Famous Deaths In December - 18

1897  Carlo A Alfieri, Italian Member of parliament, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1899  On this day in history john William Glover, composer, dies at 84   

1911  Alberto Randegger, composer, dies at 79 on December - 18.   

1918  On December - 18 henryk Jarecki, composer, dies at 72   

1919  Horatio William Parker, composer, dies at 56 on December - 18.   

1928  Lucien Capet, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1931  On December - 18 death of john T "Legs" Diamond, US gangster, murdered at 35   

1932  Eduard "Ede" Bernstein, German marxist/revisionist, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1935  On this day in history juan V Gomez, general/dictator of Venezuela (1908-35), dies   

1936  Death of Andrija Mohorovičić, Austro-Hungarian-born Yugoslav seismologist (b. 1857) on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history s S Schultz, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1879), dies   

1939  Matthew Brown, Journalist, dies at 51 on December - 18.   

1942  Charlie Walker, cricketer (Aust tourist to England 1930, 1938), dies on this day in history.   

1948  On December - 18 death of janet Fay, hammered to death by Honeymoon Killers   

1959  Dorothy L Sayers, writer, dies at 66 on December - 18.   

1963  Winifried P I Zillig, German composer/conductor (Opfer), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1966  On December - 18 gene Gauntier, dies in Cuernavaca Mexico   

1971  Aleksandr T Tvardovski, Russ editor in chief (Novyj Mir), dies at 61 on December - 18.   

1973  Giulio Cesare Brero, composer, dies at 64 on December - 18.   

1974  Death of Harry Hooper, American baseball player (b. 1887) on December - 18.   

1975  Death of Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukrainian geneticist (b. 1900) on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history george Emmett, cricketer (Engld opener v Aust Old Trafford 1948), dies   

1977  Cyril Ritchard, actor (Peter Pan), dies at 80 on December - 18.   

1980  On December - 18 death of alexei N Kosygin, Soviet PM (1964-80), suffers heart attack at 76   

1981  Death of Mehmet Shehu, PM Albania (1954-81)/"US-Russ spy", commits suicide on December - 18.   

1982  On December - 18 raymond Emery, cricketer (2 Tests NZ v WI 1952, 46 runs, 2 wkts), dies   

1985  On this day in history death of xuân Diệu, Vietnamese poet (b. 1916)   

1986  Mamo Clark, actor (1 Million BC, Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island), dies on this day in history.   

1987  Death of Conny Plank, German record producer and musician (b. 1940) on December - 18.   

1990  On this day in history anne Revere, actress (National Velvet), dies of pneumonia at 87   

1991  On December - 18 june Storey, actress (South of the Border), dies of cancer at 73   

1992  Dana Andrews, actor (Best Years of Our Lifes), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1993  Sam Wanamaker, actor (Pvt Benjamin), dies of prostate cancer at 74 on December - 18.   

1994  Heinz Bernard Lowenstein, actor/director, dies at 71 on December - 18.   

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1507  On December - 18 birth of ÅŒuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (d. 1551)   

1562  On December - 18 birth of philipp Dulichius, composer   

1569  Jakob Hassler, composer was born on December - 18.   

1602  Simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian and politician (d. 1650) was born on December - 18.   

1610  On this day in history birth of charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist   

1620  On this day in history birth of heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (d. 1668)   

1633  On December - 18 birth of adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised   

1633  On December - 18 birth of willem van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, baptised