Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 26

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-MuÅ›nicki, 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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1427  On October - 26 birth of archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496)   

1466  On October - 26 birth of desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly)   

1473  Friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510) was born on this day in history.   

1483  Hans Buchner, composer was born on October - 26.   

1491  On October - 26 birth of zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521)   

1609  William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675) was born on October - 26.   

1645  On October - 26 birth of aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David)   

1673  On October - 26 birth of dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova (1710-11)