Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 18

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

1862  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1865  Lord Henry JT Palmerston, English min of Foreign affairs, dies at 80 on October - 18.   

1876  Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1886  Death of Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician (b. 1796) on October - 18.   

1889  Death of Antonio Meucci, Italian inventor (b. 1808) on this day in history.   

1893  Charles F Gounod, French composer (La reine the Saba), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1909  Alfredo Oriani, Italian writer (La rivolta ideal), dies on October - 18.   

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

1931  On this day in history thomas Alva Edison, inventor, dies in West Orange, NJ, at 84   

1932  On this day in history death of ioannis Chrysafis, Greek gymnast (b. 1873)   

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

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

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

1942  Death of Mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (b. 1862) on this day in history.   

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  On October - 18 jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, dies at 72   

1959  On October - 18 death of boughera El Ouafi, Algerian athlete (b. 1898)   

1961  Death of Tsuru Aoki, Japanese-born American actress (b. 1892) on this day in history.   

1963  Claudio Carneyro, composer, dies at 68 on October - 18.   

1965  Frank Hutchens, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

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

1972  On this day in history ken Wishart, cricketer (WI opening batsman in one Test 1935), dies   

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

1975  On October - 18 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  On October - 18 rolph Grant, cricketer (West Indian capt on 1939 England tour), dies   

1978  Frank Woolley, cricketer (58,969 1st-class runs), dies on October - 18.   

1982  Bess Truman, 1st lady (1945-53), dies in Independence, Mo at 97 on October - 18.   

1983  On October - 18 vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (55 Tests for India), dies   

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1127  Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192) was born on this day in history.   

1239  Stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72) was born on this day in history.   

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 October - 18.   

1547  On October - 18 birth of justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist/historian   

1569  Giambattista Marini, Italian poet (d. 1625) was born on this day in history.   

1595  On October - 18 birth of edward Winslow, Plymouth Colony founder (d. 1655)   

1611  On this day in history birth of valentin Strobel, composer