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

1955  On December - 11 franz Adolf Syberg, composer, dies at 51   

1959  Death of Jim Bottomley, American baseball player (b. 1900) on December - 11.   

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

1967  On this day in history howard Freeman, actor (Double Dynamite), dies after illness in NYC   

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

1971  On December - 11 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  Reed Hadley, actor (Racket Squad, Public Defender), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1975  Death of Lee Wiley, American jazz singer (b. 1908) on this day in history.   

1978  Death of Vincent du Vigneaud, American chemist and Nobel laureate (b. 1901) on this day in history.   

1979  Claire Carleton, NYC, actress (Alice-Cimarron City), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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

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

1986  On December - 11 paul Keenan, actor (Summer Fantasy), dies at 30   

1987  On December - 11 death of g. A. Kulkarni, Indian (Marathi) writer (b. 1923)   

1989  On this day in history death of louise Dahl-Wolfe, American photographer (b. 1895)   

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

1991  On this day in history artur Lundkvist, Swedish writer/Prof (Swedish Academy), dies   

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 December - 11.   

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

1996  On this day in history herbert Sally Frankel, economist, dies at 93   

1997  On December - 11 kenneth WIlliam Gatland, aerospace scientist, dies at 73   

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 this day in history.   

2003  On December - 11 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  Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 December - 11.   

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