Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 23

1875  On this day in history johann Wilhelm Mangold, composer, dies at 78   

1881  On this day in history kit Carson, frontiersman, dies   

1883  Cyprian K Norwid, Polish painter/poet/playwright (Wanda), dies on this day in history.   

1886  On May - 23 death of leopold von Ranke, German historian (b. 1795)   

1887  On May - 23 ludwig Mathias Lindeman, composer, dies at 74   

1891  Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1893  On May - 23 death of anton von Schmerling, Austrian statesman (b. 1805)   

1895  On this day in history franz E Neumann, German mineralogist/physicist, dies at 96   

1897  On May - 23 aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer (To Chicago & Back), dies at 34   

1905  On this day in history martinus W van AA Meerbeke, head-editor (Time), dies at 75   

1906  On May - 23 henrik Johan Ibsen, Norwegian playwright (Doll House), dies at 78   

1908  On this day in history francois Coppee, French poet, dies   

1920  Death of Svetozar Boroević, Austrian field marshal (b. 1856) on May - 23.   

1926  On this day in history hans Koessler, composer, dies at 73   

1934  Death of Bonnie Parker, outlaw (Bonnie & Clyde), killed in police ambush on this day in history.   

1937  John Davison Rockfeller, industrialist, dies at 97 in Ormond Beach Fla on May - 23.   

1938  Philip Kleintjes, republic leader, dies at 70 on May - 23.   

1940  Andrej N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai, dies on May - 23.   

1941  On this day in history lord Herbert Austin, motor manufacturer, dies   

1945  Death of Heinrich Himmler, Gestapo leader, commits suicide in prison at 44 on this day in history.   

1947  On May - 23 c F Ramuz, writer, dies at 68   

1952  On this day in history georg Alfred Schumann, composer, dies at 85   

1954  H R Bromley-Davenport, cricketer (batted in 4 Tests for England), dies on May - 23.   

1960  On this day in history georges Claude, engineer/inventor, dies   

1961  On May - 23 joan Davis, comedic actress (I Married Joan), dies at 53   

1965  On May - 23 david Smith, sculptor, dies   

1966  On this day in history ruth Gates, Denton TX, actress (Aunt Jenny-Mama), dies at 79   

1967  On May - 23 philip Coolidge, actor (I Want to Live, Tingler), dies at 58   

1968  James Burke, actor (Ellery Queen, Army Surgeon), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1969  Diane Aubrey, actress (Haunted Strangler), dies of heart attack at 79 on May - 23.   

1970  Nydia Westman, actress (Going My Way, Young Mr Bobbins), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1973  Athena Lorde, actress (Fuzz, Skin Game, Firecreek), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1974  Kathleen Cannell, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1975  Jackie "Moms" Mabley, comedienne (Amazing Grace), dies at 81 on May - 23.   

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1052  King Philip I of France (d. 1108) was born on May - 23.   

1100  Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161) was born on May - 23.   

1598  Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1606  On May - 23 birth of juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)   

1617  Elias Ashmole, antiquary was born on May - 23.   

1620  Pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1644  On this day in history birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer   

1696  Johann Caspar Vogler, composer was born on May - 23.