Famous Deaths In October - 17

1943  Death of Stefan StarzyÅ„ski, Polish politician (b. 1893) on this day in history.   

1944  On October - 17 pavel Haas, composer, dies at 45   

1956  On October - 17 death of anne Crawford, British film actor (b. 1920)   

1957  On October - 17 john HA Eman, founder of Aruban Peoples Party, dies at 70   

1958  C L Townsend, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1899), dies on this day in history.   

1962  On October - 17 death of natalia Goncharova, Russian painter (b. 1882)   

1963  On this day in history jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Prime Numbers), dies at 97   

1965  Barton King, cricketer (America's greatest cricket all-rounder), dies on October - 17.   

1966  Soledad Jiminez, Spanish actor (Phantom ofthe Range), dies at 91 on October - 17.   

1967  On October - 17 henry Pu Yi, last emperor of China, dies at 61   

1970  Death of Pierre Laporte, Vice-Premier of Quebec (assassinated) (b. 1921) on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history death of turk Broda, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1914)   

1973  On this day in history ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian poet (Gott von Manhattan), dies at 47   

1974  On October - 17 rené A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillean poet, dies at 57   

1975  On this day in history vittorio Gui, Italian composer (Batture d'aspetto), dies at 90   

1977  On October - 17 robert C "Cal" Hubbard, US baseball player/umpire, dies at 77   

1979  John Stuart, actor (Number 17), dies at 81 on October - 17.   

1981  David Guion, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1982  On October - 17 peterus van Doorne, Dutch industrialist, dies at 47   

1983  On October - 17 raymond Aron, French sociologist/political scientist, dies at 78   

1984  Alberta Hunter, US blues singer/composer, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1987  Death of Abdul Malek Ukil,Bangladeshi politician (b. 1925) on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history ralph Abernathy, civil rights activist, dies at 64   

1991  J[ames] G Devlin, actor (No Surrender), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1992  Ton Hasebos, cameraman/TV director (Gnome Hasebos), dies on October - 17.   

1993  Frank J Del Giudice, US industrial designer (Boeing 747), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1994  On October - 17 augustus John "Gus" Risman, rugby League Player, dies at 83   

1995  Peter Hinchcliff, historian, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1996  On October - 17 berthold Goldschmidt, composer/conductor, dies at 93   

1997  On this day in history paul Edwin Zimmer, sci-fi writer, dies of heart attack at 54   

1998  On October - 17 death of joan Hickson, British actress (b. 1906)   

1999  On October - 17 death of nicholas Metropolis, Greek-American mathematician, physicist and computer scientist (b. 1915)   

2000  On this day in history death of leo Nomellini, wrestler (b. 1924)   

2001  On October - 17 death of jay Livingston, American songwriter (b. 1915)   

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1253  Ivo of Kermartin, ]]) was born on this day in history.   

1563  On this day in history birth of jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer   

1577  On October - 17 birth of cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith)   

1582  Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.   

1623  On October - 17 birth of francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687)   

1626  On October - 17 birth of simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian (Roman-Holland regt)   

1688  On this day in history birth of domenico Zipoli, composer   

1696  On this day in history birth of august III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen