Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In January - 03
Friday, 02 January 2026
1875 Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buff), dies at 68 on January - 03. 

1882 On January - 03 william H Ainsworth, English writer (Guy Fawkes), dies at 76 

1895 On January - 03 death of james Merritt Ives, American lithographer with Nathaniel Currier (b. 1824) 

1898 James Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (vacuum pump), dies at 70 on this day in history. 

1900 Edwin George Monk, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history. 

1903 On January - 03 death of alois Hitler, father of Adolf Hitler (b. 1837) 

1907 Josef Foerster, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history. 

1911 Death of Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author (b. 1851) on this day in history. 

1912 Felix Dahn, writer, dies at 77 on January - 03. 

1914 On January - 03 stephane Raoul Pugno, composer, dies at 62 

1915 On January - 03 james E Flecker, British diplomat/novelist (Hassan), dies at 30 

1916 On this day in history death of grenville M. Dodge, American Civil War Union Army Major General (b. 1831) 

1923 On January - 03 jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Good Soldier Schweyk), dies at 39 

1927 Death of Carle David Tolmé Runge, German physicist (b. 1856) on January - 03. 

1931 On January - 03 joseph J C Joffre, French marshal, dies at 78 

1933 On this day in history wilhelm Cuno, German Reich's chancellor (1922-23), dies at 56 

1938 On January - 03 arthur Boon, Flemish priest/philologist, dies at 54 

1942 On January - 03 pauline Beersmans, [PLJM van Cuyck], Flemish actress, dies at 70 

1943 On this day in history death of sir Walter James, Premier of Western Australia (b. 1863) 

1944 Death of Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873) on this day in history. 

1945 Fyodor Akimenko, composer, dies at 68 on January - 03. 

1946 On January - 03 death of william Joyce, (Lord Haw Haw), hanged in Britain for treason 

1951 Fred Barlow, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history. 

1956 Alexander Tikhonovich Gretshaninov, Russian/US composer, dies at 91 on January - 03. 

1960 On this day in history victor Seastrom, entertainer, dies at 80 

1963 On January - 03 oscar Backing, Austria/Neth viola player, dies at 83 

1965 Betty Harte, entertainer, dies at 82 on this day in history. 

1966 Rex Lease, actor (Perils of Pauline, Dakota, California), dies at 62 on this day in history. 

1967 Jack Ruby, assassin who killed assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, dies at 55 on this day in history. 

1969 Howard McNear, actor (Irma La Douce), dies after long illness at 63 on this day in history. 

1970 Death of Gladys Aylward, British missionary in China; portrayed by Ingrid Bergman in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (b. 1902) on January - 03. 

1972 On this day in history frans Masereel, Flem WWII resistance fighter (Le Soleil), dies at 82 

1974 Gino Cervi, actor (Becket, Don Camillo), dies at 72 on this day in history. 

1975 Milton J Cross, TV announcer (Met Opera Auditions), dies at 87 on January - 03. 

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