Famous Deaths In August - 11
Thursday, 28 March 2024
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 On August - 11 john Henry Newman, English cardinal, dies at 89
1892 On August - 11 death of enrico Betti, Italian mathematician (b. 1813)
1901 On August - 11 francesco Crispi, Italian minister of War/premier, dies at about 82
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 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 Death of Blas Infante, Spanish writer and politician (b. 1885) on August - 11.
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 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 Riccardo Martin, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.
1953 On August - 11 ludwig Strauss, German/Israeli writer (Heimliche Gegenwart), dies
1954 On August - 11 death of santo Trafficante, Sr., Sicilian-born American mobster (b. 1886)
1956 Jackson Pollock, abstract artist, dies in auto accident (East Hampton) on August - 11.
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 August - 11 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 this day in history anthony C McAuliffe, US gen/commandant 101st div (Nuts!), dies at 77
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 August - 11.
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 Anne Ramsey, actress (Throw Mama From Train), dies of cancer at 59 on August - 11.
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 Dorothy Lousie Grenfell Williams, broadcaster, dies at 60 on August - 11.
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