Famous Deaths In May - 18

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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1048  Omar Khayyám, Persian mathematician, poet and philosopher (d. 1131) was born on this day in history.   

1186  On May - 18 birth of konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (d. 1218)   

1474  Isabella d'Este, Marquise of Mantua (d. 1539) was born on May - 18.   

1551  Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter (d. 1486) was born on May - 18.   

1610  On May - 18 birth of stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker (d. 1664)   

1662  On this day in history birth of george Smalridge, English bishop of Bristol (d. 1719)   

1692  On this day in history birth of joseph Butler, Wantage Berkshire, theologian   

1711  Ruggiero G Boscovich, [Rudzer J Boskovic], Italian astronomer was born on May - 18.