Famous Deaths In December - 18

1897  On this day in history carlo A Alfieri, Italian Member of parliament, dies at 70   

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

1911  On December - 18 alberto Randegger, composer, dies at 79   

1918  Henryk Jarecki, composer, dies at 72 on December - 18.   

1919  On December - 18 horatio William Parker, composer, dies at 56   

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

1931  Death of John T "Legs" Diamond, US gangster, murdered at 35 on December - 18.   

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 December - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1948  Death of Janet Fay, hammered to death by Honeymoon Killers on this day in history.   

1959  Dorothy L Sayers, writer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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 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  On this day in history death of theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukrainian geneticist (b. 1900)   

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

1977  On December - 18 cyril Ritchard, actor (Peter Pan), dies at 80   

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

1981  On this day in history death of mehmet Shehu, PM Albania (1954-81)/"US-Russ spy", commits suicide   

1982  Raymond Emery, cricketer (2 Tests NZ v WI 1952, 46 runs, 2 wkts), dies on this day in history.   

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 December - 18.   

1987  On this day in history death of conny Plank, German record producer and musician (b. 1940)   

1990  Anne Revere, actress (National Velvet), dies of pneumonia at 87 on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history 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 December - 18.   

1993  On December - 18 sam Wanamaker, actor (Pvt Benjamin), dies of prostate cancer at 74   

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  Philipp Dulichius, composer was born on December - 18.   

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

1602  On this day in history birth of simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian and politician (d. 1650)   

1610  Charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist was born on December - 18.   

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

1633  Adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised was born on this day in history.   

1633  Willem van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, baptised was born on December - 18.