Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 15

1937  On this day in history james Marcus, American actor (The Eagle, The Lonely Trail) dies at 70   

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

1944  On October - 15 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  Death of Hermann Goering, Nazi Reichmarshal, poisons himself in prison on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history death of edythe Chapman, American actress (b. 1863)   

1955  On October - 15 fumio Hayasaka, composer, dies at 41   

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

1959  On October - 15 death of lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1880)   

1960  Clara Kimball Young, actress (Return of Chandu), dies of stroke at 70 on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history edmond Fleg[enheimer], Swiss/French writer (Ecoute Israel), dies   

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 this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history bea Benaderet, NYC, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction), dies at 62   

1969  On October - 15 rod[erique] La Rocque, US western actor (Mystery Woman), dies   

1976  On October - 15 carlo Gambino, US gangster, dies at 74   

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

1980  On this day in history death of mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1900)   

1981  Frank DeKova, actor (Chief Wild Eagle-F Troop), dies on this day in history.   

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  Delphine Seyrig, dies of lung disease at 58 on October - 15.   

1991  On October - 15 hotze de Roos, carpenter/kid book writer (Chameleon series), dies   

1992  Dorothy Helen Baker, mother of Diane Baker, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1993  On October - 15 ken E Jones, musician (New Amsterdam Symph Orch), dies of AIDS at 34   

1994  Hannes Wustinger, Austrian race car driver, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

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

1996  On this day in history bernard Frank, oriental scholar/writer, dies at 69   

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

2001  On this day in history death of zhang Xueliang, Chinese ruler of Manchuria (b. 1901)   

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

2005  Death of Jason Collier, American basketball player (b. 1977) on this day in history.   

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1471  On this day in history birth of konrad Mutian, German humanist (d. 1526)   

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

1550  On October - 15 birth of henry, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg/brother of William of Orange   

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

1674  On this day in history birth of robert Herrick, Mass, British poet (Together)   

1686  Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (d. 1758) was born on October - 15.   

1701  Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, first native Canadian canonized (d. 1771) was born on October - 15.   

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