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 this day in history billy Clanton, brother of Ike, dies   

1890  On October - 26 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  On this day in history 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  On October - 26 arno Holz, writer, dies at 66   

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

1931  Death of Charles Comiskey, baseball team owner (b. 1859) on this day in history.   

1935  Akos Buttykai, composer, dies at 64 on October - 26.   

1936  Bob Dellemijn, Lourdes-ganger/Franco-volunteer, dies in battle at 18 on this day in history.   

1937  Death of Józef Dowbór-MuÅ›nicki, Polish general (b. 1867) on this day in history.   

1941  On October - 26 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  On October - 26 death of paul Pelliot, French explorer (b. 1878)   

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 October - 26.   

1955  On October - 26 arne Eggen, composer, dies at 74   

1956  On this day in history walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, dies at 60   

1957  On October - 26 n Kazantzakis, writer, dies   

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 October - 26.   

1964  On October - 26 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 this day in history 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  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  Archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496) was born on October - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1491  On this day in history birth of zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521)   

1609  On this day in history birth of william Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675)   

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 this day in history.