Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 25

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

1927  Death of Payne Whitney, American businessman (b. 1876) on May - 25.   

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 May - 25.   

1935  On this day in history death of sir Frank Watson Dyson, English astronomer (b. 1868)   

1936  Jan Levoslav Bella, composer, dies at 92 on this day in history.   

1937  Henry O Tanner, artist, dies on this day in history.   

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

1943  Death of Nils von Dardel, Swedish post-impressionist painter (b. 1888) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history rolland Beaumont, cricketer (5 Tests for S Africa), dies   

1964  Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov, composer, dies at 92 on May - 25.   

1965  Sonny Boy Williamson, [Aleck Miller], blues player, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1968  On May - 25 charles K Feldman, [Gould], producer (Casino Royale), dies at 63   

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

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 May - 25.   

1981  On May - 25 rosa Ponselle, US singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies at 84   

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

1983  Sydney Box, academy award producer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history piet Ketting, Dutch pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 79   

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

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

1988  Death of Ernst Ruska, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906) on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history vic Tayback, actor (Mel-Alice), dies of a heart attack at 60   

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

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

1993  On May - 25 dan Seymour, actor (Bombs over Burma, Intrigue, Watusi), dies at 78   

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

1995  On May - 25 dany Robin, actress (Follow the Boys, Topaz, Julietta), dies at 68   

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1048  On this day in history birth of emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085)   

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

1458  Mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511) was born on May - 25.   

1494  On this day in history birth of jacopo Pontormo II, Italy, painter (Sepulture of Christ)   

1550  Camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 25.   

1688  Christian August Jacobi, composer was born on this day in history.