Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 17

1937  Gerard Vissering, banker/president of Dutch Bank, dies at 72 on December - 17.   

1940  On this day in history death of alicia Boole Stott, Irish mathematician (b. 1860)   

1944  Pieter A Roodenburgh, student/resistance fighter, dies at 26 on December - 17.   

1946  On December - 17 constance [Clara] Garnett, Russian-English translator, dies at 84   

1948  On December - 17 edgar Istel, composer, dies at 68   

1949  David Stanley Smith, composer, dies at 72 on December - 17.   

1956  Eddie Acuff, actor (Guns of Pecos), dies at 48 on December - 17.   

1957  Dorothy Sayers, [Atherton Fleming], author (Whose body), dies at 64 on December - 17.   

1961  On December - 17 marion Perkins, sculptor (Man of Sorrow), dies at 53   

1962  On this day in history thomas Mitchell, US, actor (Outlaw), dies of cancer at 70   

1964  On December - 17 death of victor Franz Hess, Austrian-born physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1883)   

1965  Tito [Raffaele A] Schipa, Italian tenor/composer (Rondine), dies at 76 on December - 17.   

1966  On December - 17 gustaf Paulson, composer, dies at 68   

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  Erwin Dressel, composer, dies at 63 on December - 17.   

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 December - 17.   

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  On December - 17 death of erik Christensen, NHL player   

1985  On this day in history otto Gotsche, writer, dies   

1986  On this day in history 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  On this day in history don Draper, actor (Pepper Agent 00X), dies of AIDS at 61   

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

1992  On December - 17 dana Andrews, US actor (Laura), dies of pneumonia at 83   

1993  Janet Margolin, US actress (Annie Hall), dies at 50 of ovarian cancer on this day in history.   

1994  Jan Wiegel, director/producer (Uninhabitable Country), dies at 64 on December - 17.   

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

1996  Elizabeth Hill, teacher of Salvonic languages, dies at 96 on December - 17.   

1997  On December - 17 reginald Victor Jones, scientist, dies at 86   

1999  On December - 17 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  On December - 17 birth of emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324)   

1493  On this day in history birth of philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum)   

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

1619  Ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician was born on this day in history.   

1619  Prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.   

1632  On this day in history birth of anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695)   

1638  On December - 17 birth of johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer