Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 11

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

1930  Friedrich von Bernhardi, German war theorist/historian, dies at 81 on December - 11.   

1933  Emile C Wauters, Belgian painter (Van der Goes Klooster), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history death of john Gillespie Magee, Jr., American poet and aviator (b. 1922)   

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

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

1964  Percy Kilbride, actor (Ma & Pa Kettle), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

1968  On December - 11 nadine Riga, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 59   

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

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

1974  Reed Hadley, actor (Racket Squad, Public Defender), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history death of lee Wiley, American jazz singer (b. 1908)   

1978  On this day in history death of vincent du Vigneaud, American chemist and Nobel laureate (b. 1901)   

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

1983  Szymon Laks, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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

1986  Paul Keenan, actor (Summer Fantasy), dies at 30 on this day in history.   

1987  Death of G. A. Kulkarni, Indian (Marathi) writer (b. 1923) on this day in history.   

1989  On December - 11 death of louise Dahl-Wolfe, American photographer (b. 1895)   

1990  Fernand J Collin, Belgian economist/banker, dies at 92 on December - 11.   

1991  On December - 11 artur Lundkvist, Swedish writer/Prof (Swedish Academy), dies   

1992  On this day in history 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  On this day in history stanislaw Maczek, Polish/British general-major (WW II), dies at 102   

1995  Arthur Mullard, comedian, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

2000  Death of Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Pakistani politician, diplomat and author (b. 1915) on December - 11.   

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

2004  On December - 11 death of arthur Lydiard, New Zealand running coach (b. 1917)   

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

1475  On this day in history birth of leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1513-21)   

1475  Pope Leo X (d. 1521) was born on December - 11.   

1566  On this day in history birth of manuel Cardoso, composer   

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 December - 11.   

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

1725  George Mason, American statesman (d. 1792) was born on this day in history.