Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 15

1937  James Marcus, American actor (The Eagle, The Lonely Trail) dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1942  Death of Dirk Bannink, nurse/local counciller Deventer, executed on October - 15.   

1944  Death of Philip Mechanicus, journalist, executed in Auschwitz-Birkenau on this day in history.   

1945  On October - 15 death of pierre Laval, former premier of Vichy France, executed at 62   

1946  Death of Hermann Goering, Nazi Reichmarshal, poisons himself in prison on this day in history.   

1948  Death of Edythe Chapman, American actress (b. 1863) on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history fumio Hayasaka, composer, dies at 41   

1958  On this day in history jack Mason, cricketer (England all-rounder v Australia 1897-98), dies   

1959  On this day in history death of lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1880)   

1960  Clara Kimball Young, actress (Return of Chandu), dies of stroke at 70 on this day in history.   

1963  On October - 15 edmond Fleg[enheimer], Swiss/French writer (Ecoute Israel), dies   

1964  On October - 15 cole Porter, composer (Still of the Night), dies at 73   

1965  Carl Hoff, orch leader (Music Hall), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1968  Bea Benaderet, NYC, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction), dies at 62 on October - 15.   

1969  On October - 15 rod[erique] La Rocque, US western actor (Mystery Woman), dies   

1976  Carlo Gambino, US gangster, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1977  Ralph Truman, actor (Henry V, Treasure Island), dies at 77 on October - 15.   

1980  On this day in history death of mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1900)   

1981  On this day in history frank DeKova, actor (Chief Wild Eagle-F Troop), dies   

1982  On this day in history elsie Randolph, actress (That'll Make You Whistle), dies   

1983  On October - 15 pat O'Brien, actor (Some like it hot), dies of heart attack at 83   

1985  Meret Oppenheim, writer, dies at 72 on October - 15.   

1987  On October - 15 thomas Sankara, president of Burkina Faso, dies   

1990  On October - 15 delphine Seyrig, dies of lung disease at 58   

1991  Hotze de Roos, carpenter/kid book writer (Chameleon series), dies on this day in history.   

1992  On October - 15 dorothy Helen Baker, mother of Diane Baker, dies at 78   

1993  Ken E Jones, musician (New Amsterdam Symph Orch), dies of AIDS at 34 on October - 15.   

1994  Hannes Wustinger, Austrian race car driver, dies at 29 on October - 15.   

1995  On this day in history arthur Carleton Hetherington, public servant, dies at 82   

1996  Bernard Frank, oriental scholar/writer, dies at 69 on October - 15.   

2000  Death of Konrad Emil Bloch, German-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1912) on this day in history.   

2001  On this day in history death of zhang Xueliang, Chinese ruler of Manchuria (b. 1901)   

2003  Death of Ben Metcalfe, Canadian environmental activist (b. 1919) on this day in history.   

2005  On October - 15 death of jason Collier, American basketball player (b. 1977)   

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1471  On this day in history birth of konrad Mutian, German humanist (d. 1526)   

1542  On this day in history birth of djalalud-Din Mohammed Akbar, emperor of India (1556-1605)   

1550  Henry, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg/brother of William of Orange was born on this day in history.   

1608  On October - 15 birth of evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (d. 1647)   

1674  Robert Herrick, Mass, British poet (Together) was born on this day in history.   

1686  Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (d. 1758) was born on this day in history.   

1701  On October - 15 birth of marie-Marguerite d'Youville, first native Canadian canonized (d. 1771)   

1711  Elisabeth Teresa of Lorraine, queen of Sardinia (d. 1741) was born on October - 15.