Famous Deaths In May - 25

1926  On this day in history death of symon Petlyura, leader of Ukraine (pogroms), assassinated at 47   

1927  Death of Payne Whitney, American businessman (b. 1876) on this day in history.   

1930  On May - 25 death of randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1848)   

1934  Gustav Theodore Holst, English composer (Ode to Death), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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  On May - 25 henry O Tanner, artist, dies   

1940  On May - 25 death of joe De Grasse, American film director (b. 1873)   

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  On May - 25 simon H Spoor, intelligence officer/general (WW II), dies at 47   

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

1954  On May - 25 death of robert Capa, Hungarian-born photojournalist (b. 1913)   

1958  Rolland Beaumont, cricketer (5 Tests for S Africa), dies on this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov, composer, dies at 92   

1965  On this day in history sonny Boy Williamson, [Aleck Miller], blues player, dies at 65   

1968  Charles K Feldman, [Gould], producer (Casino Royale), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history death of jo Etha Collier, young black woman killed by 3 whites in Drew Miss   

1974  Donald Crisp, actor/director (Beloved Brat, Dawn Patrol), dies at 91 on this day in history.   

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

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

1981  Rosa Ponselle, US singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies at 84 on May - 25.   

1982  On this day in history larry J Blake, actor (Earth vs the Flying Saucers), dies at 68   

1983  Sydney Box, academy award producer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history death of ernst Ruska, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)   

1990  On May - 25 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  Dan Seymour, actor (Bombs over Burma, Intrigue, Watusi), dies at 78 on May - 25.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1458  Mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511) was born on May - 25.   

1494  On this day in history birth of jacopo Pontormo II, Italy, painter (Sepulture of Christ)   

1550  On May - 25 birth of camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint   

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

1661  Claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737) was born on this day in history.   

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