Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened 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  Death of Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (b. 1827) on this day in history.   

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

1903  On October - 26 herbert Stanley Oakeley, composer, dies at 73   

1909  On this day in history death of horiboemi Ito, Prince of Japan, assassinated by a Korean   

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

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

1931  On this day in history death of charles Comiskey, baseball team owner (b. 1859)   

1935  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 October - 26.   

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 October - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history 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  On this day in history agnes Miegel, writer, dies   

1965  On this day in history 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  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  On October - 26 birth of archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496)   

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