Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened 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  On October - 17 c L Townsend, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1899), dies   

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

1963  Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Prime Numbers), dies at 97 on this day in history.   

1965  Barton King, cricketer (America's greatest cricket all-rounder), dies on this day in history.   

1966  Soledad Jiminez, Spanish actor (Phantom ofthe Range), dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1967  Henry Pu Yi, last emperor of China, dies at 61 on October - 17.   

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

1972  Death of Turk Broda, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1914) on this day in history.   

1973  On October - 17 ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian poet (Gott von Manhattan), dies at 47   

1974  René A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillean poet, dies at 57 on October - 17.   

1975  Vittorio Gui, Italian composer (Batture d'aspetto), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1977  Robert C "Cal" Hubbard, US baseball player/umpire, dies at 77 on October - 17.   

1979  John Stuart, actor (Number 17), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1981  On October - 17 david Guion, composer, dies at 88   

1982  Peterus van Doorne, Dutch industrialist, dies at 47 on October - 17.   

1983  Raymond Aron, French sociologist/political scientist, dies at 78 on October - 17.   

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  Ralph Abernathy, civil rights activist, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1991  On October - 17 j[ames] G Devlin, actor (No Surrender), dies at 84   

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  Augustus John "Gus" Risman, rugby League Player, dies at 83 on October - 17.   

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

1996  Berthold Goldschmidt, composer/conductor, dies at 93 on this day in history.   

1997  Paul Edwin Zimmer, sci-fi writer, dies of heart attack at 54 on October - 17.   

1998  On this day in history death of joan Hickson, British actress (b. 1906)   

1999  On this day in history death of nicholas Metropolis, Greek-American mathematician, physicist and computer scientist (b. 1915)   

2000  Death of Leo Nomellini, wrestler (b. 1924) on this day in history.   

2001  On this day in history death of jay Livingston, American songwriter (b. 1915)   

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1253  Ivo of Kermartin, ]]) was born on October - 17.   

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

1577  On this day in history birth of cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith)   

1582  On this day in history birth of johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637)   

1623  Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687) was born on this day in history.   

1626  Simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian (Roman-Holland regt) was born on October - 17.   

1688  Domenico Zipoli, composer was born on October - 17.   

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