Famous Deaths In October - 15

1937  On October - 15 james Marcus, American actor (The Eagle, The Lonely Trail) dies at 70   

1942  On October - 15 death of dirk Bannink, nurse/local counciller Deventer, executed   

1944  Death of Philip Mechanicus, journalist, executed in Auschwitz-Birkenau on October - 15.   

1945  Death of Pierre Laval, former premier of Vichy France, executed at 62 on this day in history.   

1946  Death of Hermann Goering, Nazi Reichmarshal, poisons himself in prison on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history death of edythe Chapman, American actress (b. 1863)   

1955  On this day in history fumio Hayasaka, composer, dies at 41   

1958  On October - 15 jack Mason, cricketer (England all-rounder v Australia 1897-98), dies   

1959  Death of Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1880) on this day in history.   

1960  Clara Kimball Young, actress (Return of Chandu), dies of stroke at 70 on October - 15.   

1963  On October - 15 edmond Fleg[enheimer], Swiss/French writer (Ecoute Israel), dies   

1964  Cole Porter, composer (Still of the Night), dies at 73 on October - 15.   

1965  Carl Hoff, orch leader (Music Hall), dies at 60 on October - 15.   

1968  Bea Benaderet, NYC, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction), dies at 62 on October - 15.   

1969  Rod[erique] La Rocque, US western actor (Mystery Woman), dies on October - 15.   

1976  Carlo Gambino, US gangster, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history ralph Truman, actor (Henry V, Treasure Island), dies at 77   

1980  Death of Mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1900) on this day in history.   

1981  Frank DeKova, actor (Chief Wild Eagle-F Troop), dies on this day in history.   

1982  Elsie Randolph, actress (That'll Make You Whistle), dies on this day in history.   

1983  Pat O'Brien, actor (Some like it hot), dies of heart attack at 83 on October - 15.   

1985  On October - 15 meret Oppenheim, writer, dies at 72   

1987  On October - 15 thomas Sankara, president of Burkina Faso, dies   

1990  Delphine Seyrig, dies of lung disease at 58 on October - 15.   

1991  On October - 15 hotze de Roos, carpenter/kid book writer (Chameleon series), dies   

1992  On October - 15 dorothy Helen Baker, mother of Diane Baker, dies at 78   

1993  Ken E Jones, musician (New Amsterdam Symph Orch), dies of AIDS at 34 on this day in history.   

1994  On October - 15 hannes Wustinger, Austrian race car driver, dies at 29   

1995  On this day in history arthur Carleton Hetherington, public servant, dies at 82   

1996  Bernard Frank, oriental scholar/writer, dies at 69 on October - 15.   

2000  On October - 15 death of konrad Emil Bloch, German-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1912)   

2001  On this day in history death of zhang Xueliang, Chinese ruler of Manchuria (b. 1901)   

2003  Death of Ben Metcalfe, Canadian environmental activist (b. 1919) on this day in history.   

2005  On October - 15 death of jason Collier, American basketball player (b. 1977)   

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1471  Konrad Mutian, German humanist (d. 1526) was born on October - 15.   

1542  On October - 15 birth of djalalud-Din Mohammed Akbar, emperor of India (1556-1605)   

1550  Henry, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg/brother of William of Orange was born on this day in history.   

1608  Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (d. 1647) was born on October - 15.   

1674  On this day in history birth of robert Herrick, Mass, British poet (Together)   

1686  Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (d. 1758) was born on this day in history.   

1701  On this day in history birth of marie-Marguerite d'Youville, first native Canadian canonized (d. 1771)   

1711  Elisabeth Teresa of Lorraine, queen of Sardinia (d. 1741) was born on this day in history.