Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 11

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

1600  On August - 11 birth of paul Hallman, composer   

1613  On August - 11 birth of cristoph Kaldenbach, composer   

1635  On August - 11 birth of thomas Betterton, London, actor/dramatist (Coriolanus)   

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

1673  Richard Mead, London, physician was born on August - 11.   

1718  Sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (d. 1791) was born on August - 11.   

1720  On this day in history birth of martin Gerbert, composer