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May 18 Deaths in History - May 18 Birthdays - May 18 Events
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May 18, 1996 Dermot O'Callaghan Grubb, prison governor, dies at 76 May 18, 1996 Simon Weinstock, businessman/racehorse owner, dies at 44 May 18, 1995 Alexander Gudonov, Russian dancer/actor (Witness), dies at 45 May 18, 1995 Elisha Cook Jr, actor (Maltese Falcon, Shane), dies at 91 May 18, 1995 Elizabeth Montgomery, actress (Bewitched), dies of cancer at 62 May 18, 1995 Gordon Reynolds, musician, dies at 74 May 18, 1995 Robert Harris, actor (Werewolf of London), dies at 95 May 18, 1993 Heinrich Albertz, theologist/mayor of Berlin (1966-67), dies at 78 May 18, 1993 Pamela M Cunnington, English architect/writer, dies at 67 May 18, 1992 Lawrence Welk, bandleader (L Welk Show), dies of pneumonia at 89 May 18, 1992 Marshall Thompson, actor (Bog), dies of congestive heart failure at 65 May 18, 1992 Skip Stephenson, comedian (Real People), dies of heart attack at 52 May 18, 1991 Edwina Booth, actress (Trader Horn), dies of heart failure at 86 May 18, 1990 Jill Ireland, actress (Carry on Nurse, Family), dies of cancer at 54 May 18, 1988 Daws Butler, cartoon voice (Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound), dies at 71 May 18, 1987 Wilbur J Cohen, 1st employee of Social Security System, dies at 73 May 18, 1986 John Bubbles Sublett, tap dancer (Black and Bubbles), dies at 84 May 18, 1985 Tex Terry, actor (Apache Rose, Timberjack), dies at 82 May 18, 1981 Arthur O'Connell, actor (Mr Peepers, 2nd Hundred Years), dies at 73 May 18, 1981 William Saroyan, U.S. stagewriter (Time of your life), dies at 72 May 18, 1980 Ian Curtis, English rock vocalist (Joy Division), commit suicide at 23 May 18, 1975 Leroy Anderson, composer, dies at 66 May 18, 1974 Daniel R Topping, U.S. owner (New York Yankees), dies at 61 May 18, 1973 Jeannette Rankin, 1st Congresswoman (1917-19, 41-43), dies at 92 May 18, 1973 Jeanette Rankin, American Politician May 18, 1972 Eero Aukusti Sipila, composer, dies at 53 May 18, 1967 Andy Clyde, Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick, dies at 75 May 18, 1967 Richard Ainley, actor (I Dood It, Above Suspicion), dies at 56 May 18, 1966 Paul Althaus, German theologist (That Christian Wahrheit), dies at 78 May 18, 1965 Eduard J Dijksterhuis, mathematician (Archimedes), dies at 72 May 18, 1961 Henry O'Neill, actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble), dies May 18, 1955 Edwin Scharff, German painter/sculptor (Rossebandiger), dies at 68 May 18, 1955 Mary McLeod Bethune, educator and civil rights leader, dies at 79 May 18, 1952 Rossetter Gleason Cole, composer, dies at 86 May 18, 1949 James T Adams, U.S. historian (Pulitzer 1921) May 18, 1936 Alick Maclean, composer, dies at 63 May 18, 1930 Joao Marcellino Arroyo, composer, dies at 68 May 18, 1918 Toivo Kuula, composer, dies at 34 May 18, 1915 William Throsby Bridges, Australian Soldier May 18, 1913 Otto Reubke, composer, dies at 70 May 18, 1911 Gustav Mahler, Austr composer (Children's Death Songs), dies at 50 May 18, 1910 Flor van Duyse, composer, dies at 66 May 18, 1909 George Meredith, English poet and writer (Diana of Crossways), dies at 81 May 18, 1909 Isaac M F Albeniz, Spanish pianist/composer, dies at 48 May 18, 1884 Heinrich R Goppert, German paleo-botanist, dies May 18, 1864 James Byron Gordon, Confederate brig-gen, dies at 41 May 18, 1862 William H Keim, U.S. Union brig-general, dies in battle at 48 May 18, 1848 William A Leidesdorf, black, dies at 38 in SF May 18, 1839 Carolina [Maria A] Bonaparte (countess Lipona), dies at 57 May 18, 1832 Bonafacio Asioli, composer, dies at 62 May 18, 1829 Bernardo Bittoni, composer, dies at 72 May 18, 1808 Jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US preacher, dies at 49 May 18, 1799 Pierre de Beaumarchais, dramatist, dies May 18, 1767 Thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky, composer, dies at 28 May 18, 1733 Georg Bohm, German organist/composer, dies at 71 May 18, 1724 Johann K Amman, Swiss/Dutch doctor for deaf-mutes, dies at 54 May 18, 1692 Elias Ashmole, antiquary, dies May 18, 1675 Jacques Marquette jesuit/missionaries (Chicago), dies at 37 May 18, 1653 Carel Reyniersz, Governor-General (Netherlands East Indies), dies at 48 May 18, 1625 Francisco Gomez de Sandoval y Rojas, Spanish marquis of Denia, dies May 18, 1587 Felix van Cantalice, Italian saint, dies May 18, 1410 Ruprecht, Roman catholics German king, dies May 18, 1160 Erik IX Helgi, [The Saint], King of Sweden, dies May 18, 526 John I, Pope (523-26), dies May 18, 323 Alexander III the Great, king of Macedonia/conqueror, dies at 32 |