Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 26

1868  Death of B F Randolph, SC state senator, assassinated on October - 26.   

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

1881  Billy Clanton, brother of Ike, dies on October - 26.   

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

1896  On this day in history death of paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (b. 1827)   

1902  Death of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American feminist and suffragette (b. 1815) on October - 26.   

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 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  Akos Buttykai, composer, dies at 64 on October - 26.   

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

1937  On this day in history death of józef Dowbór-MuÅ›nicki, Polish general (b. 1867)   

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

1943  Death of Marc Aurel Stein, Hungarian-born archaeologist (b. 1862) on October - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  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 October - 26.   

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

1965  Death of Sylvia Likens, American torture victim (b. 1949) on October - 26.   

1966  Death of Alma Cogan, English singer (b. 1932) on October - 26.   

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

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

1972  On this day in history igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aviation pioneer and helicopter builder, dies at 83   

1976  Deryck Victor Cooke, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1466  Desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly) was born on October - 26.   

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

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

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

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  Dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova (1710-11) was born on this day in history.