22 October Deaths

Published : 22 Oct 2017, 10:56

Sahos Desk

October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 70 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Thursday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Tuesday or Wednesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Friday or Sunday (56).

Deaths

726 – Itzamnaaj K'awiil, a Maya ruler of Dos Pilas
741 – Charles Martel, Frankish king (b. 688)
842 – Abo, Japanese prince (b. 792)
1383 – Ferdinand I of Portugal (b. 1345)
1455 – Johannes Brassart, Flemish composer
1493 – James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton
1521 – Edward Poynings, Lord Deputy to King Henry VII of England (b. 1459)
1565 – Jean Grolier de Servières, French book collector (b. 1479)
1604 – Domingo Báñez, Spanish theologian (b. 1528)
1625 – Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese daimyo (b. 1561)
1708 – Hermann Witsius, Dutch theologian and academic (b. 1636)
1751 – William IV, Prince of Orange (b. 1711)
1761 – Louis George, Margrave of Baden-Baden (b. 1702)
1755 – Elisha Williams, American minister, academic, and jurist (b. 1694)
1792 – Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (b. 1725)
1847 – Sahle Selassie, Ethiopian ruler (b. 1795)
1853 – Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Uruguayan general and politician, President of Uruguay (b. 1784)
1859 – Louis Spohr, German violinist and composer (b. 1784)
1883 – George Coulthard, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1856)
1883 – Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American soldier and author (b. 1818)
1885 – Lewis Majendie, English politician (b. 1835)
1891 – Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow, Austrian physiologist and physician (b. 1846)
1906 – Paul Cézanne, French painter (b. 1839)
1914 – Konishiki Yasokichi I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 17th Yokozuna (b. 1866)
1917 – Bob Fitzsimmons, English-American boxer (b. 1863)
1917 – Charles Pardey Lukis, founder of the Indian Journal of Medical Research and later Director-General of the Indian Medical Service (b. 1857)
1927 – Borisav Stanković, Serbian author (b. 1876)
1928 – Andrew Fisher, Scottish-Australian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1862)
1934 – Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (b. 1904)
1935 – Edward Carson, Irish-English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1854)
1941 – Guy Môquet, French militant (b. 1924)
1952 – Ernst Rüdin, Swiss psychiatrist, geneticist, and eugenicist (b. 1874)
1954 – Jibanananda Das, Bangladeshi-Indian author and poet (b. 1899)
1956 – Hannah Mitchell, English activist (b. 1872)
1959 – George Bouzianis, Greek painter and educator (b. 1885)
1965 – Muriel George, English singer and actress (b. 1883)
1969 – Tommy Edwards, American singer-songwriter (b. 1922)
1973 – Pablo Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor (b. 1876)
1979 – Nadia Boulanger, French composer and educator (b. 1887)
1979 – Mieko Kamiya, Japanese psychiatrist and author (b. 1914)
1982 – Richard Hugo, American poet (b. 1923)
1985 – Viorica Ursuleac, Romanian soprano and educator (b. 1894)
1986 – Jane Dornacker, American actress and singer (b. 1947)
1986 – Thorgeir Stubø, Norwegian guitarist and composer (b. 1943)
1986 – Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician, Head of State of the People's Republic of China (b. 1897)
1986 – Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian-American physiologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1893)
1987 – Lino Ventura, Italian-French actor (b. 1919)
1988 – Cynthia Freeman, American author (b. 1915)
1989 – Ewan MacColl, English singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and playwright (b. 1915)
1989 – Jacob Wetterling, American kidnapping victim (b. 1978)
1990 – Louis Althusser, Algerian-French philosopher and academic (b. 1918)
1991 – Hachiro Kasuga, Japanese singer and actor (b. 1924)
1992 – Red Barber, American sportscaster (b. 1908)
1992 – Cleavon Little, American actor (b. 1939)
1993 – Innes Ireland, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1930)
1995 – Kingsley Amis, English novelist, poet, critic (b. 1922)
1995 – Mary Wickes, American actress and singer (b. 1910)
1997 – Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator, director, and screenwriter (b. 1905)
1998 – Eric Ambler, English author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1909)
2001 – Helmut Krackowizer, Austrian motorcycle racer and journalist (b. 1922)
2002 – Richard Helms, American intelligence agent and diplomat, 8th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1913)
2002 – Geraldine of Albania (b. 1915)
2005 – Arman, French-American painter and sculptor (b. 1928)
2005 – Tony Adams, Irish-American actor and producer (b. 1953)
2006 – Arthur Hill, Canadian-American actor (b. 1922)
2007 – Ève Curie, French pianist and journalist (b. 1904)
2009 – Don Lane, American-Australian actor, singer, and talk show host (b. 1933)
2009 – Soupy Sales, American comedian and actor (b. 1926)
2010 – Eio Sakata, Japanese Go player (b. 1920)
2011 – Sultan bin Abdulaziz, Saudi Arabian prince (b. 1930)
2012 – Betty Binns Fletcher, American lawyer and judge (b. 1923)
2012 – Mike Morris, English talk show host (b. 1946)
2012 – Gabrielle Roth, American dancer, singer, and author (b. 1941)
2013 – Marylou Dawes, Canadian pianist and educator (b. 1933)
2013 – Lajos Für, Hungarian historian and politician, Minister of Defence of Hungary (b. 1930)
2013 – William Harrison, American author and screenwriter (b. 1933)
2013 – James Robinson Risner, American general and pilot (b. 1925)
2014 – George Francis, English footballer and soldier (b. 1934)
2014 – John-Roger Hinkins, American religious leader and author (b. 1934)
2014 – Ashok Kumar, Indian director and cinematographer (b. 1941)
2014 – John Postgate, English microbiologist, author, and academic (b. 1922)
2015 – Willem Aantjes, Dutch civil servant and politician (b. 1923)
2015 – Çetin Altan, Turkish journalist and politician (b. 1927)
2015 – Murphy Anderson, American illustrator (b. 1926)
2015 – Arnold Klein, American dermatologist and author (b. 1945)
2015 – Joshua Wheeler, American sergeant (b. 1975)

Source: wikipedia

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