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Events on Tuesday 25 May 1954 1
1913 – 1954Robert Capa (1913-1954)Died 25 May 1954, aged 40Capa, a Hungarian-born war photographer known for his combat images from the Spanish Civil War and D-Day, was killed by a landmine while covering the First Indochina War in Vietnam. He co-founded the Magnum Photos agency in 1947. His work remains among the most influential in the history of photojournalism.