Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 15

1845  Samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1855  Jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

1873  Alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia/Romania, dies at 53 on May - 15.   

1879  On May - 15 death of gottfried Semper, German architect (b. 1803)   

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

1889  On May - 15 alfred Potocki, premier Austrian/governor/viceroy of Galicia, dies   

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 May - 15 francisque Sarcey, French writer (Le Temps), dies at 70   

1924  Paul d'Estornelles de Constant, French diplomat/pacifist, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

1932  On May - 15 death of ki Inukai, premier Japan (1931-32), murdered   

1933  Ernest Torrence, actor (I Cover the Waterfront), dies at 54 on May - 15.   

1935  On May - 15 death of kazimir Malevich, Polish/Ukrainian artist (b. 1878)   

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

1952  Albert Basserman, actor (Madame Curie, Rhapsody in Blue), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1954  On May - 15 death of william March, American writer (b. 1893)   

1956  On May - 15 death of austin Osman Spare, English magician (b. 1886)   

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

1959  Berend van den Amstel, [Bernard CED Hattink], Dutch actor, dies at 56 on May - 15.   

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

1965  On this day in history adrian Schoevers, Dutch director (Schoevers Institution), dies   

1967  Edward Hopper, US painter (House by Railroad), dies at 84 on May - 15.   

1971  Death of Tyrone Guthrie, English director, producer, and writer (b. 1900) on May - 15.   

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

1973  Willem H Rassers, Dutch cult anthropologist (Pandji-Novel), dies at 95 on May - 15.   

1976  Samuel Eliot Morison, US historian (Admiral of Ocean Sea), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1978  On May - 15 death of sir Robert Menzies, twelfth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)   

1982  On May - 15 death of gordon Smiley, American race car driver (b. 1946)   

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  On May - 15 birth of claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo)   

1608  René Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642) was born on May - 15.   

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

1749  Levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820) was born on May - 15.   

1754  Pierre Dutillieu, composer was born on May - 15.   

1759  On May - 15 birth of maria Theresia von Paradis, composer   

1764  Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer was born on this day in history.