Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened 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  On December - 18 alberto Randegger, composer, dies at 79   

1918  On this day in history henryk Jarecki, composer, dies at 72   

1919  Horatio William Parker, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1928  On this day in history lucien Capet, composer, dies at 55   

1931  On this day in history 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  On December - 18 death of andrija Mohorovičić, Austro-Hungarian-born Yugoslav seismologist (b. 1857)   

1937  S S Schultz, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1879), dies on December - 18.   

1939  Matthew Brown, Journalist, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1942  Charlie Walker, cricketer (Aust tourist to England 1930, 1938), dies on December - 18.   

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

1959  On December - 18 dorothy L Sayers, writer, dies at 66   

1963  On December - 18 winifried P I Zillig, German composer/conductor (Opfer), dies at 58   

1966  Gene Gauntier, dies in Cuernavaca Mexico on December - 18.   

1971  Aleksandr T Tvardovski, Russ editor in chief (Novyj Mir), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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

1974  On this day in history death of harry Hooper, American baseball player (b. 1887)   

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

1976  George Emmett, cricketer (Engld opener v Aust Old Trafford 1948), dies on this day in history.   

1977  Cyril Ritchard, actor (Peter Pan), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  On December - 18 death of conny Plank, German record producer and musician (b. 1940)   

1990  Anne Revere, actress (National Velvet), dies of pneumonia at 87 on December - 18.   

1991  June Storey, actress (South of the Border), dies of cancer at 73 on December - 18.   

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  On this day in history heinz Bernard Lowenstein, actor/director, dies at 71   

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1507  ÅŒuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (d. 1551) was born on this day in history.   

1562  On this day in history birth of philipp Dulichius, composer   

1569  On December - 18 birth of jakob Hassler, composer   

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

1610  On December - 18 birth of charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist   

1620  Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (d. 1668) was born on December - 18.   

1633  On this day in history birth of adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised   

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