Famous Deaths In October - 18

1839  French Jozef Kinsoen, Flemish portrait painter, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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

1864  On this day in history david Bell Birney, US lawyer/Union general-major, dies at 39  

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

1876  On this day in history francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe), dies at 85  

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 this day in history.  

1893  Charles F Gounod, French composer (La reine the Saba), dies at 75 on October - 18.  

1909  Alfredo Oriani, Italian writer (La rivolta ideal), dies on October - 18.  

1921  Death of King Ludwig III of Bavaria (b. 1845) on this day in history.  

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1931  Thomas Alva Edison, inventor, dies in West Orange, NJ, at 84 on this day in history.  

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

1938  On this day in history karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist, dies  

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

1941  On this day in history 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 October - 18 adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's Youth), dies at 55  

1948  [Heinrich A H] Walther von Brauchitsch, German fieldmarshal, dies on this day in history.  

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

1955  On this day in history jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, dies at 72  

1959  Death of Boughera El Ouafi, Algerian athlete (b. 1898) on this day in history.  

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

1963  On October - 18 claudio Carneyro, composer, dies at 68  

1965  On this day in history frank Hutchens, composer, dies at 73  

1966  On this day in history bill Nestell, US actor (Dangerous Venture), dies of heart attack at 73  

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

1972  On October - 18 ken Wishart, cricketer (WI opening batsman in one Test 1935), dies  

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

1975  On this day in history al Lettieri, actor (Beautiful but Deadly, Don is Dead), dies at 47  

1976  Death of Kavi Samrat Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Telugu writer (b. 1895) on October - 18.  

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

1978  On October - 18 frank Woolley, cricketer (58,969 1st-class runs), dies  

1982  Bess Truman, 1st lady (1945-53), dies in Independence, Mo at 97 on October - 18.  

1983  On October - 18 vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (55 Tests for India), dies  

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1127  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192)  

1239  On this day in history birth of stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72)  

1405  On October - 18 birth of pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian pope (1458-64) (Cynthia)  

1517  On October - 18 birth of manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (d. 1570)  

1547  On October - 18 birth of justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist/historian  

1569  Giambattista Marini, Italian poet (d. 1625) was born on October - 18.  

1595  On October - 18 birth of edward Winslow, Plymouth Colony founder (d. 1655)  

1611  Valentin Strobel, composer was born on this day in history.