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  On this day in history john Henry Newman, English cardinal, dies at 89   

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 August - 11.   

1908  Death of Khudiram Bose, Indian freedom fighter (b. 1889) on August - 11.   

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

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

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 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  On August - 11 ebbe Hamerik, composer, dies at 52   

1952  Riccardo Martin, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1953  Ludwig Strauss, German/Israeli writer (Heimliche Gegenwart), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1973  On August - 11 peggy Castle, actress (Lily Merrill-Lawman), dies of cirrhosis at 46   

1974  On this day in history 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 August - 11.   

1980  On August - 11 death of paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1910)   

1982  On this day in history 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 this day in history clara Peller, commercial spokesperson (Wendy's), dies at 86   

1988  On August - 11 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  On August - 11 jef Contryn, Flemish pioneer puppet theatre, dies at 89   

1994  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of paul Hallman, composer   

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

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

1720  On August - 11 birth of martin Gerbert, composer