Famous Deaths In July - 17

1879  Death of Maurycy Gottlieb, Ukrainian painter (b. 1856) on July - 17.   

1881  Death of Jim Bridger, American mountain man, Indian fighter, and explorer (b. 1804) on July - 17.   

1885  Death of Jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian politician (b. 1811) on this day in history.   

1887  On July - 17 death of dorothea Dix, french social activist (b. 1802)   

1893  Death of Frederick A. Johnson, American politician (b. 1833) on this day in history.   

1894  On July - 17 death of josef Hyrtl, Austrian anatomist (b. 1810)   

1901  John Farmer, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1903  James A McNeill Whistler, US/Brit writer (Bride Tomorrow), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1912  J-Henri Poincaré, French mine engineer/mathematician, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1915  Francesco Fanciulli, composer, dies on 62nd birthday on July - 17.   

1918  On July - 17 death of aleksei N Romanov, son of tsar Nicolas II, executed at 13   

1922  On this day in history heinrich Rubens, German physicist, dies at 57   

1928  Death of Alvaro Obregon, general/pres of Mexico, assassinated on this day in history.   

1935  Death of George William Russell, Irish nationalist, poet and artist (b. 1867) on July - 17.   

1937  Henri-Constant-Gabriel Pierne, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1944  Hugh Rigby, English portrait painter (King George V 1928-32), dies on July - 17.   

1946  Death of Dragoljub "Draza" Mihailovic, Yugoslav gen (Nazi), executed at 53 on July - 17.   

1947  On July - 17 raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved Jews), dies at 34   

1950  On July - 17 death of evangeline Booth, the 4th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1865)   

1953  On July - 17 bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, composer, dies at 65   

1954  Dirk B Nanninga, painter, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1955  Bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1959  On July - 17 billie Holiday, jazz singer, dies of drug OD at 44   

1961  Ty Cobb, baseball great (Det Tigers), dies of cancer at 74 on this day in history.   

1965  Luiz Cosme, composer, dies at 57 on July - 17.   

1966  On July - 17 august Baeyens, Flemish composer (Piranesi-suite), dies at 71   

1967  Cyril Ring, actor (Duffy's Tavern, Red Hot & Blue), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1970  On July - 17 juano Hernandez, actor (St Louis Blues, Two Loves), dies at 74   

1971  Cliff Edwards, "Ukulele Ike", singer (54th Street Revue), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1974  On July - 17 jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, pitcher (St Louis Cards), dies at 63   

1975  On this day in history modoc, the elephant, dies at age 78 (oldest known nonhuman mammal)   

1978  Thayer David, actor (Rocky, Roots, Savages), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1979  On July - 17 doug Meintjes, S Afr cricket pace bowler (v England 1922-23), dies   

1980  Donald Barry, actor (Mr Gallo-Mr Novak), dies at 68 on July - 17.   

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1487  On this day in history birth of esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah   

1487  On July - 17 birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)   

1674  On July - 17 birth of isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)   

1702  Johann Schneider, composer was born on July - 17.   

1744  On this day in history birth of elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering   

1745  Petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826) was born on July - 17.   

1763  Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education was born on July - 17.   

1763  On July - 17 birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader