Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In July - 17

1879  On this day in history death of maurycy Gottlieb, Ukrainian painter (b. 1856)   

1881  On this day in history death of jim Bridger, American mountain man, Indian fighter, and explorer (b. 1804)   

1885  Death of Jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian politician (b. 1811) on July - 17.   

1887  Death of Dorothea Dix, french social activist (b. 1802) on July - 17.   

1893  On this day in history death of frederick A. Johnson, American politician (b. 1833)   

1894  Death of Josef Hyrtl, Austrian anatomist (b. 1810) on July - 17.   

1901  John Farmer, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1903  On July - 17 james A McNeill Whistler, US/Brit writer (Bride Tomorrow), dies at 69   

1912  On this day in history j-Henri Poincaré, French mine engineer/mathematician, dies at 58   

1915  On July - 17 francesco Fanciulli, composer, dies on 62nd birthday   

1918  Death of Aleksei N Romanov, son of tsar Nicolas II, executed at 13 on July - 17.   

1922  Heinrich Rubens, German physicist, dies at 57 on July - 17.   

1928  On this day in history death of alvaro Obregon, general/pres of Mexico, assassinated   

1935  On this day in history death of george William Russell, Irish nationalist, poet and artist (b. 1867)   

1937  On this day in history henri-Constant-Gabriel Pierne, composer, dies at 73   

1944  Hugh Rigby, English portrait painter (King George V 1928-32), dies on this day in history.   

1946  On this day in history death of dragoljub "Draza" Mihailovic, Yugoslav gen (Nazi), executed at 53   

1947  On July - 17 raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved Jews), dies at 34   

1950  Death of Evangeline Booth, the 4th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1865) on this day in history.   

1953  Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1954  Dirk B Nanninga, painter, dies at 85 on July - 17.   

1955  On July - 17 bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer, dies at 73   

1959  On July - 17 billie Holiday, jazz singer, dies of drug OD at 44   

1961  On July - 17 ty Cobb, baseball great (Det Tigers), dies of cancer at 74   

1965  On this day in history luiz Cosme, composer, dies at 57   

1966  On July - 17 august Baeyens, Flemish composer (Piranesi-suite), dies at 71   

1967  Cyril Ring, actor (Duffy's Tavern, Red Hot & Blue), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1970  On July - 17 juano Hernandez, actor (St Louis Blues, Two Loves), dies at 74   

1971  Cliff Edwards, "Ukulele Ike", singer (54th Street Revue), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1974  Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, pitcher (St Louis Cards), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1975  On July - 17 modoc, the elephant, dies at age 78 (oldest known nonhuman mammal)   

1978  On this day in history thayer David, actor (Rocky, Roots, Savages), dies at 51   

1979  On July - 17 doug Meintjes, S Afr cricket pace bowler (v England 1922-23), dies   

1980  Donald Barry, actor (Mr Gallo-Mr Novak), dies at 68 on July - 17.   

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1487  Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah was born on July - 17.   

1487  On this day in history birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)   

1674  On this day in history birth of isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)   

1702  On this day in history birth of johann Schneider, composer   

1744  On July - 17 birth of elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering   

1745  Petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826) was born on this day in history.   

1763  Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education was born on July - 17.   

1763  John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader was born on July - 17.