Famous Deaths In December - 17

1937  On December - 17 gerard Vissering, banker/president of Dutch Bank, dies at 72   

1940  Death of Alicia Boole Stott, Irish mathematician (b. 1860) on this day in history.   

1944  On December - 17 pieter A Roodenburgh, student/resistance fighter, dies at 26   

1946  Constance [Clara] Garnett, Russian-English translator, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1948  Edgar Istel, composer, dies at 68 on December - 17.   

1949  On December - 17 david Stanley Smith, composer, dies at 72   

1956  On this day in history eddie Acuff, actor (Guns of Pecos), dies at 48   

1957  On this day in history dorothy Sayers, [Atherton Fleming], author (Whose body), dies at 64   

1961  Marion Perkins, sculptor (Man of Sorrow), dies at 53 on December - 17.   

1962  Thomas Mitchell, US, actor (Outlaw), dies of cancer at 70 on this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history death of victor Franz Hess, Austrian-born physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1883)   

1965  On this day in history tito [Raffaele A] Schipa, Italian tenor/composer (Rondine), dies at 76   

1966  Gustaf Paulson, composer, dies at 68 on December - 17.   

1967  Death of Harold Holt, Australian premier (1966-67), drowns at 59 on December - 17.   

1969  On December - 17 arturo da Costa e Silva, President of Brazil (1967-69), dies at 67   

1972  On December - 17 erwin Dressel, composer, dies at 63   

1973  On this day in history charles G Abbot, US astronomer (Sun Constant), dies at 101   

1975  Frank Sully, actor (Parachute Nurse, Inside the Law), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history death of don Ellis, American jazz band leader (b. 1934)   

1982  On this day in history leonid B Kogan, Russian violist, dies at 58   

1983  Death of Erik Christensen, NHL player on this day in history.   

1985  Otto Gotsche, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1986  On December - 17 ron Kass, record co pres (MGM), dies at 52 of cancer   

1987  On this day in history bernard Cardinal Alfrink, archbishop of Utrecht Neth, dies at 87   

1990  Don Draper, actor (Pepper Agent 00X), dies of AIDS at 61 on this day in history.   

1991  John Blatnik, (Rep-Minnesota, 1947-75), dies at 80 on December - 17.   

1992  Dana Andrews, US actor (Laura), dies of pneumonia at 83 on December - 17.   

1993  On this day in history janet Margolin, US actress (Annie Hall), dies at 50 of ovarian cancer   

1994  On December - 17 jan Wiegel, director/producer (Uninhabitable Country), dies at 64   

1995  Lila Clark Knapp, publisher, dies at 63 on December - 17.   

1996  Elizabeth Hill, teacher of Salvonic languages, dies at 96 on this day in history.   

1997  Reginald Victor Jones, scientist, dies at 86 on December - 17.   

1999  On this day in history death of grover Washington, Jr., American saxophonist (b. 1943)   

2002  On this day in history death of james Hazeldine, English actor (b. 1947)   

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1239  Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256) was born on this day in history.   

1267  Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324) was born on this day in history.   

1493  Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum) was born on this day in history.   

1554  Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne was born on this day in history.   

1619  On December - 17 birth of ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician   

1619  Prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682) was born on December - 17.   

1632  Anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695) was born on this day in history.   

1638  On this day in history birth of johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer