Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 11

1872  Lowell Mason, US organist/composer (Zebulo), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history death of khudiram Bose, Indian freedom fighter (b. 1889)   

1919  Andrew Carnegie, US steel industrialist/philanthropist, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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

1936  Death of Blas Infante, Spanish writer and politician (b. 1885) on August - 11.   

1937  Bakr Sidqi, general/dictator of Iraq, dies on August - 11.   

1939  Death of Jean Bugatti, Italian automobile designer (b. 1909) on August - 11.   

1942  On this day in history richard Heinrich Stein, composer, dies at 60   

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  On August - 11 ludwig Strauss, German/Israeli writer (Heimliche Gegenwart), dies   

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

1974  On August - 11 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  On this day in history death of paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1910)   

1982  On August - 11 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 August - 11 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 August - 11.   

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

1994  On this day in history dorothy Lousie Grenfell Williams, broadcaster, dies at 60   

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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 August - 11.   

1635  On this day in history birth of thomas Betterton, London, actor/dramatist (Coriolanus)   

1667  On this day in history birth of anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (d. 1743)   

1673  Richard Mead, London, physician was born on this day in history.   

1718  On August - 11 birth of sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (d. 1791)   

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