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Deaths on August 18

1227 : Genghis Khan, Mongol conqueror, dies
1236 : Theodorus Van Celles, monastery founder (Kruisheren), dies
1276 : Adrian V, [Ottobono Fieschi], Italian Pope (7/11-8/18/1276), dies
1503 : Alexander VI, [Rodrigo de Borja], Spanish Pope (1492-1503), dies
1559 : Paul IV, [Giampietro Caraffa], Pope (1555-59), dies at 83
1652 : Benjamin G Cuyp, historical painter, dies at about 40
1765 : Frans I Stefanus, RC German emperor (1745-65), dies at 56
1803 : James Beattie, Scottish poet/philosopher (Essay on Truth), dies at 67
1811 : Johann Heinrich Zang, composer, dies at 78
1840 : Antony CW Staring, Dutch patriot/poet (Jaromir), dies at 73
1850 : H de Balzac, writer, dies at 51
1853 : Peter Lichtenthal, composer, dies at 73
1863 : Thomas Welsh, US Union brig-general (Antietam), dies at 39
1870 : Felix Salm-Salm, Prussian/US prince/brig-general, dies in battle
1894 : William Charles Levey, composer, dies at 57
1896 : Frederick Nichols Crouch, composer, dies at 88
1901 : Richard Kleinmichel, composer, dies at 54
1907 : John Kerr, physicist (magneto-optic Kerr-effect), dies at 82
1915 : Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet (Rbƒb-i Sjikeste), dies at 47
1916 : Edward D Pain, English journalist (NY World), dies in battle at 36
1934 : Delilah L Beasley, US author/columnist (Oakland Tribune), dies at 61
1942 : Erwin Schulhoff, Czech/Russian composer/pianist, dies at 48
1943 : Hans Jeschonnek, German air force general/chief-staff, commits suicide
1944 : Cecile Chaminade, composer, dies at 87
1944 : Ernst "Teddy" Th„lmann, leader of German KPD, dies
1949 : Paul J Mares, US jazz trumpetist/composer (Tin Roof Blues), dies at 49
1950 : Julien Lahaut, chairman Belgian Communist Party, murdered
1952 : Ralph Byrd, actor (Dick Tracy TV Show), dies at 43
1957 : Wawrzyniec Jerzy Zulawski, composer, dies at 41
1961 : Learned Hand, Chief judge of US court of Appeals, dies at 89
1961 : Leonhard Frank, writer, dies at 78
1962 : Cleo Ridgely, silent screen actress (I Remember Mama), dies at 68
1966 : Isaac Keesing, Dutch founder (System Keesing), dies at 80
1966 : Watze Cuperus, Frisian author (Struggle & Blessing), dies at 75
1968 : Cy Walter, pianist (3's Company), dies at 52
1969 : Laci Boldemann, composer, dies at 48
1969 : Mildred Davis, actress (Haunted Spooks), dies of coronary at 68
1969 : Otto Stern, German/US physicist (Nobel 1943), dies at 81
1977 : Tibor D‚ry, writer, dies at 82
1980 : Norman Cazden, composer, dies at 65
1981 : Anita Loos, US (stage)author (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 88
1982 : Beverly Bayne, actress (Romeo & Juliet, Passionate Youth), dies at 87
1988 : Alexandr V Shchukin, Russian cosmonaut, dies in SU-26 crash at 42
1988 : Frederick Ashton, choreographer (Cinderella), dies at 83
1989 : Bert Oosterbosch, cyclist, dies
1989 : Luis Carlos Galan, Colombian presidential candidate, murdered
1990 : B F Skinner, psychologist (Skinner Box), dies of Leukemia at 86
1990 : Raf Reymen, Flemish actor, dies
1991 : Vaughn Shoemaker, US cartoonist (John Q Public, Pulitzer), dies
1992 : Gerard Sonder, Dutch radio host (AVRO), dies
1992 : John Stuges, director (Gunfight at OK Corral), dies of emphysema at 82
1993 : Alf Bold, German festival programmer, dies of AIDS at 47
1994 : Gottlob Frick, singer, dies at 88
1994 : Henri Calef, Bulgarian/French director (J‚richo), dies
1994 : John Beavan, newspaper Editor, dies at 84
1994 : Judy Ann Scott-Fox, agent, dies at 56
1994 : Richard Lawrence Millington Synge, chromatographer, dies at 79
1995 : James Ackley Maxwell, actor/director (Traitors, Otley), dies at 66
1995 : Sylvester Louis Adams, murderer, dies at 39
1996 : Geoffrey Dearmer, poet, dies at 103
1996 : Hugo Gabriel Gryn, rabbi, dies at 66
1996 : Thoams Eric Evans, dean of St Paul's, dies at 68

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