Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 11

1918  Ivan Cankar, Slavic author (Hlapec Jernej), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history 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  Death of Charles Fabry, French physicist (b. 1867) on this day in history.   

1950  On December - 11 death of leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer (b. 1893)   

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

1959  On this day in history death of jim Bottomley, American baseball player (b. 1900)   

1964  Percy Kilbride, actor (Ma & Pa Kettle), dies at 76 on December - 11.   

1967  Howard Freeman, actor (Double Dynamite), dies after illness in NYC on this day in history.   

1968  Nadine Riga, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 59 on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history death of maurice "Mac" McDonald, American fast-food pioneer (b. 1902)   

1972  On December - 11 john Mills, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ in early 1930's, 241 runs), dies   

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 this day in history.   

1979  On December - 11 claire Carleton, NYC, actress (Alice-Cimarron City), dies at 66   

1983  On December - 11 szymon Laks, composer, dies at 82   

1984  On this day in history george Waggner, director/writer, dies at 90   

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 this day in history.   

1990  On December - 11 fernand J Collin, Belgian economist/banker, dies at 92   

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

1992  On this day in history michael Robbins, actor (Lunch Hour, On the Buses), dies at 62   

1993  On this day in history ales Gartner, Slavic ski trainer of Norway, dies at 45   

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

1995  On December - 11 arthur Mullard, comedian, dies at 82   

1996  Herbert Sally Frankel, economist, dies at 93 on December - 11.   

1997  Kenneth WIlliam Gatland, aerospace scientist, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1998  On December - 11 death of andré Lichnerowicz, Polish-French physicist (b. 1915)   

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

2003  Death of Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian writer (b. 1927) on December - 11.   

2004  On this day in history death of arthur Lydiard, New Zealand running coach (b. 1917)   

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1465  Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489) was born on December - 11.   

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

1475  Pope Leo X (d. 1521) was born on this day in history.   

1566  On December - 11 birth of manuel Cardoso, composer   

1676  Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer was born on December - 11.   

1709  On this day in history birth of louise Elisabeth of Orléans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1742)   

1712  Francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedic (Viaggio in Russia) was born on this day in history.   

1725  On December - 11 birth of george Mason, American statesman (d. 1792)