Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 18

1913  On this day in history otto Reubke, composer, dies at 70   

1918  Toivo Kuula, composer, dies at 34 on May - 18.   

1922  On this day in history death of charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1845)   

1927  On this day in history death of andrew Kehoe, American mass murderer (b. 1872)   

1930  On this day in history joao Marcellino Arroyo, composer, dies at 68   

1936  On May - 18 alick Maclean, composer, dies at 63   

1949  Death of James T Adams, US historian (Pulitzer 1921) on this day in history.   

1952  On May - 18 rossetter Gleason Cole, composer, dies at 86   

1953  Tom Killick, cricketer (at the crease 2 Tests for Eng 1929), dies on May - 18.   

1955  Mary McLeod Bethune, educator & civil rights leader, dies at 79 on May - 18.   

1956  Maurice Tate, cricketer (39 Tests for England, 155 wickets), dies on May - 18.   

1961  On this day in history henry O'Neill, actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble), dies   

1963  Death of Ernie Davis, American football player (b. 1939) on May - 18.   

1965  Eduard J Dijksterhuis, mathematician (Archimedes), dies at 72 on May - 18.   

1966  Paul Althaus, German theologist (That Christian Wahrheit), dies at 78 on May - 18.   

1967  On this day in history andy Clyde, Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick, dies at 75   

1972  Eero Aukusti Sipila, composer, dies at 53 on May - 18.   

1973  On this day in history jeannette Rankin, 1st Congresswoman (1917-19, 41-43), dies at 92   

1974  Daniel R Topping, US owner (NY Yankees), dies at 61 on May - 18.   

1975  On this day in history leroy Anderson, composer, dies at 66   

1980  Death of Ian Curtis, English rock vocalist (Joy Division), commit suicide at 23 on May - 18.   

1981  Arthur O'Connell, actor (Mr Peepers, 2nd Hundred Years), dies at 73 on May - 18.   

1985  Tex Terry, actor (Apache Rose, Timberjack), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history john Bubbles Sublett, tap dancer (Black & Bubbles), dies at 84   

1987  On this day in history wilbur J Cohen, 1st employee of Social Security System, dies at 73   

1988  On this day in history daws Butler, cartoon voice (Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound), dies at 71   

1990  Jill Ireland, actress (Carry on Nurse, Family), dies of cancer at 54 on May - 18.   

1991  On May - 18 edwina Booth, actress (Trader Horn), dies of heart failure at 86   

1992  On May - 18 lawrence Welk, bandleader (L Welk Show), dies of pneumonia at 89   

1993  On this day in history heinrich Albertz, theologist/mayor of Berlin (1966-67), dies at 78   

1995  On this day in history alexander Gudonov, Russian dancer/actor (Witness), dies at 45   

1996  Dermot O'Callaghan Grubb, prison governor, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1997  On May - 18 death of bridgette Andersen, American actress (b. 1975)   

1999  Death of Augustus Pablo, Jamaican singer (b. 1954) on this day in history.   

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1048  Omar Khayyám, Persian mathematician, poet and philosopher (d. 1131) was born on May - 18.   

1186  On May - 18 birth of konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (d. 1218)   

1474  On May - 18 birth of isabella d'Este, Marquise of Mantua (d. 1539)   

1551  On May - 18 birth of domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter (d. 1486)   

1610  On May - 18 birth of stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker (d. 1664)   

1662  On May - 18 birth of george Smalridge, English bishop of Bristol (d. 1719)   

1692  On this day in history birth of joseph Butler, Wantage Berkshire, theologian   

1711  On May - 18 birth of ruggiero G Boscovich, [Rudzer J Boskovic], Italian astronomer