Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 25

1926  Death of Symon Petlyura, leader of Ukraine (pogroms), assassinated at 47 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1936  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of nils von Dardel, Swedish post-impressionist painter (b. 1888)   

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 May - 25.   

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

1964  Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov, composer, dies at 92 on May - 25.   

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

1968  Charles K Feldman, [Gould], producer (Casino Royale), dies at 63 on May - 25.   

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 this day in history.   

1977  Death of Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian writer (b. 1904) on May - 25.   

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  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 May - 25.   

1984  Piet Ketting, Dutch pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1985  Harold Hecht, choreographer, dies at 77 of cancer on this day in history.   

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 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  Danny Biasone, persuaded NBA to use 24 second clock, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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

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  On May - 25 birth of emperor Sukō (d. 1398)   

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

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

1550  Camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint was born on May - 25.   

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.