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Famous Deaths In May - 15

Sunday, 28 May 2023

1845  Samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1855  Jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75 on May - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1872  Thomas Hastings, composer, dies at 87 on May - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1873  Alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia/Romania, dies at 53 on May - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1879  Death of Gottfried Semper, German architect (b. 1803) on May - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1886  On this day in history emily Dickinson, US poet, dies at 55  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1889  Alfred Potocki, premier Austrian/governor/viceroy of Galicia, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1892  On May - 15 death of arthur Hodister, British ivory seller (Heart of Darkness), murdered  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1895  On this day in history joseph Whitaker, British publisher (Whitaker' Almanack), dies at 75  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1899  On May - 15 francisque Sarcey, French writer (Le Temps), dies at 70  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1924  Paul d'Estornelles de Constant, French diplomat/pacifist, dies at 71 on May - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1926  On this day in history mohammed VI Vahideddin, last sultan of Turkey (1918-22), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1932  Death of Ki Inukai, premier Japan (1931-32), murdered on May - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1933  On May - 15 ernest Torrence, actor (I Cover the Waterfront), dies at 54  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1935  Death of Kazimir Malevich, Polish/Ukrainian artist (b. 1878) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1937  On May - 15 death of phillip Snowden, British politician (b. 1864)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1940  Joseph Limburg, liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75 on May - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1945  Major Courtney, US medal of honor marine, dies in battle of Sugar Loaf on May - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1948  On this day in history death of edward Flanagan, American priest and founder of Boys Town (b. 1886)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1952  On May - 15 albert Basserman, actor (Madame Curie, Rhapsody in Blue), dies at 84  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1954  On May - 15 death of william March, American writer (b. 1893)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1956  On May - 15 death of austin Osman Spare, English magician (b. 1886)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1958  Michael G the Boer, historian (Harbor of Amsterdam), dies at 91 on May - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1959  Berend van den Amstel, [Bernard CED Hattink], Dutch actor, dies at 56 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1964  Cornelis H Edelman, Dutch geologist, dies at 61 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1965  On this day in history adrian Schoevers, Dutch director (Schoevers Institution), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1967  On this day in history edward Hopper, US painter (House by Railroad), dies at 84  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1971  On this day in history death of tyrone Guthrie, English director, producer, and writer (b. 1900)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1972  On May - 15 nigel Green, actor (Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File), dies at 47  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1973  Willem H Rassers, Dutch cult anthropologist (Pandji-Novel), dies at 95 on May - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1976  Samuel Eliot Morison, US historian (Admiral of Ocean Sea), dies at 88 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1978  On May - 15 death of sir Robert Menzies, twelfth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1982  Death of Gordon Smiley, American race car driver (b. 1946) on May - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1984  Lionel Charles Robbins, British economist, dies at 85 on May - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In May - 15

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1565  Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam was born on May - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1567  On May - 15 birth of claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1608  RenĂ© Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1720  Maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792) was born on May - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

1754  On May - 15 birth of pierre Dutillieu, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1759  Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1764  Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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