18 October Deaths

Published : 18 Oct 2017, 10:45

Jagoroniya Desk

October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 74 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Friday or Saturday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Wednesday (56).

Deaths

AD 31 – Lucius Aelius Sejanus, Roman politician (b. 20 BC)
325 – Emperor Ming of Jin (b. 299)
707 – Pope John VII (b. 650)
1035 – Sancho III of Pamplona (b. 992)
1081 – Nikephoros Palaiologos, Byzantine general
1101 – Hugh I, Count of Vermandois (b. 1053)
1141 – Leopold, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1108)
1214 – John de Gray, bishop of Norwich
1366 – Petrus Torkilsson, Archbishop of Uppsala
1382 – James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond, Irish politician, Lord Justice of Ireland (b. 1331)
1417 – Pope Gregory XII (b. 1326)
1442 – Infante João of Portugal (b. 1400)
1480 – Uhwudong, Korean dancer and poet (b. 1440)
1503 – Pope Pius III (b. 1439)
1508 – Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell, Lord High Admiral of Scotland
1511 – Philippe de Commines, French-speaking Fleming in the courts of Burgundy and France (b. 1447)
1526 – Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón, Spanish explorer (b. 1475)
1541 – Margaret Tudor, queen of James IV of Scotland (born 1489)
1545 – John Taverner, English organist and composer (b. 1490)
1558 – Mary of Hungary (b. 1505)
1561 – Yamamoto Kansuke, Japanese samurai (b. 1501)
1564 – Johannes Acronius Frisius, Dutch physician and mathematician (b. 1520)
1570 – Manuel da Nóbrega, Portuguese-Brazilian priest and missionary (b. 1517)
1604 – Igram van Achelen, Dutch lawyer and politician (b. 1528)
1646 – Isaac Jogues, French priest, missionary, and martyr (b. 1607)
1667 – Fasilides, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1603)
1678 – Jacob Jordaens, Belgian painter illustrator (b. 1593)
1739 – António José da Silva, Brazilian-Portuguese playwright (b. 1705)
1744 – Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (b. 1660)
1770 – John Manners, Marquess of Granby, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire (b. 1721)
1775 – Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1715)
1817 – Etienne Nicolas Méhul, French pianist and composer (b. 1763)
1865 – Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1784)
1871 – Charles Babbage, English mathematician and engineer, invented the mechanical computer (b. 1791)
1876 – Francis Preston Blair, American journalist (b. 1791)
1886 – Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician and botanist (b. 1796)
1889 – Antonio Meucci, Italian-American engineer (b. 1808)
1892 – William W. Chapman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1808)
1893 – Charles Gounod, French composer and educator (b. 1818)
1908 – Nozu Michitsura, Japanese field marshal (b. 1840)
1911 – Alfred Binet, French psychologist and author (b. 1857)
1921 – Ludwig III of Bavaria (b. 1845)
1931 – Thomas Edison, American engineer and businessman, invented the light bulb and phonograph (b. 1847)
1933 – Christine Murrell, English medical doctor, first female member of the British Medical Association's Central Council (b. 1874)
1934 – Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish pathologist, histologist, and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
1935 – Gaston Lachaise, French-American sculptor (b. 1882)
1941 – Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 7th President of Portugal (b. 1860)
1942 – Mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (b. 1862)
1947 – Michiaki Kamada, Japanese admiral (b. 1890)
1948 – Philip Collier, Australian politician, 14th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1873)
1948 – Walther von Brauchitsch, German field marshal (b. 1881)
1956 – Yoshio Markino, Japanese painter and author (b. 1869)
1959 – Boughera El Ouafi, Algerian-French runner (b. 1898)
1961 – Tsuru Aoki, Japanese-American actress (b. 1892)
1962 – Iván Petrovich, Serbian-German actor and singer (b. 1894)
1965 – Henry Travers, Irish-American actor (b. 1874)
1966 – Elizabeth Arden, Canadian-American businesswoman, founded Elizabeth Arden, Inc. (b. 1878)
1966 – S. S. Kresge, American businessman, founded Kmart (b. 1867)
1973 – Margaret Caroline Anderson, American publisher, founded The Little Review (b. 1886)
1973 – Walt Kelly, American illustrator and animator (b. 1913)
1973 – Leo Strauss, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1899)
1975 – K. C. Douglas, American rural blues singer (b. 1913)
1975 – Al Lettieri, American actor (b. 1928)
1975 – Graham Haberfield, English actor (b. 1941)
1976 – Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Indian poet and author (b. 1895)
1977 – Andreas Baader, German militant (b. 1943)
1977 – Gudrun Ensslin, German militant leader, founded the Red Army Faction (b. 1940)
1978 – Ramón Mercader, Spanish journalist, assassin of Leon Trotsky (b. 1914)
1980 – Edwin Way Teale, American photographer and author (b. 1899)
1982 – Dwain Esper, American director and producer (b. 1892)
1982 – Pierre Mendès France, French lawyer and politician, 143rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1907)
1982 – John Robarts, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Ontario (b. 1917)
1982 – Bess Truman, American wife of Harry S. Truman, 40th First Lady of the United States (b. 1885)
1983 – Diego Abad de Santillán, Spanish economist and author (b. 1897)
1983 – Willie Jones, American baseball player (b. 1925)
1984 – Henri Michaux, French painter and poet (b. 1899)
1984 – Jon-Erik Hexum, American actor (b. 1957).
1987 – Adriaan Ditvoorst, Dutch director and screenwriter (b. 1940)
1988 – Frederick Ashton, Ecuadorian dancer and choreographer (b. 1904)
2000 – Julie London, American singer and actress (b. 1926)
2000 – Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (b. 1925)
2003 – Preston Smith, American businessman and politician, 40th Governor of Texas (b. 1912)
2003 – Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Spanish journalist, author, and critic (b. 1939)
2005 – Johnny Haynes, English-Scottish footballer (b. 1934)
2005 – Bill King, American sportscaster (b. 1927)
2006 – Mario Francesco Pompedda, Italian cardinal (b. 1929)
2006 – Anna Russell, English-Canadian singer and actress (b. 1911)
2006 – Laurie Taitt, Guyanese-English hurdler (b. 1934)
2007 – Alan Coren, English journalist and author (b. 1938)
2007 – William J. Crowe, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1925)
2007 – Vincent DeDomenico, American businessman, founded the Napa Valley Wine Train (b. 1915)
2007 – Lucky Dube, South African singer-songwriter and keyboard player (b. 1964)
2008 – Dee Dee Warwick, American singer (b. 1945)
2009 – Adriaan Kortlandt, Dutch ethologist and biologist (b. 1918)
2009 – Nancy Spero, American painter and academic (b. 1926)
2010 – Marion Brown, American saxophonist and musicologist (b. 1931)
2012 – Brain Damage, American wrestler (b. 1977)
2012 – Sylvia Kristel, Dutch model and actress (b. 1952)
2012 – Slater Martin, American basketball player and coach (b. 1925)
2012 – George Mattos, American pole vaulter (b. 1929)
2012 – Albert Lee Ueltschi, American pilot and businessman, founded FlightSafety International (b. 1917)
2012 – David S. Ware, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1949)
2013 – Tom Foley, American lawyer and politician, 57th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1929)
2013 – Bum Phillips, American football player and coach (b. 1923)
2013 – Allan Stanley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1926)
2013 – Bill Young, American sergeant and politician (b. 1930)
2014 – Mariano Lebrón Saviñón, Dominican author and academic (b. 1922)
2014 – Edward Regan, American academic and politician (b. 1930)
2014 – Sidney Shapiro, American-Chinese author and translator (b. 1915)
2015 – Robert Dickerson, Australian painter (b. 1924)
2015 – Gamal El-Ghitani, Egyptian journalist and author (b. 1945)
2015 – Robert W. Farquhar, American engineer (b. 1932)
2015 – Frank Watkins, American bass player (b. 1968)
2015 – Paul West, English-American author, poet, and academic (b. 1930)

Source: wikipedia

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