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  Death of Philip Mechanicus, journalist, executed in Auschwitz-Birkenau on October - 15.   

1945  Death of Pierre Laval, former premier of Vichy France, executed at 62 on this day in history.   

1946  On October - 15 death of hermann Goering, Nazi Reichmarshal, poisons himself in prison   

1948  Death of Edythe Chapman, American actress (b. 1863) on October - 15.   

1955  Fumio Hayasaka, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1958  On October - 15 jack Mason, cricketer (England all-rounder v Australia 1897-98), dies   

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 October - 15.   

1963  Edmond Fleg[enheimer], Swiss/French writer (Ecoute Israel), dies on October - 15.   

1964  Cole Porter, composer (Still of the Night), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

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  Carlo Gambino, US gangster, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1977  Ralph Truman, actor (Henry V, Treasure Island), dies at 77 on October - 15.   

1980  On October - 15 death of mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1900)   

1981  On this day in history frank DeKova, actor (Chief Wild Eagle-F Troop), dies   

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

1983  On this day in history pat O'Brien, actor (Some like it hot), dies of heart attack at 83   

1985  Meret Oppenheim, writer, dies at 72 on October - 15.   

1987  Thomas Sankara, president of Burkina Faso, dies on October - 15.   

1990  Delphine Seyrig, dies of lung disease at 58 on October - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1995  Arthur Carleton Hetherington, public servant, dies at 82 on October - 15.   

1996  Bernard Frank, oriental scholar/writer, dies at 69 on October - 15.   

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 October - 15 death of zhang Xueliang, Chinese ruler of Manchuria (b. 1901)   

2003  Death of Ben Metcalfe, Canadian environmental activist (b. 1919) on this day in history.   

2005  On this day in history death of jason Collier, American basketball player (b. 1977)   

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1471  Konrad Mutian, German humanist (d. 1526) was born on this day in history.   

1542  Djalalud-Din Mohammed Akbar, emperor of India (1556-1605) was born on this day in history.   

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 October - 15 birth of robert Herrick, Mass, British poet (Together)   

1686  On this day in history birth of allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (d. 1758)   

1701  On October - 15 birth of marie-Marguerite d'Youville, first native Canadian canonized (d. 1771)   

1711  Elisabeth Teresa of Lorraine, queen of Sardinia (d. 1741) was born on this day in history.