Famous Deaths In May - 15
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1845 On May - 15 samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer, dies at 76
1855 On this day in history jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75
1872 Thomas Hastings, composer, dies at 87 on May - 15.
1873 Alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia/Romania, dies at 53 on May - 15.
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 this day in history alfred Potocki, premier Austrian/governor/viceroy of Galicia, dies
1892 On May - 15 death of arthur Hodister, British ivory seller (Heart of Darkness), murdered
1895 Joseph Whitaker, British publisher (Whitaker' Almanack), dies at 75 on this day in history.
1899 Francisque Sarcey, French writer (Le Temps), dies at 70 on May - 15.
1924 Paul d'Estornelles de Constant, French diplomat/pacifist, dies at 71 on this day in history.
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 May - 15.
1933 Ernest Torrence, actor (I Cover the Waterfront), dies at 54 on May - 15.
1935 On this day in history death of kazimir Malevich, Polish/Ukrainian artist (b. 1878)
1937 On May - 15 death of phillip Snowden, British politician (b. 1864)
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 On this day in history death of william March, American writer (b. 1893)
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 this day in history.
1964 On this day in history cornelis H Edelman, Dutch geologist, dies at 61
1965 Adrian Schoevers, Dutch director (Schoevers Institution), dies on May - 15.
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 May - 15 willem H Rassers, Dutch cult anthropologist (Pandji-Novel), dies at 95
1976 On this day in history 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 May - 15.
1982 Death of Gordon Smiley, American race car driver (b. 1946) on this day in history.
1984 On this day in history lionel Charles Robbins, British economist, dies at 85
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