Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 26

1868  On this day in history death of b F Randolph, SC state senator, assassinated   

1874  On this day in history peter Cornelius, German composer, dies at 49   

1881  On October - 26 billy Clanton, brother of Ike, dies   

1890  Collodi, [Carlo Lorenzini], Italian writer (Pinocchio), dies on this day in history.   

1896  Death of Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (b. 1827) on this day in history.   

1902  On October - 26 death of elizabeth Cady Stanton, American feminist and suffragette (b. 1815)   

1903  On October - 26 herbert Stanley Oakeley, composer, dies at 73   

1909  On this day in history death of horiboemi Ito, Prince of Japan, assassinated by a Korean   

1929  Arno Holz, writer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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

1943  On this day in history 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 October - 26.   

1945  On October - 26 death of paul Pelliot, French explorer (b. 1878)   

1947  Death of Canon Edwin Sidney Savage, English rector (b. 1862) on October - 26.   

1952  Death of Hattie McDaniel, American singer and actress (b. 1895) on October - 26.   

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

1955  Arne Eggen, composer, dies at 74 on October - 26.   

1956  On October - 26 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  Agnes Miegel, writer, dies on this day in history.   

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  On October - 26 erich Von Stroheim, actor/director (Napoleon), dies of cancer at 52   

1971  Robert Gordon director/writer (Loveless), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aviation pioneer and helicopter builder, dies at 83   

1976  Deryck Victor Cooke, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1466  Desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly) was born on October - 26.   

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

1483  On October - 26 birth of hans Buchner, composer   

1491  Zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521) was born on this day in history.   

1609  William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.   

1645  On October - 26 birth of aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David)   

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