Famous Deaths In October - 15

1937  On this day in history james Marcus, American actor (The Eagle, The Lonely Trail) dies at 70   

1942  Death of Dirk Bannink, nurse/local counciller Deventer, executed on this day in history.   

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

1945  On this day in history death of pierre Laval, former premier of Vichy France, executed at 62   

1946  Death of Hermann Goering, Nazi Reichmarshal, poisons himself in prison on October - 15.   

1948  Death of Edythe Chapman, American actress (b. 1863) on October - 15.   

1955  Fumio Hayasaka, composer, dies at 41 on October - 15.   

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

1959  On October - 15 death of lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1880)   

1960  On October - 15 clara Kimball Young, actress (Return of Chandu), dies of stroke at 70   

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

1964  Cole Porter, composer (Still of the Night), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history carl Hoff, orch leader (Music Hall), dies at 60   

1968  Bea Benaderet, NYC, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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 October - 15 frank DeKova, actor (Chief Wild Eagle-F Troop), dies   

1982  On October - 15 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 this day in history.   

1987  Thomas Sankara, president of Burkina Faso, dies on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history delphine Seyrig, dies of lung disease at 58   

1991  On October - 15 hotze de Roos, carpenter/kid book writer (Chameleon series), dies   

1992  On this day in history 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  On this day in history hannes Wustinger, Austrian race car driver, dies at 29   

1995  On October - 15 arthur Carleton Hetherington, public servant, dies at 82   

1996  On October - 15 bernard Frank, oriental scholar/writer, dies at 69   

2000  On October - 15 death of konrad Emil Bloch, German-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1912)   

2001  Death of Zhang Xueliang, Chinese ruler of Manchuria (b. 1901) on October - 15.   

2003  Death of Ben Metcalfe, Canadian environmental activist (b. 1919) on October - 15.   

2005  On this day in history death of jason Collier, American basketball player (b. 1977)   

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1471  On October - 15 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 October - 15.   

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

1674  On this day in history birth of robert Herrick, Mass, British poet (Together)   

1686  On this day in history birth of allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (d. 1758)   

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

1711  On this day in history birth of elisabeth Teresa of Lorraine, queen of Sardinia (d. 1741)