this day in history.   

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

1994  Dorothy Lousie Grenfell Williams, broadcaster, dies at 60 on August - 11.   

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1467  Mary of York, English princess (d. 1482) was born on August - 11.   

1600  On this day in history birth of paul Hallman, composer   

1613  On August - 11 birth of cristoph Kaldenbach, composer   

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  On this day in history birth of martin Gerbert, composer