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

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

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

1893  On this day in history charles F Gounod, French composer (La reine the Saba), dies at 75   

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

1921  On October - 18 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  Death of Ioannis Chrysafis, Greek gymnast (b. 1873) on October - 18.   

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

1942  Death of Mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (b. 1862) on this day in history.   

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  On October - 18 douwe Kalma, Fries literature/christian-socialist, dies at 57   

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

1959  On this day in history death of boughera El Ouafi, Algerian athlete (b. 1898)   

1961  Death of Tsuru Aoki, Japanese-born American actress (b. 1892) on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history claudio Carneyro, composer, dies at 68   

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

1966  On October - 18 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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

1978  Frank Woolley, cricketer (58,969 1st-class runs), dies on October - 18.   

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

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

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1127  On October - 18 birth of emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192)   

1239  Stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72) was born on this day in history.   

1405  Pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian pope (1458-64) (Cynthia) was born on October - 18.   

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

1595  Edward Winslow, Plymouth Colony founder (d. 1655) was born on October - 18.   

1611  On this day in history birth of valentin Strobel, composer