Famous Deaths In May - 25

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

1927  On this day in history death of payne Whitney, American businessman (b. 1876)   

1930  Death of Randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1848) on May - 25.   

1934  On May - 25 gustav Theodore Holst, English composer (Ode to Death), dies at 59   

1935  On May - 25 death of sir Frank Watson Dyson, English astronomer (b. 1868)   

1936  On May - 25 jan Levoslav Bella, composer, dies at 92   

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

1940  Death of Joe De Grasse, American film director (b. 1873) on May - 25.   

1943  Death of Nils von Dardel, Swedish post-impressionist painter (b. 1888) on May - 25.   

1946  Patty Smith Hill, songwriter (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 78 on May - 25.   

1949  On this day in history simon H Spoor, intelligence officer/general (WW II), dies at 47   

1951  Death of Paula von Preradović, Croatian-born writer (b. 1887) on May - 25.   

1954  On this day in history death of robert Capa, Hungarian-born photojournalist (b. 1913)   

1958  On this day in history rolland Beaumont, cricketer (5 Tests for S Africa), dies   

1964  On May - 25 vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov, composer, dies at 92   

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  Death of Jo Etha Collier, young black woman killed by 3 whites in Drew Miss on this day in history.   

1974  Donald Crisp, actor/director (Beloved Brat, Dawn Patrol), dies at 91 on May - 25.   

1977  On May - 25 death of yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian writer (b. 1904)   

1979  On May - 25 death of john Arthur Spenkelink, American murderer (b. 1949)   

1981  Rosa Ponselle, US singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1982  On May - 25 larry J Blake, actor (Earth vs the Flying Saucers), dies at 68   

1983  Sydney Box, academy award producer, dies at 76 on May - 25.   

1984  On this day in history piet Ketting, Dutch pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 79   

1985  On May - 25 harold Hecht, choreographer, dies at 77 of cancer   

1986  Chester Bowles, US senator/ambassador, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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

1990  Vic Tayback, actor (Mel-Alice), dies of a heart attack at 60 on May - 25.   

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

1992  Danny Biasone, persuaded NBA to use 24 second clock, dies at 83 on May - 25.   

1993  Dan Seymour, actor (Bombs over Burma, Intrigue, Watusi), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1994  Eric Gale, guitarist, dies at 55 on May - 25.   

1995  Dany Robin, actress (Follow the Boys, Topaz, Julietta), dies at 68 on May - 25.   

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1048  On this day in history 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  Jacopo Pontormo II, Italy, painter (Sepulture of Christ) was born on May - 25.   

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

1606  Charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649) was born on May - 25.   

1661  On May - 25 birth of claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737)   

1688  Christian August Jacobi, composer was born on this day in history.