What Happened In October 1926 In History

Historical Events for October, 1926

• 22nd » J. Gordon Whitehead sucker punches magician Harry Houdini in the stomach in Montreal, precipitating his death.
• 31st » Magician Harry Houdini dies of gangrene and peritonitis that develops after his vermiform appendix called appendix ruptures.

Famous Birthdays on October in 1926

• 2nd » Jan Morris, English-Welsh historian and author
• 4th » Raymond Watson, American businessman (d. 2012)
• 5th » Avraham Adan, Israeli general (d. 2012)
• 5th » Willi Unsoeld, American mountaineer (d. 1979)
• 7th » Diana Lynn, American actress and singer (d. 1971)
• 8th » Raaj Kumar, Pakistani-Indian actor (d. 1996)
• 9th » Danièle Delorme, French actress and producer
• 10th » Oscar Brown, American singer-songwriter, playwright, and actor (d. 2005)
• 10th » Richard Jaeckel, American actor (d. 1997)
• 11th » Joe Ginsberg, American baseball player (d. 2012)
• 11th » Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese monk, author, and poet
• 11th » Earle Hyman, American actor
• 11th » Neville Wran, Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Premier of New South Wales (d. 2014)
• 13th » Ray Brown (musician) called Ray Brown, American bassist and cellist (d. 2002)
• 13th » Killer Kowalski, Canadian-American wrestler (d. 2008)
• 13th » Tommy Whittle, Scottish-English saxophonist (d. 2013)
• 13th » Eddie Yost, American baseball player and coach (d. 2012)
• 14th » Willy Alberti, Dutch singer and actor (d. 1985)
• 14th » Bill Justis, American saxophonist, composer, and producer (d. 1982)
• 15th » James E. Akins, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (d. 2010)
• 15th » Agustín García Calvo, Spanish philosopher and poet (d. 2012)
• 15th » Michel Foucault, French historian and philosopher (d. 1984)
• 15th » Ed McBain, American author and screenwriter (d. 2005)
• 15th » Jean Peters, American actress (d. 2000)
• 15th » Karl Richter (conductor) or Karl Richter, German organist and conductor (d. 1981)
• 16th » Charles Dolan, American businessman, founded Cablevision and HBO
• 17th » Julie Adams, American actress
• 17th » Beverly Garland, American actress (d. 2008)
• 18th » Chuck Berry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 18th » Klaus Kinski, German-American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1991)
• 19th » Arne Bendiksen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2009)
• 19th » Joel Feinberg, American philosopher (d. 2004)
• 21st » Leonard Rossiter, English actor (d. 1984)
• 24th » Rafael Azcona, Spanish author and screenwriter (d. 2008)
• 24th » Kidar Nath Sahani, Indian politician (d. 2012)
• 24th » Y. A. Tittle, American football player
• 25th » Ismail Gulgee, Pakistani painter and sculptor (d. 2007)
• 25th » Jimmy Heath, American saxophonist and composer (Heath Brothers)
• 25th » Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian soprano (d. 2012)
• 26th » Panos Gavalas, Greek singer (d. 1988)
• 27th » H. R. Haldeman, American diplomat, 4th White House Chief of Staff (d. 1993)
• 28th » Bowie Kuhn, American lawyer and businessman (d. 2007)
• 29th » Jon Vickers, Canadian tenor
• 30th » Jacques Swaters, Belgian race car driver (d. 2010)
• 31st » Jimmy Savile, English radio and television host (d. 2011)

Famous Deaths for October 1926

• 7th » Emil Kraepelin, German psychologist (b. 1856)
• 12th » Edwin Abbott Abbott, English theologian and author (b. 1838)
• 13th » Hans E. Kinck, Norwegian philologist and author (b. 1865)
• 20th » Eugene V. Debs, American union leader and politician (b. 1855)
• 27th » Warren Wood, American golfer (b. 1887)
• 31st » Harry Houdini, Hungarian-American magician and stuntman (b. 1874)
• 31st » Philip Schuster, American gymnast (b. 1883)

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