Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 26

1868  On this day in history death of b F Randolph, SC state senator, assassinated   

1874  On October - 26 peter Cornelius, German composer, dies at 49   

1881  On October - 26 billy Clanton, brother of Ike, dies   

1890  On October - 26 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  Herbert Stanley Oakeley, composer, dies at 73 on October - 26.   

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

1929  On this day in history arno Holz, writer, dies at 66   

1930  On October - 26 death of harry Payne Whitney, American businessman (b. 1872)   

1931  On this day in history death of charles Comiskey, baseball team owner (b. 1859)   

1935  Akos Buttykai, composer, dies at 64 on October - 26.   

1936  Bob Dellemijn, Lourdes-ganger/Franco-volunteer, dies in battle at 18 on October - 26.   

1937  On this day in history death of józef Dowbór-MuÅ›nicki, Polish general (b. 1867)   

1941  Death of Arkady Gaidar, Russian children's writer (b. 1904) on October - 26.   

1943  On this day in history death of marc Aurel Stein, Hungarian-born archaeologist (b. 1862)   

1944  On this day in history death of princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria (b. 1857)   

1945  On October - 26 death of paul Pelliot, French explorer (b. 1878)   

1947  Death of Canon Edwin Sidney Savage, English rector (b. 1862) on October - 26.   

1952  Death of Hattie McDaniel, American singer and actress (b. 1895) on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history floris HL Prims, Flemish priest/historian/archivist of Antwerp, dies   

1955  Arne Eggen, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1956  On October - 26 walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, dies at 60   

1957  On this day in history n Kazantzakis, writer, dies   

1961  On this day in history edgar Mayne, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia around WWI), dies   

1962  On October - 26 hattie McDaniel actress (Gone With the Wind), dies at 67   

1964  Agnes Miegel, writer, dies on October - 26.   

1965  Death of Sylvia Likens, American torture victim (b. 1949) on October - 26.   

1966  Death of Alma Cogan, English singer (b. 1932) on October - 26.   

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

1971  Robert Gordon director/writer (Loveless), dies at 76 on October - 26.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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1427  Archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496) was born on October - 26.   

1466  Desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly) was born on October - 26.   

1473  On October - 26 birth of friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510)   

1483  Hans Buchner, composer was born on this day in history.   

1491  On October - 26 birth of zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521)   

1609  On October - 26 birth of william Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675)   

1645  On this day in history birth of aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David)   

1673  On October - 26 birth of dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova (1710-11)