Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In January - 03

1875  Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buff), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

1895  Death of James Merritt Ives, American lithographer with Nathaniel Currier (b. 1824) on January - 03.   

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

1900  On January - 03 edwin George Monk, composer, dies at 80   

1903  Death of Alois Hitler, father of Adolf Hitler (b. 1837) on this day in history.   

1907  On this day in history josef Foerster, composer, dies at 73   

1911  On January - 03 death of alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author (b. 1851)   

1912  On January - 03 felix Dahn, writer, dies at 77   

1914  On this day in history 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  Jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Good Soldier Schweyk), dies at 39 on January - 03.   

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

1931  Joseph J C Joffre, French marshal, dies at 78 on January - 03.   

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

1938  On this day in history arthur Boon, Flemish priest/philologist, dies at 54   

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

1943  Death of Sir Walter James, Premier of Western Australia (b. 1863) on this day in history.   

1944  On January - 03 death of jurgis BaltruÅ¡aitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873)   

1945  On January - 03 fyodor Akimenko, composer, dies at 68   

1946  Death of William Joyce, (Lord Haw Haw), hanged in Britain for treason on January - 03.   

1951  On January - 03 fred Barlow, composer, dies at 69   

1956  On this day in history alexander Tikhonovich Gretshaninov, Russian/US composer, dies at 91   

1960  On January - 03 victor Seastrom, entertainer, dies at 80   

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

1965  On January - 03 betty Harte, entertainer, dies at 82   

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 this day in history.   

1972  On January - 03 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  On January - 03 milton J Cross, TV announcer (Met Opera Auditions), dies at 87   

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1196  On January - 03 birth of emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1231)   

1624  On this day in history birth of william Tucker, 1st Black child born in America   

1680  Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German stucco worker was born on this day in history.   

1698  On this day in history birth of pietro Metastasio, Italian poet (d. 1782)   

1710  On January - 03 birth of richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1796)   

1719  On this day in history birth of francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian (d. 1773)   

1722  Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (d. 1752) was born on January - 03.   

1730  On January - 03 birth of charles Palissot de Montenoy, French writer/politician