Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 15

1937  On this day in history james Marcus, American actor (The Eagle, The Lonely Trail) dies at 70   

1942  Death of Dirk Bannink, nurse/local counciller Deventer, executed on this day in history.   

1944  Death of Philip Mechanicus, journalist, executed in Auschwitz-Birkenau on this day in history.   

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  Death of Edythe Chapman, American actress (b. 1863) on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history 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  Cole Porter, composer (Still of the Night), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1965  Carl Hoff, orch leader (Music Hall), dies at 60 on October - 15.   

1968  Bea Benaderet, NYC, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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

1976  On October - 15 carlo Gambino, US gangster, dies at 74   

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

1980  On this day in history death of mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1900)   

1981  Frank DeKova, actor (Chief Wild Eagle-F Troop), dies on October - 15.   

1982  On October - 15 elsie Randolph, actress (That'll Make You Whistle), dies   

1983  On October - 15 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  On October - 15 delphine Seyrig, dies of lung disease at 58   

1991  On October - 15 hotze de Roos, carpenter/kid book writer (Chameleon series), dies   

1992  On this day in history dorothy Helen Baker, mother of Diane Baker, dies at 78   

1993  On this day in history ken E Jones, musician (New Amsterdam Symph Orch), dies of AIDS at 34   

1994  On October - 15 hannes Wustinger, Austrian race car driver, dies at 29   

1995  On this day in history arthur Carleton Hetherington, public servant, dies at 82   

1996  Bernard Frank, oriental scholar/writer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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

2001  On this day in history death of zhang Xueliang, Chinese ruler of Manchuria (b. 1901)   

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

2005  On October - 15 death of jason Collier, American basketball player (b. 1977)   

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1471  Konrad Mutian, German humanist (d. 1526) was born on this day in history.   

1542  On this day in history birth of djalalud-Din Mohammed Akbar, emperor of India (1556-1605)   

1550  On October - 15 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  On October - 15 birth of robert Herrick, Mass, British poet (Together)   

1686  On this day in history 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 October - 15 birth of elisabeth Teresa of Lorraine, queen of Sardinia (d. 1741)