Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 25

1926  Death of Symon Petlyura, leader of Ukraine (pogroms), assassinated at 47 on May - 25.   

1927  On May - 25 death of payne Whitney, American businessman (b. 1876)   

1930  Death of Randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1848) on this day in history.   

1934  Gustav Theodore Holst, English composer (Ode to Death), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1935  Death of Sir Frank Watson Dyson, English astronomer (b. 1868) on this day in history.   

1936  On this day in history jan Levoslav Bella, composer, dies at 92   

1937  On May - 25 henry O Tanner, artist, dies   

1940  On this day in history death of joe De Grasse, American film director (b. 1873)   

1943  On this day in history death of nils von Dardel, Swedish post-impressionist painter (b. 1888)   

1946  On May - 25 patty Smith Hill, songwriter (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 78   

1949  Simon H Spoor, intelligence officer/general (WW II), dies at 47 on May - 25.   

1951  On this day in history death of paula von Preradović, Croatian-born writer (b. 1887)   

1954  On May - 25 death of robert Capa, Hungarian-born photojournalist (b. 1913)   

1958  Rolland Beaumont, cricketer (5 Tests for S Africa), dies on May - 25.   

1964  On May - 25 vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov, composer, dies at 92   

1965  On this day in history sonny Boy Williamson, [Aleck Miller], blues player, dies at 65   

1968  Charles K Feldman, [Gould], producer (Casino Royale), dies at 63 on May - 25.   

1971  On May - 25 death of jo Etha Collier, young black woman killed by 3 whites in Drew Miss   

1974  Donald Crisp, actor/director (Beloved Brat, Dawn Patrol), dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history death of yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian writer (b. 1904)   

1979  On this day in history death of john Arthur Spenkelink, American murderer (b. 1949)   

1981  On this day in history rosa Ponselle, US singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies at 84   

1982  On this day in history larry J Blake, actor (Earth vs the Flying Saucers), dies at 68   

1983  Sydney Box, academy award producer, dies at 76 on May - 25.   

1984  Piet Ketting, Dutch pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1985  Harold Hecht, choreographer, dies at 77 of cancer on May - 25.   

1986  Chester Bowles, US senator/ambassador, dies at 85 on May - 25.   

1988  On this day in history death of ernst Ruska, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)   

1990  Vic Tayback, actor (Mel-Alice), dies of a heart attack at 60 on May - 25.   

1991  Dorothy Davis Bostwick, entertainer, dies on May - 25.   

1992  Danny Biasone, persuaded NBA to use 24 second clock, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history dan Seymour, actor (Bombs over Burma, Intrigue, Watusi), dies at 78   

1994  Eric Gale, guitarist, dies at 55 on May - 25.   

1995  Dany Robin, actress (Follow the Boys, Topaz, Julietta), dies at 68 on May - 25.   

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1048  Emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085) was born on this day in history.   

1334  Emperor Sukō (d. 1398) was born on May - 25.   

1458  On this day in history birth of mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511)   

1494  On May - 25 birth of jacopo Pontormo II, Italy, painter (Sepulture of Christ)   

1550  Camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint was born on May - 25.   

1606  Charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.   

1661  Claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737) was born on this day in history.   

1688  On this day in history birth of christian August Jacobi, composer