Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 26
Thursday, 20 March 2025
1868 Death of B F Randolph, SC state senator, assassinated on this day in history.
1874 On this day in history peter Cornelius, German composer, dies at 49
1881 Billy Clanton, brother of Ike, dies on October - 26.
1890 Collodi, [Carlo Lorenzini], Italian writer (Pinocchio), dies on this day in history.
1896 Death of Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (b. 1827) on this day in history.
1902 On this day in history death of elizabeth Cady Stanton, American feminist and suffragette (b. 1815)
1903 Herbert Stanley Oakeley, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.
1909 Death of Horiboemi Ito, Prince of Japan, assassinated by a Korean on October - 26.
1929 On October - 26 arno Holz, writer, dies at 66
1930 On October - 26 death of harry Payne Whitney, American businessman (b. 1872)
1931 Death of Charles Comiskey, baseball team owner (b. 1859) on this day in history.
1935 Akos Buttykai, composer, dies at 64 on October - 26.
1936 Bob Dellemijn, Lourdes-ganger/Franco-volunteer, dies in battle at 18 on this day in history.
1937 Death of Józef Dowbór-Muśnicki, Polish general (b. 1867) on October - 26.
1941 Death of Arkady Gaidar, Russian children's writer (b. 1904) on October - 26.
1943 Death of Marc Aurel Stein, Hungarian-born archaeologist (b. 1862) on this day in history.
1944 Death of Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria (b. 1857) on this day in history.
1945 On this day in history death of paul Pelliot, French explorer (b. 1878)
1947 Death of Canon Edwin Sidney Savage, English rector (b. 1862) on October - 26.
1952 Death of Hattie McDaniel, American singer and actress (b. 1895) on October - 26.
1954 Floris HL Prims, Flemish priest/historian/archivist of Antwerp, dies on this day in history.
1955 On this day in history arne Eggen, composer, dies at 74
1956 Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.
1957 On this day in history n Kazantzakis, writer, dies
1961 On October - 26 edgar Mayne, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia around WWI), dies
1962 Hattie McDaniel actress (Gone With the Wind), dies at 67 on this day in history.
1964 Agnes Miegel, writer, dies on October - 26.
1965 On October - 26 death of sylvia Likens, American torture victim (b. 1949)
1966 Death of Alma Cogan, English singer (b. 1932) on October - 26.
1968 On October - 26 erich Von Stroheim, actor/director (Napoleon), dies of cancer at 52
1971 On this day in history robert Gordon director/writer (Loveless), dies at 76
1972 Igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aviation pioneer and helicopter builder, dies at 83 on this day in history.
1976 On October - 26 deryck Victor Cooke, composer, dies at 57
1978 On October - 26 george Grant, cricketer (WI Test captain through early 1930's), dies
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