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 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 this day in history.   

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

1948  Death of Edythe Chapman, American actress (b. 1863) on this day in history.   

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

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

1959  Death of Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1880) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history cole Porter, composer (Still of the Night), dies at 73   

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

1968  Bea Benaderet, NYC, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction), dies at 62 on October - 15.   

1969  Rod[erique] La Rocque, US western actor (Mystery Woman), dies on this day in history.   

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  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 October - 15 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 this day in history.   

1990  Delphine Seyrig, dies of lung disease at 58 on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history 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 October - 15.   

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 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 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  On October - 15 birth of konrad Mutian, German humanist (d. 1526)   

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 this day in history.   

1608  Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (d. 1647) was born on this day in history.   

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

1711  On October - 15 birth of elisabeth Teresa of Lorraine, queen of Sardinia (d. 1741)