Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 13

1909  On this day in history death of francisco Ferrer, Spanish anarchist, executed   

1917  On this day in history death of florence La Badie, American actress   

1918  On this day in history gerrit Engelke, German writer (Briefer der Liebe), dies   

1919  On October - 13 death of karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1857)   

1920  Isaac Capadose, lawyer/evangelist, dies at 86 on October - 13.   

1924  Anatole France, [Jacques Thibault], writer (Ecrivain Francais), dies on October - 13.   

1926  Hans E Kinck, Norwegian philological/writer (Driftekaren), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1931  Death of Ernst Didring, Swedish author (b. 1868) on this day in history.   

1938  On October - 13 death of e.C. Segar, American cartoonist (Popeye) (b. 1894)   

1941  GJ Berenschot, general/supreme commander Dutch East Indies army, dies on this day in history.   

1945  On October - 13 death of milton S. Hershey, American chocolate tycoon (b. 1857)   

1947  Sydney Webb, England, writer/husband of Beatrice Potter, dies on October - 13.   

1948  Samuel S Hinds, actor (Raven, Test Pilot), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1950  On October - 13 death of ernest Haycox, American writer (b. 1899)   

1951  On this day in history w G (Billy) Quaife, cricketer (7 Tests for England, 228 runs), dies   

1953  On this day in history millard Mitchell, actor (12 O'Clock High, Gunfighter), dies at 50   

1955  Death of Manuel Ávila Camacho, President of Mexico (b. 1897) on October - 13.   

1958  On this day in history alexander Moiseyevich Veprik, composer, dies at 59   

1959  K Rudolf Mengelberg, Dutch composer (Concert Amsterdam), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1963  Henry Daniell, English actor (Woman in Green, Body Snatchers), dies on this day in history.   

1965  Paul H Muller, Swiss chemist (DDT-Nobel 1948), dies at 66 on October - 13.   

1966  On October - 13 clifton Webb, actor (Laura, Razor's Edge), dies of heart attack at 72   

1968  On October - 13 bea Benaderet, actress (Petticoat Junction), dies of lung cancer at 62   

1970  On this day in history julia Culp, mezzo-soprano, dies at 90   

1971  Death of Stafford Smythe, Canadian NHL executive (b. 1921) on October - 13.   

1974  On October - 13 ed Sullivan, TV host (Ed Sullivan Show, Toast of the Town), dies at 73   

1979  Clarence Muse, actor (Sam-Casablanca), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1981  On October - 13 nils Asther, actor (Son of Lassie, Wild Orchids), dies at 84   

1985  On this day in history jack Wilson, cricketer (Test for Australia, 0-39 & 1-25, DNB), dies   

1987  Walter H Brattain, US physicist (transistors, Nobel 1956), dies at 85 on October - 13.   

1988  On October - 13 mike Venezia, jockey, dies in 5th-race fall at Belmont Race Track, NY   

1990  Hans Freudenthal, mathematician/director OW&OC (F Institution), dies on this day in history.   

1991  Daniel Oduber Quiros, president of Costa Rica (1974-1978), dies on this day in history.   

1992  Hughes Rudd, news anchor (CBS Morning News), dies of aneurysm at 71 on October - 13.   

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1162  Leonora of England, Queen of Castile (d. 1214) was born on this day in history.   

1244  On this day in history birth of jaques de Molay, Grand Master of the Knights Templars (d. 1314)   

1474  On October - 13 birth of mariotto di Bigio di Bindo Albertinelli, Italian painter   

1537  On this day in history birth of jane Grey, Queen of England for 9 days   

1563  Francesco Caracciolo, Italian religious founder/saint (Caracciolini) was born on October - 13.   

1566  On this day in history birth of richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Irish politician (d. 1643)   

1613  On October - 13 birth of luisa of Medina-Sidonia, queen of Portugal (d. 1666)   

1652  On this day in history birth of johann Heinrich Kittel, composer