Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 23

1875  On this day in history johann Wilhelm Mangold, composer, dies at 78   

1881  On this day in history kit Carson, frontiersman, dies   

1883  On May - 23 cyprian K Norwid, Polish painter/poet/playwright (Wanda), dies   

1886  Death of Leopold von Ranke, German historian (b. 1795) on May - 23.   

1887  Ludwig Mathias Lindeman, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1895  On May - 23 franz E Neumann, German mineralogist/physicist, dies at 96   

1897  On May - 23 aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer (To Chicago & Back), dies at 34   

1905  Martinus W van AA Meerbeke, head-editor (Time), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1906  Henrik Johan Ibsen, Norwegian playwright (Doll House), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1908  On May - 23 francois Coppee, French poet, dies   

1920  Death of Svetozar Boroević, Austrian field marshal (b. 1856) on this day in history.   

1926  Hans Koessler, composer, dies at 73 on May - 23.   

1934  Death of Bonnie Parker, outlaw (Bonnie & Clyde), killed in police ambush on May - 23.   

1937  John Davison Rockfeller, industrialist, dies at 97 in Ormond Beach Fla on this day in history.   

1938  On May - 23 philip Kleintjes, republic leader, dies at 70   

1940  Andrej N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai, dies on May - 23.   

1941  On this day in history lord Herbert Austin, motor manufacturer, dies   

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

1947  On May - 23 c F Ramuz, writer, dies at 68   

1952  On May - 23 georg Alfred Schumann, composer, dies at 85   

1954  On this day in history h R Bromley-Davenport, cricketer (batted in 4 Tests for England), dies   

1960  On May - 23 georges Claude, engineer/inventor, dies   

1961  On this day in history joan Davis, comedic actress (I Married Joan), dies at 53   

1965  David Smith, sculptor, dies on May - 23.   

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

1967  On this day in history philip Coolidge, actor (I Want to Live, Tingler), dies at 58   

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

1969  Diane Aubrey, actress (Haunted Strangler), dies of heart attack at 79 on May - 23.   

1970  On May - 23 nydia Westman, actress (Going My Way, Young Mr Bobbins), dies at 68   

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

1974  On May - 23 kathleen Cannell, writer, dies   

1975  On May - 23 jackie "Moms" Mabley, comedienne (Amazing Grace), dies at 81   

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

1100  Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161) was born on May - 23.   

1598  Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1606  On May - 23 birth of juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)   

1617  On this day in history birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary   

1620  Pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized was born on May - 23.   

1644  Thomas Eisenhut, composer was born on this day in history.   

1696  On May - 23 birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer