Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 18
Saturday, 13 December 2025
1839 French Jozef Kinsoen, Flemish portrait painter, dies at 68 on October - 18. 

1862 James Creighton, dies of rupture bladder from hitting HR on Oct 14th on October - 18. 

1864 David Bell Birney, US lawyer/Union general-major, dies at 39 on October - 18. 

1865 On October - 18 lord Henry JT Palmerston, English min of Foreign affairs, dies at 80 

1876 Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe), dies at 85 on October - 18. 

1886 On this day in history death of philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician (b. 1796) 

1889 Death of Antonio Meucci, Italian inventor (b. 1808) on October - 18. 

1893 On October - 18 charles F Gounod, French composer (La reine the Saba), dies at 75 

1909 On October - 18 alfredo Oriani, Italian writer (La rivolta ideal), dies 

1921 Death of King Ludwig III of Bavaria (b. 1845) on October - 18. 

1931 On October - 18 thomas Alva Edison, inventor, dies in West Orange, NJ, at 84 

1932 Death of Ioannis Chrysafis, Greek gymnast (b. 1873) on this day in history. 

1938 Karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist, dies on October - 18. 

1940 Suze Groeneweg, 1st woman in Dutch 2nd Chamber (1918-37), dies at 65 on this day in history. 

1941 On October - 18 dirk Fock, governor-general van/of Neth-Indies 1921-6, dies at 83 

1942 On this day in history death of mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (b. 1862) 

1943 On this day in history adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's Youth), dies at 55 

1948 On October - 18 [Heinrich A H] Walther von Brauchitsch, German fieldmarshal, dies 

1953 Douwe Kalma, Fries literature/christian-socialist, dies at 57 on October - 18. 

1955 Jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, dies at 72 on this day in history. 

1959 On October - 18 death of boughera El Ouafi, Algerian athlete (b. 1898) 

1961 On October - 18 death of tsuru Aoki, Japanese-born American actress (b. 1892) 

1963 Claudio Carneyro, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history. 

1965 Frank Hutchens, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history. 

1966 Bill Nestell, US actor (Dangerous Venture), dies of heart attack at 73 on October - 18. 

1968 On this day in history lee Tracy, actor (Doctor X, Bombshell, Best Man), dies of cancer at 70 

1972 Ken Wishart, cricketer (WI opening batsman in one Test 1935), dies on October - 18. 

1973 Crane Wilbur, dir/writer (Bat, Canon City, Yellow Cargo), dies at 86 on this day in history. 

1975 Al Lettieri, actor (Beautiful but Deadly, Don is Dead), dies at 47 on October - 18. 

1976 Death of Kavi Samrat Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Telugu writer (b. 1895) on this day in history. 

1977 On October - 18 rolph Grant, cricketer (West Indian capt on 1939 England tour), dies 

1978 Frank Woolley, cricketer (58,969 1st-class runs), dies on this day in history. 

1982 On October - 18 bess Truman, 1st lady (1945-53), dies in Independence, Mo at 97 

1983 On this day in history vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (55 Tests for India), dies 

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