Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened 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  Pieter A Roodenburgh, student/resistance fighter, dies at 26 on this day in history.   

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

1948  Edgar Istel, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

1956  Eddie Acuff, actor (Guns of Pecos), dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1957  On December - 17 dorothy Sayers, [Atherton Fleming], author (Whose body), dies at 64   

1961  On this day in history marion Perkins, sculptor (Man of Sorrow), dies at 53   

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

1964  Death of Victor Franz Hess, Austrian-born physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1883) on this day in history.   

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

1969  Arturo da Costa e Silva, President of Brazil (1967-69), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

1973  Charles G Abbot, US astronomer (Sun Constant), dies at 101 on December - 17.   

1975  On this day in history 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  On this day in history leonid B Kogan, Russian violist, dies at 58   

1983  On this day in history death of erik Christensen, NHL player   

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

1986  Ron Kass, record co pres (MGM), dies at 52 of cancer on this day in history.   

1987  Bernard Cardinal Alfrink, archbishop of Utrecht Neth, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history 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  On December - 17 elizabeth Hill, teacher of Salvonic languages, dies at 96   

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

1999  On December - 17 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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