Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In February - 15

1857  On this day in history mikhail Glinka, composer, dies   

1864  Israel Zangwill, writer/Zionist/philanthropist, dies on February - 15.   

1865  On February - 15 nicholas Wiseman, 1st Archbishop of Westminster (1850-65), dies   

1869  On February - 15 death of mirza Ghalib, Indian poet (b. 1796)   

1885  On this day in history leopold Damrosch, composer, dies at 52   

1887  On this day in history alexander Borodin, composer, dies   

1896  On February - 15 e J Nicholson, writer, dies   

1902  On this day in history wilhelmina JR Albregt-Engelman, Dutch actress, dies at 68   

1903  On this day in history julie Verstraete-Lacquet, Flemish actress, dies at 69   

1905  Lewis Wallace, US diplomat/writer (Ben Hur), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1910  Albert Fuchs, composer, dies at 51 on February - 15.   

1911  On this day in history death of theodor Escherich, German pediatrician (b. 1859)   

1916  On this day in history nikolay Nikolayevich Lodizhensky, composer, dies at 73   

1917  On this day in history charles A van Ophuysen, Dutch orientalist, dies at 60   

1919  On this day in history pieter K Pel, Dutch internist (Pel-Ebstein fever), dies at 66   

1921  Hans Haym, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1922  On this day in history clara [G Meijer-]Wichmann, German/Dutch anarchist/feminist, dies at 36   

1923  On February - 15 josephine B Willson Bruce, US black theorist, dies at 69   

1924  Lionel Monckton, English composer (Country Girl), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1928  Hubert H Asquith, premier Great-Britain (1908-16), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1932  Minnie Maddern Fiske, actress (Henrik Ibsen's plays), dies at 66 on February - 15.   

1933  On February - 15 death of anton J Cermak, (Mayor-D-Chicago), assassinated in Miami   

1939  Foppe G Scheltema, Dutch lawyer, dies at 47 on February - 15.   

1942  On this day in history guido Adler, Austrian musicologist, dies at 91   

1943  William Victor Harris, composer, dies at 73 on February - 15.   

1955  S Z Sakall, actor (Dolly Sisters, Casablanca), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1959  Owen W Richardson, English physicist (Nobel 1928), dies at 69 on February - 15.   

1961  On February - 15 jack Whiting, actor (Top Speed, Life of the Party), dies at 59   

1962  On February - 15 vladimir Sokoloff, actor (Road to Morocco, Cloak & Dagger), dies at 72   

1964  Ken Hubbs, 2nd baseman (Chic Cubs), dies in plane crash at 22 on February - 15.   

1965  On February - 15 nat King Cole, singer (Unforgettable, Mona Lisa), dies at 49   

1966  On this day in history camillo Torres, Colombian priest/guerrilla fighter, dies   

1967  On February - 15 antonio Moreno, Spanish actor/director (It, Careers), dies at 79   

1968  On February - 15 little Walter, rocker, dies at 37   

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1368  On this day in history birth of sigismund, Nornberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor (1410-37)   

1458  On February - 15 birth of ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490)   

1471  On this day in history birth of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1503)   

1483  On February - 15 birth of babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30   

1497  On this day in history birth of philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant   

1519  On this day in history birth of pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer (found St Augustine Florida)   

1524  On February - 15 birth of charles de Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims   

1557  Alfonso Fontanelli, composer was born on this day in history.