Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 25

1926  Death of Symon Petlyura, leader of Ukraine (pogroms), assassinated at 47 on May - 25.   

1927  On May - 25 death of payne Whitney, American businessman (b. 1876)   

1930  On this day in history death of randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1848)   

1934  On this day in history gustav Theodore Holst, English composer (Ode to Death), dies at 59   

1935  Death of Sir Frank Watson Dyson, English astronomer (b. 1868) on this day in history.   

1936  Jan Levoslav Bella, composer, dies at 92 on May - 25.   

1937  Henry O Tanner, artist, dies on May - 25.   

1940  Death of Joe De Grasse, American film director (b. 1873) on this day in history.   

1943  Death of Nils von Dardel, Swedish post-impressionist painter (b. 1888) on this day in history.   

1946  Patty Smith Hill, songwriter (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1949  Simon H Spoor, intelligence officer/general (WW II), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1951  Death of Paula von Preradović, Croatian-born writer (b. 1887) on this day in history.   

1954  Death of Robert Capa, Hungarian-born photojournalist (b. 1913) on this day in history.   

1958  Rolland Beaumont, cricketer (5 Tests for S Africa), dies on May - 25.   

1964  Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov, composer, dies at 92 on this day in history.   

1965  Sonny Boy Williamson, [Aleck Miller], blues player, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history charles K Feldman, [Gould], producer (Casino Royale), dies at 63   

1971  On May - 25 death of jo Etha Collier, young black woman killed by 3 whites in Drew Miss   

1974  On this day in history donald Crisp, actor/director (Beloved Brat, Dawn Patrol), dies at 91   

1977  Death of Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian writer (b. 1904) on this day in history.   

1979  Death of John Arthur Spenkelink, American murderer (b. 1949) on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history rosa Ponselle, US singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies at 84   

1982  Larry J Blake, actor (Earth vs the Flying Saucers), dies at 68 on May - 25.   

1983  On this day in history sydney Box, academy award producer, dies at 76   

1984  Piet Ketting, Dutch pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 79 on May - 25.   

1985  On this day in history harold Hecht, choreographer, dies at 77 of cancer   

1986  On this day in history chester Bowles, US senator/ambassador, dies at 85   

1988  On May - 25 death of ernst Ruska, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)   

1990  On this day in history vic Tayback, actor (Mel-Alice), dies of a heart attack at 60   

1991  On this day in history dorothy Davis Bostwick, entertainer, dies   

1992  On this day in history danny Biasone, persuaded NBA to use 24 second clock, dies at 83   

1993  On May - 25 dan Seymour, actor (Bombs over Burma, Intrigue, Watusi), dies at 78   

1994  On this day in history eric Gale, guitarist, dies at 55   

1995  On this day in history dany Robin, actress (Follow the Boys, Topaz, Julietta), dies at 68   

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1048  On May - 25 birth of emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085)   

1334  Emperor Sukō (d. 1398) was born on May - 25.   

1458  Mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511) was born on this day in history.   

1494  On May - 25 birth of jacopo Pontormo II, Italy, painter (Sepulture of Christ)   

1550  On this day in history birth of camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint   

1606  On May - 25 birth of charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649)   

1661  On this day in history birth of claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737)   

1688  Christian August Jacobi, composer was born on May - 25.