Famous Deaths In October - 26
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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-Muśnicki, 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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