Famous Deaths In May - 18
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1913 Otto Reubke, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.
1918 On May - 18 toivo Kuula, composer, dies at 34
1922 On May - 18 death of charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1845)
1927 On May - 18 death of andrew Kehoe, American mass murderer (b. 1872)
1930 Joao Marcellino Arroyo, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.
1936 Alick Maclean, composer, dies at 63 on May - 18.
1949 On this day in history death of james T Adams, US historian (Pulitzer 1921)
1952 On this day in history rossetter Gleason Cole, composer, dies at 86
1953 Tom Killick, cricketer (at the crease 2 Tests for Eng 1929), dies on this day in history.
1955 Mary McLeod Bethune, educator & civil rights leader, dies at 79 on May - 18.
1956 Maurice Tate, cricketer (39 Tests for England, 155 wickets), dies on this day in history.
1961 Henry O'Neill, actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble), dies on May - 18.
1963 Death of Ernie Davis, American football player (b. 1939) on May - 18.
1965 Eduard J Dijksterhuis, mathematician (Archimedes), dies at 72 on this day in history.
1966 Paul Althaus, German theologist (That Christian Wahrheit), dies at 78 on this day in history.
1967 On May - 18 andy Clyde, Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick, dies at 75
1972 Eero Aukusti Sipila, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.
1973 On May - 18 jeannette Rankin, 1st Congresswoman (1917-19, 41-43), dies at 92
1974 Daniel R Topping, US owner (NY Yankees), dies at 61 on this day in history.
1975 Leroy Anderson, composer, dies at 66 on May - 18.
1980 Death of Ian Curtis, English rock vocalist (Joy Division), commit suicide at 23 on this day in history.
1981 Arthur O'Connell, actor (Mr Peepers, 2nd Hundred Years), dies at 73 on May - 18.
1985 On May - 18 tex Terry, actor (Apache Rose, Timberjack), dies at 82
1986 On this day in history john Bubbles Sublett, tap dancer (Black & Bubbles), dies at 84
1987 On this day in history wilbur J Cohen, 1st employee of Social Security System, dies at 73
1988 On this day in history daws Butler, cartoon voice (Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound), dies at 71
1990 Jill Ireland, actress (Carry on Nurse, Family), dies of cancer at 54 on May - 18.
1991 On this day in history edwina Booth, actress (Trader Horn), dies of heart failure at 86
1992 Lawrence Welk, bandleader (L Welk Show), dies of pneumonia at 89 on May - 18.
1993 Heinrich Albertz, theologist/mayor of Berlin (1966-67), dies at 78 on this day in history.
1995 On this day in history alexander Gudonov, Russian dancer/actor (Witness), dies at 45
1996 Dermot O'Callaghan Grubb, prison governor, dies at 76 on this day in history.
1997 On May - 18 death of bridgette Andersen, American actress (b. 1975)
1999 Death of Augustus Pablo, Jamaican singer (b. 1954) on this day in history.
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