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 August - 11.   

1890  John Henry Newman, English cardinal, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history death of enrico Betti, Italian mathematician (b. 1813)   

1901  Francesco Crispi, Italian minister of War/premier, dies at about 82 on August - 11.   

1903  On August - 11 death of eugenio Maria de Hostos, Puerto Rican educator and nationalist (b. 1839)   

1908  On August - 11 death of khudiram Bose, Indian freedom fighter (b. 1889)   

1919  On this day in history andrew Carnegie, US steel industrialist/philanthropist, dies at 83   

1935  On August - 11 william Watson, British poet (Purple East), dies   

1936  On August - 11 death of blas Infante, Spanish writer and politician (b. 1885)   

1937  Bakr Sidqi, general/dictator of Iraq, dies on this day in history.   

1939  On August - 11 death of jean Bugatti, Italian automobile designer (b. 1909)   

1942  Richard Heinrich Stein, composer, dies at 60 on August - 11.   

1949  Karl Weigl, composer, dies at 68 on August - 11.   

1951  On this day in history ebbe Hamerik, composer, dies at 52   

1952  On this day in history riccardo Martin, composer, dies at 77   

1953  On this day in history ludwig Strauss, German/Israeli writer (Heimliche Gegenwart), dies   

1954  Death of Santo Trafficante, Sr., Sicilian-born American mobster (b. 1886) on August - 11.   

1956  Jackson Pollock, abstract artist, dies in auto accident (East Hampton) on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history death of antanas Å kÄ—ma, Lithuanian writer actor and director (b. 1910)   

1965  On this day in history bill Woodfull, cricketer (35 Tests for Australia), dies   

1968  On this day in history lucien Cerfaux, Belgian biblical scholar, dies   

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

1973  On this day in history peggy Castle, actress (Lily Merrill-Lawman), dies of cirrhosis at 46   

1974  Jack Hill, cricketer (3 Tests for Australia 1953-55, 8 wickets), dies on this day in history.   

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

1980  On August - 11 death of paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1910)   

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

1989  On August - 11 john Meillon, actor (Wild Duck, Crocodile Dundee), dies   

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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1467  On August - 11 birth of mary of York, English princess (d. 1482)   

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

1613  Cristoph Kaldenbach, composer was born on August - 11.   

1635  Thomas Betterton, London, actor/dramatist (Coriolanus) was born on August - 11.   

1667  Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (d. 1743) was born on this day in history.   

1673  On this day in history birth of richard Mead, London, physician   

1718  On this day in history birth of sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (d. 1791)   

1720  Martin Gerbert, composer was born on August - 11.