Famous Deaths In October - 26

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

1874  Peter Cornelius, German composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

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

1890  Collodi, [Carlo Lorenzini], Italian writer (Pinocchio), dies on October - 26.   

1896  On this day in history death of paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (b. 1827)   

1902  Death of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American feminist and suffragette (b. 1815) on this day in history.   

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  Death of Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman (b. 1872) on this day in history.   

1931  On October - 26 death of charles Comiskey, baseball team owner (b. 1859)   

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

1936  Bob Dellemijn, Lourdes-ganger/Franco-volunteer, dies in battle at 18 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1943  On October - 26 death of marc Aurel Stein, Hungarian-born archaeologist (b. 1862)   

1944  On October - 26 death of princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria (b. 1857)   

1945  On this day in history death of paul Pelliot, French explorer (b. 1878)   

1947  On October - 26 death of canon Edwin Sidney Savage, English rector (b. 1862)   

1952  On October - 26 death of hattie McDaniel, American singer and actress (b. 1895)   

1954  Floris HL Prims, Flemish priest/historian/archivist of Antwerp, dies on this day in history.   

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

1956  On this day in history walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, dies at 60   

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

1961  Edgar Mayne, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia around WWI), dies on October - 26.   

1962  On this day in history hattie McDaniel actress (Gone With the Wind), dies at 67   

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

1965  On this day in history death of sylvia Likens, American torture victim (b. 1949)   

1966  On this day in history death of alma Cogan, English singer (b. 1932)   

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  On October - 26 george Grant, cricketer (WI Test captain through early 1930's), dies   

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

1466  On October - 26 birth of desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly)   

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

1483  Hans Buchner, composer was born on October - 26.   

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

1609  William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675) was born on October - 26.   

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

1673  On this day in history birth of dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova (1710-11)