Famous Deaths In October - 26

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

1874  On this day in history peter Cornelius, German composer, dies at 49   

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  On October - 26 death of elizabeth Cady Stanton, American feminist and suffragette (b. 1815)   

1903  On this day in history herbert Stanley Oakeley, composer, dies at 73   

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

1929  On October - 26 arno Holz, writer, dies at 66   

1930  Death of Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman (b. 1872) on this day in history.   

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

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

1936  Bob Dellemijn, Lourdes-ganger/Franco-volunteer, dies in battle at 18 on October - 26.   

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

1955  Arne Eggen, composer, dies at 74 on October - 26.   

1956  Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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

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  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  Deryck Victor Cooke, composer, dies at 57 on October - 26.   

1978  On October - 26 george Grant, cricketer (WI Test captain through early 1930's), dies   

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1427  On this day in history birth of archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496)   

1466  Desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly) was born on this day in history.   

1473  On October - 26 birth of friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510)   

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  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)