Famous Deaths In October - 15

1937  James Marcus, American actor (The Eagle, The Lonely Trail) dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1942  Death of Dirk Bannink, nurse/local counciller Deventer, executed on October - 15.   

1944  Death of Philip Mechanicus, journalist, executed in Auschwitz-Birkenau on October - 15.   

1945  Death of Pierre Laval, former premier of Vichy France, executed at 62 on October - 15.   

1946  Death of Hermann Goering, Nazi Reichmarshal, poisons himself in prison on this day in history.   

1948  On October - 15 death of edythe Chapman, American actress (b. 1863)   

1955  On October - 15 fumio Hayasaka, composer, dies at 41   

1958  Jack Mason, cricketer (England all-rounder v Australia 1897-98), dies on this day in history.   

1959  Death of Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1880) on this day in history.   

1960  On October - 15 clara Kimball Young, actress (Return of Chandu), dies of stroke at 70   

1963  On October - 15 edmond Fleg[enheimer], Swiss/French writer (Ecoute Israel), dies   

1964  On this day in history cole Porter, composer (Still of the Night), dies at 73   

1965  Carl Hoff, orch leader (Music Hall), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1968  Bea Benaderet, NYC, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction), dies at 62 on October - 15.   

1969  Rod[erique] La Rocque, US western actor (Mystery Woman), dies on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history carlo Gambino, US gangster, dies at 74   

1977  On October - 15 ralph Truman, actor (Henry V, Treasure Island), dies at 77   

1980  Death of Mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1900) on this day in history.   

1981  Frank DeKova, actor (Chief Wild Eagle-F Troop), dies on this day in history.   

1982  Elsie Randolph, actress (That'll Make You Whistle), dies on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history pat O'Brien, actor (Some like it hot), dies of heart attack at 83   

1985  On October - 15 meret Oppenheim, writer, dies at 72   

1987  Thomas Sankara, president of Burkina Faso, dies on this day in history.   

1990  Delphine Seyrig, dies of lung disease at 58 on October - 15.   

1991  Hotze de Roos, carpenter/kid book writer (Chameleon series), dies on October - 15.   

1992  Dorothy Helen Baker, mother of Diane Baker, dies at 78 on October - 15.   

1993  Ken E Jones, musician (New Amsterdam Symph Orch), dies of AIDS at 34 on October - 15.   

1994  Hannes Wustinger, Austrian race car driver, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

1995  Arthur Carleton Hetherington, public servant, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1996  On October - 15 bernard Frank, oriental scholar/writer, dies at 69   

2000  On October - 15 death of konrad Emil Bloch, German-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1912)   

2001  Death of Zhang Xueliang, Chinese ruler of Manchuria (b. 1901) on October - 15.   

2003  Death of Ben Metcalfe, Canadian environmental activist (b. 1919) on this day in history.   

2005  Death of Jason Collier, American basketball player (b. 1977) on October - 15.   

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1471  Konrad Mutian, German humanist (d. 1526) was born on October - 15.   

1542  Djalalud-Din Mohammed Akbar, emperor of India (1556-1605) was born on October - 15.   

1550  On this day in history birth of henry, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg/brother of William of Orange   

1608  On October - 15 birth of evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (d. 1647)   

1674  Robert Herrick, Mass, British poet (Together) was born on October - 15.   

1686  On October - 15 birth of allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (d. 1758)   

1701  Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, first native Canadian canonized (d. 1771) was born on October - 15.   

1711  On this day in history birth of elisabeth Teresa of Lorraine, queen of Sardinia (d. 1741)