Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 15

1845  On this day in history samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer, dies at 76   

1855  Jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75 on May - 15.   

1872  On May - 15 thomas Hastings, composer, dies at 87   

1873  Alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia/Romania, dies at 53 on May - 15.   

1879  Death of Gottfried Semper, German architect (b. 1803) on this day in history.   

1886  On May - 15 emily Dickinson, US poet, dies at 55   

1889  On this day in history alfred Potocki, premier Austrian/governor/viceroy of Galicia, dies   

1892  Death of Arthur Hodister, British ivory seller (Heart of Darkness), murdered on May - 15.   

1895  On May - 15 joseph Whitaker, British publisher (Whitaker' Almanack), dies at 75   

1899  On May - 15 francisque Sarcey, French writer (Le Temps), dies at 70   

1924  On May - 15 paul d'Estornelles de Constant, French diplomat/pacifist, dies at 71   

1926  On this day in history mohammed VI Vahideddin, last sultan of Turkey (1918-22), dies   

1932  Death of Ki Inukai, premier Japan (1931-32), murdered on this day in history.   

1933  On this day in history ernest Torrence, actor (I Cover the Waterfront), dies at 54   

1935  Death of Kazimir Malevich, Polish/Ukrainian artist (b. 1878) on this day in history.   

1937  Death of Phillip Snowden, British politician (b. 1864) on May - 15.   

1940  Joseph Limburg, liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1945  Major Courtney, US medal of honor marine, dies in battle of Sugar Loaf on this day in history.   

1948  Death of Edward Flanagan, American priest and founder of Boys Town (b. 1886) on this day in history.   

1952  Albert Basserman, actor (Madame Curie, Rhapsody in Blue), dies at 84 on May - 15.   

1954  Death of William March, American writer (b. 1893) on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history death of austin Osman Spare, English magician (b. 1886)   

1958  On this day in history michael G the Boer, historian (Harbor of Amsterdam), dies at 91   

1959  On this day in history berend van den Amstel, [Bernard CED Hattink], Dutch actor, dies at 56   

1964  On this day in history cornelis H Edelman, Dutch geologist, dies at 61   

1965  Adrian Schoevers, Dutch director (Schoevers Institution), dies on May - 15.   

1967  Edward Hopper, US painter (House by Railroad), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1971  Death of Tyrone Guthrie, English director, producer, and writer (b. 1900) on this day in history.   

1972  Nigel Green, actor (Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history willem H Rassers, Dutch cult anthropologist (Pandji-Novel), dies at 95   

1976  Samuel Eliot Morison, US historian (Admiral of Ocean Sea), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1978  On May - 15 death of sir Robert Menzies, twelfth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)   

1982  Death of Gordon Smiley, American race car driver (b. 1946) on May - 15.   

1984  Lionel Charles Robbins, British economist, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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1565  Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam was born on May - 15.   

1567  Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo) was born on May - 15.   

1608  René Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642) was born on this day in history.   

1720  On May - 15 birth of maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792)   

1749  Levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820) was born on May - 15.   

1754  On this day in history birth of pierre Dutillieu, composer   

1759  Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer was born on this day in history.   

1764  Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer was born on this day in history.