Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 18

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

1862  James Creighton, dies of rupture bladder from hitting HR on Oct 14th on this day in history.   

1864  David Bell Birney, US lawyer/Union general-major, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1865  Lord Henry JT Palmerston, English min of Foreign affairs, dies at 80 on October - 18.   

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

1886  Death of Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician (b. 1796) on this day in history.   

1889  Death of Antonio Meucci, Italian inventor (b. 1808) on this day in history.   

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

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

1921  On this day in history death of king Ludwig III of Bavaria (b. 1845)   

1931  Thomas Alva Edison, inventor, dies in West Orange, NJ, at 84 on October - 18.   

1932  On this day in history death of ioannis Chrysafis, Greek gymnast (b. 1873)   

1938  Karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist, dies on this day in history.   

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

1941  On this day in history dirk Fock, governor-general van/of Neth-Indies 1921-6, dies at 83   

1942  Death of Mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (b. 1862) on October - 18.   

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

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

1953  On this day in history douwe Kalma, Fries literature/christian-socialist, dies at 57   

1955  On October - 18 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  Frank Hutchens, composer, dies at 73 on October - 18.   

1966  Bill Nestell, US actor (Dangerous Venture), dies of heart attack at 73 on this day in history.   

1968  On October - 18 lee Tracy, actor (Doctor X, Bombshell, Best Man), dies of cancer at 70   

1972  On this day in history 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 October - 18.   

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

1976  On October - 18 death of kavi Samrat Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Telugu writer (b. 1895)   

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 October - 18.   

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

1983  Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (55 Tests for India), dies on this day in history.   

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1127  Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192) was born on October - 18.   

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

1405  Pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian pope (1458-64) (Cynthia) was born on this day in history.   

1517  Manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (d. 1570) was born on October - 18.   

1547  Justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist/historian was born on this day in history.   

1569  On October - 18 birth of giambattista Marini, Italian poet (d. 1625)   

1595  On this day in history birth of edward Winslow, Plymouth Colony founder (d. 1655)   

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