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

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  Bob Dellemijn, Lourdes-ganger/Franco-volunteer, dies in battle at 18 on this day in history.   

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

1941  On October - 26 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  Death of Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria (b. 1857) on October - 26.   

1945  On October - 26 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  On October - 26 death of hattie McDaniel, American singer and actress (b. 1895)   

1954  On this day in history floris HL Prims, Flemish priest/historian/archivist of Antwerp, dies   

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 October - 26.   

1961  Edgar Mayne, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia around WWI), dies on October - 26.   

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 October - 26.   

1966  On this day in history death of alma Cogan, English singer (b. 1932)   

1968  On October - 26 erich Von Stroheim, actor/director (Napoleon), dies of cancer at 52   

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 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  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  Friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510) was born on October - 26.   

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

1491  Zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521) was born on October - 26.   

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

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.