Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 15
Sunday, 23 March 2025
1845 On this day in history samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer, dies at 76
1855 On May - 15 jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75
1872 Thomas Hastings, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.
1873 Alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia/Romania, dies at 53 on this day in history.
1879 On this day in history death of gottfried Semper, German architect (b. 1803)
1886 Emily Dickinson, US poet, dies at 55 on May - 15.
1889 Alfred Potocki, premier Austrian/governor/viceroy of Galicia, dies on May - 15.
1892 On this day in history death of arthur Hodister, British ivory seller (Heart of Darkness), murdered
1895 On this day in history joseph Whitaker, British publisher (Whitaker' Almanack), dies at 75
1899 On this day in history francisque Sarcey, French writer (Le Temps), dies at 70
1924 On May - 15 paul d'Estornelles de Constant, French diplomat/pacifist, dies at 71
1926 Mohammed VI Vahideddin, last sultan of Turkey (1918-22), dies on this day in history.
1932 Death of Ki Inukai, premier Japan (1931-32), murdered on May - 15.
1933 Ernest Torrence, actor (I Cover the Waterfront), dies at 54 on this day in history.
1935 Death of Kazimir Malevich, Polish/Ukrainian artist (b. 1878) on May - 15.
1937 Death of Phillip Snowden, British politician (b. 1864) on May - 15.
1940 On this day in history joseph Limburg, liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75
1945 Major Courtney, US medal of honor marine, dies in battle of Sugar Loaf on this day in history.
1948 On this day in history death of edward Flanagan, American priest and founder of Boys Town (b. 1886)
1952 On this day in history albert Basserman, actor (Madame Curie, Rhapsody in Blue), dies at 84
1954 Death of William March, American writer (b. 1893) on May - 15.
1956 Death of Austin Osman Spare, English magician (b. 1886) on this day in history.
1958 Michael G the Boer, historian (Harbor of Amsterdam), dies at 91 on May - 15.
1959 Berend van den Amstel, [Bernard CED Hattink], Dutch actor, dies at 56 on May - 15.
1964 On May - 15 cornelis H Edelman, Dutch geologist, dies at 61
1965 Adrian Schoevers, Dutch director (Schoevers Institution), dies on May - 15.
1967 On this day in history edward Hopper, US painter (House by Railroad), dies at 84
1971 Death of Tyrone Guthrie, English director, producer, and writer (b. 1900) on this day in history.
1972 On this day in history nigel Green, actor (Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File), dies at 47
1973 Willem H Rassers, Dutch cult anthropologist (Pandji-Novel), dies at 95 on this day in history.
1976 On this day in history samuel Eliot Morison, US historian (Admiral of Ocean Sea), dies at 88
1978 On May - 15 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 Lionel Charles Robbins, British economist, dies at 85 on May - 15.
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