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October 18 Deaths in History - October 18 Birthdays - October 18 Events
October 18, 2002 Kam Fong, actor, Hawaii Five-O, dies at 84
October 18, 2000 Gwen Verdon, actress/dancer, Damn Yankees, dies at 75
October 18, 2000 Julie London, singer/actress, Emergency!, dies at 74
October 18, 1997 Bill Rotsler, cartoonist/writer, dies of cancer at 62
October 18, 1997 Nancy Dickerson, 1st female news correspondent (CBS), dies at 70
October 18, 1997 Roberto C Goizueta, CEO (Coca-Cola), dies of lung cancer at 65
October 18, 1996 Guiseppe Panini, industrialist, dies at 71
October 18, 1996 Hugh Willatt, solicitor/public servant, dies at 91
October 18, 1995 Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher, lawyer, dies at 67
October 18, 1995 Bryan Johnson, singer/actor, dies at 69
October 18, 1995 Iri Maruki, artist, dies at 94
October 18, 1995 John Gardener, boatbuilder/writer, dies at 90
October 18, 1995 Thomas Lyttle, paramilitary, dies at 56
October 18, 1994 Lee Allen, saxophonist, dies at 68
October 18, 1994 Richard A Garland, artist photographer, dies at 60
October 18, 1994 WIlliam Faure, producer, dies at 45
October 18, 1994 Cab Calloway, American Musician
October 18, 1993 Dionisio Herrero, Spanish air force general, murdered at 63
October 18, 1993 Lois Kibbee, actress (Edge of Night), dies of brain tumor at 71
October 18, 1993 Smail Yefsah, Algerian TV journalist, murdered at 31
October 18, 1988 Dimitri Frenkel Frank, writer and director (Hadimassa), dies at 60
October 18, 1987 Theodore Brameld, author (Use of Explosive Ideas), dies at 83
October 18, 1985 Benjamin Moloisi, South African poet/Anc'er, hanged at 30
October 18, 1984 Florence Rinard, TV panelist (20 Questions), dies at 82
October 18, 1984 Jon-Erik Hexum, actor (Bear), dies by a gun loaded with blanks at 26
October 18, 1983 19/10? Albert "Carel" Willink, painter: magic(al)-realism, dies at 83
October 18, 1982 Bess Truman, 1st lady (1945-53), dies in Independence, Mo at 97
October 18, 1982 Maurice Gilliams, Flemish literary (Sources of Insomnia), dies at 82
October 18, 1982 Pierre Mendes-France, premier France (1954-55), dies
October 18, 1978 Jacques Mornard, [Ramon Mercader], murderer of Trotsky, dies at 64
October 18, 1975 Al Lettieri, actor (Beautiful but Deadly, Don is Dead), dies at 47
October 18, 1973 Crane Wilbur, dir/writer (Bat, Canon City, Yellow Cargo), dies at 86
October 18, 1973 Frank Knight, TV announcer (Chronoscope), dies at 79
October 18, 1973 Walt Kelly, U.S. comic strip artist (Pogo), dies at 60
October 18, 1968 Lee Tracy, actor (Doctor X, Bombshell, Best Man), dies of cancer at 70
October 18, 1966 Bill Nestell, U.S. actor (Dangerous Venture), dies of heart attack at 73
October 18, 1965 Frank Hutchens, composer, dies at 73
October 18, 1965 Henry Travers, actor (Bells of St. Mary, High Sierra), dies at 91
October 18, 1963 Claudio Carneyro, composer, dies at 68
October 18, 1955 Jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, dies at 72
October 18, 1953 Douwe Kalma, Fries literature/christian-socialist, dies at 57
October 18, 1953 Federico Gerdes, composer, dies at 80
October 18, 1948 [Heinrich A H] Walther von Brauchitsch, German fieldmarshal, dies
October 18, 1943 Adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's Youth), dies at 55
October 18, 1943 Benedictus H Dancer, botanist, dies at 52
October 18, 1941 Dirk Fock, governor-general van/of Neth-Indies 1921-6, dies at 83
October 18, 1940 Suze Groeneweg, 1st woman in Dutch 2nd Chamber (1918-37), dies at 65
October 18, 1938 Karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist, dies
October 18, 1931 Thomas Alva Edison, inventor, dies in West Orange, NJ, at 84
October 18, 1931 Thomas A. Edison, American Inventor
October 18, 1911 Alfred Binet, French Psychologist
October 18, 1910 Thaddaus Robl, German bicyclist (world record), dies
October 18, 1909 Alfredo Oriani, Italian writer (La rivolta ideal), dies
October 18, 1898 Jakov P Polonski, Russian poet (Stichotvorenija), dies at 78
October 18, 1893 Charles F Gounod, French composer (La reine the Saba), dies at 75
October 18, 1893 Lucy [Blackwell-]Stone, U.S. abolitionist/feminist, dies
October 18, 1893 Charles Gounod, French Composer
October 18, 1876 Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe), dies at 85
October 18, 1865 Lord Henry JT Palmerston, English min of Foreign affairs, dies at 80
October 18, 1864 David Bell Birney, U.S. lawyer/Union general-major, dies at 39
October 18, 1864 Jacques Francois Gallay, composer, dies at 68
October 18, 1862 James Creighton, dies of rupture bladder from hitting HR on Oct 14th
October 18, 1839 French Jozef Kinsoen, Flemish portrait painter, dies at 68
October 18, 1832 Othon Joseph Vandenbroek, composer, dies at 73
October 18, 1830 Peter I Petrovic Njegos, bishop (Montenegro), dies
October 18, 1817 Etienne-Nicolas Mehul, opera composer (Chant du depart), dies at 54
October 18, 1788 Jean-Guillain Cardon, composer, dies at 56
October 18, 1771 Robert Praelisauer, composer, dies at 62
October 18, 1767 Joseph Paul Ziegler, composer, dies at 45
October 18, 1708 Henry Van Nassau, stable master/fieldmarshal, dies at 67
October 18, 1678 Cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver/illustrator, dies at 63
October 18, 1678 Jacob Jordaens, Flemish barok painter, dies at 85
October 18, 1676 Nathaniel Bacon, rallied against Virginian government, killed at 29
October 18, 1669 Abraham Willaerts, painter (Brazilie), dies
October 18, 1634 Pierre De La Barre, composer, dies at 42
October 18, 1589 Adolf van Nieuwenaar and Meurs, viceroy of Utrecht, dies in battle
October 18, 1562 Petrus van Alcantara, Spanish Franciscan saint, dies
October 18, 1558 Maria, queen of Hungary/guardian of Netherlands (1531-55), dies at 53
October 18, 1545 John Taverner, English composer (Western Wynde), dies at about 55
October 18, 1526 Lucas Vazquez de Ayllo, Spanish colonialist (settles SC), dies
October 18, 1503 Pius III, [Francesco Todeschini], Pope (9/22-10/18/1503), dies
October 18, 1459 Jan of Heinsberg, bishop of Luik (1419-56), dies
October 18, 1340 Henry Henricus of Friemar, Augustine philosopher, dies
October 18, 1216 John, king of England (1199-1216, Magna Charta), dies
October 18, 707 John VII, Greek Pope (705-07), dies



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