Famous Deaths In November - 26

1896  Death of Emil du Bois-Reymond, German physician (b. 1818) on November - 26.  

1918  On November - 26 charlie McLeod, cricketer (all-rounder for Australia 1894-1905), dies  

1923  On November - 26 alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer, dies at 60  

1925  Johannes Haarklou, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1926  On this day in history john M Brown, US weapons constructer, dies  

1927  Death of Jean-Louis Pisuisse, Dutch performer (governess), assassinated at 47 on this day in history.  

1928  Reinhard Scheer, German admiral (WW I), dies at 65 on November - 26.  

1929  On November - 26 michele Esposito, composer, dies at 74  

1933  Edward Julius Biedermann, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

1934  On this day in history death of mykhailo Hrushevsky, Ukrainian historian and statesman (b.1866)  

1938  Henry Schultz, US farm commune, dies on this day in history.  

1939  James Naismith, Basketball inventor, dies on November - 26.  

1941  Death of Niels Hansen Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and ceramist (b. 1861) on this day in history.  

1943  On November - 26 edward H "Butch" O'hare, US pilot/lt-comdr, dies in battle  

1950  Hedwig Courts-Mahler, German author, dies at 83 on November - 26.  

1952  Death of Sven Hedin, Swedish explorer (b. 1865) on November - 26.  

1954  On this day in history death of bill Doak, former Major League Baseball pitcher (b. 1891)  

1956  On November - 26 tommy Dorsey, big bandleader, dies at 51  

1957  Aleksei M Remizov, Russian author (Iveren), dies on this day in history.  

1959  On November - 26 albert William Ketelby, composer, dies at 84  

1961  On this day in history alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser, composer, dies at 86  

1962  Albert P Sarraut, Indo-China premier (1933, 36), dies at 90 on November - 26.  

1963  On this day in history amelita Galli-Curci, Italian soprano, dies  

1965  On November - 26 wild Bill Elliott, cowboy actor (49'ers), dies of cancer at 60  

1966  Harold Burrage, US singer/pianist (Got to Find a Way), dies at 35 on November - 26.  

1968  Arnold Zweig, German antifascist/author (Junge frau 1914), dies at 81 on November - 26.  

1970  On this day in history b O Davis Sr, 1st black general, dies at 93 in Chicago  

1971  Joe Adonis, US crime-syndicate boss in NY & NJ, dies at 68 on November - 26.  

1973  On November - 26 john Rostill, rocker, dies at 31  

1974  Death of Cyril Connolly, English intellectual (b. September 10, 1903) on this day in history.  

1980  On this day in history rachael Roberts, actress (This Sporting Life), dies at age 53  

1981  On this day in history machgielis "Max" Euwe, world chess champion (1935-37), dies at 80  

1982  On this day in history dan Tobin, actor (I Married Joan, My Favorite Martian), dies at 73  

1985  On November - 26 ransom Sherman, comedian (Father of Bride), dies at 87  

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1288  Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (d. 1339) was born on November - 26.  

1436  Princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (d. 1463) was born on November - 26.  

1607  John Harvard, England, clergyman/scholar, founded Harvard Univ was born on November - 26.  

1609  On November - 26 birth of henry Dunster, English president of Harvard College (d. 1659)  

1640  On this day in history birth of carl Rosier, composer  

1653  On this day in history birth of andreas Anton Schmelzer, composer  

1657  On November - 26 birth of william Derham, English minister and writer (d. 1735)  

1663  On November - 26 birth of pedro de Peralta y Barnuevo, Peruvian poet (Obras Dramaticas)