Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 26
Tuesday, 21 January 2025
1868 On this day in history death of b F Randolph, SC state senator, assassinated
1874 Peter Cornelius, German composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.
1881 Billy Clanton, brother of Ike, dies on this day in history.
1890 On this day in history collodi, [Carlo Lorenzini], Italian writer (Pinocchio), dies
1896 Death of Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (b. 1827) on October - 26.
1902 On October - 26 death of elizabeth Cady Stanton, American feminist and suffragette (b. 1815)
1903 Herbert Stanley Oakeley, composer, dies at 73 on October - 26.
1909 Death of Horiboemi Ito, Prince of Japan, assassinated by a Korean on this day in history.
1929 On this day in history arno Holz, writer, dies at 66
1930 On October - 26 death of harry Payne Whitney, American businessman (b. 1872)
1931 On this day in history death of charles Comiskey, baseball team owner (b. 1859)
1935 On October - 26 akos Buttykai, composer, dies at 64
1936 On this day in history bob Dellemijn, Lourdes-ganger/Franco-volunteer, dies in battle at 18
1937 On October - 26 death of józef Dowbór-Muśnicki, 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 Death of Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria (b. 1857) on this day in history.
1945 On this day in history death of paul Pelliot, French explorer (b. 1878)
1947 Death of Canon Edwin Sidney Savage, English rector (b. 1862) on October - 26.
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 October - 26.
1955 Arne Eggen, composer, dies at 74 on October - 26.
1956 On October - 26 walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, dies at 60
1957 On October - 26 n Kazantzakis, writer, dies
1961 On October - 26 edgar Mayne, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia around WWI), dies
1962 Hattie McDaniel actress (Gone With the Wind), dies at 67 on October - 26.
1964 Agnes Miegel, writer, dies on October - 26.
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 this day in history.
1968 Erich Von Stroheim, actor/director (Napoleon), dies of cancer at 52 on October - 26.
1971 Robert Gordon director/writer (Loveless), dies at 76 on this day in history.
1972 On October - 26 igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aviation pioneer and helicopter builder, dies at 83
1976 On this day in history deryck Victor Cooke, composer, dies at 57
1978 On this day in history george Grant, cricketer (WI Test captain through early 1930's), dies
« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Next Page »