Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 26

1868  Death of B F Randolph, SC state senator, assassinated on October - 26.   

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

1881  Billy Clanton, brother of Ike, dies on October - 26.   

1890  On October - 26 collodi, [Carlo Lorenzini], Italian writer (Pinocchio), dies   

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

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  On October - 26 death of horiboemi Ito, Prince of Japan, assassinated by a Korean   

1929  On this day in history arno Holz, writer, dies at 66   

1930  On this day in history death of harry Payne Whitney, American businessman (b. 1872)   

1931  Death of Charles Comiskey, baseball team owner (b. 1859) on October - 26.   

1935  Akos Buttykai, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1936  Bob Dellemijn, Lourdes-ganger/Franco-volunteer, dies in battle at 18 on October - 26.   

1937  Death of Józef Dowbór-MuÅ›nicki, Polish general (b. 1867) on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history death of arkady Gaidar, Russian children's writer (b. 1904)   

1943  Death of Marc Aurel Stein, Hungarian-born archaeologist (b. 1862) on October - 26.   

1944  On this day in history 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  Death of Canon Edwin Sidney Savage, English rector (b. 1862) on this day in history.   

1952  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history n Kazantzakis, writer, dies   

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  On October - 26 agnes Miegel, writer, dies   

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 this day in history.   

1971  Robert Gordon director/writer (Loveless), dies at 76 on October - 26.   

1972  Igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aviation pioneer and helicopter builder, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1976  Deryck Victor Cooke, composer, dies at 57 on October - 26.   

1978  George Grant, cricketer (WI Test captain through early 1930's), dies on October - 26.   

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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 this day in history birth of friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510)   

1483  Hans Buchner, composer was born on this day in history.   

1491  On this day in history birth of zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521)   

1609  On October - 26 birth of william Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675)   

1645  Aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David) was born on this day in history.   

1673  Dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova (1710-11) was born on this day in history.