Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 26

1868  Death of B F Randolph, SC state senator, assassinated on this day in history.   

1874  Peter Cornelius, German composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

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 October - 26.   

1902  Death of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American feminist and suffragette (b. 1815) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1954  On October - 26 floris HL Prims, Flemish priest/historian/archivist of Antwerp, dies   

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

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  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 October - 26.   

1972  On this day in history igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aviation pioneer and helicopter builder, dies at 83   

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  On October - 26 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 this day in history.   

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

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  On October - 26 birth of aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David)   

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