Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 15

1845  On May - 15 samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer, dies at 76   

1855  Jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

1873  On this day in history alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia/Romania, dies at 53   

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

1886  On this day in history emily Dickinson, US poet, dies at 55   

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

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 May - 15.   

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

1924  On this day in history paul d'Estornelles de Constant, French diplomat/pacifist, dies at 71   

1926  Mohammed VI Vahideddin, last sultan of Turkey (1918-22), dies on this day in history.   

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

1933  On May - 15 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 this day in history.   

1940  On May - 15 joseph Limburg, liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75   

1945  Major Courtney, US medal of honor marine, dies in battle of Sugar Loaf on May - 15.   

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

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

1954  On May - 15 death of william March, American writer (b. 1893)   

1956  Death of Austin Osman Spare, English magician (b. 1886) on May - 15.   

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

1959  Berend van den Amstel, [Bernard CED Hattink], Dutch actor, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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

1965  On May - 15 adrian Schoevers, Dutch director (Schoevers Institution), dies   

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  On May - 15 nigel Green, actor (Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File), dies at 47   

1973  On May - 15 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 May - 15.   

1978  On this day in history death of sir Robert Menzies, twelfth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)   

1982  Death of Gordon Smiley, American race car driver (b. 1946) on this day in history.   

1984  On May - 15 lionel Charles Robbins, British economist, dies at 85   

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1565  On May - 15 birth of henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam   

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

1608  On May - 15 birth of rené Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642)   

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

1749  On May - 15 birth of levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820)   

1754  On May - 15 birth of pierre Dutillieu, composer   

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

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