Famous Deaths In May - 25

1926  Death of Symon Petlyura, leader of Ukraine (pogroms), assassinated at 47 on this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history death of payne Whitney, American businessman (b. 1876)   

1930  Death of Randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1848) on this day in history.   

1934  Gustav Theodore Holst, English composer (Ode to Death), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1935  Death of Sir Frank Watson Dyson, English astronomer (b. 1868) on May - 25.   

1936  Jan Levoslav Bella, composer, dies at 92 on May - 25.   

1937  On this day in history henry O Tanner, artist, dies   

1940  Death of Joe De Grasse, American film director (b. 1873) on May - 25.   

1943  On May - 25 death of nils von Dardel, Swedish post-impressionist painter (b. 1888)   

1946  Patty Smith Hill, songwriter (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1949  Simon H Spoor, intelligence officer/general (WW II), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1951  Death of Paula von Preradović, Croatian-born writer (b. 1887) on May - 25.   

1954  On May - 25 death of robert Capa, Hungarian-born photojournalist (b. 1913)   

1958  On May - 25 rolland Beaumont, cricketer (5 Tests for S Africa), dies   

1964  On May - 25 vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov, composer, dies at 92   

1965  On May - 25 sonny Boy Williamson, [Aleck Miller], blues player, dies at 65   

1968  On May - 25 charles K Feldman, [Gould], producer (Casino Royale), dies at 63   

1971  On May - 25 death of jo Etha Collier, young black woman killed by 3 whites in Drew Miss   

1974  Donald Crisp, actor/director (Beloved Brat, Dawn Patrol), dies at 91 on May - 25.   

1977  Death of Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian writer (b. 1904) on May - 25.   

1979  Death of John Arthur Spenkelink, American murderer (b. 1949) on this day in history.   

1981  On May - 25 rosa Ponselle, US singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies at 84   

1982  Larry J Blake, actor (Earth vs the Flying Saucers), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1983  On May - 25 sydney Box, academy award producer, dies at 76   

1984  On this day in history piet Ketting, Dutch pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 79   

1985  Harold Hecht, choreographer, dies at 77 of cancer on May - 25.   

1986  Chester Bowles, US senator/ambassador, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1988  Death of Ernst Ruska, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906) on May - 25.   

1990  On May - 25 vic Tayback, actor (Mel-Alice), dies of a heart attack at 60   

1991  On May - 25 dorothy Davis Bostwick, entertainer, dies   

1992  Danny Biasone, persuaded NBA to use 24 second clock, dies at 83 on May - 25.   

1993  On May - 25 dan Seymour, actor (Bombs over Burma, Intrigue, Watusi), dies at 78   

1994  On this day in history eric Gale, guitarist, dies at 55   

1995  On this day in history dany Robin, actress (Follow the Boys, Topaz, Julietta), dies at 68   

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1048  Emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085) was born on May - 25.   

1334  Emperor Sukō (d. 1398) was born on May - 25.   

1458  Mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511) was born on this day in history.   

1494  On May - 25 birth of jacopo Pontormo II, Italy, painter (Sepulture of Christ)   

1550  On this day in history birth of camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint   

1606  Charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.   

1661  Claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737) was born on this day in history.   

1688  Christian August Jacobi, composer was born on May - 25.