Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 11
Tuesday, 25 March 2025
1872 Lowell Mason, US organist/composer (Zebulo), dies at 80 on this day in history.
1886 On this day in history death of lydia Koidula, Estonian poet (b. 1843)
1890 John Henry Newman, English cardinal, dies at 89 on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1908 Death of Khudiram Bose, Indian freedom fighter (b. 1889) on August - 11.
1919 Andrew Carnegie, US steel industrialist/philanthropist, dies at 83 on this day in history.
1935 On this day in history william Watson, British poet (Purple East), dies
1936 Death of Blas Infante, Spanish writer and politician (b. 1885) on August - 11.
1937 On August - 11 bakr Sidqi, general/dictator of Iraq, dies
1939 On August - 11 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 August - 11.
1952 On August - 11 riccardo Martin, composer, dies at 77
1953 Ludwig Strauss, German/Israeli writer (Heimliche Gegenwart), dies on August - 11.
1954 On this day in history death of santo Trafficante, Sr., Sicilian-born American mobster (b. 1886)
1956 On August - 11 jackson Pollock, abstract artist, dies in auto accident (East Hampton)
1961 On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 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 this day in history.
1982 Tom Drake, actor (Green Years, Warkill), dies of lung cancer at 63 on August - 11.
1984 Alfred A Knopf, US publisher, dies at 91 on August - 11.
1987 Clara Peller, commercial spokesperson (Wendy's), dies at 86 on August - 11.
1988 Anne Ramsey, actress (Throw Mama From Train), dies of cancer at 59 on this day in history.
1989 John Meillon, actor (Wild Duck, Crocodile Dundee), dies on August - 11.
1991 Jef Contryn, Flemish pioneer puppet theatre, dies at 89 on August - 11.
1994 On August - 11 dorothy Lousie Grenfell Williams, broadcaster, dies at 60
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