Famous Deaths In January - 03

1875  On January - 03 baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buff), dies at 68   

1882  On January - 03 william H Ainsworth, English writer (Guy Fawkes), dies at 76   

1895  Death of James Merritt Ives, American lithographer with Nathaniel Currier (b. 1824) on January - 03.   

1898  James Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (vacuum pump), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1900  Edwin George Monk, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1903  On January - 03 death of alois Hitler, father of Adolf Hitler (b. 1837)   

1907  On this day in history josef Foerster, composer, dies at 73   

1911  Death of Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author (b. 1851) on January - 03.   

1912  Felix Dahn, writer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1914  Stephane Raoul Pugno, composer, dies at 62 on January - 03.   

1915  On this day in history james E Flecker, British diplomat/novelist (Hassan), dies at 30   

1916  On this day in history death of grenville M. Dodge, American Civil War Union Army Major General (b. 1831)   

1923  On this day in history jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Good Soldier Schweyk), dies at 39   

1927  Death of Carle David Tolmé Runge, German physicist (b. 1856) on January - 03.   

1931  On January - 03 joseph J C Joffre, French marshal, dies at 78   

1933  Wilhelm Cuno, German Reich's chancellor (1922-23), dies at 56 on January - 03.   

1938  Arthur Boon, Flemish priest/philologist, dies at 54 on January - 03.   

1942  On this day in history pauline Beersmans, [PLJM van Cuyck], Flemish actress, dies at 70   

1943  On January - 03 death of sir Walter James, Premier of Western Australia (b. 1863)   

1944  On January - 03 death of jurgis BaltruÅ¡aitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873)   

1945  On January - 03 fyodor Akimenko, composer, dies at 68   

1946  On this day in history death of william Joyce, (Lord Haw Haw), hanged in Britain for treason   

1951  On January - 03 fred Barlow, composer, dies at 69   

1956  On this day in history alexander Tikhonovich Gretshaninov, Russian/US composer, dies at 91   

1960  On January - 03 victor Seastrom, entertainer, dies at 80   

1963  Oscar Backing, Austria/Neth viola player, dies at 83 on January - 03.   

1965  On this day in history betty Harte, entertainer, dies at 82   

1966  On this day in history rex Lease, actor (Perils of Pauline, Dakota, California), dies at 62   

1967  On January - 03 jack Ruby, assassin who killed assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, dies at 55   

1969  Howard McNear, actor (Irma La Douce), dies after long illness at 63 on this day in history.   

1970  Death of Gladys Aylward, British missionary in China; portrayed by Ingrid Bergman in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (b. 1902) on this day in history.   

1972  Frans Masereel, Flem WWII resistance fighter (Le Soleil), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history gino Cervi, actor (Becket, Don Camillo), dies at 72   

1975  Milton J Cross, TV announcer (Met Opera Auditions), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

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1196  Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1231) was born on this day in history.   

1624  On this day in history birth of william Tucker, 1st Black child born in America   

1680  Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German stucco worker was born on this day in history.   

1698  On January - 03 birth of pietro Metastasio, Italian poet (d. 1782)   

1710  Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1796) was born on January - 03.   

1719  On January - 03 birth of francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian (d. 1773)   

1722  On this day in history birth of fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (d. 1752)   

1730  On January - 03 birth of charles Palissot de Montenoy, French writer/politician