Famous Deaths In October - 26

1868  On October - 26 death of b F Randolph, SC state senator, assassinated  

1874  Peter Cornelius, German composer, dies at 49 on October - 26.  

1881  On October - 26 billy Clanton, brother of Ike, dies  

1890  Collodi, [Carlo Lorenzini], Italian writer (Pinocchio), dies on this day in history.  

1896  On October - 26 death of paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (b. 1827)  

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 this day in history.  

1929  On October - 26 arno Holz, writer, dies at 66  

1930  On this day in history death of harry Payne Whitney, American businessman (b. 1872)  

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1931  On October - 26 death of charles Comiskey, baseball team owner (b. 1859)  

1935  Akos Buttykai, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1936  On October - 26 bob Dellemijn, Lourdes-ganger/Franco-volunteer, dies in battle at 18  

1937  Death of Józef Dowbór-MuÅ›nicki, Polish general (b. 1867) on October - 26.  

1941  On this day in history death of arkady Gaidar, Russian children's writer (b. 1904)  

1943  On this day in history death of marc Aurel Stein, Hungarian-born archaeologist (b. 1862)  

1944  On October - 26 death of princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria (b. 1857)  

1945  Death of Paul Pelliot, French explorer (b. 1878) on October - 26.  

1947  On this day in history death of canon Edwin Sidney Savage, English rector (b. 1862)  

1952  On October - 26 death of hattie McDaniel, American singer and actress (b. 1895)  

1954  Floris HL Prims, Flemish priest/historian/archivist of Antwerp, dies on this day in history.  

1955  Arne Eggen, composer, dies at 74 on October - 26.  

1956  On this day in history walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, dies at 60  

1957  N Kazantzakis, writer, dies on October - 26.  

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 October - 26.  

1964  Agnes Miegel, writer, dies on October - 26.  

1965  On October - 26 death of sylvia Likens, American torture victim (b. 1949)  

1966  On this day in history death of alma Cogan, English singer (b. 1932)  

1968  On October - 26 erich Von Stroheim, actor/director (Napoleon), dies of cancer at 52  

1971  On October - 26 robert Gordon director/writer (Loveless), dies at 76  

1972  On October - 26 igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aviation pioneer and helicopter builder, dies at 83  

1976  On this day in history deryck Victor Cooke, composer, dies at 57  

1978  George Grant, cricketer (WI Test captain through early 1930's), dies on this day in history.  

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1427  Archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496) was born on October - 26.  

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

1473  On October - 26 birth of friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510)  

1483  Hans Buchner, composer was born on this day in history.  

1491  On this day in history birth of zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521)  

1609  On this day in history birth of william Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675)  

1645  Aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David) was born on this day in history.  

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