Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 11
Sunday, 06 July 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 On this day in history 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 Death of Khudiram Bose, Indian freedom fighter (b. 1889) on August - 11.
1919 On August - 11 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 August - 11.
1939 Death of Jean Bugatti, Italian automobile designer (b. 1909) on this day in history.
1942 Richard Heinrich Stein, composer, dies at 60 on August - 11.
1949 Karl Weigl, composer, dies at 68 on August - 11.
1951 On August - 11 ebbe Hamerik, composer, dies at 52
1952 Riccardo Martin, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.
1953 Ludwig Strauss, German/Israeli writer (Heimliche Gegenwart), dies on this day in history.
1954 On this day in history 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 August - 11.
1968 Lucien Cerfaux, Belgian biblical scholar, dies on August - 11.
1972 On this day in history max Theiler, S Afr/US microbiologist (vaccin-Nobel 1951), dies at 73
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 Anthony C McAuliffe, US gen/commandant 101st div (Nuts!), dies at 77 on August - 11.
1980 On August - 11 death of paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1910)
1982 On this day in history tom Drake, actor (Green Years, Warkill), dies of lung cancer at 63
1984 On this day in history alfred A Knopf, US publisher, dies at 91
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 On August - 11 jef Contryn, Flemish pioneer puppet theatre, dies at 89
1994 On this day in history dorothy Lousie Grenfell Williams, broadcaster, dies at 60
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