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  On this day in history 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  David Stanley Smith, composer, dies at 72 on December - 17.   

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

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

1964  Death of Victor Franz Hess, Austrian-born physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1883) on December - 17.   

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

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

1967  On December - 17 death of harold Holt, Australian premier (1966-67), drowns at 59   

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

1972  On this day in history erwin Dressel, composer, dies at 63   

1973  On December - 17 charles G Abbot, US astronomer (Sun Constant), dies at 101   

1975  On December - 17 frank Sully, actor (Parachute Nurse, Inside the Law), dies at 67   

1978  On December - 17 death of don Ellis, American jazz band leader (b. 1934)   

1982  Leonid B Kogan, Russian violist, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1983  Death of Erik Christensen, NHL player on December - 17.   

1985  On December - 17 otto Gotsche, writer, dies   

1986  On this day in history ron Kass, record co pres (MGM), dies at 52 of cancer   

1987  On December - 17 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 this day in history.   

1992  Dana Andrews, US actor (Laura), dies of pneumonia at 83 on this day in history.   

1993  On December - 17 janet Margolin, US actress (Annie Hall), dies at 50 of ovarian cancer   

1994  On this day in history jan Wiegel, director/producer (Uninhabitable Country), dies at 64   

1995  On this day in history lila Clark Knapp, publisher, dies at 63   

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

1997  On this day in history reginald Victor Jones, scientist, dies at 86   

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

2002  Death of James Hazeldine, English actor (b. 1947) on this day in history.   

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1239  Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256) was born on December - 17.   

1267  Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324) was born on December - 17.   

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

1554  On this day in history birth of ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne   

1619  On this day in history birth of ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician   

1619  On this day in history birth of prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682)   

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

1638  Johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer was born on this day in history.