Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In February - 15

1857  Mikhail Glinka, composer, dies on February - 15.   

1864  On February - 15 israel Zangwill, writer/Zionist/philanthropist, dies   

1865  On February - 15 nicholas Wiseman, 1st Archbishop of Westminster (1850-65), dies   

1869  Death of Mirza Ghalib, Indian poet (b. 1796) on this day in history.   

1885  Leopold Damrosch, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1887  On February - 15 alexander Borodin, composer, dies   

1896  E J Nicholson, writer, dies on February - 15.   

1902  Wilhelmina JR Albregt-Engelman, Dutch actress, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1903  On February - 15 julie Verstraete-Lacquet, Flemish actress, dies at 69   

1905  On this day in history lewis Wallace, US diplomat/writer (Ben Hur), dies at 77   

1910  On this day in history albert Fuchs, composer, dies at 51   

1911  On this day in history death of theodor Escherich, German pediatrician (b. 1859)   

1916  Nikolay Nikolayevich Lodizhensky, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1917  Charles A van Ophuysen, Dutch orientalist, dies at 60 on February - 15.   

1919  On February - 15 pieter K Pel, Dutch internist (Pel-Ebstein fever), dies at 66   

1921  Hans Haym, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1922  On this day in history clara [G Meijer-]Wichmann, German/Dutch anarchist/feminist, dies at 36   

1923  On February - 15 josephine B Willson Bruce, US black theorist, dies at 69   

1924  Lionel Monckton, English composer (Country Girl), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1928  On this day in history hubert H Asquith, premier Great-Britain (1908-16), dies at 75   

1932  On February - 15 minnie Maddern Fiske, actress (Henrik Ibsen's plays), dies at 66   

1933  On February - 15 death of anton J Cermak, (Mayor-D-Chicago), assassinated in Miami   

1939  Foppe G Scheltema, Dutch lawyer, dies at 47 on February - 15.   

1942  Guido Adler, Austrian musicologist, dies at 91 on February - 15.   

1943  William Victor Harris, composer, dies at 73 on February - 15.   

1955  S Z Sakall, actor (Dolly Sisters, Casablanca), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history owen W Richardson, English physicist (Nobel 1928), dies at 69   

1961  Jack Whiting, actor (Top Speed, Life of the Party), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history vladimir Sokoloff, actor (Road to Morocco, Cloak & Dagger), dies at 72   

1964  On this day in history ken Hubbs, 2nd baseman (Chic Cubs), dies in plane crash at 22   

1965  Nat King Cole, singer (Unforgettable, Mona Lisa), dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1966  On February - 15 camillo Torres, Colombian priest/guerrilla fighter, dies   

1967  On February - 15 antonio Moreno, Spanish actor/director (It, Careers), dies at 79   

1968  Little Walter, rocker, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

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1368  On February - 15 birth of sigismund, Nornberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor (1410-37)   

1458  On this day in history birth of ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490)   

1471  Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1503) was born on February - 15.   

1483  Babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30 was born on this day in history.   

1497  Philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant was born on February - 15.   

1519  Pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer (found St Augustine Florida) was born on this day in history.   

1524  On February - 15 birth of charles de Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims   

1557  On this day in history birth of alfonso Fontanelli, composer