Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened 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 this day in history.   

1885  Death of Jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian politician (b. 1811) on July - 17.   

1887  Death of Dorothea Dix, french social activist (b. 1802) on this day in history.   

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

1894  Death of Josef Hyrtl, Austrian anatomist (b. 1810) on July - 17.   

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 July - 17.   

1915  On this day in history francesco Fanciulli, composer, dies on 62nd birthday   

1918  Death of Aleksei N Romanov, son of tsar Nicolas II, executed at 13 on July - 17.   

1922  Heinrich Rubens, German physicist, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1928  On this day in history death of alvaro Obregon, general/pres of Mexico, assassinated   

1935  Death of George William Russell, Irish nationalist, poet and artist (b. 1867) on this day in history.   

1937  Henri-Constant-Gabriel Pierne, composer, dies at 73 on July - 17.   

1944  On July - 17 hugh Rigby, English portrait painter (King George V 1928-32), dies   

1946  On July - 17 death of dragoljub "Draza" Mihailovic, Yugoslav gen (Nazi), executed at 53   

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

1950  On this day in history death of evangeline Booth, the 4th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1865)   

1953  Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, composer, dies at 65 on July - 17.   

1954  Dirk B Nanninga, painter, dies at 85 on July - 17.   

1955  On July - 17 bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer, dies at 73   

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

1961  On this day in history ty Cobb, baseball great (Det Tigers), dies of cancer at 74   

1965  Luiz Cosme, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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

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

1970  Juano Hernandez, actor (St Louis Blues, Two Loves), dies at 74 on July - 17.   

1971  On July - 17 cliff Edwards, "Ukulele Ike", singer (54th Street Revue), dies at 76   

1974  On this day in history jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, pitcher (St Louis Cards), dies at 63   

1975  Modoc, the elephant, dies at age 78 (oldest known nonhuman mammal) on this day in history.   

1978  Thayer David, actor (Rocky, Roots, Savages), dies at 51 on July - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

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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  Ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524) was born on this day in history.   

1674  Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) was born on this day in history.   

1702  On July - 17 birth of johann Schneider, composer   

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

1745  On this day in history birth of petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826)   

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