Famous Deaths In September - 18

1905  George MacDonald, sci-fi author (Princess & Curdie), dies at 80 on September - 18.  

1911  Death of Russian Premier Peter Stolypin (1906-11), shot and murdered at the Kiev Opera House aged 49 on September - 18.  

1918  On September - 18 ernest Bristow Farrar, composer, dies at 33  

1924  Francis Herbert Bradley, British philosopher (neo-idealism), dies on this day in history.  

1929  On this day in history hermann Gradener, composer, dies at 85  

1931  Death of Hazrat Babajan, a Baloch Muslim saint (b. c. 1806) on this day in history.  

1934  Marie Shotwell, actress (Sally of the Sawdust), dies at 54 on this day in history.  

1939  Death of StanisÅ‚aw Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish writer, painter, and photographer (b. 1885) on September - 18.  

1944  On this day in history death of anthony Stefanich, British boxer/captain, killed in Arnhem  

1949  On September - 18 frank Morgan, actor (Annie Get Your Gun, Wizard of Oz), dies at 59  

1951  On this day in history john Douglas Cockcroft, physicist, dies  

1952  Hippoliet Daeye, Flemish painter (Dreamy), dies on September - 18.  

1953  Death of Charles de Tornaco, Belgian racing driver (b. 1927) on September - 18.  

1956  Death of Adélard Godbout, premier of Quebec (b. 1892) on this day in history.  

1960  A J Evans, cricketer (only England Test v Aus 1921), dies on September - 18.  

1961  On this day in history dag Hammarskjoeld, UN Sect Gen, dies in an air crash over Congo at 56  

1962  Therese Neumann, German stigma, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1964  On this day in history sean O'Casey, Irish playwright (The Plough and the Stars), dies at 84  

1966  On this day in history fernand Lamy, composer, dies at 85  

1967  Death of John Cockcroft, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897) on September - 18.  

1968  Franchot Tone, actor (Advise & Consent, Dark Waters), dies at 63 on September - 18.  

1969  Rudolph Wagner-Regeny, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1970  Jimi Hendrix, rock guitarist (Purple Haze), dies of an overdose at 27 on September - 18.  

1973  On this day in history nora Nicholson, actress (Blue Lagoon, Crow Hollow), dies at 80  

1974  On September - 18 edna Best, actress (Key, Calendar, Escape), dies at 74  

1975  Pamela Brown, actress (Cleopatra, Beckett, Night Digger), dies at 58 on this day in history.  

1977  On September - 18 death of paul Bernays, Swiss mathematician (b. 1888)  

1979  Gene Kelly, sportscaster (Sportsreel), dies at 60 on September - 18.  

1980  K A Porter, writer, dies at 90 on this day in history.  

1994  Franco Moschino, Italian fashion designer, dies at 44 on this day in history.  

1995  On September - 18 donald Alfred Davie, poet/critic, dies at 73  

1996  On September - 18 spiro Theodore Agnew, US VP (1969-73), dies at 77  

1997  On September - 18 harry Brian Boyne, journalist, dies at 87  

2001  On September - 18 death of ernie Coombs, Canadian entertainer (b. 1927)  

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0053  On September - 18 birth of trajan, Roman Emperor (d. 117)  

1344  On September - 18 birth of marie Valois, Princess of France (d. 1404)  

1434  Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1467) was born on September - 18.  

1574  On this day in history birth of claudio Achillini, Italian lawyer/poet  

1587  On September - 18 birth of francesca Caccini, Italian composer (d. circa 1640)  

1636  On September - 18 birth of pietro Sanmartini, composer  

1676  On this day in history birth of eberhard Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1733)  

1684  Johann Gottfried Walther, Erfurt Germany, composer/Musicographer was born on September - 18.