Famous Deaths In May - 23

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

1881  On May - 23 kit Carson, frontiersman, dies  

1883  On this day in history cyprian K Norwid, Polish painter/poet/playwright (Wanda), dies  

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

1887  Ludwig Mathias Lindeman, composer, dies at 74 on May - 23.  

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  Franz E Neumann, German mineralogist/physicist, dies at 96 on May - 23.  

1897  Aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer (To Chicago & Back), dies at 34 on this day in history.  

1905  Martinus W van AA Meerbeke, head-editor (Time), dies at 75 on May - 23.  

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1906  Henrik Johan Ibsen, Norwegian playwright (Doll House), dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1908  On May - 23 francois Coppee, French poet, dies  

1920  On this day in history death of svetozar Boroević, Austrian field marshal (b. 1856)  

1926  Hans Koessler, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1934  Death of Bonnie Parker, outlaw (Bonnie & Clyde), killed in police ambush on May - 23.  

1937  On May - 23 john Davison Rockfeller, industrialist, dies at 97 in Ormond Beach Fla  

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 May - 23 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 this day in history c F Ramuz, writer, dies at 68  

1952  Georg Alfred Schumann, composer, dies at 85 on May - 23.  

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

1960  Georges Claude, engineer/inventor, dies on May - 23.  

1961  On this day in history joan Davis, comedic actress (I Married Joan), dies at 53  

1965  David Smith, sculptor, dies on this day in history.  

1966  Ruth Gates, Denton TX, actress (Aunt Jenny-Mama), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1967  Philip Coolidge, actor (I Want to Live, Tingler), dies at 58 on May - 23.  

1968  On this day in history james Burke, actor (Ellery Queen, Army Surgeon), dies at 81  

1969  On May - 23 diane Aubrey, actress (Haunted Strangler), dies of heart attack at 79  

1970  On this day in history nydia Westman, actress (Going My Way, Young Mr Bobbins), dies at 68  

1973  Athena Lorde, actress (Fuzz, Skin Game, Firecreek), dies at 57 on May - 23.  

1974  On this day in history kathleen Cannell, writer, dies  

1975  On May - 23 jackie "Moms" Mabley, comedienne (Amazing Grace), dies at 81  

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1052  On May - 23 birth of king Philip I of France (d. 1108)  

1100  Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161) was born on this day in history.  

1598  On May - 23 birth of claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized  

1606  On this day in history birth of juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)  

1617  Elias Ashmole, antiquary was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.