Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 18

1839  On this day in history french Jozef Kinsoen, Flemish portrait painter, dies at 68   

1862  On this day in history 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 this day in history lord Henry JT Palmerston, English min of Foreign affairs, dies at 80   

1876  On October - 18 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 this day in history.   

1909  On this day in history alfredo Oriani, Italian writer (La rivolta ideal), dies   

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 this day in history.   

1932  On October - 18 death of ioannis Chrysafis, Greek gymnast (b. 1873)   

1938  On October - 18 karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist, dies   

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

1941  Dirk Fock, governor-general van/of Neth-Indies 1921-6, dies at 83 on October - 18.   

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

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

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  Death of Tsuru Aoki, Japanese-born American actress (b. 1892) on October - 18.   

1963  On this day in history 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  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  On October - 18 crane Wilbur, dir/writer (Bat, Canon City, Yellow Cargo), dies at 86   

1975  Al Lettieri, actor (Beautiful but Deadly, Don is Dead), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

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

1977  On this day in history 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 this day in history bess Truman, 1st lady (1945-53), dies in Independence, Mo at 97   

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

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1127  Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192) was born on this day in history.   

1239  On October - 18 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  On this day in history birth of manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (d. 1570)   

1547  Justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist/historian was born on October - 18.   

1569  On this day in history birth of giambattista Marini, Italian poet (d. 1625)   

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

1611  On October - 18 birth of valentin Strobel, composer