Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 15

1937  James Marcus, American actor (The Eagle, The Lonely Trail) dies at 70 on October - 15.   

1942  Death of Dirk Bannink, nurse/local counciller Deventer, executed on this day in history.   

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

1945  Death of Pierre Laval, former premier of Vichy France, executed at 62 on October - 15.   

1946  Death of Hermann Goering, Nazi Reichmarshal, poisons himself in prison on October - 15.   

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  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  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  On October - 15 carl Hoff, orch leader (Music Hall), dies at 60   

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

1969  On this day in history rod[erique] La Rocque, US western actor (Mystery Woman), dies   

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

1977  On October - 15 ralph Truman, actor (Henry V, Treasure Island), dies at 77   

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

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 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  On October - 15 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  On this day in history dorothy Helen Baker, mother of Diane Baker, dies at 78   

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 this day in history.   

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

2001  Death of Zhang Xueliang, Chinese ruler of Manchuria (b. 1901) on this day in history.   

2003  Death of Ben Metcalfe, Canadian environmental activist (b. 1919) on October - 15.   

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 October - 15 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 this day in history.   

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

1674  Robert Herrick, Mass, British poet (Together) was born on this day in history.   

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

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)