Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 27
Tuesday, 18 March 2025
1863 Edward Payson Chapin, Union brig general, dies at 31 on this day in history.
1876 On May - 27 joseph Bosworth, lexicographer/scholar, dies
1878 On May - 27 carlo Marsili, composer, dies at 49
1887 Coenraad J van Houten, Dutch cocoa manufacturer, dies at 86 on this day in history.
1896 Allard Pierson, theologist/philosopher/art historian/poet, dies on May - 27.
1902 Jan van Droogenbroeck, Flemish poet, dies on this day in history.
1910 Robert Koch, German bacteriologist (TB, Cholera, Nobel), dies on May - 27.
1914 On May - 27 joseph Wilson Swan, physicist/chemist, dies
1916 Joseph S Gallieni, General/military governor of Paris, dies on this day in history.
1918 On May - 27 henry Adams, US literature historian (Esther), dies at 80
1919 Death of Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian social activist (b. 1848) on this day in history.
1925 On May - 27 ed McKeever, pres (Bkln Dodgers), dies of pneumonia
1926 On May - 27 death of sreÄko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (b. 1904)
1934 On May - 27 meijer Linnewiel, [Prof Kokadorus], Amsterdam street hawker, dies
1939 On this day in history joseph Roth, Austria journalist (Fluctuate ohne Ende), dies at 44
1941 On this day in history aH Borgesius, tutor/experimentator/amateur astronomer, dies at 76
1947 Death of Ed Konetchy, American baseball player (b. 1885) on this day in history.
1949 On May - 27 ropert L Ripley, cartoonist (Believe It or Not), dies at 55 in NY
1951 Thomas Blamey, soldier, dies on this day in history.
1953 Death of Jesse Burkett, American baseball player (b. 1868) on May - 27.
1954 Herzmanovsky-Orlando, writer, dies on this day in history.
1958 On this day in history ainslie Pryor, actor (Adventures of Hiram Holiday), dies at 46
1960 Edward Brophy, actor (Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy), dies at 65 on May - 27.
1963 Death of Lambrakis, Greek EDA-parliament leader, murdered on May - 27.
1964 Jawaharial Nehru, Independent India's 1st PM, dies at 74 on May - 27.
1967 Death of Ernst Niekisch, German politician (b. 1889) on May - 27.
1968 On May - 27 little Willie John, rocker, dies at 30
1969 On this day in history jeffrey Hunter, actor (Christopher Pike-Star Trek Cage), dies at 43
1970 Emmy van Lokhorst, author, dies at 78 on this day in history.
1971 Chips Rafferty, actor (Kona Coast, Walk into Hell), dies at 62 on May - 27.
1975 Ezzard Charles, heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51), dies at 53 on this day in history.
1976 Ruth McDevitt, actress (Jo-All in the Family), dies at 80 on May - 27.
1983 Arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1984 Death of Vincent James McMahon, was a U.S. professional wrestling promoter on May - 27.
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