Famous Deaths In December - 17

1937  Gerard Vissering, banker/president of Dutch Bank, dies at 72 on December - 17.   

1940  On December - 17 death of alicia Boole Stott, Irish mathematician (b. 1860)   

1944  Pieter A Roodenburgh, student/resistance fighter, dies at 26 on December - 17.   

1946  On December - 17 constance [Clara] Garnett, Russian-English translator, dies at 84   

1948  Edgar Istel, composer, dies at 68 on December - 17.   

1949  On this day in history david Stanley Smith, composer, dies at 72   

1956  Eddie Acuff, actor (Guns of Pecos), dies at 48 on December - 17.   

1957  On this day in history dorothy Sayers, [Atherton Fleming], author (Whose body), dies at 64   

1961  Marion Perkins, sculptor (Man of Sorrow), dies at 53 on December - 17.   

1962  Thomas Mitchell, US, actor (Outlaw), dies of cancer at 70 on this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history death of victor Franz Hess, Austrian-born physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1883)   

1965  Tito [Raffaele A] Schipa, Italian tenor/composer (Rondine), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1966  Gustaf Paulson, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1967  Death of Harold Holt, Australian premier (1966-67), drowns at 59 on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history arturo da Costa e Silva, President of Brazil (1967-69), dies at 67   

1972  On December - 17 erwin Dressel, composer, dies at 63   

1973  Charles G Abbot, US astronomer (Sun Constant), dies at 101 on this day in history.   

1975  Frank Sully, actor (Parachute Nurse, Inside the Law), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1978  Death of Don Ellis, American jazz band leader (b. 1934) on this day in history.   

1982  On December - 17 leonid B Kogan, Russian violist, dies at 58   

1983  Death of Erik Christensen, NHL player on December - 17.   

1985  On December - 17 otto Gotsche, writer, dies   

1986  Ron Kass, record co pres (MGM), dies at 52 of cancer on December - 17.   

1987  On December - 17 bernard Cardinal Alfrink, archbishop of Utrecht Neth, dies at 87   

1990  On this day in history don Draper, actor (Pepper Agent 00X), dies of AIDS at 61   

1991  On this day in history john Blatnik, (Rep-Minnesota, 1947-75), dies at 80   

1992  Dana Andrews, US actor (Laura), dies of pneumonia at 83 on this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history janet Margolin, US actress (Annie Hall), dies at 50 of ovarian cancer   

1994  On this day in history jan Wiegel, director/producer (Uninhabitable Country), dies at 64   

1995  On December - 17 lila Clark Knapp, publisher, dies at 63   

1996  On December - 17 elizabeth Hill, teacher of Salvonic languages, dies at 96   

1997  Reginald Victor Jones, scientist, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1999  Death of Grover Washington, Jr., American saxophonist (b. 1943) on December - 17.   

2002  On December - 17 death of james Hazeldine, English actor (b. 1947)   

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1239  On this day in history birth of kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256)   

1267  Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324) was born on this day in history.   

1493  Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum) was born on December - 17.   

1554  On December - 17 birth of ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne   

1619  On this day in history birth of ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician   

1619  On December - 17 birth of prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682)   

1632  Anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695) was born on December - 17.   

1638  On this day in history birth of johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer