Famous Deaths In October - 18

1839  On October - 18 french Jozef Kinsoen, Flemish portrait painter, dies at 68   

1862  On October - 18 james Creighton, dies of rupture bladder from hitting HR on Oct 14th   

1864  David Bell Birney, US lawyer/Union general-major, dies at 39 on October - 18.   

1865  On October - 18 lord Henry JT Palmerston, English min of Foreign affairs, dies at 80   

1876  On this day in history francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe), dies at 85   

1886  On October - 18 death of philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician (b. 1796)   

1889  On this day in history death of antonio Meucci, Italian inventor (b. 1808)   

1893  On October - 18 charles F Gounod, French composer (La reine the Saba), dies at 75   

1909  Alfredo Oriani, Italian writer (La rivolta ideal), dies on this day in history.   

1921  On this day in history death of king Ludwig III of Bavaria (b. 1845)   

1931  Thomas Alva Edison, inventor, dies in West Orange, NJ, at 84 on this day in history.   

1932  Death of Ioannis Chrysafis, Greek gymnast (b. 1873) on October - 18.   

1938  On this day in history karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist, dies   

1940  Suze Groeneweg, 1st woman in Dutch 2nd Chamber (1918-37), dies at 65 on October - 18.   

1941  Dirk Fock, governor-general van/of Neth-Indies 1921-6, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1942  On October - 18 death of mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (b. 1862)   

1943  On October - 18 adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's Youth), dies at 55   

1948  On this day in history [Heinrich A H] Walther von Brauchitsch, German fieldmarshal, dies   

1953  Douwe Kalma, Fries literature/christian-socialist, dies at 57 on October - 18.   

1955  Jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, dies at 72 on October - 18.   

1959  Death of Boughera El Ouafi, Algerian athlete (b. 1898) on October - 18.   

1961  On this day in history death of tsuru Aoki, Japanese-born American actress (b. 1892)   

1963  Claudio Carneyro, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history frank Hutchens, composer, dies at 73   

1966  Bill Nestell, US actor (Dangerous Venture), dies of heart attack at 73 on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history lee Tracy, actor (Doctor X, Bombshell, Best Man), dies of cancer at 70   

1972  Ken Wishart, cricketer (WI opening batsman in one Test 1935), dies on October - 18.   

1973  Crane Wilbur, dir/writer (Bat, Canon City, Yellow Cargo), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history al Lettieri, actor (Beautiful but Deadly, Don is Dead), dies at 47   

1976  On October - 18 death of kavi Samrat Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Telugu writer (b. 1895)   

1977  Rolph Grant, cricketer (West Indian capt on 1939 England tour), dies on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history frank Woolley, cricketer (58,969 1st-class runs), dies   

1982  On October - 18 bess Truman, 1st lady (1945-53), dies in Independence, Mo at 97   

1983  On this day in history vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (55 Tests for India), dies   

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1127  Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192) was born on October - 18.   

1239  Stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72) was born on October - 18.   

1405  On this day in history birth of pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian pope (1458-64) (Cynthia)   

1517  Manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (d. 1570) was born on this day in history.   

1547  On this day in history birth of justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist/historian   

1569  On this day in history birth of giambattista Marini, Italian poet (d. 1625)   

1595  Edward Winslow, Plymouth Colony founder (d. 1655) was born on October - 18.   

1611  Valentin Strobel, composer was born on this day in history.