Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 15

1845  Samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer, dies at 76 on May - 15.   

1855  On May - 15 jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75   

1872  On this day in history thomas Hastings, composer, dies at 87   

1873  On this day in history alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia/Romania, dies at 53   

1879  On this day in history death of gottfried Semper, German architect (b. 1803)   

1886  Emily Dickinson, US poet, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1889  Alfred Potocki, premier Austrian/governor/viceroy of Galicia, dies on May - 15.   

1892  On May - 15 death of arthur Hodister, British ivory seller (Heart of Darkness), murdered   

1895  On May - 15 joseph Whitaker, British publisher (Whitaker' Almanack), dies at 75   

1899  Francisque Sarcey, French writer (Le Temps), dies at 70 on May - 15.   

1924  On May - 15 paul d'Estornelles de Constant, French diplomat/pacifist, dies at 71   

1926  On this day in history mohammed VI Vahideddin, last sultan of Turkey (1918-22), dies   

1932  On this day in history death of ki Inukai, premier Japan (1931-32), murdered   

1933  On May - 15 ernest Torrence, actor (I Cover the Waterfront), dies at 54   

1935  Death of Kazimir Malevich, Polish/Ukrainian artist (b. 1878) on this day in history.   

1937  Death of Phillip Snowden, British politician (b. 1864) on this day in history.   

1940  On May - 15 joseph Limburg, liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75   

1945  On this day in history major Courtney, US medal of honor marine, dies in battle of Sugar Loaf   

1948  Death of Edward Flanagan, American priest and founder of Boys Town (b. 1886) on this day in history.   

1952  On this day in history albert Basserman, actor (Madame Curie, Rhapsody in Blue), dies at 84   

1954  On this day in history death of william March, American writer (b. 1893)   

1956  Death of Austin Osman Spare, English magician (b. 1886) on May - 15.   

1958  Michael G the Boer, historian (Harbor of Amsterdam), dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1959  On May - 15 berend van den Amstel, [Bernard CED Hattink], Dutch actor, dies at 56   

1964  Cornelis H Edelman, Dutch geologist, dies at 61 on May - 15.   

1965  Adrian Schoevers, Dutch director (Schoevers Institution), dies on May - 15.   

1967  Edward Hopper, US painter (House by Railroad), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1971  Death of Tyrone Guthrie, English director, producer, and writer (b. 1900) on this day in history.   

1972  Nigel Green, actor (Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File), dies at 47 on May - 15.   

1973  On this day in history willem H Rassers, Dutch cult anthropologist (Pandji-Novel), dies at 95   

1976  On this day in history samuel Eliot Morison, US historian (Admiral of Ocean Sea), dies at 88   

1978  On this day in history death of sir Robert Menzies, twelfth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)   

1982  Death of Gordon Smiley, American race car driver (b. 1946) on this day in history.   

1984  On May - 15 lionel Charles Robbins, British economist, dies at 85   

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1565  On this day in history birth of henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam   

1567  Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo) was born on this day in history.   

1608  René Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642) was born on this day in history.   

1720  On May - 15 birth of maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792)   

1749  On May - 15 birth of levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820)   

1754  Pierre Dutillieu, composer was born on this day in history.   

1759  Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer was born on this day in history.   

1764  Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer was born on May - 15.