Famous Deaths In October - 17

1943  On October - 17 death of stefan StarzyÅ„ski, Polish politician (b. 1893)   

1944  Pavel Haas, composer, dies at 45 on October - 17.   

1956  On October - 17 death of anne Crawford, British film actor (b. 1920)   

1957  John HA Eman, founder of Aruban Peoples Party, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1958  C L Townsend, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1899), dies on this day in history.   

1962  Death of Natalia Goncharova, Russian painter (b. 1882) on October - 17.   

1963  Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Prime Numbers), dies at 97 on this day in history.   

1965  Barton King, cricketer (America's greatest cricket all-rounder), dies on October - 17.   

1966  On October - 17 soledad Jiminez, Spanish actor (Phantom ofthe Range), dies at 91   

1967  Henry Pu Yi, last emperor of China, dies at 61 on October - 17.   

1970  On October - 17 death of pierre Laporte, Vice-Premier of Quebec (assassinated) (b. 1921)   

1972  Death of Turk Broda, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1914) on this day in history.   

1973  Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian poet (Gott von Manhattan), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1974  René A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillean poet, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1975  Vittorio Gui, Italian composer (Batture d'aspetto), dies at 90 on October - 17.   

1977  Robert C "Cal" Hubbard, US baseball player/umpire, dies at 77 on October - 17.   

1979  John Stuart, actor (Number 17), dies at 81 on October - 17.   

1981  David Guion, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1982  Peterus van Doorne, Dutch industrialist, dies at 47 on October - 17.   

1983  Raymond Aron, French sociologist/political scientist, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1984  Alberta Hunter, US blues singer/composer, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1987  Death of Abdul Malek Ukil,Bangladeshi politician (b. 1925) on October - 17.   

1990  On this day in history ralph Abernathy, civil rights activist, dies at 64   

1991  J[ames] G Devlin, actor (No Surrender), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1992  Ton Hasebos, cameraman/TV director (Gnome Hasebos), dies on this day in history.   

1993  Frank J Del Giudice, US industrial designer (Boeing 747), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1994  On October - 17 augustus John "Gus" Risman, rugby League Player, dies at 83   

1995  Peter Hinchcliff, historian, dies at 66 on October - 17.   

1996  Berthold Goldschmidt, composer/conductor, dies at 93 on this day in history.   

1997  Paul Edwin Zimmer, sci-fi writer, dies of heart attack at 54 on this day in history.   

1998  On this day in history death of joan Hickson, British actress (b. 1906)   

1999  On October - 17 death of nicholas Metropolis, Greek-American mathematician, physicist and computer scientist (b. 1915)   

2000  Death of Leo Nomellini, wrestler (b. 1924) on October - 17.   

2001  On this day in history death of jay Livingston, American songwriter (b. 1915)   

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1253  On this day in history birth of ivo of Kermartin, ]])   

1563  Jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer was born on October - 17.   

1577  On this day in history birth of cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith)   

1582  Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637) was born on October - 17.   

1623  Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687) was born on this day in history.   

1626  Simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian (Roman-Holland regt) was born on this day in history.   

1688  Domenico Zipoli, composer was born on October - 17.   

1696  On October - 17 birth of august III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen