Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 11

1918  Ivan Cankar, Slavic author (Hlapec Jernej), dies at 42 on December - 11.   

1930  On December - 11 friedrich von Bernhardi, German war theorist/historian, dies at 81   

1933  Emile C Wauters, Belgian painter (Van der Goes Klooster), dies at 87 on December - 11.   

1941  Death of John Gillespie Magee, Jr., American poet and aviator (b. 1922) on this day in history.   

1945  On December - 11 death of charles Fabry, French physicist (b. 1867)   

1950  On this day in history death of leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer (b. 1893)   

1955  Franz Adolf Syberg, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1959  Death of Jim Bottomley, American baseball player (b. 1900) on this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history percy Kilbride, actor (Ma & Pa Kettle), dies at 76   

1967  On December - 11 howard Freeman, actor (Double Dynamite), dies after illness in NYC   

1968  Nadine Riga, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 59 on December - 11.   

1971  Death of Maurice "Mac" McDonald, American fast-food pioneer (b. 1902) on December - 11.   

1972  John Mills, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ in early 1930's, 241 runs), dies on this day in history.   

1974  On December - 11 reed Hadley, actor (Racket Squad, Public Defender), dies at 63   

1975  Death of Lee Wiley, American jazz singer (b. 1908) on December - 11.   

1978  Death of Vincent du Vigneaud, American chemist and Nobel laureate (b. 1901) on December - 11.   

1979  On this day in history claire Carleton, NYC, actress (Alice-Cimarron City), dies at 66   

1983  On this day in history szymon Laks, composer, dies at 82   

1984  George Waggner, director/writer, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1986  Paul Keenan, actor (Summer Fantasy), dies at 30 on December - 11.   

1987  On this day in history death of g. A. Kulkarni, Indian (Marathi) writer (b. 1923)   

1989  Death of Louise Dahl-Wolfe, American photographer (b. 1895) on December - 11.   

1990  Fernand J Collin, Belgian economist/banker, dies at 92 on this day in history.   

1991  Artur Lundkvist, Swedish writer/Prof (Swedish Academy), dies on this day in history.   

1992  On December - 11 michael Robbins, actor (Lunch Hour, On the Buses), dies at 62   

1993  Ales Gartner, Slavic ski trainer of Norway, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1994  Stanislaw Maczek, Polish/British general-major (WW II), dies at 102 on this day in history.   

1995  Arthur Mullard, comedian, dies at 82 on December - 11.   

1996  Herbert Sally Frankel, economist, dies at 93 on this day in history.   

1997  Kenneth WIlliam Gatland, aerospace scientist, dies at 73 on December - 11.   

1998  Death of André Lichnerowicz, Polish-French physicist (b. 1915) on this day in history.   

2000  On this day in history death of shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Pakistani politician, diplomat and author (b. 1915)   

2003  On this day in history death of ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian writer (b. 1927)   

2004  Death of Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand running coach (b. 1917) on December - 11.   

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1465  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489)   

1475  On December - 11 birth of leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1513-21)   

1475  On December - 11 birth of pope Leo X (d. 1521)   

1566  Manuel Cardoso, composer was born on December - 11.   

1676  Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer was born on this day in history.   

1709  Louise Elisabeth of Orléans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1742) was born on this day in history.   

1712  On this day in history birth of francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedic (Viaggio in Russia)   

1725  On this day in history birth of george Mason, American statesman (d. 1792)