Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 26

1868  Death of B F Randolph, SC state senator, assassinated on this day in history.   

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

1881  On this day in history billy Clanton, brother of Ike, dies   

1890  Collodi, [Carlo Lorenzini], Italian writer (Pinocchio), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1909  On this day in history death of horiboemi Ito, Prince of Japan, assassinated by a Korean   

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

1930  Death of Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman (b. 1872) on October - 26.   

1931  Death of Charles Comiskey, baseball team owner (b. 1859) on October - 26.   

1935  On this day in history akos Buttykai, composer, dies at 64   

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

1937  Death of Józef Dowbór-MuÅ›nicki, Polish general (b. 1867) on this day in history.   

1941  Death of Arkady Gaidar, Russian children's writer (b. 1904) on this day in history.   

1943  Death of Marc Aurel Stein, Hungarian-born archaeologist (b. 1862) on October - 26.   

1944  Death of Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria (b. 1857) on this day in history.   

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

1947  On this day in history death of canon Edwin Sidney Savage, English rector (b. 1862)   

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

1954  Floris HL Prims, Flemish priest/historian/archivist of Antwerp, dies on October - 26.   

1955  On this day in history arne Eggen, composer, dies at 74   

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

1957  N Kazantzakis, writer, dies on this day in history.   

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

1962  Hattie McDaniel actress (Gone With the Wind), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

1965  Death of Sylvia Likens, American torture victim (b. 1949) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On October - 26 deryck Victor Cooke, composer, dies at 57   

1978  George Grant, cricketer (WI Test captain through early 1930's), dies on October - 26.   

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

1466  On this day in history birth of desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly)   

1473  Friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510) was born on October - 26.   

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

1645  Aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David) was born on October - 26.   

1673  Dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova (1710-11) was born on October - 26.