Famous Deaths In September - 18

1905  George MacDonald, sci-fi author (Princess & Curdie), dies at 80 on September - 18.   

1911  On this day in history death of russian Premier Peter Stolypin (1906-11), shot and murdered at the Kiev Opera House aged 49   

1918  On this day in history ernest Bristow Farrar, composer, dies at 33   

1924  On September - 18 francis Herbert Bradley, British philosopher (neo-idealism), dies   

1929  On this day in history hermann Gradener, composer, dies at 85   

1931  Death of Hazrat Babajan, a Baloch Muslim saint (b. c. 1806) on this day in history.   

1934  Marie Shotwell, actress (Sally of the Sawdust), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1939  Death of StanisÅ‚aw Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish writer, painter, and photographer (b. 1885) on September - 18.   

1944  On this day in history death of anthony Stefanich, British boxer/captain, killed in Arnhem   

1949  Frank Morgan, actor (Annie Get Your Gun, Wizard of Oz), dies at 59 on September - 18.   

1951  John Douglas Cockcroft, physicist, dies on September - 18.   

1952  Hippoliet Daeye, Flemish painter (Dreamy), dies on this day in history.   

1953  Death of Charles de Tornaco, Belgian racing driver (b. 1927) on September - 18.   

1956  On September - 18 death of adélard Godbout, premier of Quebec (b. 1892)   

1960  A J Evans, cricketer (only England Test v Aus 1921), dies on this day in history.   

1961  On September - 18 dag Hammarskjoeld, UN Sect Gen, dies in an air crash over Congo at 56   

1962  Therese Neumann, German stigma, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1964  Sean O'Casey, Irish playwright (The Plough and the Stars), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1966  Fernand Lamy, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1967  Death of John Cockcroft, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897) on September - 18.   

1968  On September - 18 franchot Tone, actor (Advise & Consent, Dark Waters), dies at 63   

1969  On this day in history rudolph Wagner-Regeny, composer, dies at 66   

1970  On this day in history jimi Hendrix, rock guitarist (Purple Haze), dies of an overdose at 27   

1973  Nora Nicholson, actress (Blue Lagoon, Crow Hollow), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1974  Edna Best, actress (Key, Calendar, Escape), dies at 74 on September - 18.   

1975  On this day in history pamela Brown, actress (Cleopatra, Beckett, Night Digger), dies at 58   

1977  Death of Paul Bernays, Swiss mathematician (b. 1888) on this day in history.   

1979  Gene Kelly, sportscaster (Sportsreel), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1980  On September - 18 k A Porter, writer, dies at 90   

1994  On September - 18 franco Moschino, Italian fashion designer, dies at 44   

1995  Donald Alfred Davie, poet/critic, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1996  Spiro Theodore Agnew, US VP (1969-73), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1997  Harry Brian Boyne, journalist, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

2001  On this day in history death of ernie Coombs, Canadian entertainer (b. 1927)   

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0053  Trajan, Roman Emperor (d. 117) was born on this day in history.   

1344  On this day in history birth of marie Valois, Princess of France (d. 1404)   

1434  On this day in history birth of eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1467)   

1574  On September - 18 birth of claudio Achillini, Italian lawyer/poet   

1587  Francesca Caccini, Italian composer (d. circa 1640) was born on this day in history.   

1636  Pietro Sanmartini, composer was born on September - 18.   

1676  Eberhard Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1733) was born on September - 18.   

1684  On September - 18 birth of johann Gottfried Walther, Erfurt Germany, composer/Musicographer