Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 15

1845  On May - 15 samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer, dies at 76   

1855  Jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75 on May - 15.   

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  On this day in history emily Dickinson, US poet, dies at 55   

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  Joseph Whitaker, British publisher (Whitaker' Almanack), dies at 75 on May - 15.   

1899  Francisque Sarcey, French writer (Le Temps), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1924  On this day in history 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  Death of Ki Inukai, premier Japan (1931-32), murdered on May - 15.   

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

1935  Death of Kazimir Malevich, Polish/Ukrainian artist (b. 1878) on May - 15.   

1937  On May - 15 death of phillip Snowden, British politician (b. 1864)   

1940  Joseph Limburg, liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1945  Major Courtney, US medal of honor marine, dies in battle of Sugar Loaf on this day in history.   

1948  On May - 15 death of edward Flanagan, American priest and founder of Boys Town (b. 1886)   

1952  On May - 15 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 this day in history.   

1958  Michael G the Boer, historian (Harbor of Amsterdam), dies at 91 on May - 15.   

1959  On this day in history berend van den Amstel, [Bernard CED Hattink], Dutch actor, dies at 56   

1964  On May - 15 cornelis H Edelman, Dutch geologist, dies at 61   

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

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

1971  On May - 15 death of tyrone Guthrie, English director, producer, and writer (b. 1900)   

1972  On May - 15 nigel Green, actor (Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File), dies at 47   

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

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 May - 15.   

1984  Lionel Charles Robbins, British economist, dies at 85 on May - 15.   

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1565  Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam was born on this day in history.   

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

1608  On May - 15 birth of rené Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642)   

1720  Maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792) was born on this day in history.   

1749  On this day in history 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 May - 15.   

1764  On May - 15 birth of johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer