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

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

1945  On October - 15 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 October - 15 death of edythe Chapman, American actress (b. 1863)   

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

1958  On this day in history jack Mason, cricketer (England all-rounder v Australia 1897-98), dies   

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

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 October - 15.   

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  On October - 15 bea Benaderet, NYC, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction), dies at 62   

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

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

1981  On October - 15 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  Pat O'Brien, actor (Some like it hot), dies of heart attack at 83 on October - 15.   

1985  On October - 15 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 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  On October - 15 ken E Jones, musician (New Amsterdam Symph Orch), dies of AIDS at 34   

1994  On October - 15 hannes Wustinger, Austrian race car driver, dies at 29   

1995  Arthur Carleton Hetherington, public servant, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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 October - 15.   

2001  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of konrad Mutian, German humanist (d. 1526)   

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

1674  Robert Herrick, Mass, British poet (Together) was born on October - 15.   

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

1701  On this day in history birth of marie-Marguerite d'Youville, first native Canadian canonized (d. 1771)   

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