Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 23

1875  Johann Wilhelm Mangold, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1881  Kit Carson, frontiersman, dies on May - 23.   

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

1886  On this day in history death of leopold von Ranke, German historian (b. 1795)   

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

1891  On this day in history ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer, dies at 73   

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

1908  Francois Coppee, French poet, dies on May - 23.   

1920  Death of Svetozar Boroević, Austrian field marshal (b. 1856) on this day in history.   

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 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  On May - 23 andrej N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai, dies   

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  C F Ramuz, writer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

1954  On May - 23 h R Bromley-Davenport, cricketer (batted in 4 Tests for England), dies   

1960  Georges Claude, engineer/inventor, dies on this day in history.   

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

1965  On May - 23 david Smith, sculptor, dies   

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

1967  On this day in history philip Coolidge, actor (I Want to Live, Tingler), dies at 58   

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  Nydia Westman, actress (Going My Way, Young Mr Bobbins), dies at 68 on May - 23.   

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

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

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

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1052  On this day in history birth of king Philip I of France (d. 1108)   

1100  On May - 23 birth of emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)   

1598  On this day in history birth of claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized   

1606  Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682) was born on May - 23.   

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

1620  Pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized was born on May - 23.   

1644  On May - 23 birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer   

1696  On this day in history birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer