Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 26

1868  On this day in history death of b F Randolph, SC state senator, assassinated   

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

1881  Billy Clanton, brother of Ike, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1902  On October - 26 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 October - 26.   

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

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

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

1945  On this day in history death of paul Pelliot, French explorer (b. 1878)   

1947  Death of Canon Edwin Sidney Savage, English rector (b. 1862) on this day in history.   

1952  On October - 26 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 this day in history walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, dies at 60   

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

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  Agnes Miegel, writer, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1968  On this day in history 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  Igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aviation pioneer and helicopter builder, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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1427  Archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496) was born on this day in history.   

1466  On October - 26 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  Hans Buchner, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1645  Aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David) was born on October - 26.   

1673  Dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova (1710-11) was born on October - 26.