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 July - 17.   

1885  On July - 17 death of jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian politician (b. 1811)   

1887  Death of Dorothea Dix, french social activist (b. 1802) on July - 17.   

1893  On this day in history death of frederick A. Johnson, American politician (b. 1833)   

1894  On this day in history death of josef Hyrtl, Austrian anatomist (b. 1810)   

1901  On July - 17 john Farmer, composer, dies at 64   

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

1912  On July - 17 j-Henri Poincaré, French mine engineer/mathematician, dies at 58   

1915  Francesco Fanciulli, composer, dies on 62nd birthday on this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history death of aleksei N Romanov, son of tsar Nicolas II, executed at 13   

1922  Heinrich Rubens, German physicist, dies at 57 on July - 17.   

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  On July - 17 henri-Constant-Gabriel Pierne, composer, dies at 73   

1944  On this day in history hugh Rigby, English portrait painter (King George V 1928-32), dies   

1946  Death of Dragoljub "Draza" Mihailovic, Yugoslav gen (Nazi), executed at 53 on this day in history.   

1947  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  Billie Holiday, jazz singer, dies of drug OD at 44 on July - 17.   

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  August Baeyens, Flemish composer (Piranesi-suite), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1967  On July - 17 cyril Ring, actor (Duffy's Tavern, Red Hot & Blue), dies at 74   

1970  On this day in history 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 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 July - 17.   

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

1979  Doug Meintjes, S Afr cricket pace bowler (v England 1922-23), dies on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history donald Barry, actor (Mr Gallo-Mr Novak), dies at 68   

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1487  On July - 17 birth of esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah   

1487  On this day in history birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)   

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 July - 17 birth of elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering   

1745  Petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826) was born on this day in history.   

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