Famous Deaths In October - 15

1937  On October - 15 james Marcus, American actor (The Eagle, The Lonely Trail) dies at 70  

1942  On this day in history 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 October - 15.  

1946  Death of Hermann Goering, Nazi Reichmarshal, poisons himself in prison on this day in history.  

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

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  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 October - 15.  

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

1987  On October - 15 thomas Sankara, president of Burkina Faso, dies  

1990  On October - 15 delphine Seyrig, dies of lung disease at 58  

1991  On October - 15 hotze de Roos, carpenter/kid book writer (Chameleon series), dies  

1992  On October - 15 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  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  On this day in history bernard Frank, oriental scholar/writer, dies at 69  

2000  On October - 15 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  Death of Jason Collier, American basketball player (b. 1977) on this day in history.  

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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  On this day in history 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  Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (d. 1758) was born on this day in history.  

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)