Famous Deaths In October - 15

1937  James Marcus, American actor (The Eagle, The Lonely Trail) dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1942  On October - 15 death of dirk Bannink, nurse/local counciller Deventer, executed   

1944  On this day in history death of philip Mechanicus, journalist, executed in Auschwitz-Birkenau   

1945  On this day in history death of pierre Laval, former premier of Vichy France, executed at 62   

1946  On this day in history death of hermann Goering, Nazi Reichmarshal, poisons himself in prison   

1948  On October - 15 death of edythe Chapman, American actress (b. 1863)   

1955  On this day in history fumio Hayasaka, composer, dies at 41   

1958  Jack Mason, cricketer (England all-rounder v Australia 1897-98), dies on October - 15.   

1959  Death of Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1880) on October - 15.   

1960  On October - 15 clara Kimball Young, actress (Return of Chandu), dies of stroke at 70   

1963  Edmond Fleg[enheimer], Swiss/French writer (Ecoute Israel), dies on this day in history.   

1964  Cole Porter, composer (Still of the Night), dies at 73 on October - 15.   

1965  Carl Hoff, orch leader (Music Hall), dies at 60 on October - 15.   

1968  On October - 15 bea Benaderet, NYC, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction), dies at 62   

1969  Rod[erique] La Rocque, US western actor (Mystery Woman), dies on October - 15.   

1976  On this day in history carlo Gambino, US gangster, dies at 74   

1977  Ralph Truman, actor (Henry V, Treasure Island), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1980  Death of Mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1900) on this day in history.   

1981  Frank DeKova, actor (Chief Wild Eagle-F Troop), dies on October - 15.   

1982  Elsie Randolph, actress (That'll Make You Whistle), dies on this day in history.   

1983  On October - 15 pat O'Brien, actor (Some like it hot), dies of heart attack at 83   

1985  On October - 15 meret Oppenheim, writer, dies at 72   

1987  On this day in history thomas Sankara, president of Burkina Faso, dies   

1990  On October - 15 delphine Seyrig, dies of lung disease at 58   

1991  On this day in history hotze de Roos, carpenter/kid book writer (Chameleon series), dies   

1992  Dorothy Helen Baker, mother of Diane Baker, dies at 78 on October - 15.   

1993  Ken E Jones, musician (New Amsterdam Symph Orch), dies of AIDS at 34 on October - 15.   

1994  On October - 15 hannes Wustinger, Austrian race car driver, dies at 29   

1995  On October - 15 arthur Carleton Hetherington, public servant, dies at 82   

1996  Bernard Frank, oriental scholar/writer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

2000  Death of Konrad Emil Bloch, German-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1912) on October - 15.   

2001  Death of Zhang Xueliang, Chinese ruler of Manchuria (b. 1901) on October - 15.   

2003  On October - 15 death of ben Metcalfe, Canadian environmental activist (b. 1919)   

2005  On October - 15 death of jason Collier, American basketball player (b. 1977)   

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1471  Konrad Mutian, German humanist (d. 1526) was born on October - 15.   

1542  On this day in history birth of djalalud-Din Mohammed Akbar, emperor of India (1556-1605)   

1550  Henry, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg/brother of William of Orange was born on October - 15.   

1608  On this day in history birth of evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (d. 1647)   

1674  Robert Herrick, Mass, British poet (Together) was born on October - 15.   

1686  On October - 15 birth of allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (d. 1758)   

1701  On this day in history birth of marie-Marguerite d'Youville, first native Canadian canonized (d. 1771)   

1711  On this day in history birth of elisabeth Teresa of Lorraine, queen of Sardinia (d. 1741)