Famous Deaths In July - 17

1879  Death of Maurycy Gottlieb, Ukrainian painter (b. 1856) on this day in history.  

1881  Death of Jim Bridger, American mountain man, Indian fighter, and explorer (b. 1804) on July - 17.  

1885  On this day in history death of jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian politician (b. 1811)  

1887  On July - 17 death of dorothea Dix, french social activist (b. 1802)  

1893  Death of Frederick A. Johnson, American politician (b. 1833) on this day in history.  

1894  Death of Josef Hyrtl, Austrian anatomist (b. 1810) on July - 17.  

1901  On this day in history john Farmer, composer, dies at 64  

1903  On July - 17 james A McNeill Whistler, US/Brit writer (Bride Tomorrow), dies at 69  

1912  On July - 17 j-Henri Poincaré, French mine engineer/mathematician, dies at 58  

1915  Francesco Fanciulli, composer, dies on 62nd birthday on July - 17.  

1918  On this day in history death of aleksei N Romanov, son of tsar Nicolas II, executed at 13  

1922  Heinrich Rubens, German physicist, dies at 57 on July - 17.  

1928  Death of Alvaro Obregon, general/pres of Mexico, assassinated on this day in history.  

1935  On this day in history death of george William Russell, Irish nationalist, poet and artist (b. 1867)  

1937  On this day in history henri-Constant-Gabriel Pierne, composer, dies at 73  

1944  Hugh Rigby, English portrait painter (King George V 1928-32), dies on July - 17.  

1946  Death of Dragoljub "Draza" Mihailovic, Yugoslav gen (Nazi), executed at 53 on July - 17.  

1947  On July - 17 raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved Jews), dies at 34  

1950  Death of Evangeline Booth, the 4th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1865) on July - 17.  

1953  On July - 17 bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, composer, dies at 65  

1954  Dirk B Nanninga, painter, dies at 85 on July - 17.  

1955  On this day in history bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer, dies at 73  

1959  On this day in history billie Holiday, jazz singer, dies of drug OD at 44  

1961  On July - 17 ty Cobb, baseball great (Det Tigers), dies of cancer at 74  

1965  Luiz Cosme, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

1966  August Baeyens, Flemish composer (Piranesi-suite), dies at 71 on July - 17.  

1967  On July - 17 cyril Ring, actor (Duffy's Tavern, Red Hot & Blue), dies at 74  

1970  Juano Hernandez, actor (St Louis Blues, Two Loves), dies at 74 on July - 17.  

1971  On July - 17 cliff Edwards, "Ukulele Ike", singer (54th Street Revue), dies at 76  

1974  Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, pitcher (St Louis Cards), dies at 63 on July - 17.  

1975  On this day in history modoc, the elephant, dies at age 78 (oldest known nonhuman mammal)  

1978  Thayer David, actor (Rocky, Roots, Savages), dies at 51 on July - 17.  

1979  On July - 17 doug Meintjes, S Afr cricket pace bowler (v England 1922-23), dies  

1980  On July - 17 donald Barry, actor (Mr Gallo-Mr Novak), dies at 68  

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1487  Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah was born on July - 17.  

1487  Ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524) was born on July - 17.  

1674  On this day in history birth of isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)  

1702  On this day in history birth of johann Schneider, composer  

1744  Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering was born on this day in history.  

1745  On this day in history birth of petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826)  

1763  Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education was born on July - 17.  

1763  On July - 17 birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader