Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 15

1845  Samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer, dies at 76 on May - 15.   

1855  On May - 15 jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75   

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

1873  On May - 15 alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia/Romania, dies at 53   

1879  Death of Gottfried Semper, German architect (b. 1803) on May - 15.   

1886  Emily Dickinson, US poet, dies at 55 on May - 15.   

1889  Alfred Potocki, premier Austrian/governor/viceroy of Galicia, dies on May - 15.   

1892  On this day in history death of arthur Hodister, British ivory seller (Heart of Darkness), murdered   

1895  Joseph Whitaker, British publisher (Whitaker' Almanack), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

1924  Paul d'Estornelles de Constant, French diplomat/pacifist, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1926  Mohammed VI Vahideddin, last sultan of Turkey (1918-22), dies on May - 15.   

1932  On this day in history death of ki Inukai, premier Japan (1931-32), murdered   

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

1935  On May - 15 death of kazimir Malevich, Polish/Ukrainian artist (b. 1878)   

1937  On May - 15 death of phillip Snowden, British politician (b. 1864)   

1940  Joseph Limburg, liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75 on May - 15.   

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

1948  On May - 15 death of edward Flanagan, American priest and founder of Boys Town (b. 1886)   

1952  On this day in history albert Basserman, actor (Madame Curie, Rhapsody in Blue), dies at 84   

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 May - 15 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 May - 15 cornelis H Edelman, Dutch geologist, dies at 61   

1965  Adrian Schoevers, Dutch director (Schoevers Institution), dies on this day in history.   

1967  Edward Hopper, US painter (House by Railroad), dies at 84 on May - 15.   

1971  On May - 15 death of tyrone Guthrie, English director, producer, and writer (b. 1900)   

1972  Nigel Green, actor (Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File), dies at 47 on May - 15.   

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

1976  On May - 15 samuel Eliot Morison, US historian (Admiral of Ocean Sea), dies at 88   

1978  Death of Sir Robert Menzies, twelfth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894) on May - 15.   

1982  On May - 15 death of gordon Smiley, American race car driver (b. 1946)   

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 this day in history.   

1567  Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo) was born on this day in history.   

1608  René Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642) was born on May - 15.   

1720  Maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792) was born on May - 15.   

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

1754  Pierre Dutillieu, composer was born on this day in history.   

1759  On this day in history birth of maria Theresia von Paradis, composer   

1764  On this day in history birth of johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer