Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 23

1875  Johann Wilhelm Mangold, composer, dies at 78 on May - 23.   

1881  On May - 23 kit Carson, frontiersman, dies   

1883  Cyprian K Norwid, Polish painter/poet/playwright (Wanda), dies on this day in history.   

1886  On this day in history death of leopold von Ranke, German historian (b. 1795)   

1887  On May - 23 ludwig Mathias Lindeman, composer, dies at 74   

1891  On this day in history ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer, dies at 73   

1893  Death of Anton von Schmerling, Austrian statesman (b. 1805) on May - 23.   

1895  On this day in history franz E Neumann, German mineralogist/physicist, dies at 96   

1897  On this day in history aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer (To Chicago & Back), dies at 34   

1905  On this day in history martinus W van AA Meerbeke, head-editor (Time), dies at 75   

1906  Henrik Johan Ibsen, Norwegian playwright (Doll House), dies at 78 on May - 23.   

1908  Francois Coppee, French poet, dies on this day in history.   

1920  On May - 23 death of svetozar Boroević, Austrian field marshal (b. 1856)   

1926  On May - 23 hans Koessler, composer, dies at 73   

1934  On May - 23 death of bonnie Parker, outlaw (Bonnie & Clyde), killed in police ambush   

1937  On May - 23 john Davison Rockfeller, industrialist, dies at 97 in Ormond Beach Fla   

1938  Philip Kleintjes, republic leader, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1940  On May - 23 andrej N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai, dies   

1941  Lord Herbert Austin, motor manufacturer, dies on May - 23.   

1945  Death of Heinrich Himmler, Gestapo leader, commits suicide in prison at 44 on this day in history.   

1947  On this day in history c F Ramuz, writer, dies at 68   

1952  Georg Alfred Schumann, composer, dies at 85 on May - 23.   

1954  H R Bromley-Davenport, cricketer (batted in 4 Tests for England), dies on this day in history.   

1960  Georges Claude, engineer/inventor, dies on May - 23.   

1961  Joan Davis, comedic actress (I Married Joan), dies at 53 on May - 23.   

1965  On May - 23 david Smith, sculptor, dies   

1966  On May - 23 ruth Gates, Denton TX, actress (Aunt Jenny-Mama), dies at 79   

1967  Philip Coolidge, actor (I Want to Live, Tingler), dies at 58 on May - 23.   

1968  On this day in history james Burke, actor (Ellery Queen, Army Surgeon), dies at 81   

1969  On May - 23 diane Aubrey, actress (Haunted Strangler), dies of heart attack at 79   

1970  Nydia Westman, actress (Going My Way, Young Mr Bobbins), dies at 68 on May - 23.   

1973  On May - 23 athena Lorde, actress (Fuzz, Skin Game, Firecreek), dies at 57   

1974  Kathleen Cannell, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1975  Jackie "Moms" Mabley, comedienne (Amazing Grace), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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1052  King Philip I of France (d. 1108) was born on this day in history.   

1100  On this day in history birth of emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)   

1598  Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized was born on May - 23.   

1606  On this day in history birth of juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)   

1617  Elias Ashmole, antiquary was born on this day in history.   

1620  On May - 23 birth of pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized   

1644  On May - 23 birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer   

1696  Johann Caspar Vogler, composer was born on May - 23.