Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 15

1937  On October - 15 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  Death of Philip Mechanicus, journalist, executed in Auschwitz-Birkenau on October - 15.   

1945  On October - 15 death of pierre Laval, former premier of Vichy France, executed at 62   

1946  On this day in history death of hermann Goering, Nazi Reichmarshal, poisons himself in prison   

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

1955  Fumio Hayasaka, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

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

1959  Death of Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1880) on October - 15.   

1960  On this day in history 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  Cole Porter, composer (Still of the Night), dies at 73 on October - 15.   

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

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  Carlo Gambino, US gangster, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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

1980  On this day in history 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  On this day in history pat O'Brien, actor (Some like it hot), dies of heart attack at 83   

1985  Meret Oppenheim, writer, dies at 72 on October - 15.   

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  Hotze de Roos, carpenter/kid book writer (Chameleon series), dies on October - 15.   

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 this day in history hannes Wustinger, Austrian race car driver, dies at 29   

1995  On this day in history arthur Carleton Hetherington, public servant, dies at 82   

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 October - 15.   

2003  On this day in history death of ben Metcalfe, Canadian environmental activist (b. 1919)   

2005  Death of Jason Collier, American basketball player (b. 1977) on this day in history.   

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1471  Konrad Mutian, German humanist (d. 1526) was born on this day in history.   

1542  Djalalud-Din Mohammed Akbar, emperor of India (1556-1605) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1701  Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, first native Canadian canonized (d. 1771) was born on October - 15.   

1711  Elisabeth Teresa of Lorraine, queen of Sardinia (d. 1741) was born on this day in history.