Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 17

1937  Gerard Vissering, banker/president of Dutch Bank, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1940  Death of Alicia Boole Stott, Irish mathematician (b. 1860) on December - 17.   

1944  Pieter A Roodenburgh, student/resistance fighter, dies at 26 on this day in history.   

1946  Constance [Clara] Garnett, Russian-English translator, dies at 84 on December - 17.   

1948  On this day in history edgar Istel, composer, dies at 68   

1949  David Stanley Smith, composer, dies at 72 on December - 17.   

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

1957  Dorothy Sayers, [Atherton Fleming], author (Whose body), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1961  On December - 17 marion Perkins, sculptor (Man of Sorrow), dies at 53   

1962  Thomas Mitchell, US, actor (Outlaw), dies of cancer at 70 on December - 17.   

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 December - 17.   

1966  On December - 17 gustaf Paulson, composer, dies at 68   

1967  Death of Harold Holt, Australian premier (1966-67), drowns at 59 on December - 17.   

1969  Arturo da Costa e Silva, President of Brazil (1967-69), dies at 67 on December - 17.   

1972  Erwin Dressel, composer, dies at 63 on December - 17.   

1973  Charles G Abbot, US astronomer (Sun Constant), dies at 101 on December - 17.   

1975  On December - 17 frank Sully, actor (Parachute Nurse, Inside the Law), dies at 67   

1978  On this day in history death of don Ellis, American jazz band leader (b. 1934)   

1982  On this day in history leonid B Kogan, Russian violist, dies at 58   

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

1985  Otto Gotsche, writer, dies on December - 17.   

1986  On December - 17 ron Kass, record co pres (MGM), dies at 52 of cancer   

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

1990  Don Draper, actor (Pepper Agent 00X), dies of AIDS at 61 on December - 17.   

1991  John Blatnik, (Rep-Minnesota, 1947-75), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1992  On December - 17 dana Andrews, US actor (Laura), dies of pneumonia at 83   

1993  Janet Margolin, US actress (Annie Hall), dies at 50 of ovarian cancer on this day in history.   

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

1995  Lila Clark Knapp, publisher, dies at 63 on December - 17.   

1996  Elizabeth Hill, teacher of Salvonic languages, dies at 96 on this day in history.   

1997  Reginald Victor Jones, scientist, dies at 86 on December - 17.   

1999  Death of Grover Washington, Jr., American saxophonist (b. 1943) on this day in history.   

2002  Death of James Hazeldine, English actor (b. 1947) on December - 17.   

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1239  On December - 17 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 this day in history.   

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

1619  Ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician was born on December - 17.   

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

1632  On December - 17 birth of anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695)   

1638  Johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer was born on December - 17.