Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 11
Friday, 18 July 2025
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 this day in history john Henry Newman, English cardinal, dies at 89
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 Death of Eugenio Maria de Hostos, Puerto Rican educator and nationalist (b. 1839) on August - 11.
1908 On August - 11 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 William Watson, British poet (Purple East), dies on August - 11.
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 August - 11.
1942 On this day in history richard Heinrich Stein, composer, dies at 60
1949 On this day in history karl Weigl, composer, dies at 68
1951 On this day in history ebbe Hamerik, composer, dies at 52
1952 Riccardo Martin, composer, dies at 77 on August - 11.
1953 Ludwig Strauss, German/Israeli writer (Heimliche Gegenwart), dies on this day in history.
1954 Death of Santo Trafficante, Sr., Sicilian-born American mobster (b. 1886) on August - 11.
1956 On August - 11 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 this day in history.
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 August - 11.
1974 On August - 11 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 this day in history.
1980 Death of Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1910) on August - 11.
1982 On this day in history tom Drake, actor (Green Years, Warkill), dies of lung cancer at 63
1984 On August - 11 alfred A Knopf, US publisher, dies at 91
1987 Clara Peller, commercial spokesperson (Wendy's), dies at 86 on this day in history.
1988 On this day in history 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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