Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 18

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

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

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

1865  On this day in history 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  Death of Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician (b. 1796) on this day in history.   

1889  On October - 18 death of antonio Meucci, Italian inventor (b. 1808)   

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

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

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

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

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

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

1940  On October - 18 suze Groeneweg, 1st woman in Dutch 2nd Chamber (1918-37), dies at 65   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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  Death of Tsuru Aoki, Japanese-born American actress (b. 1892) on this day in history.   

1963  Claudio Carneyro, composer, dies at 68 on October - 18.   

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 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 October - 18.   

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

1976  On this day in history death of kavi Samrat Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Telugu writer (b. 1895)   

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 October - 18.   

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

1983  Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (55 Tests for India), dies on October - 18.   

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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 this day in history birth of pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian pope (1458-64) (Cynthia)   

1517  Manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (d. 1570) was born on this day in history.   

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

1569  Giambattista Marini, Italian poet (d. 1625) was born on this day in history.   

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

1611  On October - 18 birth of valentin Strobel, composer