Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 17

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

1940  Death of Alicia Boole Stott, Irish mathematician (b. 1860) on December - 17.   

1944  On this day in history pieter A Roodenburgh, student/resistance fighter, dies at 26   

1946  On this day in history constance [Clara] Garnett, Russian-English translator, dies at 84   

1948  On this day in history edgar Istel, composer, dies at 68   

1949  David Stanley Smith, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1956  On December - 17 eddie Acuff, actor (Guns of Pecos), dies at 48   

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

1961  Marion Perkins, sculptor (Man of Sorrow), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1962  Thomas Mitchell, US, actor (Outlaw), dies of cancer at 70 on December - 17.   

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

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

1966  On this day in history gustaf Paulson, composer, dies at 68   

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

1969  Arturo da Costa e Silva, President of Brazil (1967-69), dies at 67 on December - 17.   

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  Frank Sully, actor (Parachute Nurse, Inside the Law), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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  Death of Erik Christensen, NHL player on this day in history.   

1985  Otto Gotsche, writer, dies on December - 17.   

1986  Ron Kass, record co pres (MGM), dies at 52 of cancer on December - 17.   

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  On this day in history john Blatnik, (Rep-Minnesota, 1947-75), dies at 80   

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  Jan Wiegel, director/producer (Uninhabitable Country), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1995  On December - 17 lila Clark Knapp, publisher, dies at 63   

1996  On this day in history elizabeth Hill, teacher of Salvonic languages, dies at 96   

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

1999  Death of Grover Washington, Jr., American saxophonist (b. 1943) on December - 17.   

2002  On December - 17 death of james Hazeldine, English actor (b. 1947)   

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1239  On December - 17 birth of kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256)   

1267  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324)   

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

1554  Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne was born on December - 17.   

1619  Ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician was born on December - 17.   

1619  Prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682) was born on December - 17.   

1632  Anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695) was born on December - 17.   

1638  On this day in history birth of johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer