Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 11

1872  Lowell Mason, US organist/composer (Zebulo), dies at 80 on August - 11.   

1886  On August - 11 death of lydia Koidula, Estonian poet (b. 1843)   

1890  John Henry Newman, English cardinal, dies at 89 on August - 11.   

1892  On this day in history 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 August - 11 death of khudiram Bose, Indian freedom fighter (b. 1889)   

1919  On August - 11 andrew Carnegie, US steel industrialist/philanthropist, dies at 83   

1935  William Watson, British poet (Purple East), dies on this day in history.   

1936  Death of Blas Infante, Spanish writer and politician (b. 1885) on this day in history.   

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  Ebbe Hamerik, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

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  Jackson Pollock, abstract artist, dies in auto accident (East Hampton) on this day in history.   

1961  Death of Antanas Å kÄ—ma, Lithuanian writer actor and director (b. 1910) on August - 11.   

1965  On August - 11 bill Woodfull, cricketer (35 Tests for Australia), dies   

1968  Lucien Cerfaux, Belgian biblical scholar, dies on August - 11.   

1972  Max Theiler, S Afr/US microbiologist (vaccin-Nobel 1951), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history jef Contryn, Flemish pioneer puppet theatre, dies at 89   

1994  Dorothy Lousie Grenfell Williams, broadcaster, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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1467  On this day in history birth of mary of York, English princess (d. 1482)   

1600  On this day in history birth of paul Hallman, composer   

1613  On this day in history birth of cristoph Kaldenbach, composer   

1635  Thomas Betterton, London, actor/dramatist (Coriolanus) was born on this day in history.   

1667  On August - 11 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 this day in history birth of sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (d. 1791)   

1720  Martin Gerbert, composer was born on this day in history.