Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 25

1926  Death of Symon Petlyura, leader of Ukraine (pogroms), assassinated at 47 on this day in history.   

1927  Death of Payne Whitney, American businessman (b. 1876) on this day in history.   

1930  Death of Randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1848) on May - 25.   

1934  Gustav Theodore Holst, English composer (Ode to Death), dies at 59 on May - 25.   

1935  Death of Sir Frank Watson Dyson, English astronomer (b. 1868) on May - 25.   

1936  Jan Levoslav Bella, composer, dies at 92 on May - 25.   

1937  On this day in history henry O Tanner, artist, dies   

1940  On May - 25 death of joe De Grasse, American film director (b. 1873)   

1943  Death of Nils von Dardel, Swedish post-impressionist painter (b. 1888) on May - 25.   

1946  Patty Smith Hill, songwriter (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 78 on May - 25.   

1949  On May - 25 simon H Spoor, intelligence officer/general (WW II), dies at 47   

1951  On May - 25 death of paula von Preradović, Croatian-born writer (b. 1887)   

1954  On this day in history death of robert Capa, Hungarian-born photojournalist (b. 1913)   

1958  Rolland Beaumont, cricketer (5 Tests for S Africa), dies on this day in history.   

1964  Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov, composer, dies at 92 on this day in history.   

1965  On May - 25 sonny Boy Williamson, [Aleck Miller], blues player, dies at 65   

1968  On this day in history charles K Feldman, [Gould], producer (Casino Royale), dies at 63   

1971  Death of Jo Etha Collier, young black woman killed by 3 whites in Drew Miss on this day in history.   

1974  On May - 25 donald Crisp, actor/director (Beloved Brat, Dawn Patrol), dies at 91   

1977  On May - 25 death of yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian writer (b. 1904)   

1979  Death of John Arthur Spenkelink, American murderer (b. 1949) on this day in history.   

1981  Rosa Ponselle, US singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1982  On May - 25 larry J Blake, actor (Earth vs the Flying Saucers), dies at 68   

1983  On May - 25 sydney Box, academy award producer, dies at 76   

1984  Piet Ketting, Dutch pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 79 on May - 25.   

1985  Harold Hecht, choreographer, dies at 77 of cancer on this day in history.   

1986  On May - 25 chester Bowles, US senator/ambassador, dies at 85   

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  On this day in history dorothy Davis Bostwick, entertainer, dies   

1992  On May - 25 danny Biasone, persuaded NBA to use 24 second clock, dies at 83   

1993  Dan Seymour, actor (Bombs over Burma, Intrigue, Watusi), dies at 78 on May - 25.   

1994  On this day in history eric Gale, guitarist, dies at 55   

1995  Dany Robin, actress (Follow the Boys, Topaz, Julietta), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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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  Mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511) was born on this day in history.   

1494  Jacopo Pontormo II, Italy, painter (Sepulture of Christ) was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 25.   

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