Famous Deaths In October - 15

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

1942  Death of Dirk Bannink, nurse/local counciller Deventer, executed on October - 15.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1959  On this day in history death of lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1880)  

1960  Clara Kimball Young, actress (Return of Chandu), dies of stroke at 70 on October - 15.  

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

1964  On October - 15 cole Porter, composer (Still of the Night), dies at 73  

1965  Carl Hoff, orch leader (Music Hall), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1968  Bea Benaderet, NYC, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction), dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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

1976  Carlo Gambino, US gangster, dies at 74 on October - 15.  

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

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

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

1982  On this day in history elsie Randolph, actress (That'll Make You Whistle), dies  

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

1985  On this day in history meret Oppenheim, writer, dies at 72  

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

1990  On this day in history delphine Seyrig, dies of lung disease at 58  

1991  Hotze de Roos, carpenter/kid book writer (Chameleon series), dies on this day in history.  

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

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 October - 15.  

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 October - 15.  

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 October - 15.  

1542  Djalalud-Din Mohammed Akbar, emperor of India (1556-1605) was born on October - 15.  

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

1608  On October - 15 birth of evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (d. 1647)  

1674  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of elisabeth Teresa of Lorraine, queen of Sardinia (d. 1741)