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

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 October - 26.   

1909  Death of Horiboemi Ito, Prince of Japan, assassinated by a Korean on October - 26.   

1929  Arno Holz, writer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1930  Death of Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman (b. 1872) on October - 26.   

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

1935  On this day in history akos Buttykai, composer, dies at 64   

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 October - 26.   

1944  On this day in history death of princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria (b. 1857)   

1945  Death of Paul Pelliot, French explorer (b. 1878) on this day in history.   

1947  Death of Canon Edwin Sidney Savage, English rector (b. 1862) on October - 26.   

1952  On this day in history death of hattie McDaniel, American singer and actress (b. 1895)   

1954  On October - 26 floris HL Prims, Flemish priest/historian/archivist of Antwerp, dies   

1955  Arne Eggen, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1956  On October - 26 walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, dies at 60   

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

1961  Edgar Mayne, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia around WWI), dies on this day in history.   

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  Death of Sylvia Likens, American torture victim (b. 1949) on this day in history.   

1966  Death of Alma Cogan, English singer (b. 1932) on this day in history.   

1968  Erich Von Stroheim, actor/director (Napoleon), dies of cancer at 52 on October - 26.   

1971  Robert Gordon director/writer (Loveless), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1972  Igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aviation pioneer and helicopter builder, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1466  On this day in history 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  Zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521) was born on this day in history.   

1609  On October - 26 birth of william Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675)   

1645  On this day in history birth of aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David)   

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