Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In February - 15

1857  Mikhail Glinka, composer, dies on February - 15.   

1864  Israel Zangwill, writer/Zionist/philanthropist, dies on February - 15.   

1865  Nicholas Wiseman, 1st Archbishop of Westminster (1850-65), dies on February - 15.   

1869  On this day in history death of mirza Ghalib, Indian poet (b. 1796)   

1885  On this day in history leopold Damrosch, composer, dies at 52   

1887  Alexander Borodin, composer, dies on February - 15.   

1896  E J Nicholson, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1902  On this day in history wilhelmina JR Albregt-Engelman, Dutch actress, dies at 68   

1903  Julie Verstraete-Lacquet, Flemish actress, dies at 69 on February - 15.   

1905  Lewis Wallace, US diplomat/writer (Ben Hur), dies at 77 on February - 15.   

1910  On this day in history albert Fuchs, composer, dies at 51   

1911  On February - 15 death of theodor Escherich, German pediatrician (b. 1859)   

1916  Nikolay Nikolayevich Lodizhensky, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history charles A van Ophuysen, Dutch orientalist, dies at 60   

1919  On February - 15 pieter K Pel, Dutch internist (Pel-Ebstein fever), dies at 66   

1921  Hans Haym, composer, dies at 60 on February - 15.   

1922  Clara [G Meijer-]Wichmann, German/Dutch anarchist/feminist, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1923  On this day in history josephine B Willson Bruce, US black theorist, dies at 69   

1924  On February - 15 lionel Monckton, English composer (Country Girl), dies at 62   

1928  Hubert H Asquith, premier Great-Britain (1908-16), dies at 75 on February - 15.   

1932  On February - 15 minnie Maddern Fiske, actress (Henrik Ibsen's plays), dies at 66   

1933  Death of Anton J Cermak, (Mayor-D-Chicago), assassinated in Miami on February - 15.   

1939  Foppe G Scheltema, Dutch lawyer, dies at 47 on February - 15.   

1942  Guido Adler, Austrian musicologist, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history william Victor Harris, composer, dies at 73   

1955  S Z Sakall, actor (Dolly Sisters, Casablanca), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history owen W Richardson, English physicist (Nobel 1928), dies at 69   

1961  Jack Whiting, actor (Top Speed, Life of the Party), dies at 59 on February - 15.   

1962  Vladimir Sokoloff, actor (Road to Morocco, Cloak & Dagger), dies at 72 on February - 15.   

1964  On this day in history ken Hubbs, 2nd baseman (Chic Cubs), dies in plane crash at 22   

1965  Nat King Cole, singer (Unforgettable, Mona Lisa), dies at 49 on February - 15.   

1966  Camillo Torres, Colombian priest/guerrilla fighter, dies on February - 15.   

1967  Antonio Moreno, Spanish actor/director (It, Careers), dies at 79 on February - 15.   

1968  Little Walter, rocker, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

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1368  On this day in history birth of sigismund, Nornberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor (1410-37)   

1458  Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490) was born on February - 15.   

1471  On February - 15 birth of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1503)   

1483  Babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30 was born on this day in history.   

1497  On February - 15 birth of philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant   

1519  On this day in history birth of pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer (found St Augustine Florida)   

1524  Charles de Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims was born on February - 15.   

1557  On February - 15 birth of alfonso Fontanelli, composer