Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 26

1868  Death of B F Randolph, SC state senator, assassinated on this day in history.   

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

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

1890  On this day in history collodi, [Carlo Lorenzini], Italian writer (Pinocchio), dies   

1896  Death of Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (b. 1827) on October - 26.   

1902  Death of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American feminist and suffragette (b. 1815) on this day in history.   

1903  Herbert Stanley Oakeley, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1909  On October - 26 death of horiboemi Ito, Prince of Japan, assassinated by a Korean   

1929  Arno Holz, writer, dies at 66 on October - 26.   

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

1931  Death of Charles Comiskey, baseball team owner (b. 1859) on October - 26.   

1935  On October - 26 akos Buttykai, composer, dies at 64   

1936  On this day in history bob Dellemijn, Lourdes-ganger/Franco-volunteer, dies in battle at 18   

1937  On October - 26 death of józef Dowbór-MuÅ›nicki, Polish general (b. 1867)   

1941  Death of Arkady Gaidar, Russian children's writer (b. 1904) on October - 26.   

1943  On October - 26 death of marc Aurel Stein, Hungarian-born archaeologist (b. 1862)   

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

1952  Death of Hattie McDaniel, American singer and actress (b. 1895) on this day in history.   

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

1955  On this day in history arne Eggen, composer, dies at 74   

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  On October - 26 hattie McDaniel actress (Gone With the Wind), dies at 67   

1964  On this day in history agnes Miegel, writer, dies   

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 this day in history.   

1971  Robert Gordon director/writer (Loveless), dies at 76 on October - 26.   

1972  Igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aviation pioneer and helicopter builder, dies at 83 on October - 26.   

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 October - 26.   

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

1466  On this day in history birth of desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly)   

1473  On this day in history birth of friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510)   

1483  On this day in history birth of hans Buchner, composer   

1491  Zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1673  On this day in history birth of dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova (1710-11)