Famous Deaths In December - 11

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

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

1933  On December - 11 emile C Wauters, Belgian painter (Van der Goes Klooster), dies at 87   

1941  On December - 11 death of john Gillespie Magee, Jr., American poet and aviator (b. 1922)   

1945  Death of Charles Fabry, French physicist (b. 1867) on December - 11.   

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

1955  Franz Adolf Syberg, composer, dies at 51 on December - 11.   

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

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

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

1986  On this day in history paul Keenan, actor (Summer Fantasy), dies at 30   

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 this day in history fernand J Collin, Belgian economist/banker, dies at 92   

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

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

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 December - 11.   

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

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 December - 11.   

2003  Death of Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian writer (b. 1927) on this day in history.   

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

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1465  On December - 11 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 this day in history.   

1566  On December - 11 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 December - 11.