Famous Deaths In October - 26

1868  On October - 26 death of b F Randolph, SC state senator, assassinated   

1874  Peter Cornelius, German composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1881  On this day in history billy Clanton, brother of Ike, dies   

1890  Collodi, [Carlo Lorenzini], Italian writer (Pinocchio), dies on this day in history.   

1896  Death of Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (b. 1827) on this day in history.   

1902  On this day in history death of elizabeth Cady Stanton, American feminist and suffragette (b. 1815)   

1903  On this day in history herbert Stanley Oakeley, composer, dies at 73   

1909  On October - 26 death of horiboemi Ito, Prince of Japan, assassinated by a Korean   

1929  On October - 26 arno Holz, writer, dies at 66   

1930  Death of Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman (b. 1872) on October - 26.   

1931  Death of Charles Comiskey, baseball team owner (b. 1859) on October - 26.   

1935  On this day in history akos Buttykai, composer, dies at 64   

1936  On October - 26 bob Dellemijn, Lourdes-ganger/Franco-volunteer, dies in battle at 18   

1937  On this day in history death of józef Dowbór-MuÅ›nicki, Polish general (b. 1867)   

1941  Death of Arkady Gaidar, Russian children's writer (b. 1904) on October - 26.   

1943  Death of Marc Aurel Stein, Hungarian-born archaeologist (b. 1862) on October - 26.   

1944  On this day in history death of princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria (b. 1857)   

1945  Death of Paul Pelliot, French explorer (b. 1878) on this day in history.   

1947  Death of Canon Edwin Sidney Savage, English rector (b. 1862) on October - 26.   

1952  Death of Hattie McDaniel, American singer and actress (b. 1895) on this day in history.   

1954  Floris HL Prims, Flemish priest/historian/archivist of Antwerp, dies on October - 26.   

1955  Arne Eggen, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1956  Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history n Kazantzakis, writer, dies   

1961  Edgar Mayne, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia around WWI), dies on October - 26.   

1962  On this day in history hattie McDaniel actress (Gone With the Wind), dies at 67   

1964  Agnes Miegel, writer, dies on October - 26.   

1965  On October - 26 death of sylvia Likens, American torture victim (b. 1949)   

1966  Death of Alma Cogan, English singer (b. 1932) on this day in history.   

1968  Erich Von Stroheim, actor/director (Napoleon), dies of cancer at 52 on this day in history.   

1971  On October - 26 robert Gordon director/writer (Loveless), dies at 76   

1972  Igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aviation pioneer and helicopter builder, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history deryck Victor Cooke, composer, dies at 57   

1978  On October - 26 george Grant, cricketer (WI Test captain through early 1930's), dies   

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1427  Archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496) was born on this day in history.   

1466  On this day in history birth of desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly)   

1473  Friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510) was born on October - 26.   

1483  On this day in history birth of hans Buchner, composer   

1491  Zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521) was born on October - 26.   

1609  On this day in history birth of william Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675)   

1645  Aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David) was born on October - 26.   

1673  On October - 26 birth of dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova (1710-11)