Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened 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 October - 26.   

1890  On this day in history collodi, [Carlo Lorenzini], Italian writer (Pinocchio), dies   

1896  Death of Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (b. 1827) on this day in history.   

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

1903  On this day in history herbert Stanley Oakeley, composer, dies at 73   

1909  Death of Horiboemi Ito, Prince of Japan, assassinated by a Korean on October - 26.   

1929  Arno Holz, writer, dies at 66 on October - 26.   

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  Akos Buttykai, composer, dies at 64 on October - 26.   

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

1937  On October - 26 death of józef Dowbór-MuÅ›nicki, Polish general (b. 1867)   

1941  On October - 26 death of arkady Gaidar, Russian children's writer (b. 1904)   

1943  On October - 26 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  Death of Paul Pelliot, French explorer (b. 1878) on this day in history.   

1947  On October - 26 death of canon Edwin Sidney Savage, English rector (b. 1862)   

1952  On this day in history death of hattie McDaniel, American singer and actress (b. 1895)   

1954  Floris HL Prims, Flemish priest/historian/archivist of Antwerp, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history n Kazantzakis, writer, dies   

1961  Edgar Mayne, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia around WWI), dies on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history hattie McDaniel actress (Gone With the Wind), dies at 67   

1964  Agnes Miegel, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history death of sylvia Likens, American torture victim (b. 1949)   

1966  Death of Alma Cogan, English singer (b. 1932) on this day in history.   

1968  Erich Von Stroheim, actor/director (Napoleon), dies of cancer at 52 on October - 26.   

1971  On this day in history robert Gordon director/writer (Loveless), dies at 76   

1972  On October - 26 igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aviation pioneer and helicopter builder, dies at 83   

1976  On this day in history deryck Victor Cooke, composer, dies at 57   

1978  On this day in history george Grant, cricketer (WI Test captain through early 1930's), dies   

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1427  Archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496) was born on this day in history.   

1466  Desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly) was born on this day in history.   

1473  On this day in history birth of friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510)   

1483  On October - 26 birth of hans Buchner, composer   

1491  Zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521) was born on this day in history.   

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  On October - 26 birth of dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova (1710-11)