Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 18

1839  On October - 18 french Jozef Kinsoen, Flemish portrait painter, dies at 68   

1862  James Creighton, dies of rupture bladder from hitting HR on Oct 14th on this day in history.   

1864  David Bell Birney, US lawyer/Union general-major, dies at 39 on October - 18.   

1865  On this day in history lord Henry JT Palmerston, English min of Foreign affairs, dies at 80   

1876  Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe), dies at 85 on October - 18.   

1886  On this day in history death of philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician (b. 1796)   

1889  Death of Antonio Meucci, Italian inventor (b. 1808) on October - 18.   

1893  On October - 18 charles F Gounod, French composer (La reine the Saba), dies at 75   

1909  Alfredo Oriani, Italian writer (La rivolta ideal), dies on this day in history.   

1921  On October - 18 death of king Ludwig III of Bavaria (b. 1845)   

1931  Thomas Alva Edison, inventor, dies in West Orange, NJ, at 84 on this day in history.   

1932  On October - 18 death of ioannis Chrysafis, Greek gymnast (b. 1873)   

1938  Karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist, dies on October - 18.   

1940  Suze Groeneweg, 1st woman in Dutch 2nd Chamber (1918-37), dies at 65 on October - 18.   

1941  Dirk Fock, governor-general van/of Neth-Indies 1921-6, dies at 83 on October - 18.   

1942  Death of Mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (b. 1862) on this day in history.   

1943  Adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's Youth), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history [Heinrich A H] Walther von Brauchitsch, German fieldmarshal, dies   

1953  On October - 18 douwe Kalma, Fries literature/christian-socialist, dies at 57   

1955  On this day in history jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, dies at 72   

1959  Death of Boughera El Ouafi, Algerian athlete (b. 1898) on this day in history.   

1961  Death of Tsuru Aoki, Japanese-born American actress (b. 1892) on October - 18.   

1963  On this day in history claudio Carneyro, composer, dies at 68   

1965  On this day in history frank Hutchens, composer, dies at 73   

1966  On October - 18 bill Nestell, US actor (Dangerous Venture), dies of heart attack at 73   

1968  On this day in history lee Tracy, actor (Doctor X, Bombshell, Best Man), dies of cancer at 70   

1972  On this day in history ken Wishart, cricketer (WI opening batsman in one Test 1935), dies   

1973  On October - 18 crane Wilbur, dir/writer (Bat, Canon City, Yellow Cargo), dies at 86   

1975  On October - 18 al Lettieri, actor (Beautiful but Deadly, Don is Dead), dies at 47   

1976  On this day in history death of kavi Samrat Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Telugu writer (b. 1895)   

1977  Rolph Grant, cricketer (West Indian capt on 1939 England tour), dies on this day in history.   

1978  Frank Woolley, cricketer (58,969 1st-class runs), dies on October - 18.   

1982  Bess Truman, 1st lady (1945-53), dies in Independence, Mo at 97 on October - 18.   

1983  Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (55 Tests for India), dies on this day in history.   

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1127  On October - 18 birth of emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192)   

1239  On October - 18 birth of stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72)   

1405  On October - 18 birth of pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian pope (1458-64) (Cynthia)   

1517  Manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (d. 1570) was born on October - 18.   

1547  On October - 18 birth of justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist/historian   

1569  Giambattista Marini, Italian poet (d. 1625) was born on this day in history.   

1595  On this day in history birth of edward Winslow, Plymouth Colony founder (d. 1655)   

1611  On this day in history birth of valentin Strobel, composer