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

1872  Thomas Hastings, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1889  On May - 15 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  Francisque Sarcey, French writer (Le Temps), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1924  Paul d'Estornelles de Constant, French diplomat/pacifist, dies at 71 on May - 15.   

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

1932  On May - 15 death of ki Inukai, premier Japan (1931-32), murdered   

1933  Ernest Torrence, actor (I Cover the Waterfront), dies at 54 on May - 15.   

1935  Death of Kazimir Malevich, Polish/Ukrainian artist (b. 1878) on May - 15.   

1937  Death of Phillip Snowden, British politician (b. 1864) on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history 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  Death of Edward Flanagan, American priest and founder of Boys Town (b. 1886) on May - 15.   

1952  On May - 15 albert Basserman, actor (Madame Curie, Rhapsody in Blue), dies at 84   

1954  Death of William March, American writer (b. 1893) on May - 15.   

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  Berend van den Amstel, [Bernard CED Hattink], Dutch actor, dies at 56 on May - 15.   

1964  Cornelis H Edelman, Dutch geologist, dies at 61 on May - 15.   

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

1967  On this day in history edward Hopper, US painter (House by Railroad), dies at 84   

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 this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history death of gordon Smiley, American race car driver (b. 1946)   

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

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1565  On this day in history birth of henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam   

1567  On this day in history birth of claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo)   

1608  On this day in history birth of rené Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642)   

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

1749  On this day in history birth of levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820)   

1754  Pierre Dutillieu, composer was born on May - 15.   

1759  Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer was born on May - 15.   

1764  On May - 15 birth of johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer