Famous Deaths In May - 15

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  Death of Gottfried Semper, German architect (b. 1803) on this day in history.  

1886  On this day in history emily Dickinson, US poet, dies at 55  

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

1892  Death of Arthur Hodister, British ivory seller (Heart of Darkness), murdered on this day in history.  

1895  Joseph Whitaker, British publisher (Whitaker' Almanack), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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

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

1933  On this day in history ernest Torrence, actor (I Cover the Waterfront), dies at 54  

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 May - 15.  

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 May - 15.  

1954  Death of William March, American writer (b. 1893) on May - 15.  

1956  On this day in history death of austin Osman Spare, English magician (b. 1886)  

1958  On this day in history michael G the Boer, historian (Harbor of Amsterdam), dies at 91  

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

1964  On this day in history cornelis H Edelman, Dutch geologist, dies at 61  

1965  Adrian Schoevers, Dutch director (Schoevers Institution), dies on this day in history.  

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 May - 15.  

1972  Nigel Green, actor (Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File), dies at 47 on this day in history.  

1973  On May - 15 willem H Rassers, Dutch cult anthropologist (Pandji-Novel), dies at 95  

1976  On May - 15 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 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  René Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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