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  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  Death of Frederick A. Johnson, American politician (b. 1833) on July - 17.   

1894  Death of Josef Hyrtl, Austrian anatomist (b. 1810) on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history john Farmer, composer, dies at 64   

1903  James A McNeill Whistler, US/Brit writer (Bride Tomorrow), dies at 69 on July - 17.   

1912  J-Henri Poincaré, French mine engineer/mathematician, dies at 58 on July - 17.   

1915  On July - 17 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 July - 17.   

1928  On July - 17 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  Hugh Rigby, English portrait painter (King George V 1928-32), dies on this day in history.   

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

1947  Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved Jews), dies at 34 on this day in history.   

1950  Death of Evangeline Booth, the 4th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1865) on this day in history.   

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 July - 17.   

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

1966  On this day in history 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  Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, pitcher (St Louis Cards), dies at 63 on July - 17.   

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

1978  On this day in history thayer David, actor (Rocky, Roots, Savages), dies at 51   

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  Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah was born on this day in history.   

1487  Ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524) was born on July - 17.   

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

1702  On this day in history birth of johann Schneider, composer   

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 this day in history.   

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

1763  John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader was born on July - 17.