Famous Deaths In October - 26

1868  On October - 26 death of b F Randolph, SC state senator, assassinated   

1874  On this day in history peter Cornelius, German composer, dies at 49   

1881  Billy Clanton, brother of Ike, dies on this day in history.   

1890  Collodi, [Carlo Lorenzini], Italian writer (Pinocchio), dies on this day in history.   

1896  Death of Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (b. 1827) on October - 26.   

1902  On this day in history death of elizabeth Cady Stanton, American feminist and suffragette (b. 1815)   

1903  Herbert Stanley Oakeley, composer, dies at 73 on October - 26.   

1909  Death of Horiboemi Ito, Prince of Japan, assassinated by a Korean on this day in history.   

1929  On this day in history arno Holz, writer, dies at 66   

1930  On this day in history death of harry Payne Whitney, American businessman (b. 1872)   

1931  On October - 26 death of charles Comiskey, baseball team owner (b. 1859)   

1935  On this day in history akos Buttykai, composer, dies at 64   

1936  On October - 26 bob Dellemijn, Lourdes-ganger/Franco-volunteer, dies in battle at 18   

1937  On this day in history death of józef Dowbór-MuÅ›nicki, Polish general (b. 1867)   

1941  On this day in history death of arkady Gaidar, Russian children's writer (b. 1904)   

1943  On this day in history death of marc Aurel Stein, Hungarian-born archaeologist (b. 1862)   

1944  On October - 26 death of princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria (b. 1857)   

1945  On this day in history 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  Floris HL Prims, Flemish priest/historian/archivist of Antwerp, dies on October - 26.   

1955  On this day in history 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  On October - 26 edgar Mayne, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia around WWI), dies   

1962  Hattie McDaniel actress (Gone With the Wind), dies at 67 on October - 26.   

1964  On this day in history agnes Miegel, writer, dies   

1965  Death of Sylvia Likens, American torture victim (b. 1949) on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history death of alma Cogan, English singer (b. 1932)   

1968  On this day in history erich Von Stroheim, actor/director (Napoleon), dies of cancer at 52   

1971  On October - 26 robert Gordon director/writer (Loveless), dies at 76   

1972  Igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aviation pioneer and helicopter builder, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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 October - 26.   

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1427  On this day in history birth of archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496)   

1466  Desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly) was born on October - 26.   

1473  On October - 26 birth of friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510)   

1483  On October - 26 birth of hans Buchner, composer   

1491  On October - 26 birth of zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521)   

1609  On this day in history birth of william Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675)   

1645  Aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David) was born on this day in history.   

1673  Dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova (1710-11) was born on this day in history.